Introduction to Wavelengths
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is set to present the 25th edition of its Wavelengths lineup, celebrating international, experimental, and avant-garde cinema and contemporary art. This year’s lineup features a diverse range of films, including eight feature-length movies, a special pairing, and three shorts programs.
Featured Films
Some of the notable films included in the lineup are Rhayne’s world premiere "lever", a follow-up to his 2021 film "Rose. Other". Additionally, there are North American premieres for LAV Diaz’s "Magellan" featuring Gael García Bernal, and Alexandre Koberidze’s "Drylet", which was shot using an antiquated Sony Ericsson phone.
Tribute to Tomonari Nishikawa
The lineup also contains a tribute to the late avant-garde filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa, who passed away in April. The tribute includes a screening of his short film "Ten morning ten evenings and a horizon", which had its world premiere at TIFF in 2016.
Curators and Contributors
The Wavelengths program is curated by senior curator Andréa Picard and associate curator Jesse Cumming, with contributions from Jason Anderson and Diana Cadavid.
Wavelengths Features
The following feature-length films are included in the lineup:
- "Blknws: General Terms and Conditions" (US) directed by Klilil Joseph, Canadian premiere
- "copper" (Can-Mex) directed by Nicolás Pereda, North American premiere
- "Drylet" (Ger-Georgia) directed by Alexandre Koberidze, North American premiere
- "lever" (May) directed by Rhayne, world premiere
- "Magellan" (Port-SP-Fr-Phil-Tai) directed by LAV Diaz, North American premiere
- "Mares Nest" (FR-UK-CAN) directed by Ben Rivers, North American premiere
- "The seasons" (Port-Fr-SP-AUSTRIA) directed by Maureen Fazendeiro, North American premiere
Wavelengths Pairings
The lineup also includes a special pairing of two films:
- "With Hasan in Gaza" (Pal-Ger-Fr-Qatar) directed by Kamal Aljafari, North American premiere
- "It’s so beautiful here" (Buddy) directed by Basma al-Sharif, international premiere
Wavelengths Shorts
The shorts programs include:
Wavelengths 1: Map of the Traces
- "Ten morning ten evenings and a horizon" (Japan) directed by Tomonari Nishikawa
- "Rojo Green Blue" (Austria) directed by Viktoria Schmid, world premiere
- "Disappeared" (India-Nep) directed by Sohrab Hura, Canadian premiere
- "09/05/1982" (Mex-SP) directed by Jorge Caballero and Camilo Restrepo, North American premiere
- "Map of the Traces" (HK) directed by unknown, world premiere
- "Crossing" (Fri) directed by Vadim Kostrov, Canadian premiere
Wavelengths 2: In the Blue
- "I saw the face of God in the jet wash" (UNITED KINGDOM) directed by Mark Jenkin, North American premiere
- "From my cloud" (S KOR) directed by Minjung Kim, world premiere
- "Cairo streets" (Fri) directed by Abdellah Taïa, North American premiere
- "Daria’s night flowers" (FR-IRAN-UK) directed by Maryam Tafakory, North American premiere
- "aftertaste" (US China) directed by Kaiwen Ren, world premiere
Wavelengths 3: Low Pretext
- "Land of Barbar" (Also) directed by Fredj Moussa, world premiere
- "Human condition" (Austria) directed by Friedl vom Gröller, world premiere
- "The slightest pretext" (Japan) directed by Eri Saito, world premiere
- "CONFERENCE" (Austria) directed by Björn Kämer, world premiere
- "Morning circle" (Can-UAE) directed by Basma al-Sharif, international premiere
- "Felt" (May) directed by Blake Williams, world premiere
