Aug. 14 (UPI) — The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Primetime programme, a selection of “compelling and thought-provoking” television series from around the world.
Expats, a new drama created by Lulu Wang and starring Nicole Kidman, All the Light We Cannot See, an adaptation of the Anthony Doerr novel from Steven Knight and Shawn Levy, and South Korean series Bargain will have world premieres at the festival in September.
“This year’s Primetime programme is bigger than ever and gives audiences the exclusive and unmatched opportunity to celebrate the best new international series together, in cinema, on the big screen,” TIFF chief programming officer Anita Lee said in a press release.
Lulu Wang (@thumbelulu) heads to #TIFF23 with the World Premiere of EXPATS.
Starring Nicole Kidman, @sarayublue, and Ji-young Yoo, the series follows expats in Hong Kong struggling with an unimaginable tragedy. #TIFF23 https://t.co/RCWOXkGzbH pic.twitter.com/PqFOwlZ5qs— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 14, 2023
“TIFF audiences will be the first to see the Prime Video series Expats — Lulu Wang’s highly anticipated follow-up to The Farewell, starring Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yoo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning adaptation from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight, a high-octane Korean thriller, a brand new vision from the creator of Euphoria, an atypical love story between Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough, a contemporary Scandinavian tragedy, and three powerful Canadian series, all spotlighting underrepresented voices from an exciting new wave of storytellers,” she added.
The World Premiere of @shawnlevydirect and Steven Knight’s THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE brings Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to the big screen with an ensemble cast including @ariamialoberti, @markruffalo, and @hughlaurie. #TIFF23 https://t.co/zgt9nIs5Va pic.twitter.com/UFfD40dsWK— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 14, 2023
The Primetime lineup also includes:
Alice & Jack, a romantic drama from Victor Levin, Juho Kuosmanen and Hong Khaou starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson
Bad Boy, a new drama from Ron Leshem, the creator of the Israeli series Euphoria
Black Life: Untold Stories, a docuseries exploring the Black experience in Canada
Bria Mack Gets a Life, a Canadian comedy created by Sasha Leigh Henry and starring Malaika Hennie-Hamadi and Hannan Younis
Estonia, a new drama from Bordertown creator Miikko Oikkonen
Telling Our Story, a docuseries from Kim O’Bomsawin showcasing the stories of Indigenous people in Canada
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival will run Sept. 7-17. The Boy and the Heron, a new animated feature from Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, was announced as the opening night film in July.
