TIFF Next Wave

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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]

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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]

Programs

2012

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country

2013

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2014

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country

2015

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
52 Tuesdays Sophie Hyde Australia
Boy 7 Lourens BlokNetherlands
Dessau DancersJan Martin ScharfGermany
Girlhood Bande de filles Céline Sciamma France
Leave to RemainBruce GoodisonUnited Kingdom
Lily & Kat Micael PreyslerUnited States
McFarland, USA Niki Caro United States
No Cameras Allowed James Marcus Haney United States
Partners in Crime Kong FengChang Jung-chiTaiwan
Wet Bum Lindsay MacKayCanada
The WordObietnica Anna Kazejak-Dawid Poland

2016

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country

2017

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country

2018

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country

2019

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country

2020

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
And Then We Danced Da chven vitsek'vet Levan Akin Georgia, Sweden
AngelfishPeter LeeUnited States
Children of the Sea Kaijū no Kodomo Ayumu Watanabe Japan
CRSHDEmily CohnUnited States
House of Hummingbird 벌새 Kim Bora South Korea
Kuessipan Myriam Verreault Canada
Papicha Mounia Meddour Algeria
Premature Rashaad Ernesto GreenUnited States
Selah and the Spades Tayarisha Poe United States
Sequin in a Blue Room Samuel Van GrinsvenAustralia
Take Me Somewhere Nice Ena Sendijarević Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Your TurnEspero tua (re)voltaEliza CapaiBrazil

2021

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Beans Tracey Deer Canada
CocoonKokonLeonie KrippendorffGermany
Death of NintendoRaya MartinPhilippines
La Leyenda NegraPatricia Vidal DelgadoUnited States
My Name Is BaghdadMeu nome é BagdáCaru Alves de SouzaBrazil
The Night of the BeastLa noche de la bestiaMauricio Leiva CockColombia, Mexico
Scales Sayidat Al BahrShahad AmeenSaudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq
Summertime Carlos López Estrada United States
Tahara Olivia PeaceUnited States
UnapologeticAshley O'ShayUnited States

2022

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
4 Feet HighMaria Belen Poncio, Rosario Perazolo MasjoanArgentina/France
The BravesEntre les vaguesAnaïs VolpéFrance
Casablanca Beats Haut et fort Nabil Ayouch Morocco, France
The FamLa MifFred BaillifFrance
Freda Gessica Généus Haiti
Girl Picture Tytöt tytöt tytöt Alli Haapasalo Finland
I Don't Wanna Dance Flynn von KleistNetherlands
It's a Summer Film!Summer Film Ni NotteSoushi MatsumotoJapan
Slash/Back Nyla Innuksuk Canada
Stop-Zemlia Стоп-Земля Kateryna Gornostai Ukraine

2023

Official selections

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
AdolfoSofía AuzaMexico, United States
Egghead & TwinkieSarah Kambe HollandUnited States
Liquor Store DreamsSo Yun UmUnited States
The Lost Boys Le Paradis Zeno Graton Belgium
Motherhood La Maternal Pilar Palomero Spain
The OrdinariesSophie LinnenbaumGermany
Scrapper Charlotte ReganUnited Kingdom
Summer ScarsNos cérémoniesSimon RiethFrance
Summer with Hope Tabestan Ba Omid Sadaf Foroughi Canada, Iran

Young Creators Showcase

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
CastawayShamiso ChigwendeCanada
Execution TriptychGiran FindlayCanada
HoaTram Anh NguyenCanada, Vietnam
In the WhitenessNiya Ahmed AbdullahiCanada
Inside GrooveElizabeth Wei Yun AlbrechtCanada
Late BloomerEmma CheukCanada
The Mess We're InJamie LamCanada
Ms. Butterworth's Cherry PieCameron LightlyCanada
On the Cosmic ShoreLuvleen HunjanCanada, India
Ozigwan (Tail of Serpent)Cole ForrestCanada
Shallots and GarlicBawang Merah Bawang Putih Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto Canada, Indonesia
What Will You Do When I'm Gone?majboor-e-mamoolHaaris QadriCanada
The Year Long BoulderBrielle LeBlancCanada

2024

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Big BoysCorey ShermanUnited States
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story Luck RazanajaonaMadagascar, France, Germany, Mauritius, Qatar
Gamma Rays Les Rayons gammaHenry BernadetCanada
Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi TalatiIndia
Hoard Luna Carmoon United Kingdom
Paradise Is Burning Paradiset BrinnerMika GustafsonDenmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden
Power Alley LevanteLillah HallaBrazil, France, Uruguay
She Sat There Like All Ordinary OnesKai Shi De QiangYoujia QuChina
A Song Sung BlueXiao Bai ChuanZihan GengChina

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