The Toronto International Film Festival® Primetime program has been unveiled led for 2023, with nine series from around the world, including eight world premieres.
“This year’s Primetime program 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,” said Anita Lee, TIFF 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 Yoo, 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.”
The Toronto International Film Festival takes place September 7–17, 2023.
Here’s a rundown of the 2023 Primetime program:
PRIMETIME PROGRAM
Alice & Jack Victor Levin, Juho Kuosmanen, Hong Khaou | United Kingdom
World Premiere
North American Sales Title
All the Light We Cannot See Shawn Levy, Steven Knight | USA
World Premiere
Bad Boy Hagar Ben-Asher, Ron Leshem, Daniel Chen, Roee Florentin, Moshe Malka, Amit Cohen, Daniel Amsel | Israel
World Premiere
North American Sales Title
Bargain Byun Seung-min, Jeon Woo-sung | South Korea
North American Premiere
Black Life: Untold Stories Leslie Norville | Canada
World Premiere
Bria Mack Gets A Life Sasha Leigh Henry | Canada
World Premiere
Estonia Miikko Oikkonen | Finland/Sweden/Belgium/Estonia
World Premiere
North American Sales Title
Expats Lulu Wang | USA
World Premiere
Telling Our Story Kim O’Bomsawin | Canada
World Premiere – English Language Version
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