Get ready to unlock the ultimate movie-watching experience with the exclusive WIFF Festival Pass. With this pass in hand, you'll have the keys to a cinematic wonderland, featuring over 300 screenings that span the full spectrum of storytelling. Price: $130 for Students (must show valid student ID) $340 for Adults Pass Details: Available for Purchase: Secure your pass online starting Sept. 4 or visit the Box Office from Oct. 17 to 23, daily from 12 PM to 6 PM (for advanced sales). The festival itself runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 3. More Access to WIFF: Your pass will entitle you to One ticket per regular screening, per time block. This pass is not a ticket. An individual physical ticket obtained at the WIFF box office will be required to enter a screening. Valid from October 24 - November 3, 2024. Redeemable for Individual Film Tickets: Starting Oct. 23 (a day before the festival begins), you can redeem your pass for individual film tickets. Collect tickets for two days of screenings at a time for your convenience. Pass Policies and Procedures: Pass Redemption: If you purchase your pass online, remember to visit the Box Office at 109 University Ave. W (ArtCite), just two doors down from the Capitol Theatre, to redeem your ticket for a festival pass and an exclusive lanyard. Online passes can be picked up at the Box Office starting Oct. 17. Comprehensive Coverage: Your pass will entitle you to One ticket per regular screening, per time block, except for select special screenings: Opening Night Film ($35), Closing Night Film ($35), Centerpiece Film ($35), The Tragically Hip Special Event ($35) and Women of WIFF donor ticket ($100). Student Discounts: If you're a student, don't forget to bring your valid student ID when purchasing and picking up your pass. We've got special deals just for you! ID and Pass Verification: For every pass ticket pickup, you'll need to show a valid ID and your festival pass. It's all part of our commitment to ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience for you. Pass Holder Station: During the festival, we've designated a station just for pass holders. It's your hub for hassle-free ticket collection! FYI: Reserved Tickets: We set aside a special allocation of tickets exclusively for pass holders. You're guaranteed a ticket up to 2 hours before the screening, so you won't miss a moment of movie magic. After that, tickets will be subject to availability. Massive Savings: If you're planning on savouring more than 17 films, the Festival Pass is your ticket to tremendous savings. With over 300 screenings to choose from, your cinematic adventure awaits!

Experience the thrill of the festival with our WIFF General Screening 10-Pack. Dive into the world of film and embark on a cinematic experience that will leave you wanting more. What's Included: Ten General Film Screenings: Get ready for an exciting lineup of films that cater to every taste. Our extensive film slate offers a diverse range of world-class cinema. Ultimate Flexibility: With the 10-Pack, you have the freedom to choose any ten general screenings that pique your interest, while saving you money. With the 10-pack you save a total of $20. How It Works: 1. Purchase Your 10-Pack: Buy your 10-Pack online or at our box office and get a ticket order. 2. Get Your Ticket Vouchers: Patrons must come to the box office and use that ticket order to collect ten general ticket vouchers. [109 University Ave W – (ArtCite) from Thursday, October 17 – Sunday, November 3] 3. Pick Your Films: Browse our extensive film catalog of over 300 screenings and select the ten screenings you wish to see. The world of film is at your fingertips. Mix and Match any film, or bring a friend – ticket vouchers can be used by anyone. 4. Redeem Your Vouchers: At the box office or online (using the code and pin on the back of the voucher), exchange your vouchers for tickets to your chosen screenings. 5. Experience the Excitement: Join us for an unforgettable movie-watching experience. Ticket Bundle Online orders can be redeemed at the Box Office for your vouchers during the following times: October 17 - 23: 12pm-6pm daily. October 24 - November 3: 8:00am until 11pm daily.

