By Anthony D'Alessandro
SEVEN SVEILS at TIFF 2023 | Q&A with Atom Egoyan
Editorial Director/Box Office Editor
TIFF today announced the competitive Platform line-up, headlined by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan, South Korean filmmaker Hur Jin-ho and award-winning American filmmaker and essayist Jane Schoenbrun. Jin-ho directed last year’s A Normal Family, which had its world premiere at TIFF.
Named after Jia Zhang-Ke’s groundbreaking second feature, Platform, the nine-year-old program showcases bold and distinctive directorial voices and emerging international talent. This year, the sidebar features 10 films from 17 countries. Among the Platform films that have gone on to greater success are Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal, which received multiple Oscar nominations and won Best Sound and Best Film Editing. The 10 films in the section are eligible for the Platform Prize, a $20,000 CAD prize given to the best film in the program.
