Toronto Film Festival Adds ‘Mother Mother,’ ‘My Fathers’ Daughter,’ ‘On Falling’ to Discovery Lineup

Toronto Film Festival programmers have unveiled the Discovery lineup, showcasing a mix of contemporary international cinema.

This year’s slate has 24 titles that represent more than 25 countries including Argentina, Bangladesh, Colombia, Greece, Italy and Thailand. The schedule boasts 20 world premieres such as Durga Chew-Bose’s “Bonjour Tristesse,” César Augusto Acevedo’s “Horizonte,” K’naan Warsame’s “Mother Mother,” Laura Carreira’s “On Falling” and Jasmin Gordon’s “The Courageous.”

The 2024 Discovery selection has been programmed by Dorota Lech, Jason Anderson, Kelly Boutsalis, Diana Cadavid, Robyn Citizen, Nataleah Hunter-Young, June Kim, Jason Ryle and Norm Wilner. Prominent directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Jenkins are alumni of the Discovery program, according to TIFF.

As previously announced, director David Gordon Green’s “Nutcrackers,” starring Ben Stiller, will open the festival while Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut “The Deb” will close the 49th edition. Other movies already on the schedule include Ron Howard’s survival thriller “Eden,” Marielle Heller’s horror comedy “Nightbitch” with Amy Adams, the animated “The Wild Robot” and John Crowley’s “We Live in Time,” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.

This year’s festival will run from Sept. 5-15.

2024 Discovery Programme (in alphabetical order):

Aberdeen Ryan Cooper, Eva Thomas
Canada World Premiere

Bonjour Tristesse Durga Chew-Bose
Canada/Germany (opening night) World Premiere | Sales Title

Boong Lakshmipriya Devi
India World Premiere

Diciannove Giovanni Tortorici
Italy International Premiere | Sales Title

Do I Know You From Somewhere? Arianna Martinez
Canada World Premiere

Freedom Way Afolabi Olalekan
Nigeria World Premiere | Sales Title

Gülizar Belkıs Bayrak
Turkey/Kosovo World Premiere | Sales Title

Horizonte César Augusto Acevedo
Colombia/France/Luxembourg/Chile/Germany World Premiere | Sales Title

Ink Wash Sarra Tsorakidis
Romania/Greece/Denmark World Premiere | Sales Title

Linda Mariana Wainstein
Argentina/Spain World Premiere | Sales Title

Meat Dimitris Nakos
Greece World Premiere | Sales Title

Mother Mother K’naan Warsame
Kenya/Somalia World Premiere | Sales Title

My Fathers’ Daughter Egil Pedersen
Sápmi (Norway/Sweden/Finland) World Premiere | Sales Title

On Falling Laura Carreira
United Kingdom/Portugal World Premiere | Sales Title

Really Happy Someday J Stevens
Canada World Premiere | Sales Title

Saba Maksud Hossain
Bangladesh World Premiere | Sales Title

Sad Jokes Fabian Stumm
Germany International Premiere | Sales Title

Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn
Canada World Premiere

Shook Amar Wala
Canada World Premiere | Sales Title

The Courageous Jasmin Gordon
Switzerland World Premiere | Sales Title

The Paradise of Thorns Boss Kuno
Thailand International Premiere | Sales Title

The Party’s Over Elena Manrique
Spain World Premiere | Sales Title

The Quiet Ones Frederik Louis Hviid
Denmark World Premiere | Sales Title

U Are the Universe Pavlo Ostrikov
Ukraine/Belgium World Premiere | Sales Title