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Announcing the Remaining TIFF '16 Films and Talks, POP VR, TIFF Kids and Festival Street
The Toronto International Film Festival names its esteemed Platform Jury
Three-person international jury will be composed of legendary directors Brian De Palma and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun and acclaimed actor Zhang Ziyi
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Pharrell Williams and Friends to Perform *Hidden Figures* Live on Festival Street
Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe will be here too
New TIFF '16 Films: Masters, Experimental Films, Lagos, World Cinema, and More
From Wavelengths to Galas and Special Presentations to the world
Platform At TIFF '16: Revolution, Revenge, And Raw Realities
It's the second year of TIFF's juried programme, with 12 visionary and artistically bold new films
New TIFF '16 Films Announced! TIFF Docs, Vanguard, Midnight Madness, Cinematheque, and International Short Cuts
Real-life characters, zombies and demons, dark and sophisticated cinema, and a slate of classics
Canada's Best is Coming to TIFF '16
The Canadian lineup at this year's Festival features politics, bold storytelling and lots of drama
Get Ready for Infinite Views at TIFF '16
The first 2016 Festival film announcements are here
At the 2016 TIFF Industry Conference: Brexit, Women In Film, And So Much More
Connect with your fellow professionals at the 2016 TIFF Industry Conference
Virtual Reality is Coming to TIFF '16
Infinite Views through your headset of choice
Lagos, Nigeria in City to City Spotlight at 41st Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced the 2016 City to City programme will focus on Lagos, Nigeria
About The Festival
Starting out in 1976 as a collection of films from other festivals — a "festival of festivals" — the Toronto International Film Festival has become one of the most beloved cinematic events in the world, universally regarded as an ideal platform for filmmakers to launch their careers and to premiere their new work. The Festival has been described as "the most important film festival in the world — the largest, the most influential, the most inclusive." *
*Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail, September 3, 2005.
Awards
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The Grolsch People's Choice Award
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Platform Jury
Brian De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York. His feature films include Greetings (68), The Wedding Party (69), Hi Mom! (70), Obsession (76), Dressed to Kill (80), Blow Out (81), Scarface (83), Body Double (84), The Untouchables (87), Casualties of War (89), Carlito’s Way (93), Mission: Impossible (96), and The Black Dahlia (06). His films Sisters (73), Carrie (76), The Fury (78), Femme Fatale (02), Redacted (07), and Passion (12) have all screened at the Festival. This year, TIFF Cinematheque presented a retrospective of his work called Split/Screen: The Cinema of Brian De Palma.
Zhang Ziyi was born in Beijing, China. Her many acting credits include Ang Lee’s Academy Award–winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (00), Hero (02), House of Flying Daggers (04), Memoirs of a Geisha (05), for which she received Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046 (05), and The Grandmaster (13). Zhang will also be participating in the In Conversation With… series at the Festival this year.
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was born in Abéché, Chad. His films Dry Season (06) and A Screaming Man (10) played the Festival. His other features include Bye-bye Africa (99), Our Father (02), and Grigris (13). Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy (16) is his latest feature.
Canadian Feature Film Jury
Luc Déry is a Canadian producer and founder of micro_scope. He has produced or co-produced numerous films, including A Problem with Fear (03), Tiresia (03), Familia (05), Congorama (06), Continental, un film sans fusil (07), C’est pas moi, je le jure! (08), Denis Villeneuve’s Academy Award nominated Incendies (10), and Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar (11). His recent productions include Philippe Falardeau’s Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre (15) and André Turpin’s Endorphine (15).
Anita Lee is an executive producer at the National Film Board of Canada. Her recent productions include The Deeper They Bury Me (14), Highrise: Universe Within (15), Invention (15), The Apology (16). She produced Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (12), which won the Rogers Toronto Critics Prize for Best Canadian Film, Best Documentary Feature at the Canadian Screen Awards, and Best Non-Fiction Film by the New York Film Critics Circle. Lee is also the founder of Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
Hal Niedzviecki is a Canadian novelist, nonfiction writer, and screen writer. He is the author of 11 books of fiction and non-fiction, including most recently Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future and The Archaeologists, a novel.
Mina Shum was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver. A writer and director, her feature films include Double Happiness (94), Drive, She Said (97), and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (02), all of which premiered at the Festival. Her first feature documentary, Ninth Floor (15), was included in the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival and awarded the Women in Film and Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award.
Short Cuts Film Jury
Abteen Bagheri is a writer and director from Los Angeles, CA. He has directed music videos for A$AP Rocky and Blood Orange, and commercials for Nike, Taco Bell, Smart Car, and Volvo. His work has screened at Sundance, SXSW, and on television networks worldwide.
Jeff Barnaby is a Mi’gmaq filmmaker from Listuguj, Quebec. His short films have played in numerous festivals, including Sundance, Tribeca, Fantasia, and Vancouver. His film The Colony (07) was selected by the Festival as one of Canada’s Top Ten shorts. His debut feature, Rhymes for Young Ghouls (13), screened at TIFF and was selected for the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival.
