TORONTO — Almost a dozen feature films that premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival will be available for streaming on Crave, thanks to a new partnership between Bell Media and TIFF, the companies announced Tuesday.
Called “TIFF Selects”, the new partnership is a first for TIFF as a Canadian distribution opportunity for its world-class festival programming, says the news release. The Canadian and international films selected to be part of TIFF Selects are each an Official Selection from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
In total, 11 feature films have been chosen for the TIFF Selects collection, including:
- The Antenna — Orçun Behram, Turkey (now streaming)
- Antigone — Sophie Deraspe, Canada (February)
- The County — Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland/Denmark/Germany/France (now streaming)
- Disco — Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, Norway (now streaming)
- Jallikattu — Lijo Jose Pellissery, India (now streaming)
- Lina from Lima — María Paz González, Chile/Argentina/Peru (now streaming)
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band — Daniel Roher, Canada (spring)
- Our Lady of the Nile — Atiq Rahimi, France/Belgium/Rwanda (now streaming)
- Sole — Carlo Sironi, Italy/Poland (now streaming)
- Stories from The Chestnut Woods — Gregor Božič, Slovenia/Italy (now streaming)
- The Twentieth Century — Matthew Rankin, Canada (March)
Today’s announcement builds on the previously announced Best of TIFF collection — a selection of 82 TIFF films curated by Cameron Bailey, TIFF artistic director and co-head — which is currently available to Crave subscribers. The Best of TIFF collection includes audiences’ and critics’ favourite films over the decades.
“It was important for us to expand the presence of TIFF — an iconic Canadian cultural institution — on Crave,” said Randy Lennox, president of Bell Media, in the news release. “One of Crave’s cultural mandates is acquiring, curating and distributing the best content in the world, and we’re thrilled to continue that momentum through this new partnership with TIFF.”
Joana Vicente, TIFF executive director and co-head, added: “TIFF is thrilled to make this opportunity available to both the filmmakers and viewers. Together, we hope to grow the TIFF Selects collection over the coming years.”
