TIFF 2019 Lineup Adds: ‘Lucy In The Sky’ & More

Alright, bear with me here, I am going to tackle today’s TIFF announcement and what it also means for Telluride.

— First of all, as predicted here, it seems as though Amazon Studios is taking “The Aeronauts” to Telluride and Toronto and Fox Searchlight Pictures is taking “Lucy in the Sky” just to Toronto. Fair enough, don’t be too disappointed by the lack of ‘fests’ for Lucy, Fox Searchlight has a very good relationship with TIFF and, when all was said and done, maybe they only wanted to go to Toronto.

— Where's “First Cow”? Despite Venice boss saying Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow” was going to Telluride and Toronto, it was still not announced in today’s, supposedly, last wave of titles.

— GOING to Telluride and Toronto are Trey Edward Schultz’ “Waves,” Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” Tom Harper’s “The Aeronauts” Michael Covino’s “The Climb.”

— NOT going to Telluride: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “The Truth,” “Lucy in the Sky,” “Seberg.” “WASP Network,” “Atlantic,” “Bacurau,” “Beanpole,” “Synonymes,” “About Endlessness.”

— TIFF has added some excellent selections. No, really, the second wave announcement is better than we all thought it was going to be: “The Aeronauts,” “Lucy in the Sky,” “Seberg,” “WASP Network,” “The Truth.”

Current Telluride Lineup: Ford v. Ferrari, The Two Popes, The Aeronauts, Uncut Gems, Judy, Motherless Brooklyn, Marriage Story, First Cow, The Climb, Waves, Pain and Glory, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Parasite, Varda by Agnes, The Report, A Hidden Life

Here’s the full list of films added today to this year’s TIFF:

GALAS
The Aeronauts (UK)
Dir: Tom Harper
Canadian Premiere

The Burnt Orange Heresy (US-UK)
Dir: Giuseppe Capotondi
North American Premiere

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
American Son (US)
Dir: Kenny Leon
World premiere

Deerskin (Le Daim, Fr)
Dir: Quentin Dupieux
International premiere

Dirt Music (UK-Australia)
Dir: Gregor Jordan
World premiere

The Elder One (Moothon, Ind)
Dir: Geetu Mohandas
World premiere

Guns Akimbo (Gr-NZ)
Dir: Jason Lei Howden
World premiere

Human Capital (US)
Dir: Marc Meyers
World premiere

Jungleland (US)
Dir: Max Winkler
World premiere

Lucy In The Sky (US)
Dir: Noah Hawley
World premiere

Lyrebird (US)
Dir: Dan Friedkin
International premiere

Mosul (US)
Dir: Matthew Michael Carnahan
North American premiere

Seberg (US-UK)
Dir: Benedict Andrews
North American premiere

Sibyl (Fr-Bel)
Dir: Justine Triet
North American premiere

SYNCHRONIC (US)
Dirs: Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson
World premiere

The Truth (La Vérité, Fr-Jap)
Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
North American premiere

Wasp Network (Fr-Bra-Sp-Bel)
Dir: Olivier Assayas
North American premiere

Waves (US)
Dir: Trey Edward Shults
International premiere

Albert Shin’s Clifton Hill was previously announced as part of the Special Presentations programme.

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
37 Seconds (Jap-US)
Dir: Hikari
Canadian premiere

Adam (Mor-Fr-Bel)
DieMaryam Touzani
North AmericanpPremiere

Arab Blues (Un Divan à Tunis, Fr)
Dir: Manele Labidi
North American premiere

Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story (Fr-Sen-Bel)
Dir: Mati Diop
North American premiere

Atlantis (Ukr)
Dir: Valentyn Vasyanovych
North American premiere

Bacurau (Bra)
Dirs: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
North American premiere

Balloon (Qi Qiu, Chn)
Dir: Pema Tseden
North American premiere

The Barefoot Emperor (Bel-Neth-Cro-Bul)
Dirs: Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
World premiere

Beanpole (Dylda, Rus)
Dir: Kantemir Balagov
North American premiere

Beneath The Blue Suburban Skies (US)
Dir: Edward Burns
World premiere

Blow The Man Down (US)
Dirs: Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole
International premiere