Get ready for an unforgettable cinematic experience with our WIFF Premium VIP 3-Pack! Dive into the most buzzworthy and anticipated films of the year and save big while you're at it. What's Included: Three Premium Film Screenings: Immerse yourself in the magic of cinema with three premium film screenings. These are no ordinary movies; they're captivating stories, breathtaking visuals, and unforgettable experiences. Save $15: Experience world-class cinema without breaking the bank. With the 3-Pack, you save a total of $15. How It Works: 1. Purchase Your 3-Pack: Buy your 3-Pack online or at our box office and get a ticket order. 2. Get Your Ticket Vouchers: Patrons must come to the box office and use that ticket order to collect three premium vouchers. [109 University Ave W – (ArtCite) from Thursday, October 17 – Sunday, November 3] 3. Pick Your Films: Explore our premium film selection which include: THE SHEPHERDS (Opening Night Film), CONCLAVE (Closing Night Film), EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA (Centrepiece Film), and THE TRAGICALLY HIP: NO DRESS REHEARSAL Mix and Match any three of the above films. The world's best stories are waiting for you. 4. Redeem Your Vouchers: At the box office only, our friendly team of volunteers will exchange your vouchers for tickets to your chosen screenings. 5. Experience the Excitement: Join us for an unforgettable movie-watching experience. Ticket Bundle Online orders can be redeemed at the Box Office for your vouchers during the following times: October 17 - 23: 12pm-6pm daily. October 24 - November 3: 8:00am until 11pm daily.

A star is reborn. With an outsize stage presence that eclipsed even the greatest R&B artists, trans soul singer Jackie Shane shattered barriers with raw talent, courage and an unbreakable commitment to truth. Through never-before-heard phone conversations, dazzling animation and an incredible soundtrack, the full scope of her extraordinary life and career is finally revealed in this remarkable portrait.

The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit is a landmark — the first documentary film to explore the dynamic story of the city’s innovative and influential jazz musicians. Inspired by Mark Stryker’s award-winning 2019 book Jazz from Detroit, the feature-length film makes the case that you can’t tell the history of jazz without telling the history of jazz from Detroit. Set within Detroit’s dramatic rise and fall as an industrial power and the struggles and triumphs of its African American community, the documentary weaves a compelling historical and cultural tapestry through the 20th and 21st centuries. From legends like Elvin Jones, Yusef Lateef, and Ron Carter to today’s stars like Karriem Riggins, Garrett, and Regina Carter, scores of world-class jazz musicians have rolled off Detroit’s assembly line—nurtured by a profound legacy of mentors such as Barry Harris, Marcus Belgrave, and Rodney Whitaker and the resiliency of an American city that never quits. The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit reminds audiences that Detroit remains a mecca of Black musical excellence, and that jazz is central to the soundtrack of the city’s renaissance. Among the musicians, producers, historians, and writers appearing in the film are: Barry Harris, Charles McPherson, Robert Hurst III, Christian McBride, Pat Metheny, Terence Blanchard, Sheila Jordan, Regina Carter, Louis Hayes, Johnny O’Neal, James Carter, Karriem Riggins, Rodney Whitaker, Don Was, George Bohanon, David Maraniss, Herb Boyd, Jamon Jordan, Marsha Music, Endea Owens, Marion Hayden, and many others.

WIFF 2024 Closing Night Film - From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church.

Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing more than 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in Eno, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Rams). In the first career-spanning documentary of the legendary and prolific artist and the world’s first generative feature film, Hustwit set out to decode Eno's creative strategies and examine his lifelong search for the meaning of music. Defying the hagiographic impulses of the music doc genre, Eno draws from original interviews and the artist’s own staggering archive of never-before-seen footage and unreleased music, as well as Hustwit’s original interviews. Utilizing a proprietary software system developed by Hustwit and digital artist Brendan Dawes, Eno offers millions of possible variations and ushers in a groundbreaking approach to storytelling. The result is a viewing experience that resonates with Eno’s own artistic practice, his use of technology to compose music, and the mercurial essence of creativity as his endless pursuit.

WIFF 2024 Centrepiece Film - Irrepressible Touda only dreams of one thing: being a Sheikha, a respected traditional Moroccan performer empowered by the lyrics of the fierce female poets who came before her - with their songs of resistance and emancipation. Performing every evening in provincial bars under the lustful gaze of men, Touda plans to set her sights on leaving her small village for the bright lights of Casablanca where she hopes to be recognized as a true artist and also secure a better future for her and her son.

Nina, a young tempestuous woman, finds herself stranded in the far North. She convinces her recent customers, five men on a bachelor hunting trip, to put her up for a few days. In this masculine microsociety, by turns hilarious and philosophical, Cynthia starts to feel a sense of belonging she never has before. But a mysterious stranger’s arrival changes the course of this improvised holiday forever. Both raw and dreamlike, Hunting Daze offers up a unique universe where humour, horror, the uncanny, and the sensual combine.

