TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL ADDS ‘MOTHER MOTHER,' ‘MY FATHERS' DAUGHTER,' ‘ON FALLING' TO DISCOVERY LINEUP

Toronto Film Festival programmers have unveiled the Discovery lineup, showcasing a mix of contemporary international cinema.

This year's slate has 24 titles that represent more than 25 countries including Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Greece, Italy and Thailand. The schedule boasts 20 world premieres such as Durga Chew-Bose's "Bonjour Tristesse," César Augusto Acevedo's "Horizonte," K'naan Warsame's "Mother Mother," Laura Carreira's "On Falling" and Jasmin Gordon's "The Courageous."

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. Prominent directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Jenkins are alumni of the Discovery program, according to TIFF.

As previously announced, director David Gordon Green's "Nutcrackers," starring Ben Stiller, will open the festival while Rebel Wilson's directorial debut "The Deb" will close the 49th edition. Other movies already on the schedule include Ron Howard's survival thriller "Eden," Marielle Heller's horror comedy "Nightbitch" with Amy Adams, the animated "The Wild Robot" and John Crowley's "We Live in Time," starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.

This year's festival will run from Sept. 5-15.

2024 Discovery Programme (in alphabetical order):

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