Bombay Rose (Ind-UK-Qat)
Dir: Gitanjali Rao
North American premiere

Chicuarotes (Mex)
Dir: Gael García Bernal
North American premiere

The Climb (US)
Dir: Michael Angelo Covino
Canadian premiere

Corpus Christi (Boze Cialo, Pol-Fr)
Dir: Jan Komasa
North American premiere

The County (Héraðið, Ice-Den-Ger-Fr)
Dir: Grímur Hákonarson
International premiere

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Koirat Eivät Käytä Housuja, Fin-Lat)
J-P Valkeapää
North American premiere

The Father (Bashtata, Bul-Gr-Ita)
Dirs: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
North American premiere

Flatland (S Afr-Lux-Ger)
Dir: Jenna Bass
North American premiere

A Girl Missing (Yokogao, Jap-Fr)
Dir: Koji Fukada
North American premiere

Hala (US)
Dir: Minhal Baig
Canadian premiere

Henry Glassie: Field Work (Ire)
Dir: Pat Collins
World premiere

Incitement (Isr)
Dir: Yaron Zilberman
World premiere

Instinct (Neth)
Dir: Halina Reijn
North American premiere

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão , Bra-Ger)
Dir: Karim Aïnouz
North American Premiere

Jallikattu Lijo (Ind)
Dir: Jose Pellissery
World premiere

Knuckle City (SA)
Dir: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
International premiere

La Llorona (Guat-Fr)
Dir: Jayro Bustamante
North American premiere

Les Misérables (Fr)
Dir: Ladj Ly
North American premiere

The Long Walk (Bor Mi Vanh Chark, Lao-Sp-Sing)
Dir: Mattie Do
North American premiere

Made In Bangladesh (Fr-Bang-Den-Port)
Dir: Rubaiyat Hossain
World premiere

Mariam (Kazak)
Dir: Sharipa Urazbayeva
North American premiere

Maria’s Paradise (Marian Paratiisi, Fin-Est)
Dir: Zaida Bergroth
World premiere

Nobadi (Austria)
Dir: Karl Markovics
World premiere

* Contemporary World Cinema Opening Film *
Our Lady Of The Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil, Fr-Bel-Rwa)
Dir: Atiq Rahimi
World premiere

The Perfect Candidate (S Arabia-Ger)
Dir: Haifaa Al-Mansour
North American premiere

Red Fields (Mami, Isr-Lux-Ger)
Dir: Keren Yedaya
International premiere

Resin (Harpiks, Den)
Dir: Daniel Joseph Borgman
World premiere

So Long, My Son (Di Jiu Tian Chang, Chn)
Dir: Wang Xiaoshuai
North American premiere

Spider (Araña, Chl)
Dir: Andrés Wood
International premiere

A Sun (Yang Guang Pu Zhao, Tai)
Dir: Chung Mong-Hong
World premiere

Synonyms (Synonymes, Fr-Isr-Ger)
Dir: Nadav Lapid
North American premiere

South Terminal (Terminal Sud, Fr)
Dir: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
North American premiere

Three Summers (Três Verões, Bra-Fr)
Dir: Sandra Kogut
World premiere

Verdict (Phil-Fr)
Dir: Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Canadian premiere

A White, White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur, Ice-Den-Swe)
Dir: Hlynur Pálmason
North American premiere

The Wild Goose Lake (Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui, Chn-Fr)
Dir: Diao Yinan
North American premiere

You Will Die at Twenty (Sud-Fr-Egy-Ger-Nor-Qat)
Dir: Amjad Abu Alala Dir: Amjad Abu Alala
North American premiere

Previously announced Canadian features screening at the festival as part of the Contemporary World Cinema programme include: And The Birds Rained Down, Antigone, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Castle In The Ground, The Last Porno Show, Tammy’s Always Dying, and White Lie.

MASTERS
A Hidden Life (US-Ger)
Dir: Terrence Malick
North American premiere

About Endlessness (Swe-Ger-Nor)
Dir: Roy Andersson
North American premiere

Devil Between The Legs (El Diablo Entre Las Piernas, Mex-Sp)
Dir: Arturo Ripstein
World premiere

I Was at Home, But… (Ich War Zuhause, Aber… Ger-Serb)
Dir: Angela Schanelec
North American premiere

It Must Be Heaven (Fra-Qat-Ger-Can-Pal-Tur)
Dir: Elia Suleiman
North American Premiere

Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger (Can)
Dir: Alanis Obomsawin
World premiere

Sorry We Missed You (UK-Fra-Bel)
Dir: Ken Loach
North American premiere

To The Ends Of The Earth (Tabi No Owari Sekai No Hajimari, Jap-Uzbek-Qat)
Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
North American premiere

The Traitor (It)
Dir: Marco Bellocchio
North American premiere

The Whistlers (Rom-Fra-Ger)
Dir: Corneliu Porumboiu
North American premiere

Zombi Child (Fr)
Dir: Bertrand Bonello
North American premiere

Alanis Obomsawin’s Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger was a previously announced as a Canadian feature screening.

