'Magellan' Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled its Wavelengths program for artist-driven experimental films that includes the latest work from directors Lav Diaz, Kahlil Joseph and Kamal Aljafari. The sidebar has seven features in all, including North American premieres for Diaz's Magellan, where Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal plays the titular Portuguese explorer in the epic historical drama that bowed in Cannes; Ben Rivers' Mare's Nest, about a young girl traveling through a dystopian world without adults; Alexandre Koberidze's Dry Leaf, where a father searchs for his missing daughter in Georgia in a film shot on an antiquated Sony Ericsson phone; director Nicolás Pereda's political thriller Copper; and The Seasons, the solo directorial feature debut for Maureen Fazendeiro. Related Stories TV Jason Bateman, Jude Law, Toni Collette, Ethan Hawke TV Series Join Toronto Fest Lineup Movies Neon Nabs Japanese Video Game Movie Adaptation 'Exit 8' There's a world premiere for Rhayne Vermette's Levers, a drama about humanity's uneasy relationship with the natural world; and a Canadian premiere for Kahlil Joseph's Sundance title BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, a feature debut and a multimedia tribute to black experimental thinkers. The Wavelengths program will also pair two movies by Palestinian directors: a North American bow for Kamal Aljafari's With Hasan in Gaza, the Locarno competition opener and a journey round pre-war Gaza in 2001, with an international premiere for Basma al-Sharif's It's So Beautiful Here. The Wavelengths will also present short films, including world premieres for shorts by Viktoria Schmid, Björn Kämmerer, Blake Williams, Friedl vom Gröller, Fredj Moussa, Kaiwen Ren and Eri Saito. There's also an international premiere for another film by Basma al-Sharif, Morgenkreis. The 50th edition of the Toronto Film Festival is set to run from Sept. 4 to 14. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Radu Jude 'Dracula': Radu Jude Explains How His Film Uses AI, Deconstructs the Myth and Pays Homage to Cinema Locarno Film Festival Emma Thompson on Pulling "Every Single Muscle" Playing "a Real Heroine" in Action-Thriller 'The Dead of Winter' - and What "Really Scared" Her Locarno Film Festival 'Don't Let the Sun' Director on Her "Almost Silent Movie" Exploring Alienation Amid Climate Change Locarno Film Festival Doc on Healing Trauma of Domestic Violence in the Works From Director of Locarno Opener Ice Cube Ice Cube's 'War of the Worlds': What the Critics Are Saying THR India AI Is Replacing Voice Artists in India - and There Are No Local Laws to Stop It Radu Jude 'Dracula': Radu Jude Explains How His Film Uses AI, Deconstructs the Myth and Pays Homage to Cinema Locarno Film Festival Emma Thompson on Pulling "Every Single Muscle" Playing "a Real Heroine" in Action-Thriller 'The Dead of Winter' - and What "Really Scared" Her Locarno Film Festival 'Don't Let the Sun' Director on Her "Almost Silent Movie" Exploring Alienation Amid Climate Change Locarno Film Festival Doc on Healing Trauma of Domestic Violence in the Works From Director of Locarno Opener Ice Cube Ice Cube's 'War of the Worlds': What the Critics Are Saying THR India AI Is Replacing Voice Artists in India - and There Are No Local Laws to Stop It