TIFF Next Wave is an annual film festival in Toronto, Ontario. [1] An offshoot of the Toronto International Film Festival, the Next Wave festival is held in spring each year, screening films of interest to teenagers and young adults selected by a committee of students from the city's high schools. [2]
The festival was launched in 2012. [3] It programs both a lineup of Canadian and international feature films, and a Young Creators Showcase program of short films by Canadian film students. Some, but not all, films are also made available on the TIFF Bell Lightbox for viewing across Canada. The festival has also included special programs such as Battle of the Scores, a battle of the bands competition in which emerging musicians compete to compose and perform the best live score for a short film, [4] the Next Wave Film Challenge, a competition which gives emerging filmmakers three days to make and complete a short film, [5] and the Young Creators Co-Lab, which gives young content creators a chance to meet and network with film industry professionals. [6]
Admission to the festival screenings is free for people under age 25, and $14 for people older than 25. [1]
In addition to the standalone TIFF Next Wave festival, films of youth interest in the primary TIFF program also bear a "TIFF Next Wave" designation, [7] and the organizing committee serve as the jury for the Shawn Mendes Foundation Changemaker Award. [8]
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52 Tuesdays | Sophie Hyde | Australia | |
Boy 7 | Lourens Blok | Netherlands | |
Dessau Dancers | Jan Martin Scharf | Germany | |
Girlhood | Bande de filles | Céline Sciamma | France |
Leave to Remain | Bruce Goodison | United Kingdom | |
Lily & Kat | Micael Preysler | United States | |
McFarland, USA | Niki Caro | United States | |
No Cameras Allowed | James Marcus Haney | United States | |
Partners in Crime | Kong Feng | Chang Jung-chi | Taiwan |
Wet Bum | Lindsay MacKay | Canada | |
The Word | Obietnica | Anna Kazejak-Dawid | Poland |
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And Then We Danced | Da chven vitsek'vet | Levan Akin | Georgia, Sweden |
Angelfish | Peter Lee | United States | |
Children of the Sea | Kaijū no Kodomo | Ayumu Watanabe | Japan |
CRSHD | Emily Cohn | United States | |
House of Hummingbird | 벌새 | Kim Bora | South Korea |
Kuessipan | Myriam Verreault | Canada | |
Papicha | Mounia Meddour | Algeria | |
Premature | Rashaad Ernesto Green | United States | |
Selah and the Spades | Tayarisha Poe | United States | |
Sequin in a Blue Room | Samuel Van Grinsven | Australia | |
Take Me Somewhere Nice | Ena Sendijarević | Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Your Turn | Espero tua (re)volta | Eliza Capai | Brazil |
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Beans | Tracey Deer | Canada | |
Cocoon | Kokon | Leonie Krippendorff | Germany |
Death of Nintendo | Raya Martin | Philippines | |
La Leyenda Negra | Patricia Vidal Delgado | United States | |
My Name Is Baghdad | Meu nome é Bagdá | Caru Alves de Souza | Brazil |
The Night of the Beast | La noche de la bestia | Mauricio Leiva Cock | Colombia, Mexico |
Scales | Sayidat Al Bahr | Shahad Ameen | Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq |
Summertime | Carlos López Estrada | United States | |
Tahara | Olivia Peace | United States | |
Unapologetic | Ashley O'Shay | United States |
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4 Feet High | Maria Belen Poncio, Rosario Perazolo Masjoan | Argentina/France | |
The Braves | Entre les vagues | Anaïs Volpé | France |
Casablanca Beats | Haut et fort | Nabil Ayouch | Morocco, France |
The Fam | La Mif | Fred Baillif | France |
Freda | Gessica Généus | Haiti | |
Girl Picture | Tytöt tytöt tytöt | Alli Haapasalo | Finland |
I Don't Wanna Dance | Flynn von Kleist | Netherlands | |
It's a Summer Film! | Summer Film Ni Notte | Soushi Matsumoto | Japan |
Slash/Back | Nyla Innuksuk | Canada | |
Stop-Zemlia | Стоп-Земля | Kateryna Gornostai | Ukraine |
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Adolfo | Sofía Auza | Mexico, United States | |
Egghead & Twinkie | Sarah Kambe Holland | United States | |
Liquor Store Dreams | So Yun Um | United States | |
The Lost Boys | Le Paradis | Zeno Graton | Belgium |
Motherhood | La Maternal | Pilar Palomero | Spain |
The Ordinaries | Sophie Linnenbaum | Germany | |
Scrapper | Charlotte Regan | United Kingdom | |
Summer Scars | Nos cérémonies | Simon Rieth | France |
Summer with Hope | Tabestan Ba Omid | Sadaf Foroughi | Canada, Iran |
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Castaway | Shamiso Chigwende | Canada | |
Execution Triptych | Giran Findlay | Canada | |
Hoa | Tram Anh Nguyen | Canada, Vietnam | |
In the Whiteness | Niya Ahmed Abdullahi | Canada | |
Inside Groove | Elizabeth Wei Yun Albrecht | Canada | |
Late Bloomer | Emma Cheuk | Canada | |
The Mess We're In | Jamie Lam | Canada | |
Ms. Butterworth's Cherry Pie | Cameron Lightly | Canada | |
On the Cosmic Shore | Luvleen Hunjan | Canada, India | |
Ozigwan (Tail of Serpent) | Cole Forrest | Canada | |
Shallots and Garlic | Bawang Merah Bawang Putih | Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto | Canada, Indonesia |
What Will You Do When I'm Gone? | majboor-e-mamool | Haaris Qadri | Canada |
The Year Long Boulder | Brielle LeBlanc | Canada |
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Big Boys | Corey Sherman | United States | |
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story | Luck Razanajaona | Madagascar, France, Germany, Mauritius, Qatar | |
Gamma Rays | Les Rayons gamma | Henry Bernadet | Canada |
Girls Will Be Girls | Shuchi Talati | India | |
Hoard | Luna Carmoon | United Kingdom | |
Paradise Is Burning | Paradiset Brinner | Mika Gustafson | Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden |
Power Alley | Levante | Lillah Halla | Brazil, France, Uruguay |
She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones | Kai Shi De Qiang | Youjia Qu | China |
A Song Sung Blue | Xiao Bai Chuan | Zihan Geng | China |
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