It’s beginning to look a lot like festival season. The autumn’s array of new European cinema comes into greater focus with the announcement of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery strand, this year showcasing 24 premieres from 25 countries. And there’s also the matter of TIFF’s audience favourite Midnight Madness section, with Coralie Fargeat returning for opening night with her Cannes winner The Substance [+leggi anche:
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Of the 15 world and international premieres of European titles in Discovery, a few stand out as the most intriguing. Durga Chew-Bose, best known as a culture writer and author, is making her writing and directing debut with Bonjour Tristesse [+leggi anche:
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César Augusto Acevedo’s Horizonte [+leggi anche:
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Giovanni Tortorici’s Diciannove [+leggi anche:
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Filmmakers in Discovery will be hoping to follow similar fortunes to some of its alumni, which include Christopher Nolan, Ildikó Enyedi, Alfonso Cuarón, Maren Ade, Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Jenkins.

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Here are the two newly announced slates in full: 

Discovery

Bonjour Tristesse [+leggi anche:
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Horizonte [+leggi anche:
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Gülizar [+leggi anche:
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On Falling [+leggi anche:
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Aberdeen - Ryan Cooper and Eva Thomas (Canada) 
Boong - Lakshmipriya Devi (India)
The Courageous [+leggi anche:
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Seeds - Kaniehtiio Horn (Canada)
Saba - Maksud Hossain (Bangladesh)
The Quiet Ones [+leggi anche:
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The Paradise of Thorns - Boss Kuno (Thailand)
The Party’s Over [+leggi anche:
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Do I Know You From Somewhere? - Arianna Martinez (Canada) 
Meat [+leggi anche:
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Freedom Way - Afolabi Olalekan (Nigeria) 
U Are the Universe [+leggi anche:
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My Fathers’ Daughter [+leggi anche:
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Really Happy Someday - J Stevens (Canada)
Sad Jokes [+leggi anche:
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Diciannove [+leggi anche:
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Ink Wash [+leggi anche:
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Linda [+leggi anche:
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Shook - Amar Wala (Canada)
Mother Mother - K’naan Warsame (Kenya/Somalia)

Midnight Madness

The Substance [+leggi anche:
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Friendship - Andrew DeYoung (USA) 
Dead Mail - Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy (USA) 
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Dead Talents Society - John Hsu (Taiwan)
Escape from the 21st Century - Yang Li (China) 
Ick - Joseph Kahn (USA)
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This - Rachel Kempf, Nick Toti (USA)
The Shadow - Strays Timo Tjahjanto (Indonesia)
The Gesuidouz - Kenichi Ugana (Japan)