The Toronto International Film Festival® announced today an exciting and diverse selection of new works from international filmmakers, as a part of the Contemporary World Cinema programme. Offering a variety of perspectives from around the world, this year's lineup draws from Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Haiti, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,
Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, and more. The Contemporary World Cinema programme is generously sponsored by Sun Life Financial.
"Contemporary World Cinema is the global heart of the Festival," said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival. "We're thrilled to be launching a lineup that includes the premieres of new films from Turkey's Ye?im Ustao?lu, Romania's Adrian Sitaru, South Africa's Akin Omotoso, and Germany's Marie Noëlle."
Also included in the programme are the latest from directors Danis Tanovi?, Joachim Lafosse, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Avi Nesher, Adam Leon, Boo Junfeng, Lee Tamahori, Ryszard Bugajski, Yousry Nasrallah, Tizza Covi, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Midi Z, and Zhang Yang.
For the fifth year, the Festival partners with the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs on the Contemporary World Speakers series. This initiative pairs five films in the Contemporary World Cinema programme with expert scholars from the Munk School. Audiences will have the opportunity to interact with filmmakers and scholars in extended discussions following each film's second public screening. Speakers include Janice Stein, Teresa Kramarz, Ron Levi, Ritu Birla, and Stephen J. Toope. The Contemporary World Speakers series is programmed in conjunction with TIFF's Adult Learning department.
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