‘Farewell My Concubine’ Uncut Restoration, Last Godard Film Among Toronto’s Classics, Wavelength Sections

A 4K uncut restoration of Chen Kaige’s 1993 Palme d’Or winner “Farewell My Concubine” is a highlight of the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Classics strand while Jean-Luc Godard’s last film will feature in Wavelengths.

The Classics strand also includes Canadian producer-director Brigitte Berman’s Oscar-winning feature documentary “Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got” (1985), portraying the life of the clarinettist and bandleader, and, after decades of oblivion Jacques Rivette’s New Wave classic “L’amour fou” (1969), whose original celluloid elements were damaged in a fire. A 50th anniversary screening of “Touki Bouki” (1973), from Sengal’s Djibril Diop Mambéty and Ousmane Sembène’s “Xala” (1975), presented in 4K, complete the program. Classics is curated by Robyn Citizen, director of programming and platform lead, with contributions from Andréa Picard.

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The Wavelengths strand has 12 feature films and 19 shorts, as well as a suite of four restored early films by Chantal Akerman and “Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars,” the last film from the legendary Jean-Luc Godard, which premiered at Cannes earlier this year.

Wavelengths is curated by senior TIFF curator Andréa Picard and Jesse Cumming, who this year is taking on the new role of associate curator. The program also includes feature film contributions from members of TIFF’s international programming team — Giovanna Fulvi, June Kim, Dorota Lech, Jason Anderson and Norm Wilner.

2023 Wavelengths program:

WAVELENGTHS FEATURES

“Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” Radu Jude | Romania/Luxembourg/France/Croatia
North American Premiere

“Here” Bas Devos | Belgium
North American Premiere

“The Human Surge 3” Eduardo Williams | Argentina/Portugal/Brazil/Netherlands/Taiwan/Hong Kong/Sri Lanka/Peru
North American Premiere

“Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” Phạm Thiên n | Vietnam/Singapore/France/Spain
North American Premiere

“Mademoiselle Kenopsia” Denis Côté | Canada
North American Premiere

“Mambar Pierrette” Rosine Mbakam | Belgium/Cameroon
North American Premiere

“Music” Angela Schanelec | Germany/France/Serbia
North American Premiere

“Nowhere Near” Miko Revereza | Philippines
North American Premiere

“Orlando, My Political Biography” Paul B. Preciado | France
Canadian Premiere

“Pictures of Ghosts” Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil
North American Premiere

“Youth (Spring)” Wang Bing | France/Luxembourg/Netherlands
North American Premiere

WAVELENGTHS PAIRINGS

“He Thought He Died” Isiah Medina | Canada
World Premiere
preceded by
“Laberint Sequences” Blake Williams | Canada
North American Premiere

WAVELENGTHS SHORTS

Wavelengths 1: Quiet as It’s Kept

“Bouquets 31-40” Rose Lowder | France
Canadian Premiere

“Film Sculpture (1)” Philipp Fleischmann | Austria
World Premiere

“Film Sculpture (2)” Philipp Fleischmann | Austria
World Premiere

“Film Sculpture (4)” Philipp Fleischmann | Austria
World Premiere

“Film Sculpture (3)” Philipp Fleischmann | Austria
World Premiere

“It follows It passes on” Erica Sheu | Taiwan/USA
World Premiere

“Mast-del Maryam Tafakory” | U.K./Iran
North American Premiere

“Shrooms” Jorge Jácome | Portugal
World Premiere

“Quiet as It’s Kept” Ja’Tovia Gary | U.S.
International Premiere

Wavelengths 2: Sundown

“Let’s Talk” Simon Liu | Hong Kong
World Premiere

“Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke” Tomonari Nishikawa | Japan
World Premiere

“NYC RGB” Viktoria Schmid | Austria/U.S.
Canadian Premiere

“Slow Shift” Shambhavi Kaul | India/USA
World Premiere

“Sundown” Steve Reinke | U.S./Canada/Austria
World Premiere

“We Don’t Talk Like We Used To” Joshua Gen Solondz | U.S./Japan/Hong Kong
World Premiere

Wavelengths 3: Outlines – Akerman/Costa/Godard

“Chantal Akerman: Her First Look Behind the Camera” Chantal Akerman | Belgium
North American Premiere

“The Daughters of Fire” Pedro Costa | Portugal
North American Premiere

“Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars” Jean-Luc Godard | France/Switzerland
North American Premiere

2023 Classics program:

“Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got” Brigitte Berman | Canada

“Farewell My Concubine” Chen Kaige | China/Hong Kong

“L’amour fou” Jacques Rivette | France

“Touki Bouki” Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal

“Xala” Ousmane Sembène | Senegal

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