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TIFF Wavelengths programmer Andréa Picard and longtime Akerman collaborator Claire Atherton curate this tribute to the late Belgian master, whose work has become a cornerstone of cinematic modernism, minimalism, and feminism.

To mark the release of the American master’s highly anticipated new film The Irishman, we present the first-ever TIFF Cinematheque retrospective of a filmmaker whose entire oeuvre constitutes “one of the source points of modern movies” (Roger Ebert).

This select retrospective confirms the boundary-pushing radical’s status as perhaps the greatest director of postwar Japanese cinema.

A Cinematheque salute to the beloved star who revealed strains of sly wit, darkness, and violence from behind his mask of an aw-shucks everyman.

Our Martin Scorsese retrospective continues with this spotlight on the great director’s non-fiction films, ranging from classic rock docs to intimate family portraits, sweeping histories of world cinema to intensive character studies.

Presenting dazzling restorations of films that span from Asia to the Americas, this sidebar to our ongoing Martin Scorsese retrospective pays tribute to the organization Scorsese founded in 1990 to preserve our global cinematic heritage.

We worship at the altar of the character-comedy goddess with four of her most memorable big-screen outings.

From master assassins to The Master, Moonlight to monkey ghosts, our traditional international poll of film curators, historians, and archivists has once again produced a top-ten list that is sure to spark discussion

Forty years after the late critic Robin Wood curated his pioneering horror series The American Nightmare for TIFF, we present this long-awaited sequel that pairs fright-film classics with provocative new explorations of the genre by Jordan Peele (Get Out), Ari Aster (Hereditary), and Robert Eggers (The Witch).

Following her win of the Best Director prize at last year’s Berlin Film Festival for her new film I Was at Home, But…, we are thrilled to present the first-ever North American retrospective devoted to German writer-director Angela Schanelec.

To mark the 30th anniversary of TIFF Cinematheque, we present our landmark retrospective of the legendary French filmmaker who became one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema.

In the past decade, the Franco-Spanish filmmaker Oliver Laxe has made three fascinating features that all express their creator’s desire for transcendence: of boundaries and borders, of genres, of consumerist values, and of the divide between art and life.

A remarkable survey of the 50 years of Romanian filmmaking preceding the country’s arrival on the international arthouse scene in the mid-2000s.

A monthly showcase of bonkers B movies, arthouse gems, genre classics, and mindbenders of every variety.