07 · 25 · 23 Mexico in The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced the selection of its 2023 edition, which highlights two Mexican co-productions: Memory, by Michel Franco (United States/ Mexico) and The Dead Don't Hurt, by Viggo Mortensen (Mexico / Canada / Denmark). The festival will be held from September 7 to 17 in Canada. Memory (2023, Dir. Michel Franco) Memory, the new film by the Mexican director Michel Franco, starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, is a co-production filmed in New York. It is a story about a couple in love trying to build a relationship, while one of them deals with trauma and dementia. The Dead Don't Hurt (2023, Dir. Viggo Mortensen) The Dead Don't Hurt, co-produced by the Mexican studio Talipot Studio and the producer Regina Solorzano, is a western about Vivienne Le Coudy, an independent woman who embarks on a relationship with a Danish immigrant played by Viggo Mortensen. Together they start a life as a couple, until the Civil War separates them and Vivienne is trapped in a place controlled by very powerful men. These are the titles that will be part of the TIFF 2023: SPECIAL SCREENINGS A Difficult Year by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (France) A Normal Family by Hur Jin-ho (South Korea) American Fiction by Cord Jefferson (United States) Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet (France) Close to You by Dominic Savage (Canada / UK) Days of Happiness by Chloé Robichaud (Canada) The Abduction by Daniela Goggi (Argentina) Ezra by Tony Goldwyn (United States) Fingernails by Christos Nikou (United States) Four Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania (France / Tunisia / Germany / Saudi Arabia) His Three Daughters by Azael Jacobs (United States) Hitman by Richard Linklater (United States) In Restless Dreams: The Musical of Paul Simon by Alex Gibney (United States) Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio (Italy / France / Germany) Knox Goes Away by Michael Keaton (United States) La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher (Italy / France / Germany) Last Summer by Catherine Breillat (France) Les Indésirables by Ladj Ly (France) Memory by Michael Franco (United States / Mexico) Monster Kore-eda Hirozaku (Japan) Mother Couch by Nicholas Larsson (United States) North Star by Kristin Scott Thomas (UK) One Life by James Hawes (UK) Pain Hustlers by David Yates (United States) Poolman by Chris Pine (United States) Reptile by Grant Singer (United States) Rustin by George C. Wolfe (United States) Seven Veils by Atom Egoyan (Canada) Shoshana by Michael Winterbottom (UK / Italy) Sing Sing by Greg Kwedar (United States) Smugglers by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea) Swan Song by Chelsea McMullan (Canada) The Beast by Bertrand Bonello (France / Canada) The Burial by Maggie Betts (United States) The Convert by Lee Tamahori (Australia / New Zealand) The Critic by Anand Tucker (UK) The Dead Don't Hurt by Viggo Mortensen (Mexico / Canada / Denmark) The Holdovers by Alexander Payne (United States) The Peasants by DK Welchmann and Hugh Welckmann (Poland / Serbia / Lithuania) The Zone of Interthe dest by Jonathan Glazer (UK / Poland / USA) Together 99 by Lukas Moodysson (Sweden / Denmark) Unicorns by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd (UK / US / Sweden) Uproar by Paul Middleditch and Hamis Bennett (New Zealand) The Beast by Bertrand Bonello (France / Canada) The Burial by Maggie Betts (United States) The Convert by Lee Tamahori (Australia / New Zealand) The Critic by Anand Tucker (UK) The Dead Don't Hurt by Viggo Mortensen (Mexico / Canada / Denmark) The Holdovers by Alexander Payne (United States) The Peasants by DK Welchmann and Hugh Welckmann (Poland / Serbia / Lithuania) The Zone of Interthe dest by Jonathan Glazer (UK / Poland / USA) Together 99 by Lukas Moodysson (Sweden / Denmark) Unicorns by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd (UK / US / Sweden) Uproar by Paul Middleditch and Hamis Bennett (New Zealand) Lee by Ellen Kuras (UK) Next Goal Wins by Taika Waititi (United States) NYAD by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (United States) Punjab '95 by Honey Trehan (India) Solo by Sophie Dupuis (Canada) The End We Start From by Mahalia Belo (UK) The Movie Emperor by Ning Hao (China) The New Boy by Warwick Thornton (Australia) The Royal Hotel by Kitty Green (Australia / UK) GALA SCREENINGS Concrete Utopia by Um Tae-Hwa (South Korea) Dumb Money by Craig Gillespie (UK) Fair Play by Chloe Domont (United States) Flora and Son by John Carney (Ireland / USA) Hate to Love: Nickelback by Leigh Brooks (Canada) Lee by Ellen Kuras (UK) Next Goal Wins by Taika Waititi (United States) NYAD by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (United States) Punjab '95 by Honey Trehan (India) Solo by Sophie Dupuis (Canada) The End We Start From by Mahalia Belo (UK) The Movie Emperor by Ning Hao (China) The New Boy by Warwick Thornton (Australia) The Royal Hotel by Kitty Green (Australia / UK)
