Irena's Vow

Irena’s Vow

A Polish nurse shelters a group of Jews while working as a housekeeper for a S.S. Major in Irena’s Vow. Irena Gut Opdyke (Sophie Nélisse) is training to be a nurse in 1939 when the Germans invade and she ends up working in a factory for Officer Kruger (Marcel Sabat). Irene is hired by Major…

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The Holdovers – TIFF 2023

A cantankerous professor at a boarding school is left to watch those left behind during the Christmas holidays in The Holdovers. Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is one of the longest-tenured professors at the Barton Boarding School. As punishment for his strict methods, Paul must stay behind during the 1971 Christmas holidays to look after the…

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When Evil Lurks – TIFF 2023

Two brothers unwittingly unleash a demonic force in When Evil Lurks. After hearing gunshots in the woods and discovering grisly human remains, Pedro (Ezequiel Rodríguez) and Jimi (Demián Salomón) discover the rotten and possessed man Uriel in a nearby farmhouse. With the help of landowner Ruiz (Luis Ziembrowski), the brothers drive off to remove the…

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I Told You So – TIFF 2023

The interconnected stories of multiple people in Rome during a heatwave are told in I Told You So. It is January, yet Rome is engulfed in an unseasonal heatwave. During this blistering hot day, Gianna (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) reignites her obsession with her ex-best friend Pupa (Valeria Golino), an aging porn star. Gianna is dependent…

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Seagrass – TIFF 2023

A Japanese-Canadian woman’s relationship with her family is forever changed while at an island self-development retreat in Seagrass. Judith (Ally Maki) travels with her husband Steve (Luke Roberts) and children Stephanie (Nyha Huang Breitkreuz) and Emmy (Remy Marthaller) to a self-development retreat on a remote island in the Pacific. While attending group therapy sessions on…

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Hell of a Summer – TIFF 2023

Camp counsellors are offed one-by-one by a devil mask-wearing killer in Hell of a Summer. Jason (Fred Hechinger) is a 24-year-old arriving for his eighth year as a counsellor at Camp Pineway. Jason is by far the most senior of those coming for the Counsellor Weekend, including Jason’s friend Claire (Abby Quinn), new counsellors Chris…

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The Contestant – TIFF 2023

The participants of a late-1990s Japanese reality series look back on their experience in The Contestant. In 1998, Nasubi was chosen to participate in producer Toshio Tsuchiya‘s spinoff of his hit show Denpa Shonen, called Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes. Nasubi was forced to strip naked before being locked in a small apartment. His…