TIFF 2017: Discovery
by IMDb-Editors | created - 09 Aug 2017 | updated - 28 Aug 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Outlaws (2017)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
1% is set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs. It follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club who has to betray his president to save his brother's life.
Director: Stephen McCallum | Stars: Ryan Corr, Abbey Lee, Simone Kessell, Josh McConville
Votes: 1,295
2. 3/4 (2017)
TV-14 | 83 min | Drama
Young pianist Mila prepares for an audition abroad. Her brother Niki distracts her with his unwanted talent for the absurd. Their astrophysicist father Todor seems incapable of dealing with his children's anxieties.
Director: Ilian Metev | Stars: Mila Mihova, Nikolay Mashalov, Todor Veltchev, Simona Genkova
Votes: 469
3. Allure (IV) (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A house cleaner meets a teenaged girl and convinces her to run away and live with her in secret.
Directors: Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Sarah Stone, Maxim Roy, Denis O'Hare
Votes: 2,168
4. Ava (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.
Director: Léa Mysius | Stars: Noée Abita, Laure Calamy, Juan Cano, Tamara Cano
Votes: 3,313
5. All You Can Eat Buddha (2017)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
At the Palacio, an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean, Mike's arrival complicates the normal flow of operations. His voracious appetite, mysterious magnetism and unexpected miracles ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Lagarde | Stars: Sylvio Arriola, Ludovic Berthillot, Daydi Diaz Cabrera, Evelyn Castroda O'Farrill
Votes: 383
6. Apostasy (2017)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
Director: Daniel Kokotajlo | Stars: Molly Wright, Poppy Jhakra, Siobhan Finneran, Sacha Parkinson
Votes: 2,547
7. Black Cop (2017)
91 min | Crime, Drama
A black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he's sworn to protect.
Director: Cory Bowles | Stars: Ronnie Rowe, Sophia Walker, Sebastien Labelle, Simon Mutabazi
Votes: 667
8. Cardinals (2017)
TV-MA | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbor in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at her door...
Directors: Grayson Moore, Aidan Shipley | Stars: Sheila McCarthy, Katie Boland, Grace Glowicki, Noah Reid
Votes: 428
9. Disappearance (2017)
89 min | Drama
During a dramatic night, two young lovers run from hospital to hospital seeking for an help for some complications after their first time. They'll have to confront with the indifference of some doctors and avoid them to call their parents.
Director: Ali Asgari | Stars: Nazanin Ahmadi, Pedram Ansari, Sadaf Asgari, Mohammad Heidari
Votes: 618
10. Shang an de yu (2017)
90 min | Drama
A young boy searches a small fishing village for his parents from a past life.
Director: Kuo-An Lai | Stars: Run-yin Bai, Peggy Tseng, Jen-Shuo Cheng, Akio Chen
Votes: 63
11. Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017)
120 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
Lives change forever when Tau, the young lion, kills two corrupt policemen in a South African shanty town.
Director: Michael Matthews | Stars: Vuyo Dabula, Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele, Hamilton Dlamini, Kenneth Nkosi
Votes: 983
12. Gutland (2017)
107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A surrealist rural noir about a German thief who flees to a small Luxembourg village only to discover that the locals have secrets of their own.
Director: Govinda Van Maele | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Frederick Lau, Marco Lorenzini, Leo Folschette
Votes: 1,406
13. High Fantasy (2017)
PG-13 | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
4 young South Africans go on a camping trip to the white girl's family farm. When they wake up next day, they've magically switched bodies. Later, when they've switched back, they're interviewed documentary style.
Director: Jenna Cato Bass | Stars: Qondiswa James, Nala Khumalo, Francesca Varrie Michel, Liza Scholtz
Votes: 277
14. Human Traces (2017)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Director: Nic Gorman | Stars: Sophie Henderson, Mark Mitchinson, Vinnie Bennett, Sara Wiseman
Votes: 177
15. I Kill Giants (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Barbara Thorson struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters.
