164: TIFF 2021 Preview

With this year’s Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner, we are here to share our most anticipated films that are playing during this year’s iteration. We both had five films we’ve named and included a few honourable mentions.

Dakota’s Picks – Spencer, All My Puny Sorrows, Official Competition, A Hero and The Middle Man

Rachel’s Picks – Flee, Night Raiders, Scarborough, Aloners and Belfast

Honourable mentions include Memoira, The Forgiven, Encounter, DASHCAM, Snakehead and Titane

Check out Rachel’s helpful TIFF planning website.

Read Dakota’s article detailing his most anticipated movies still to come out in 2021

Read Rachel’s interviews with Riz Ahmed and Simu Liu

Check out That Shelf’s best films of 2021 so far.

Listen to The Troubles podcast to learn more about the background information of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast. 

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About the author

Dakota Arsenault is the creator, host, producer and editor of Contra Zoom Pod. His favourite movies include The Life Aquatic, 12 Angry Men, Rafifi and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. He first started the podcast back in April of 2015 and has produced well over 250 episodes. Dakota is also a co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

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