The 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will feature a selection of some of Italy’s best cinema.
September 7 to September 17, 2023
The Italian selections at the 2023 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival are presented with the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Kidnapped
Rapito
Marco Bellocchio
North American Premiere | Italy, France, Germany | 2023 | 134 minutes | Italian, Hebrew
The latest by legendary Italian director Marco Bellocchio is a grand, historical fresco depicting the scandalous true story of a young Jewish child who, in mid-19th century Bologna, was abducted from his family by the church under the Pope’s orders.
Thursday, September 14 | 7:00PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W | Toronto ON
Friday, September 15 | 7:30PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W | Toronto ON
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La chimera
Alice Rohrwacher
North American Premiere | Italy, France, Switzerland | 2023 | 130 minutes | Italian
Led by a revelatory Josh O’Connor and supported by Isabella Rossellini and Alba Rohrwacher, Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is a dream-like romp through Italy’s archaeological and cinematic past.
Tuesday, September 12 | 12:00PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W | Toronto ON
Thursday, September 14 | 12:15PM
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
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TIFF DOCS
Walls
Kasia Smutniak
World Premiere | Italy | 2023 | 107 minutes | English, Italian, Polish
For her debut film, actor-turned-filmmaker Kasia Smutniak travels to Poland’s forbidden red zone to shine a light on her home country’s border policies and the European Union’s refugee crisis.
Sunday, September 10 | 12:45PM
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
Tuesday, September 12 | 3:45PM
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
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TIFF PLATFORM
I Told You So
Te l’avevo detto
Ginevra Elkann
World Premiere | Italy | 2023 | 100 minutes | English, Italian
Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So is a star-studded romp through Rome amid an unprecedented heat wave that increasingly melts — and melds — the lives of a group of individuals, each on the brink of insanity.
Saturday, September 9 | 9:30PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W | Toronto ON
Sunday, September 10 | 3:45PM
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
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TIFF DISCOVERY
An Endless Sunday
Una sterminata domenica
Alain Parroni
International Premiere | Italy, Germany, Ireland | 2023 | 115 minutes
Alain Parroni’s debut feature is a whirlwind following the entwined lives of three millennials met with the fleetingness of youth in the heart of Rome.
Monday, September 11 | 11:30AM
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
Tuesday, September 12 | 9:15PM
Scotiabank Theatre
259 Richmond St W | Toronto ON
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TIFF CENTREPIECE
Holiday
Edoardo Gabbriellini
World Premiere | Italy | 2023 | 102 minutes | Italian
Set in a picturesque Italian seaside town at the height of summer, writer-director Edoardo Gabbriellini’s suspenseful and perturbing third feature chronicles a subtle cat-and-mouse game.
Friday, September 8 | 2:30PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W | Toronto ON
Saturday, September 9 | 11:30AM
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W | Toronto ON
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