Today, the Toronto International Film Festival announced this year’s Short Cuts lineup, supported by Ontario Arts Council, showcasing 42 live action narrative, documentary and animated shorts by a groundbreaking group of filmmakers representing 23 countries. More than half of this year’s selections are directed or co-directed by female and female-identifying filmmakers.
A robust selection of new animated short films will be showcased in the program this year, including the North American Premieres of 27 by Flóra Anna Buda, recipient of the Short Film Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and Electra, director Daria Kashcheeva’s follow-up to Daughter, an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short and a Short Cuts selection in 2019. Other notable animated films in Short Cuts 2023 are This Is TMI by India’s Subarna Dash and Vidushi Gupta, Mboa Matanda by Cameroon’s Jules Kalla Eyango, and Aphasia by Canada’s Marielle Dalpé.
“We are thrilled to be able to present such a diverse array of incredible new works by emergent and established film talents from all over the world,” said Short Cuts lead programmer Jason Anderson. “We were knocked out by the level of craft and ingenuity in these films, as well as the boldness displayed by so many filmmakers as they explore subjects and themes that couldn’t be timelier or more personal. That’s especially true of the films we’re grateful to present that are by female and female-identifying filmmakers, which comprise nearly 60 percent of this year’s selection.”
The 2023 Short Cuts lineup includes 21 World Premieres, 13 North American Premieres and five International Premieres presented in 19 different languages.
Animated selections include:
- La Perra — Carla Melo Gampert | Colombia/France | North American Premiere (Program 1)
- Meteor — Atefeh Khademolreza | Canada | World Premiere (Program 1) Trailer
- Nun or Never! — Heta Jäälinoja | Finland | North American Premiere (Program 1)
- Electra — Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic/France/Slovakia | North American Premiere (Program 2) Trailer
- This Is TMI — Subarna Dash, Vidushi Gupta | India |
International Premiere (Program 2) Trailer - Human Resources — Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier, Isaac Wenzek | France | Canadian Premiere (Program 3) Trailer
- Mboa Matanda — Jules Kalla Eyango | Cameroon | World Premiere (Program 4) Trailer
- Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal — Alisi Telengut | Germany/Canada | North American Premiere (Program 4) Trailer
- Aphasia — Marielle Dalpé | Canada | World Premiere (Program 5)
- 27 — Flóra Anna Buda | France/Hungary | North American Premiere (Program 6)
See the full list of Short Cuts selections at tiff.net.