Eva Husson was born and raised in France, where she received her M.A. in English literature from the Sorbonne before pursuing a M.F.A. at the American Film Institute. Her short films include Hope to Die (04) and Those For Whom It’s Always Complicated (13). Her debut feature Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (15) premiered at the Festival.
NETPAC Jury
Jeannette Paulson Hereniko is a film producer for Te Maka Productions and selects films for world-wide educational distribution for Alexander Street. She was the Hawaii International Film Festival’s Founding Director and the first Director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival. A founding member of NETPAC, she now serves on NETPAC’s Advisory Board.
Bina Paul is Regional Director of LV Prasad Film and TV Academy. An alumna of the prestigious Film and TV Institute of India, Bina has been working as a film editor for the last 20 years. She was the former Artistic Director of the International Film Festival of Kerala and a Senior Editor at the Center for the Development of Imaging Technology. She served as Vice President on the NETPAC Executive Board.
Sabrina Baracetti was born in Udine and studied Human Arts at the University of Trieste, with a thesis focused on cinema studies. She was the President of Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche and founder and President of its Far East Film Festival. She is Head of Sales at Tucker Film, which specializes in the distribution of Asian films in Italy.
Past Award Winners
- People's Choice Awards
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearRoomLenny AbrahamsonIreland / Canada2015The Imitation GameMorten TyldumUSA / United Kingdom201412 Years a SlaveSteve McQueenUSA2013Silver Linings PlaybookDavid O. RussellUSA2012Where Do We Go Now?Nadine LabakiFrance / Lebanon / Italy / Egypt2011The King’s SpeechTom HooperUnited Kingdom / Australia2010Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by SapphireLee DanielsUSA2009Slumdog MillionaireDanny BoyleUnited Kingdom2008Eastern PromisesDavid CronenbergCanada / UK2007BellaAlejandro Gómez MonteverdeUSA2006TsotsiGavin HoodUnited Kingdom / South Africa2005Hotel RwandaTerry GeorgeUnited Kingdom / South Africa / Italy2004ZatoichiTakeshi KitanoJapan2003Whale RiderNiki CaroNew Zealand / Germany2002AmélieJean-Pierre JeunetFrance2001Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng LeeTaiwan2000American BeautySam MendesUSA1999Life is BeautifulRoberto BenigniItaly1998The Hanging GardenThom FitzgeraldCanada1997ShineScott HicksAustralia / United Kingdom1996Antonia's LineMarleen GorrisNetherlands / Belgium / United Kingdom1995PriestAntonia BirdUnited Kingdom1994The SnapperStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom1993Strictly BallroomBaz LuhrmannAustralia1992The Fisher KingTerry GilliamUSA1991Cyrano de BergeracJean-Paul RappeneauFrance1990Roger & MeMichael MooreUSA1989Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownPedro AlmodóvarSpain1988The Princess BrideRob ReinerUSA1987Le Déclin de l'empire américainDenys ArcandCanada1986The Official StoryLuis PuenzoArgentina1985Places in the HeartRobert BentonUSA1984The Big ChillLawrence KasdanUSA1983TempestPaul MazurskyUSA1982Chariots of FireHugh HudsonyUnited Kingdom1981Bad TimingNicolas RoegUnited Kingdom1980Best BoyIra WohlUSA1979GirlfriendsClaudia WeillUSA1978
- People's Choice Midnight Madness Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearWhat We Do in The ShadowsTaika Waititi, Jemaine ClementUSA/New Zealand2014Why Don't You Play In Hell?Sion SonoJapan2013Seven PsychopathsMartin McDonaghUSA/United Kingdom2012The RaidGareth EvansIndonesia2011Stake LandJim MickleUSA2010The Loved OnesSean ByrneAustralia2009
- People’s Choice Documentary Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearWinter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for FreedomEvgeny AfineevskyUkraine/USA/United Kingdom2015Beats of the AntonovHajooj KukaSudan/South Africa2014The SquareJehane NoujaimEgypt/USA2013ArtifactBartholomew CubbinsUSA2012The Island PresidentJon ShenkUSA2011Force of Nature: The David Suzuki MovieSturla GunnarssonCanada2010The Topp TwinsLeanne PooleyNew Zealand2009
- Best Canadian First Feature Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSleeping GiantAndrew CividinoCanada2015Bang Bang BabyJeffrey St. JulesCanada2014Asphalt WatchesShayne Ehman, Seth ScriverCanada2013Antiviral
BlackbirdBrandon Cronenberg