Director: Anders Walter | Stars: Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Sydney Wade
Votes: 32,987
16. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,186 | Gross: $0.05M
17. Indian Horse (2017)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sport
Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.
Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Stars: Ajuawak Kapashesit, Wayne Baker, Sladen Peltier, Skye Pelletier
Votes: 2,650 | Gross: $1.95M
18. Kissing Candice (2017)
TV-14 | 108 min | Drama
17 year old Candice longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
Director: Aoife McArdle | Stars: Ann Skelly, Ryan Lincoln, Lalor Roddy, Conall Keating
Votes: 281
19. Luk'Luk'I (2017)
90 min | Drama
A portrait of five Vancouverites living on society's fringes during the 2010 Winter Olympics, "Luk'Luk'I" takes us into uncharted territory, falling somewhere between a fiction we need to see and a documentary we wish didn't have to exist.
Director: Wayne Wapeemukwa | Stars: Angel Gates, Joe Buffalo, Ken Harrower, Eric Buurman
Votes: 59
20. Killing Jesus (2017)
TV-MA | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After the murder of her father, a young art student Paula searches for the contracted killer who carried out the crime, a young man named Jesús.
Director: Laura Mora Ortega | Stars: Natasha Jaramillo, Giovanny Rodríguez, Carmenza Cossio, Camilo Escobar
Votes: 1,118
21. Mary Goes Round (2017)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama
Mary is a substance abuse counsellor with a drinking problem. After getting arrested for drunk driving and losing her job, Mary returns to her hometown where she learns that her estranged ... See full summary »
Director: Molly McGlynn | Stars: Aya Cash, Leslie Seiler, Aaron Poole, Jess Salgueiro
Votes: 729
22. La Holandesa (2017)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama
Struck by personal tragedy, a disheartened Dutch woman sets out on a road trip through Chile, bonding with a young native boy along the way.
Director: Marleen Jonkman | Stars: Rifka Lodeizen, Guido Pollemans, Marie Pestel, Miguel Angel Rodriguez
Votes: 338
23. Miracle (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Close to bankruptcy, Irena, the owner of a struggling pig farm in a tiny post-Communist town finds a surprising benefactor in a handsome American man who appears to be the answer to all her prayers.
Director: Egle Vertelyte | Stars: Egle Mikulionyte, Vyto Ruginis, Andrius Bialobzeskis, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 656
24. Montana (2017)
79 min | Drama
A young woman returns to her hometown following the death of her grandfather, and begins an affair with a married teacher in the debut feature from Israeli filmmaker Limor Shmila. Powerful ... See full summary »
Director: Limor Shmila | Stars: Noa Biron, Avi Malka, Hai Maor, Nadav Nir
Votes: 63
25. Never Steady, Never Still (2017)
TV-14 | 112 min | Drama
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
Director: Kathleen Hepburn | Stars: Shirley Henderson, Théodore Pellerin, Mary Galloway, Nicholas Campbell
Votes: 463
26. Oblivion Verses (2017)
TV-MA | 92 min | Drama
When the elderly caretaker of a remote morgue discovers the body of a young woman killed during a protest, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial before the militia returns.
Director: Alireza Khatami | Stars: Juan Margallo, Tomás del Estal, Manuel Morón, Itziar Aizpuru
Votes: 703
27. Oh Lucy! (2017)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.
Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu, Kayano Masuyama
Votes: 3,350 | Gross: $0.38M
28. Princesita (2017)
71 min | Drama
A 12-year-old girl is part of a sect led by Miguel, in order to procreate his heir, but Miguel's plans will begin to get complicated when the girl enters school and falls in love with a classmate.
