#TIFF2023; #TIFFDocs2023
| Toronto/CMEDIA: The 2023 selection for the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF) Docs programme presented by A&E IndieFilms, featuring 22 titles from 12 countries around the world has been announced by TIFF. The 2023 TIFF Docs lineup brings premieres that showcase a wide variety of documentary filmmaking: personal, political, observational, essayistic, historical, biographical, and indescribable. Unforgettable figures such as mountain climber Lhakpa Sherpa, Japan’s reality TV star Nasubi, Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, Indigenous activist Layla Staats, historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, and Canadian icon Mr. Dressup would reportedly be encountered by the audiences “We believe documentaries have a unique power to illuminate untold stories, challenge perspectives, and inspire meaningful change…As someone with a background in documentary production myself…We invite all documentary filmmakers to join us at TIFF as we continue to champion their vital contributions to the world of cinema.” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “This year’s slate of TIFF Docs titles is guaranteed to start conversations,” said TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers. “Audiences can expect big emotions that run the gamut…Many of these attention-getting titles will be coming to the Festival looking for buyers.” These TIFF Docs titles join a number of documentaries already announced for TIFF 2023 as part of the Gala and Special Presentations programmes, including Leigh Brooks’ Hate to Love: Nickelback, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, Alex Gibney’s In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, and Chelsea McMullan’s Swan Song. 2023 TIFF Docs programme: Boil Alert Stevie Salas, James Burns | Canada/USA World Premiere Bye Bye Tiberias Lina Soualem | France/Belgium/Qatar/Palestine North American Premiere Sales Title TIFF DOCS OPENING NIGHT FILM Copa 71 Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine | United Kingdom World Premiere Sales Title Defiant Karim Amer | Ukraine/United Kingdom/USA World Premiere Sales Title Flipside Chris Wilcha | USA World Premiere Sales Title God is a Woman Andrés Peyrot | France/Switzerland/Panama North American Premiere Sales Title Homecoming Suvi West, Anssi Kömi | Finland/Norway World Premiere In the Rearview Maciek Hamela | Poland/France/Ukraine North American Premiere Sales Title Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros Frederick Wiseman | France/USA North American Premiere Sales Title Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Lucy Walker | USA World Premiere Sales Title Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe Robert McCallum | Canada World Premiere Silver Dollar Road Raoul Peck | USA World Premiere Songs of Earth Margreth Olin | Norway North American Premiere Sales Title Sorry/Not Sorry Caroline Suh, Cara Mones | USA World Premiere Sales Title Stamped From the Beginning Roger Ross Williams | USA World Premiere Summer Qamp Jen Markowitz | Canada World Premiere Sales Title The Contestant Clair Titley | United Kingdom World Premiere Sales Title The Mother of All Lies Asmae El Moudir | Morocco/Egypt/Saudi Arabia/Qatar North American Premiere Sales Title The Pigeon Tunnel Errol Morris | United Kingdom/USA/Hungary International Premiere The World is Family Anand Patwardhan | India World Premiere Sales Title Viva Varda! Pierre-Henri Gibert | France North American Premiere Sales Title Walls Kasia Smutniak | Italy World Premiere Sales Title |
