{"id":18881,"date":"2025-08-09T02:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/08\/09\/tiff-reveals-the-25th-edition-of-wavelengths-beach\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T02:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:37:16","slug":"tiff-reveals-the-25th-edition-of-wavelengths-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/08\/09\/tiff-reveals-the-25th-edition-of-wavelengths-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"TIFF reveals the 25th edition of wavelengths beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction to Wavelengths<\/h2>\n<p>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&#8217;s lineup features a diverse range of films, including eight feature-length movies, a special pairing, and three shorts programs.<\/p>\n<h2>Featured Films<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the notable films included in the lineup are Rhayne&#8217;s world premiere &quot;lever&quot;, a follow-up to his 2021 film &quot;Rose. Other&quot;. Additionally, there are North American premieres for LAV Diaz&#8217;s &quot;Magellan&quot; featuring Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal, and Alexandre Koberidze&#8217;s &quot;Drylet&quot;, which was shot using an antiquated Sony Ericsson phone.<\/p>\n<h2>Tribute to Tomonari Nishikawa<\/h2>\n<p>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 &quot;Ten morning ten evenings and a horizon&quot;, which had its world premiere at TIFF in 2016.<\/p>\n<h2>Curators and Contributors<\/h2>\n<p>The Wavelengths program is curated by senior curator Andr\u00e9a Picard and associate curator Jesse Cumming, with contributions from Jason Anderson and Diana Cadavid.<\/p>\n<h2>Wavelengths Features<\/h2>\n<p>The following feature-length films are included in the lineup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Blknws: General Terms and Conditions&quot; (US) directed by Klilil Joseph, Canadian premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;copper&quot; (Can-Mex) directed by Nicol\u00e1s Pereda, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Drylet&quot; (Ger-Georgia) directed by Alexandre Koberidze, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;lever&quot; (May) directed by Rhayne, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Magellan&quot; (Port-SP-Fr-Phil-Tai) directed by LAV Diaz, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Mares Nest&quot; (FR-UK-CAN) directed by Ben Rivers, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;The seasons&quot; (Port-Fr-SP-AUSTRIA) directed by Maureen Fazendeiro, North American premiere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wavelengths Pairings<\/h2>\n<p>The lineup also includes a special pairing of two films:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;With Hasan in Gaza&quot; (Pal-Ger-Fr-Qatar) directed by Kamal Aljafari, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;It&#8217;s so beautiful here&quot; (Buddy) directed by Basma al-Sharif, international premiere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wavelengths Shorts<\/h2>\n<p>The shorts programs include:<\/p>\n<h3>Wavelengths 1: Map of the Traces<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Ten morning ten evenings and a horizon&quot; (Japan) directed by Tomonari Nishikawa<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Rojo Green Blue&quot; (Austria) directed by Viktoria Schmid, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Disappeared&quot; (India-Nep) directed by Sohrab Hura, Canadian premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;09\/05\/1982&quot; (Mex-SP) directed by Jorge Caballero and Camilo Restrepo, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Map of the Traces&quot; (HK) directed by unknown, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Crossing&quot; (Fri) directed by Vadim Kostrov, Canadian premiere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wavelengths 2: In the Blue<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;I saw the face of God in the jet wash&quot; (UNITED KINGDOM) directed by Mark Jenkin, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;From my cloud&quot; (S KOR) directed by Minjung Kim, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Cairo streets&quot; (Fri) directed by Abdellah Ta\u00efa, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Daria&#8217;s night flowers&quot; (FR-IRAN-UK) directed by Maryam Tafakory, North American premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;aftertaste&quot; (US China) directed by Kaiwen Ren, world premiere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wavelengths 3: Low Pretext<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;Land of Barbar&quot; (Also) directed by Fredj Moussa, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Human condition&quot; (Austria) directed by Friedl vom Gr\u00f6ller, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;The slightest pretext&quot; (Japan) directed by Eri Saito, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;CONFERENCE&quot; (Austria) directed by Bj\u00f6rn K\u00e4mer, world premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Morning circle&quot; (Can-UAE) directed by Basma al-Sharif, international premiere<\/li>\n<li>&quot;Felt&quot; (May) directed by Blake Williams, world premiere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s lineup features a diverse range of films, including eight feature-length movies, a special pairing, and three shorts programs. 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