Director: Marialy Rivas | Stars: Sara Caballero, Marcelo Alonso, María Gracia Omegna, Nathalia Acevedo
Votes: 171
29. Ravens (2017)
TV-14 | 107 min | Drama
1970s, Sweden - Hard working farmer Agne (played by acclaimed actor Reine Brynolfsson) struggles with the harsh reality of his daily life, hoping his teenage son Klas will take over the ... See full summary »
Director: Jens Assur | Stars: Lars-Gunnar Aronsson, Reine Brynolfsson, Peter Dalle, Etienne Glaser
Votes: 693
30. Scaffolding (2017)
90 min | Drama
17-year- old ASHER has always been the impulsive troublemaker, from primary school, all through junior high and high school. It's hard for him to concentrate in class, and he is compelled ... See full summary »
Director: Matan Yair | Stars: Asher Lax, Ami Smolartchik, Yaacov Cohen, Keren Berger
Votes: 835
31. The Butterfly Tree (2017)
TV-14 | 97 min | Drama
Evelyn, a burlesque queen bewitches single dad, Al and his teenage son, Fin. As they compete for her affections, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin's mother.
Director: Priscilla Cameron | Stars: Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould, Sophie Lowe
Votes: 581
32. The Future Ahead (2017)
85 min | Drama
Romina and Flor are two inseparable friends who go through everything together, from first love to first divorce. But as time passes, disagreements and conflicts arise.
Director: Constanza Novick | Stars: Dolores Fonzi, Pilar Gamboa, José María Yazpik, Esteban Bigliardi
Votes: 179
33. The Garden (2017)
97 min | Drama
Bernd drives with his family to his grandmother's summer house, who has recently died. But the anticipated countryside holiday happiness is spoiled from the beginning.
Director: Sonja Kröner | Stars: Katja Brenner, Jonathan Bähr, Peter Clös, Günther Maria Halmer
Votes: 261
34. The Great Buddha+ (2017)
102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
One day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.
Director: Hsin-yao Huang | Stars: Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Leon Dai, Shao-Huai Chang
Votes: 4,861
35. The Swan (2017)
91 min | Drama
A wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp.
Director: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Thorvaldur Kristjansson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gríma Valsdóttir
Votes: 435 | Gross: $0.00M
36. Waru (2017)
86 min | Drama
A powerful, challenging story surrounding the tangi (funeral) of a small Waru boy who dies at the hands of his caregiver and how his death impacts the community.
Directors: Ainsley Gardiner, Casey Kaa, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Briar Grace Smith, Paula Whetu Jones, Chelsea Winstanley, Katie Wolfe | Stars: Tanea Heke, Roimata Fox, Ngapaki Moetara, Awhina-Rose Ashby
Votes: 339
37. Fen bei ren sheng (2017)
91 min | Drama
A poor family struggles to cope with tragedy and mental illness in a fractured society.
Director: Seng Kiat Tan | Stars: Jack Tan, Sylvia Chang, Angel Chan, Mei Yan Gan
Votes: 313
38. The Poet and the Boy (2017)
110 min | Drama
A married poet in South Korea falls for a teenage boy who works at the local doughnut shop.
Director: Yang-hee Kim | Stars: Yang Ik-joon, Jeon Hye-jin, Jung Ga-ram
Votes: 193
39. Tigre (2017)
91 min | Drama
A woman tries to reconnect with her estranged son during a visit to an island in the Tigre Delta.
Directors: Ulises Porra, Silvina Schnicer | Stars: Ornella D'Elía, Magalí Fernández, Marilú Marini, Tomas Raimondi
Votes: 96
40. Valley of Shadows (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery
In this mystery drama we follow Aslak (6) in a quest for answers about recent tragic events. Valley of Shadows is a film in the tradition of the Scandinavian Gothic.
Director: Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen | Stars: Adam Ekeli, Kathrine Fagerland, John Olav Nilsen, Lennard Salamon
Votes: 1,065
41. Village Rockstars (2017)
87 min | Drama
In small-town Assam, the 10-year-old daughter of a widow defies societal norms as she befriends a group of boys and dreams of having her own rock band.
Director: Rima Das | Stars: Bhanita Das, Basanti Das, Boloram Das, Rinku Das
Votes: 1,027
42. Winter Brothers (2017)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama
A brother odyssey set in a worker environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers, their routines, habits, rituals and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.
Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Elliott Crosset Hove, Simon Sears, Vic Carmen Sonne, Lars Mikkelsen
Votes: 1,767
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