"TYREL is 2018’s answer to Get Out … an absolute workout for its outstanding cast and a devilish roller coaster ride for audiences. It’s funny, disturbing, cringeworthy, nerve-wracking and, for some, will feel a little too realistic." – Vanity Fair

At the urging of his best mate, Tyler (Jason Mitchell) heads upstate for a lad’s weekend – even though he’s going to be the only black guy in attendance. When the booze and pot starts flowing so do the faux pas, but Tyler’s used to white obliviousness by now. It's only when weirdo Alan (Michael Cera) arrives that things begin sliding out of control and soon Tyler will discover that there are limits to how polite one can be.

A gleefully uneasy skewering of bro culture, white privilege and the parlous state of race relations in the age of Trump, TYREL is the latest shot across the bows of polite society from MIFF mainstay Sebastián Silva (Nasty Baby, MIFF 2015; Magic Magic, MIFF 2013). With the help of an excellent ensemble cast, Silva takes social awkwardness to thriller-like levels, delivering a whip-smart cinematic provocation that refuses to go where you expect.