Check out TIFF Discovery Programme lineup featuring Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi (Full List)

As the build-up hots up, the organisers of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has released the lineup for the Discovery Programme.

This is in addition to the Documentary Programme and the Midnight Programme, which also features during the festival run that will take place from 5th to 15th September 2019.

Under the Discovery Programme, 37 films from 35 countries are listed, of which 54% of the films are directed by female filmmakers. The Discovery Programme is directed at emerging filmmakers. Chiara Malta’s Simple Women will open the Discovery Programme. The film, which has a world premiere tells the story of a director’s chance meeting with an actor she idolised in her youth.

Among Discovery’s other offerings are Nigeria’s Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi, a film about a young man who is conflicted between the modern way of life and his cultural ancestral calling. María Paz González’s Lina from Lima is a musical comedy about a domestic helper visiting her son, and The Rest of Us is  Aisling Chin-Yee’s dramedy about the unlikely friendship between a woman and her ex’s wife.

Check out the full TIFF Discovery line-up below:

Films screening as part of the Discovery program include

1. 1982
Oualid Mouaness | United States/Lebanon/Norway/Qatar
World Premiere

2. AFRICA
Oren Gerner | Israel
World Premiere

3. The Antenna (Bina)
Orçun Behram | Turkey
World Premiere

4. The Audition (Das Vorspiel)
Ina Weisse | Germany/France
World Premiere

5. August (Agosto)
Armando Capó | Cuba/Costa Rica/France
World Premiere

6. Black Conflux
Nicole Dorsey | Canada
World Premiere

7. Bring Me Home (Na-reul cha-ja-jwo)
Kim Seung-woo | South Korea
World Premiere

8. A Bump Along The Way
Shelly Love | United Kingdom
International Premiere

9. Calm With Horses
Nick Rowland | United Kingdom/Ireland
World Premiere

10. Certified Mail (Bi Elm El Wossul)
Hisham Saqr | Egypt
World Premiere

11. Comets
Tamar Shavgulidze | Georgia
World Premiere

12. Disco
Jorunn Myklebust Syversen | Norway
World Premiere

13. Easy Land
Sanja Zivkovic | Canada
World Premiere

14. Entwined
Minos Nikolakakis | Greece
World Premiere

15. The Giant
David Raboy | USA
World Premiere

16. The Good Intentions (Las Buenas Intenciones)
Ana García Blaya | Argentina
World Premiere

17. Hearts and Bones
Ben Lawrence | Australia
International Premiere

18. Hope (Håp)
Maria Sødahl | Norway/Sweden
World Premiere

19. Kuessipan
Myriam Verreault | Canada
World Premiere

20. Lina from Lima
María Paz González | Chile/Argentina/Peru
World Premiere

21. The Lost Okoroshi
Abba Makama | Nigeria
World Premiere

22. Love Me Tender
Klaudia Reynicke | Switzerland
International Premiere

23. Murmur
Heather Young | Canada
World Premiere

24. My Life as a Comedian (En komikers uppväxt)
Rojda Sekersöz | Sweden/Belgium
World Premiere

25. Noura’s Dream
Hinde Boujemaa | Tunisia/Belgium/France
World Premiere

26. The Obituary of Tunde Johnson
Ali LeRoi | USA
World Premiere

27. Pompei
Anna Falguères, John Shank | Belgium/Canada/France
World Premiere

28. Raf
Harry Cepka | Canada/USA
World Premiere

29. The Rest of Us
Aisling Chin-Yee | Canada
World Premiere

23. Sea Fever
Neasa Hardiman | Ireland/Sweden/Belgium/United Kingdom
World Premiere

*Discovery Opening Film*

31. Simple Women
Chiara Malta | Italy/Romania
World Premiere

32. Sole
Carlo Sironi | Italy/Poland
International Premiere

33. Son-Mother (Pesar-Madar)
Mahnaz Mohammadi | Iran/Czech Republic
World Premiere

34. Stories From The Chestnut Woods (Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov)
Gregor Boži? | Slovenia/Italy
World Premiere

35. Sweetness in the Belly
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari | Ireland/Canada
World Premiere

36. Two of Us (Deux)
Filippo Meneghetti | France/Luxembourg/Belgium
World Premiere

37. ZANA
Antoneta Kastrati | Albania/Kosovo
World Premiere

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