WAVELENGTHS
Short Film Programmes

Wavelengths 1: WLS19

Austrian Pavilion (Aust)
Dir: Philipp Fleischmann
World premiere

SaF05 (UK)
Dir: Charlotte Prodger
North American premiere

Slow Volumes (US)
Dir: Mike Gibisser
World premiere

The Bite (A Mordida, Port-Bra)
Dir: Pedro Neves Marques
World premiere

Wavelengths 2: Sun Rave

2008 (Can)
Dir: Blake Williams
World premiere

Amusement Ride (Jap)
Dir: Tomonari Nishikawa
World premiere

Black Sun (Sol Negro, Port-Fr)
Dir: Maureen Fazendeiro
International premiere

A Topography Of Memory (Tur-Can)
Dir: Burak Çevik
North American premiere

Sun Rave (Lafhat Shams, Leb)
Dir: Roy Samaha
North American premiere

(tourism studies, US)
Dir: Joshua Gen Solondz
Canadian premiere

Wavelengths 3: Look Around

2minutes40seconds (S Kor)
Dir: Han Ok-hee
International premiere

Hrvoji, Look At You From the Tower (Can-Serb-Cro-Slove)
Dir: Ryan Ferko
World premiere

Circumplector (Arg)
Dir: Gastón Solnicki
World premiere

Cézanne (UK-Fr)
Dir: Luke Fowler
World premiere

Second Generation (Can)
Dir: Miryam Charles
North American premiere

Transcript (Lín Mó, US-Tai)
Dir: Erica Sheu
Canadian premiere

Who’s Afraid Of Ideology? Part 2 (Leb-Kurd-Syr)
Dir: Marwa Arsanios
North American premiere

Wavelengths 4: Lives Of Performers

Billy (US)
Dir: Zachary Epcar
World premiere

Remembrance: A Portrait Study (US)
Dir: Edward Owens
Festival premiere

Vever (For Barbara, Guat-US)
Dir: Deborah Stratman
Canadian premiere

Book Of Hours (Can)
Dir: Annie MacDonell
World premiere

We Still Have to Close Our Eyes (Phil)
Dir: John Torres
North American premiere

This Action Lies (Cest Action Gist, US-Swi)
Dir: James N. Kienitz Wilkins
North American premiere

Pairings

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another (UK-Arg-Sp)
Dir: Jessica Sarah Rinland
North American premiere

preceded by

Heavy Metal Detox (Aust)
Dir: Josef Dabernig
World premiere

Seven Years In May (Sete Anos em Maio, Bra-Arg)
Dir: Affonso Uchôa
North American premiere

and

My Skin, Luminous (Mi Piel, Luminosa, Mex-Can)
Dirs: Gabino Rodríguez, Nicolás Pereda | Mexico/Canada
North American premiere

Features

143 Sahara Street (143 Rue Du Désert, Alg)
Dir: Hassen Ferhani
North American premiere

Endless Night (Longa Noite, Sp)
Dir: Eloy Enciso
North American premiere

The Fever (A Febre, Bra-Fr-Ger)
Dir: Maya Da-Rin
North American premiere

Fire Will Come (O Que Arde, Sp-Fr-Lux)
Dir: Oliver Laxe
North American premiere

Heimat is a Space in Time (Heimat Ist Ein Raum Aus Zeit, Ger-Aust)
Dir: Thomas Heise
North American premiere

Krabi, 2562 (Thai-UK)
Dirs: Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben Rivers
North American premiere

Liberté (Fr-Sp-Port-Ger)
Dir: Albert Serra
North American premiere

State Funeral (Neth-Lith)
Dir: Sergei Loznitsa
North American premiere

Un Film Dramatique (Fr)
Dir: Éric Baudelaire
North American premiere

Vitalina Varela (Port)
Dir: Pedro Costa
North American premiere