TIFF 2024: Laura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’ & ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Starring Chloë Sevigny Among Titles Set For Discovery Sidebar
The Toronto Film Festival’s Discovery sidebar will debut 24 titles with 20 world premieres as part of its 2024 edition, running from September 5 to 15.
The Discovery programme features titles from more than 25 countries, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Denmark, and Greece. Scroll down for the full list.
World premieres set for the fest include On Falling, the debut film from Edinburgh-based, Portuguese filmmaker Laura Carreira. The film is produced by Jack Thomas-O’Brien of Sixteen Films and Mário Patrocínio of Bro Cinema. Financial backers include BFI, BBC Films, Screen Scotland, and ICA. Vincent Maraval’s Goodfellas is handling sales. The film’s story follows Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a Scottish warehouse.
Also set to debut is Bonjour Tristesse, the feature adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel directed by Durga Chew-Bose and starring Chloe Sevigny. Film Constellation is handling the film, which follows Cécile, a young woman spending the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond, and his latest love interest, Elsa.
The 2024 Discovery selection has been programmed by Dorota Lech, Jason Anderson, Kelly Boutsalis, Diana Cadavid, Robyn Citizen, Nataleah Hunter-Young, June Kim, Jason Ryle, and Norm Wilner. Alumni of the sidebar include Ildikó Enyedi, Alfonso Cuarón, Christopher Nolan, Maren Ade, Yorgos Lanthimos, Barry Jenkins, and Emma Seligman.
Check out the full lineup below.
Aberdeen — Ryan Cooper, Eva Thomas | Canada World Premiere
Bonjour Tristesse — Durga Chew-Bose | Canada/Germany (opening night) World Premiere Sales Title
Boong – Lakshmipriya Devi | India World Premiere
Diciannove — Giovanni Tortorici | Italy International Premiere Sales Title
Do I Know You From Somewhere? — Arianna Martinez | Canada World Premiere
Freedom Way — Afolabi Olalekan | Nigeria World Premiere Sales Title
Gülizar — Belkıs Bayrak | Turkey/Kosovo World Premiere Sales Title
Horizonte — César Augusto Acevedo | Colombia/France/Luxembourg/Chile/Germany World Premiere Sales Title
Ink Wash — Sarra Tsorakidis | Romania/Greece/Denmark World Premiere Sales Title
Linda — Mariana Wainstein | Argentina/Spain World Premiere Sales Title
Meat — Dimitris Nakos | Greece World Premiere Sales Title
Mother Mother — K’naan Warsame | Kenya/Somalia World Premiere Sales Title
My Fathers’ Daughter — Egil Pedersen | Sápmi (Norway/Sweden/Finland) World Premiere Sales Title
On Falling — Laura Carreira | United Kingdom/Portugal World Premiere Sales Title
Really Happy Someday — J Stevens | Canada World Premiere Sales Title
Saba — Maksud Hossain | Bangladesh World Premiere Sales Title
Sad Jokes — Fabian Stumm | Germany International Premiere Sales Title
Seeds — Kaniehtiio Horn | Canada World Premiere
Shook — Amar Wala | Canada World Premiere Sales Title
The Courageous — Jasmin Gordon | Switzerland World Premiere Sales Title
The Paradise of Thorns — Boss Kuno | Thailand International Premiere Sales Title
The Party’s Over — Elena Manrique | Spain World Premiere Sales Title
The Quiet Ones — Frederik Louis Hviid | Denmark World Premiere Sales Title
U Are the Universe — Pavlo Ostrikov | Ukraine/Belgium World Premiere Sales Title