TIFF has announced Canada’s Top Ten, the country’s top 10 feature films and top 10 shorts of 2024, honouring the best in Canadian cinema.
Many of these films have premiered at last year’s TIFF or other festivals. All films are recommended, however, I have curated a list of films that I hope you make it out to.
Feature Films
Universal Language (Une langue universelle)*
Dir. Matthew Rankin
Fri • Feb 07, 2025 • 06:30 PM
Rumours
Dirs. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Fri • Feb 07, 2025 • 09:15 PM
Seeds
Dir. Kaniehtiio Horn
Sat • Feb 08, 2025 • 03:30 PM
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story*
Dirs. Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Sun • Feb 09, 2025 • 01:00 PM
Paying For It *
Dir. Sook-Yin Lee
Sun • Feb 09, 2025 • 04:00 PM
The Shrouds
Dir. David Cronenberg
Sun • Feb 09, 2025 • 07:00 PM
I have seen three of the above feature films, which I highly recommend. I am making plans to see the other two films as well.
Short Films
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Dir. Bec Pecaut
EarthWorm
Dir. Phillip Barker
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Dir. Amanda Strong
Julian and the Wind
Dir. Connor Jessup
Maybe Elephants
Dir. Torill Kove
Mercenaire
Dir. Pier-Philippe Chevigny
On a Sunday at Eleven
Dir. Alicia K. Harris
One Day This Kid
Dir. Alexander Farah
perfectly a strangeness
Dir. Alison McAlpine
Who Loves the Sun
Dir. Arshia Shakiba
The short films are organized into two programmes screening on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, respectively. My suggestion is to see both programmes as short films deserve all the support.
Canada’s Top Ten selections were determined by TIFF’s Canadian programmers and the Senior Programming team, taking into consideration the recommendations of consultant programmers across the country
The 24th Canada’s Top Ten showcase, presented by MUBI, runs until February 9 at the Lightbox and is curated by TIFF programmers in consultation with festival programmers from across Canada.
For full details about Canada’s Top Ten selections and schedule times, please visit tiff.net.
*Pro Tip: If tickets to some screenings appear ‘sold out’ online, check again the day of the screening as additional tickets may become available then.
