TIFF22 Schedule

Women Talking

Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Judith Ivey, with Ben Wishaw and Frances McDormand, star in Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel about a cloistered world where women struggle with an epidemic of abuse.

Pacifiction

Albert Serra’s entrancing epic is an elliptical political thriller set in the languid island landscapes of French Polynesia, and stars the extraordinary Benoît Magimel as its shifty French High Commissioner.

Winter Boy

Christophe Honoré’s most autobiographical film to date stars Paul Kircher as a young man who is sent reeling by an unexpected tragedy and looks for comfort in all the wrong places.

Butcher's Crossing

Set in the 1870s, Gabe Polsky’s adaptation of John Williams’ literary western stars Nicolas Cage as a buffalo hunter who lures a naïve young man into an ambitious expedition in the Colorado Rockies.

Maya and the Wave

Filmmaker Stephanie Johnes’ thrilling documentary follows world-champion Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira, who battles against monster waves as well as chauvinism in the field of competitive surfing.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) travels to Greece for his latest case, in Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Knives Out starring Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, and Jessica Henwick, with Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.

R.M.N.

Romania’s region of Transylvania, historically an ethnically diverse community, is gripped by xenophobia and nationalism when migrants from the east arrive for work.

Chevalier

Featuring a dynamic performance from Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Waves), this opulent historical drama, inspired by the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, brims with intrigue, romance, and sumptuous music — turning the spotlight on a brilliant Black artist whose legacy has been woefully obscured.

Sanctuary

The heir to a hotel empire (Christopher Abbott) and the dominatrix who has primed him for success (Margaret Qualley) battle it out in a hotel room as he tries to end their relationship.

Carmen

Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal are dazzling in Benjamin Millepied’s modern-day reimagining of one of history’s most famous love stories and operas, featuring a new music score by Nicholas Britell.

The Eternal Daughter

This haunting mystery from director Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir) stars Tilda Swinton in a mesmerizing performance as a woman forced to confront past memories while visiting an eerily empty old manor.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Academy Award–winning documentarian Laura Poitras chronicles the life and work of famed artist Nan Goldin, including her protests against the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin.

Wendell & Wild

Featuring the voices of Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Angela Bassett, and Lyric Ross, this aminated comedy-adventure from BAFTA winner Henry Selick (Coraline) follows a pair of demon brothers who ally with a goth teenager to defeat their archnemesis.

EO

Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski’s gripping new drama, which shared the Jury Prize in this year’s Cannes competition, follows a sentient donkey as it experiences the best and worst mankind has to offer.

The Worst Ones

Chronicling the making of a drama about troubled kids, co-directors Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka’s film-within-a-film interrogates the ethics of filmmaking and illuminates a milieu too often ignored.

A Man of Reason

The directorial debut of Korean superstar Jung Woo-sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) has everything you crave in a modern thriller: hi-octane action sequences, memorable characters, and Jung himself in the leading role.

One Fine Morning

Festival favourite Mia Hansen-Løve illuminates the wonder and turbulence of everyday life with this chronicle of a woman (Léa Seydoux) swept up in her obligations as a mother, daughter, worker, and lover.

The Origin of Evil

A financially precarious woman tries to reconnect with the now-wealthy father who abandoned her and his new family, in Sébastien Marnier’s suspenseful and melodramatic dark parable.

Corsage

A visually stunning contemporary waltz through the life of the extravagant Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky Krieps), whose beauty and corsetry was famed in lands far and wide.

Causeway

Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence gives a heart-rending performance in Lila Neugebauer’s feature directorial debut, which peers deep into the wounds that soldiers retain from armed conflict — and those they carried with them going in.

Walk Up

Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo adds a new chapter to his impressive body of work, taking a gently delightful new perspective on themes dear to his poetics.

The Wonder

Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue and directed by Sebastián Lelio, The Wonder stars Florence Pugh as a nurse in 19th-century Ireland hired to investigate the case of a child who has not eaten for four months.

Patrick and the Whale

Marine videographer Patrick Dykstra explores the wondrous world of whales in this breathtaking and revealing documentary. 

My Policeman

This tale of forbidden romance and changing social conventions follows three people — policeman Tom (Harry Styles/Linus Roache), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin/Gina McKee), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson/Rupert Everett) — and their emotional journey spanning decades.

The Fabelmans

Steven Spielberg’s most personal film yet is based on the master director’s childhood passion for moviemaking, and the family dynamics that found their way into his work.

Paris Memories

A piercing examination of what it means to live through devastating violence, the latest from Festival regular Alice Winocour brilliantly dramatizes the way trauma can render our fragments of memory into a puzzle.

The Origin of Evil

A financially precarious woman tries to reconnect with the now-wealthy father who abandoned her and his new family, in Sébastien Marnier’s suspenseful and melodramatic dark parable.

Empire of Light

Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward star in this poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, directed by Sam Mendes and captured by cinematographer Roger Deakins.

The Banshees Of Inisherin

In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reteam for this fable about two lifelong friends who reach an impasse, with alarming consequences for both. The latest from Oscar-winning writer-director Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).