Earlier this morning, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) unveiled its Primetime programme for the 2023 edition of the festival, which highlights various television series from all over the world.
“This year’s Primetime programme is bigger than ever and gives audiences the exclusive and unmatched opportunity to celebrate the best new international series together, in cinema, on the big screen,” says Anita Lee, TIFF’s Chief Programming Officer.
“TIFF audiences will be the first to see the Prime Video series “Expats” – Lulu Wang’s highly anticipated follow-up to “The Farewell,” starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yo., a Pulitzer-Prize winning adaptation from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight, a high-octane Korean thriller, a brand new vision from the creator of “Euphoria,” an atypical love story between Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough, a contemporary Scandinavian tragedy, and three powerful Canadian series, all spotlighting underrepresented voices from an exciting new wave of storytellers.”
PRIMETIME PROGRAMME
Alice & Jack – Dir. Victor Levin, Juho Kuosmanen & Hong Khaou
United Kingdom
World Premiere
North American Sales Title
All the Light We Cannot See – Dir. Shawn Levy & Steven Knight
USA
World Premiere
Bad Boy – Dir. Hagar Ben-Asher, Ron Leshem, Daniel Chen, Roee Florentin, Moshe Malka, Amit Cohen & Daniel Amsel
Israel
World Premiere
North American Sales Title
Bargain – Dir. Byun Seung-min & Jeon Woo-sung
South Korea
North American Premiere
Black Life: Untold Stories – Dir. Leslie Norville
Canada
World Premiere
Bria Mack Gets A Life – Dir. Sasha Leigh Henry
Canada
World Premiere
Estonia – Dir. Miikko Oikkonen
Finland/Sweden/Belgium/Estonia
World Premiere
North American Sales Title
Expats – Dir. Lulu Wang
USA
World Premiere
Telling Our Story – Dir. Kim O’Bomsawin
Canada
World Premiere – English Language Version
The 48th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7th – 17th. The Special Presentations & Gala lineup for TIFF 2023 can be read here, along with the Documentary lineup here, the Platform programming here, the Discovery & Midnight Madness programming here, the Short Cuts programming here, the Centerpiece programming here, and the Wavelengths and Classics programming here.
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