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The Toronto International Film Festival returns for its 48th annual fest from September 7–17, 2023

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What to know about TIFF 2023

When is TIFF?

TIFF, the annual international film festival, takes place September 7–17, 2023.

Where does TIFF take place?

Six venues in Toronto are screening films for TIFF: The TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Cineplex's Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, Glenn Gould Studio at the Canadian Broadcast Centre, and the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

How do you buy TIFF tickets?

You can buy curated ticket packages, member bundles or individual tickets to film screenings. Tickets went on sale to the general public Aug. 28. Browse films and purchase tickets on TIFF's website.

What are the buzziest films at TIFF 2023?

With over 200 films to choose from, The Globe and Mail’s Arts team picked through this year’s slate to bring you our 15 most-anticipated TIFF 2023 titles.

Latest TIFF news, articles and commentary

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Celine Dion says her return to the stage is still up in the air
Celine Dion appeared in the May edition of Vogue France offering fresh insight into how she's managing a rare neurological disorder that unexpectedly sidelined her career. Dion presents the award for album of the year during the 66th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invision, Chris Pizzello
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BNSF Railway contributed to two deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands, jury finds
FILE - Environmental cleanup specialists work at one of the last remaining residential asbestos cleanup sites in Libby, Montana, in mid-September. BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday, April 19, 2024, that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of the asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. (Kurt Wilson/The Missoulian via AP, File)
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CBC getting $42-million in budget after warnings of job cuts
The CBC News building in Toronto is pictured on February 8, 2024 (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
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FILE PHOTO: Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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The case for an April interest-rate cut by Tiff Macklem
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In its stiffest test yet at the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, Canada renews rivalry with U.S.
Canada coach Bev Priestman looks on during a training session at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, July 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Scott Barbour
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U.S. appeals court dismisses child labour case against five tech companies
FILE PHOTO: The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo/File Photo
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Sirat Taneja opens up in director Deepa Mehta’s new film, I Am Sirat
Sirat Taneja, subject and co-creator of Deepa Mehta's new documentary "I Am Sirat," landed in Toronto on Tuesday night, having travelled from her home in New Delhi, and got something of a celebrity treatment. Taneja is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto International Film Festival, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Politics Briefing: Online harms legislation includes new hate-crime offence with penalties as high as life imprisonment
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani speaks at the National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
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From one of Canada’s tallest condo towers to bare tracts of land, residential development projects across the country are increasingly be pushed into receivership. The One condominium and hotel is pictured under construction at the intersection of Yonge St. and Bloor St in Toronto, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. The One was set to be Canada’s first supertall skyscraper, but was placed into receivership in October. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
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U.S. Senate advances aid bill for Ukraine despite Trump opposition
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: The U.S. Capitol building is seen past a cloud of steam rising from a vent on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Senate is convening for a rare Sunday session to vote on a supplementary spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan without addressing border security after Republicans in the House abandoned an agreement that they initially agreed to. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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Pope Francis, Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonizes Argentina’s first female saint
Pope Francis, seated at right presides over the canonization of new Argentine Saint, María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa also known as "Mama Antula" in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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BoC meeting summary shows central bankers wary of cutting rates too early, having to reverse course
A sign framed by maple leaves is pictured in front of the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa July 17, 2012. The Bank of Canada’s next interest rate announcement is on March 6.
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Bank of Canada’s Tiff Macklem spells out limits of monetary policy, says interest rates won’t solve housing affordability
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem delivers a luncheon speech Tuesday, February 6, 2024 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Celine Dion surprises at Grammys as she battles rare neurological disorder
Celine Dion presents the award for album of the year during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Celine Dion doc on Stiff Person Syndrome heads to Prime Video
Celine Dion gestures as she performs at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Sunday, July 31, 2016. Dion will reveal her battle with a rare neurological disorder in a new documentary.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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U.S. Steel agrees to $42M in improvements and fines over air pollution violations after 2018 fire
This is a portion of US Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation's industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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The cap on international students, Bank of Canada holds interest rate and TD Bank faces stiff penalty: Must-read business and investing stories
Students and pedestrians are photographed walking along Gould St. on the Toronto Metropolitan University campus on Jan 22, 2024. The federal government has announced a two year cap on international student visas to help ease pressure on housing and health care. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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TD Bank faces stiff penalty from FinTRAC for faulty controls to prevent money laundering
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against Toronto-Dominion Bank alleging it failed to pay or properly pay its mobile mortgage specialists vacation and/or public holiday pay on their commissions, volume bonuses and other variable payments. A person walks past a TD Bank sign in the financial district in Toronto on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
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CBC and Toronto International Film Festival honour Charles Officer with new award
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 12: Director Charles Officer speaks onstage at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival screening of 'Akilla's Escape' at West Island Open Air Cinema at Ontario Place on September 12, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
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Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, and Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor, hold a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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TIFF revamps leadership team as it aims to shake off revenue challenges
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 08: Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF, speaks onstage at the Festival Street Music Stage during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 08, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)
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On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis laments ‘futile’ war in Holy Land
Pope Francis holds a figurine of baby Jesus during the Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bank of Canada’s Tiff Macklem talks interest rates, inflation, and being cast as Canada’s economic villain
Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, poses for photos after speaking before the Canadian Club Toronto at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on December 15, 2023 (Carlos Osorio/The Globe and Mail)
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Bank of Canada officials more confident that rates are high enough, according to meeting summary
The Bank of Canada's governing council agreed the odds of another rate hike have decreased during its discussions ahead of the interest rate decision earlier this month. The Bank of Canada is framed by fall coloured leafs in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Tiff Macklem isn’t ready to bring the same holiday cheer that Jay Powell is
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Evening Update: Israel’s military says it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza
Israeli army tanks are deployed opposite the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, on December 14, 2023, amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas movement. Israel continued bombing Gaza on December 14 as a top White House adviser travelled to Jerusalem with a rift growing over civilian casualties. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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British Columbia sets tougher penalties for trucks that hit overpasses
The British Columbia government is stepping up penalties for truckers who crash into highway overpasses after a rash of such incidents in recent years. A transport truck carries cargo containers from the Centerm Container Terminal at port in Vancouver, on Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City ambush show Hamas forces still strong
Israeli forces evacuate a wounded soldier from Gaza, near the border between Gaza and southern Israel on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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TIFF cuts 12 full-time staffers in wake of strike-affected film festival
A woman walks along the closed-off streets at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Hollywood A-listers Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams are among 200 plus film industry workers around the world who signed an open letter imploring the Toronto International Film Festival to end ties with sponsor, the Royal Bank of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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How TIFF Film Circuit is saving Canada’s underserved audiences, and underseen movies
TIFF Film Circuit Sault Ste. Marie and Waskesiu Lake, you can attribute them as handouts.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused in 2003 gang-rape of teenager in New York
FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. A woman sued the hip-hop mogul on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17. The woman, whose name wasn’t disclosed in the court filing, is the fourth person to file a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexual assault in recent weeks. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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Bollywood legend Anil Kapoor says he’s always evolving – but there’s one role he’ll never take on
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 15: (L-R) Anil Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar and Dolly Singh attends the "Thank You For Coming" premiere during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 15, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)