The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie performs during the first stop of the Man Machine Poem Tour at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria on Friday, July 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

By Canadian Press, Dan Reynish

Tragically Hip documentary series set for world premiere at Toronto film festival

Aug 9, 2024 | 11:35 AM

A four-part docuseries on The Tragically Hip and film shorts from Oscar-winner Torill Kove and actor Connor Jessup are among the homegrown additions to the Toronto International Film Festival.

Organizers say the Primetime program includes the long-awaited world premiere of “The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal,” bound for Prime Video.

Announced back in 2022, it’s directed by Mike Downie, the brother of late bandleader Gord Downie.

The documentary features home-videos from members of the band and their crew, personal and unseen footage from the band’s 40-year history.

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It’s the story of what held the band together, what pushed them apart and how they captured the hearts and minds of so many fans both in Canada and around the world.

The series promises “unseen performances, unreleased music and unprecedented access to the Hip,” according to an announcement.

The TV-focused lineup also includes “The Knowing” from Indigenous storytellers Courtney Montour and Tanya Talaga, Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV Plus thriller, “Disclaimer,” starring Cate Blanchett, and British director Joe Wright’s Benito Mussolini biopic, “M. Son of the Century.”

In addition to an offering from Jessup and a new animated project from Kove, the Short Cuts lineup includes titles from U.S. actress Dakota Johnson and a film by Arshile Khanjian Egoyan, the son of acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan.

TIFF runs Sept. 5 to 15.