Sophie, hunted and traumatized, is looking for an escape. She books a room in a B&B hundreds of miles from where she lives. Upon arrival, she’s welcomed by Martin, who lives on the premises with his aunt Louise. Over the course of a few well-watered evenings, the man and the visitor form a disturbing bond... And what if Sophie’s presence in this remote hamlet wasn’t quite by chance? A terribly relevant psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Two young sisters – Clara and Sarah Gagnon – have always lived in the countryside with their parents, in a Christian community cut off from the world. The day Sarah suddenly disappears, Clara collapses. Convinced that she knows where her sister is hiding, Clara runs away in the hope of bringing her back to "the right path". Clara arrives in Montreal at the home of her aunt Louise, who is a stranger to her, and discovers with horror that her sister is not there. When her aunt tells her that she is getting ready to go on vacation, Clara realizes that she only has ten days to find her sister. As she searches through the city, Clara discovers the world, doubt and the price of freedom.

Paying For It is a live-action adaptation of acclaimed alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel. In the late 90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, an introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process. Paying For It is about love, sex and non-monogamy for adults. It deals with the complicated subject of the exchange for sex-work versus the complications of romantic love.

Before he transitioned, Z (Breton Lalama) was a rising star in Toronto’s musical-theatre scene; his Éponine in Les Misérables is still the stuff of local legend. But now, with testosterone injections affecting his voice, Z must figure out how to sing in his new register in order to return to the thing he loves most — and, in the process, integrate his past and present selves. With the encouragement of his partner Danielle (Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah), Z finds Shelly (Ali Garrison), a vocal coach who can help him retrain his instrument. But until he can get back to auditioning, Z needs a day job — and he winds up as a barback at Squirly’s on Queen West, working for Santi (Xavier Lopez), who, as it happens, turns out to be very sympathetic to his situation.

Anastasia Trofimova, a Russian-Canadian filmmaker, gains unprecedented access to follow a Russian Army battalion in Ukraine. Without any official clearance or permits, she earns the trust of foot soldiers and for much of 2023 embeds herself with the battalion as it makes its way across Eastern Ukraine. What she discovers is far from the narratives propagated by the East or West: a war cutting through family and historical ties, soldiers disillusioned and often struggling to understand what they are fighting for.

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.

A dedicated family man becomes obsessed with saving the lives of the car accident victims on the sharp corner in front of his house - an obsession that could cost him everything.

WIFF 2024 Opening Night Film - Mathyas trades in his Montreal life as a young advertising executive to become a shepherd in the South of France. But the harsh realities of the pastoral world force him to question his romantic vision of the profession. A visit from Elise, a civil servant who has abruptly quit her job, gives Mathyas’ quest a new direction. Together, with a herd in their care, they embark on a journey towards a new way of life in the mountains.

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You. Only better in every way. You’ve got to try this product: The Substance. It changed my life. Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong? Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, The Substance marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.

Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The residents of the town look to Bollywood cinema for a much needed escape from daily drudgery. Nasir gets inspired to make a film for the people of Malegaon, by the people of Malegaon. He bands together his ragtag group of friends to bring his vision to life, thereby bringing a fresh lease of life into the town. The film is a poignant yet uplifting take on both filmmaking and friendship - and what happens when those two worlds collide.

The new four-part docu-series, directed by Mike Downie, will be presented in its entirety and will include an extended Q&A discussion period with special guests. There will be a 20-minute intermission between Episodes 2 & 3. A love story between a band and the country they call home. Canadian rock'n'roll legends The Tragically Hip share the story of their unique, complicated and wildly successful musical brotherhood. 40-years of hits and misses, friendship and frustration, triumph and tragedy. Featuring never-before-seen performances, unreleased music and unprecedented access to the band and the people closest to them.

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a large sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-absurd walking tour of Winnipeg monuments and historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother. Time, geography and identities crossfade, interweave and collide into a surreal comedy of misdirection. Structured like a Venn diagram – at the point of confluence between Jacques Tati and Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy – Universal Language is at once a diary film, an absurdist city symphony and a welling-up of confinement-era emotion exploring the mysterious interzone where one person ends and the rest of the world begins. An elusive, half- remembered dream of home, solitude, our responsibilities to others and the wild turkeys that haunt us.

Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome), despite being born without a right leg, rises to become a NCAA Division 1 Champion wrestler ultimately winning a national championship against the school that rejected him, national powerhouse Iowa. The film is based on the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion, by Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy.

A Tunisian woman is caught between her maternal love and her search for the truth when her son returns home from war and unleashes a darkness throughout their village.