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The Chloe Sevigny-starring adaptation of Françoise Sagan's classic novel Bonjour Tristesse from director Durga Chew-Bose is set to open the 2024 Toronto Film Festival's Discovery program with a world premiere,

Chew-Bose writes and directs the film, which is represented by UTA for distribution sales. Other anticipated Discovery program titles include Afolabi Olalekan’s “Freedom Way,” Egil Pedersen’s “My Fathers’ Daughter,” Laura Carreira’s “On Falling,” and Pavlo Ostrikov’s “U Are The Universe.”

The Toronto Film Festival's Discovery sidebar will debut 24 titles with 20 world premieres as part of its 2024 edition, running from September 5 to 15. The Discovery programme features titles from more than 25 countries,