The 2024 edition of the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the 36th edition in the event's history, will be held from September 14 to 22, 2024 in Sudbury, Ontario.[1] The first titles in the program were announced on August 13, 2024,[2] with the full program announced on August 22.[3]
In part as a response to a minor controversy earlier in the year, when the Sudbury Wolves limited ticket sales to North Bay residents during the 2023–24 OHL season playoff semifinals against the North Bay Battalion,[4] Cinéfest executive director Patrick O'Hearn announced that the festival was "putting a stop to this", and will offer a special $45 "North Bay Day" pass covering admission to the four North Bay-filmed titles in the festival lineup (Drive Back Home, We Forgot to Break Up, All the Lost Ones and Seeds).[5]
On September 7, the festival announced changes to the final schedule, pulling one previously announced film and adding three other titles.[6]
Special Presentations
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| 40 Acres |
R. T. Thorne |
Canada
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| Anora |
Sean Baker |
United States
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| The Apprentice |
Ali Abbasi |
Canada, Denmark, Ireland, United States
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| Bird |
Andrea Arnold |
United Kingdom
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| Can I Get a Witness? |
Ann Marie Fleming |
Canada
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| Darkest Miriam |
Naomi Jaye |
Canada
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| Disco's Revenge |
Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara |
Canada
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| The Little Girl and the Old Man |
La petite et le vieux |
Patrice Sauvé |
Canada
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| My Favourite Cake |
Keyk-e mahboob-e man |
Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha |
Iran, France, Sweden, Germany
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| Neon Dreaming |
Rêver en néon |
Marie-Claire Marcotte |
Canada
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| Never Look Away |
Lucy Lawless |
New Zealand
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| Our Sisters-in-Law |
Nos belles-sœurs |
René Richard Cyr |
Canada
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| Rumours |
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson |
Canada, Germany
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| Samia |
Yasemin Şamdereli |
Italy, Germany, Belgium
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| Shepherds |
Berger |
Sophie Deraspe |
Canada
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| The Substance |
Coralie Fargeat |
United Kingdom, United States, France
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| Treasure |
Julia von Heinz |
Germany, France, Poland
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| 7 Beats Per Minute |
Yuqi Kang |
Canada
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| Curl Power |
Josephine Anderson |
Canada
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| The Hobby |
Simon Ennis |
Canada
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| Intercepted |
Oksana Karpovych |
Canada, France, Ukraine
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| Kina & Yuk |
Kina et Yuk |
Guillaume Maidatchevsky |
France, Canada, Italy
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Crossing |
Levan Akin |
Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia
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| A Different Man |
Aaron Schimberg |
United States
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| Flow |
Straume |
Gints Zilbalodis |
Latvia, France, Belgium
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| The Girl with the Needle |
Pigen med nålen |
Magnus von Horn |
Denmark, Poland, Sweden
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| Good One |
India Donaldson |
United States
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| In the Summers |
Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio |
United States, Mexico
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| Mamifera |
Liliana Torres |
Spain
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| Memoir of a Snail |
Adam Elliot |
Australia
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| Misericordia |
Miséricorde |
Alain Guiraudie |
France, Spain, Portugal
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| The Missile |
Ohjus |
Miia Tervo |
Finland, Estonia
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| My First Film |
Zia Anger |
United States
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| Reinas |
Klaudia Reynicke |
Switzerland, Peru
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| Rent Free |
Fernando Andrés |
United States
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| The Second Act |
Le Deuxième acte |
Quentin Dupieux |
France
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| To a Land Unknown |
Mahdi Fleifel |
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine
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| Victoria Must Go |
Victoria må dø |
Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir |
Norway
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In Full View: Crisis, Conflict, Conscience
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Cinema Indigenized (Nishnaabek Dbaajmawaat)
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Home Free |
Avi Federgreen |
Canada
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| Morningside |
Ron Dias |
Canada
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Anywhere |
Nooj Goji |
Evelyn Pakinewatik |
Canada
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| Le Charade |
Erika Totoro |
United States
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| Curveball |
Igor Petrov |
Canada
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| Deadpan |
Aidan Cheeatow |
Canada
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| The End of Love |
Yanwenjun Liu |
China
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| Ephemera |
Cici Clancy |
Canada
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| Karatéka |
Florence Fauquet |
France
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| The Painted Night |
Ben Bruhmuller |
Canada
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| Rapture |
Le Ravissement |
Camille Trudel |
Canada
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| Save Solace |
Matt Steeves |
Canada
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| Simp |
Gabriel Carnick |
United States
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| Summer Love |
Virgile Ratelle |
Canada
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| Tennis, Oranges |
Sean Pecknold |
United States
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| Thirteenth Night |
Xiaowen Song |
China
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| Unclean |
Simon Chouinard |
Canada
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| Wifi |
Ted Sakowsky |
Canada
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| Zoé |
Rémi St-Michel |
Canada
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- ^ "‘Set Your Sights’: Cinéfest reveals 2024 festival image". Sudbury.com, August 6, 2024.
- ^ "Sudbury's Cinefest offers early look at its 2024 film lineup". North Bay Nugget, August 13, 2024.
- ^ "Plenty to savour at this year's edition of Sudbury's International Film Festival". CBC Northern Ontario, August 22, 2024.
- ^ Chris Dawson, "Diehard Battalion fan angry about Wolves' ticket tactics for Game 3". Sudbury.com, April 10, 2024.
- ^ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Forget hockey rivalry: Sudbury’s Cinéfest 2024 showing love for North Bay". Sudbury.com, August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Cinefest Sudbury adds three films to its roster, including Donald Trump drama". Sudbury Star, September 7, 2024.
