“We think of the 1980s in fashion as an era of excess and consumerism, but it's also an era of high art.”

“It’s excess. It’s fashion. It’s basically a music video but it really gets at the heart of why we are now so obsessed with this film.”

“I think that I definitely love the use of genre as a vehicle for telling grounded, socially relevant stories. I think it's a really interesting way to guide an audience into focusing on characters they typically have not seen centred.”

"If somebody likes the gore, then maybe they'll watch it enough [to] get all the references. Next thing you know, you're understanding your fellow Native better. You're understanding the culture that much more — and truly reconciling."

"Are we really interested in the story of a serial killer? Or are we interested in the story of a serial killer society? We opted for the latter."

"He wanted to poke fun at the rich, but also on what he called the "aristocracy of beauty" — that women who are beautiful could get away with anything."

"Sometimes, so many things can go wrong in a movie and it ends up a classic."

"Her immense talent, striking presence, and natural authority — it's something so great to observe, to witness."

"It was not only an interrogation. It was also a budding love between a man and a woman."

World Premieres of unique perspectives and on-the-rise voices from around the world.

The world. In short form.

Candid and unscripted: the best non-fiction cinema from around the world are in the #TIFF22 Docs lineup.

Compelling stories, global perspectives.

Established auteurs, celebrated visual artists, and emerging filmmakers that expand the language of cinema.

Unearth the bold, distinctive, and ionate work of visionary filmmakers in the #TIFF22 Discovery lineup, presented by Dyson. 

Fans of the weird and the wicked, this one’s for you.

Our Special Presentation programme presents an around-the-world collection of today's most notable filmmakers.

“With stories that span six continents and feature performances you just have to see, this lineup delivers the rich experiences we wait all year for. Cinema is alive. Red carpets are back. And the best audience in the world awaits them in Toronto.” —Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO

"I think a movie would not really feel human if it didn’t have some kind of humour in it."

Location photography, practical stunts and physical effects — What does "shot practically" mean for the complex and deeply layered visuals of Mad Max: Fury Road?

“Not since its inaugural year in 2001 have there been so many first appearances among the feature-film selections. Some of these films made their world premieres during the Festival and are now debuting their works on the international festival circuit, which is remarkable for first-time directors — I couldn’t be prouder.” —Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF

"Every morning we wake up, we can choose between fear and love. And love is the answer."

"If it's possible to be magnetic and self–effacing at the same time, that's what Hoffman's doing." —Adam Nayman, author, critic, and lecturer

TIFF’s series of classic musicals offers some of the most-loved, most-acclaimed films of the genre including: Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, Om Shanti Om, Moulin Rouge!, and Dil Se..

"[Martin Scorsese] pushes the conventions of filmmaking. He's an exciting filmmaker, who even though he returns to the same themes, he always does it in a different way." —Alicia Malone

"Something consciously I was trying to do was to honour the sense of space, but also the sense of time. Allowing the scenes to flow in which the camera is more like a ghost that comes from the future and is in that place and is just witnessing." —Alfonso Cuarón

Director James Gray breaks down how Joaquin Phoenix is able to naturally depict internal conflict.

Described as one of the most exciting and joyful movies ever made, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s portrait of Pablo Picasso at work focuses on a different kind of suspense — that of artistic creation.

The film that changed Denis Villeneuve’s life?

“I was dreaming to do sci-fi since I was a teenager.”

Master director Zhang Yimou returns with his “love letter to cinema” in which a man escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his beloved daughter.

A dance is so much more than just a dance in Rosana Matecki’s Saturday Night, a supremely elegant look at the refuge a warm ballroom provides to lonely Latin American immigrants during a harsh Montreal winter.

RBG directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West present a touching portrait of Julia Child, whose cookbooks and TV shows revolutionized American cuisine in Julia.

Two siblings returning to the family ranch to care for their ailing father must confront painful truths, in Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s latest.

Olivia Colman and Colin Firth star in this deeply affecting adaptation of Graham Swift’s bittersweet novel about secret love in post-WWI England.

DUST BATH is a disquieting tale of a humble rooster facing the great questions of existence, this sly animation could only be the product of the highly singular mind of Nova Scotia maverick Seth A. Smith.