Jason BuxtonCanada2012Edwin Boyd: Citizen GangsterNathan MorlandoCanada2011The High Cost of LivingDeborah ChowCanada2010The Wild HuntAlexandre FranchiCanada2009Before TomorrowMarie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq IvaluCanada2008Continental, un film sans fusilStéphane LafleurCanada2007Sur la trace d'Igor RizziNöel MitraniCanada2006The Life and Hard Times of Guy TerrificoLouise Archambault, Michael MabbottCanada2005La Peau blancheDaniel RobyCanada2004Love, Sex and Eating the BonesSudz SutherlandCanada2003Marion BridgeWiebke von CarolsfeldCanada2002InertiaSean GarrityCanada2001La moitié gauche du frigoPhilippe FalardeauCanada2000Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the ‘70s GenerationCatherine AnnauCanada1999Last NightDon McKellarCanada1998CubeVincenzo NataliCanada1997 - Best Canadian Feature Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearCloset MonsterStephen DunnCanada2015Félix et MeiraMaxime GirouxCanada2014When Jews Were FunnyAlan ZweigCanada2013Laurence AnywaysXavier DolanCanada / France2012Monsieur LazharPhilippe FalardeauCanada2011Cairo TimeRuba NaddaCanada2009Lost SongRodrigue JeanCanada2008My WinnipegGuy MaddinCanada2007Manufactured LandscapesJennifer BaichwalCanada2006C.R.A.Z.Y.Jean-Marc ValléeCanada2005It's All Gone Pete TongMichael DowseCanada2004Les Invasions barbaresDenys ArcandCanada2003SpiderDavid CronenbergCanada2002Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerZacharias KunukCanada2001WaydowntownGary BurnsCanada2000The Five SensesJeremy PodeswaCanada1999NôRobert LepageCanada1998The Hanging Garden The Sweet HereafterThom Fitzgerald Atom EgoyanCanada1997Long Day’s Journey Into The NightDavid WellingtonCanada1996Live BaitBruce SweeneyCanada1995ExoticaAtom EgoyanCanada1994Kanehsatake: 270 Years of ResistanceAlanis ObomsawinCanada1993Requiem pour un beau sans-coeurRobert MorinCanada1992The AdjusterAtom EgoyanCanada1991
- Excellence in Canadian Production
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearHDarrell WasykCanada1990RoadkillBruce McDonaldCanada1989The Outside Chance Of Maximilian GlickAllan GoldsteinCanada1988Family ViewingAtom EgoyanCanada1987Le Déclin de l'empire américainDenys ArcandCanada1986Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. BanksDonald BrittainCanada1985La Femme de l'hôtelLéa PoolCanada1984
- Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearOverpassPatrice LalibertéCanada2015The Weatherman and The ShadowboxerRandall OkitaCanada2014NoahWalter Woodman, Patrick CederbergCanada2013Keep a Modest HeadDeco DawsonCanada2012Doubles With Slight PepperIan HarnarineCanada2011Les Fleurs de l'âgeVincent BironCanada2010Danse MacabrePedro PiresCanada2009Block BChris Chong Chan FuiMalaysia/Canada2008PoolChris Chong Chan FuiCanada2007Les JoursMaxime GirouxCanada2006Big GirlRenuka JeyapalanCanada2005Man Feel PainDylan Akio SmithCanada2004AspirationConstant MentzasCanada2003Blue SkiesAnn Marie FlemingCanada2002Film(dzama)Deco DawsonCanada2001Le ChapeauMichèle CournoyerCanada2000DéchargePatrick DemersCanada1999When Ponds Freeze OverMary LewisCanada1998Cotton CandyRoshell BissettCanada1997Letters From HomeMike HoolboomCanada1996ReconstructionLaurence GreenCanada1995Frank's CockMike HoolboomCanada1994Save My Lost Nigga' SoulClement VirgoCanada1993Les Sauf-conduitsManon BriandCanada1992The Making of "Monsters"John GreysonCanada1991ShaggieJanis ColeCanada1990Stealing ImagesAlan ZweigCanada1989
- Short Cuts Award for Best Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearMaman(s)Maïmouna DoucouréFrance2015A Single BodySotiris DounoukosAustralia/France2014
- International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) - Special Presentations
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearDesiertoJonás CuarónMexico/France2015Time Out of MindOren MovermanUSA2014The First ManGianni AmelioFrance/Algeria/Italy2011L'amour fouPierre ThorettonFrance2010IdaPawel PawlikowskiPoland2013Dans la maisonFrançois OzonFrance2012DisgraceSteve JacobsAustralia2008HadewijchBruno DumontFrance2009
- International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) - Discovery
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearEva NováMarko SkopSlovakia2015May Allah Bless France!Abd Al MalikFrance2014The Amazing CatfishClaudia Sainte-LuceMexico2013All The Wrong ReasonsGia MilaniCanada2013Call GirlMikael MarcimainSweden/Ireland/Norway/Finland2012Detroit UnleadedRola NashefUSA2012AvalonAxel PetersénSweden2011Beautiful BoyShawn KuUSA2010The Man Beyond The BridgeLaxmikant ShetgaonkarIndia2009LymelifeDerick MartiniUSA2008HungerSteve McQueenUnited Kingdom2008La ZonaRodrigo PláSpain/Mexico2007CochochiIsrael Càrdenas, Laura Amelia GuzmànMexico/United Kingdom/Canada2007Death of a PresidentGabriel RangeUnited Kingdom2006RepriseJoachim TrierNorway2006Look Both WaysSarah WattAustralia2005OmaghPete TravisIreland/United Kingdom2004Rhinoceros EyesAaron WoodleyUSA2003The Magdalene SistersPeter MullanUnited Kingdom / ireland2002Chicken Rice WarCheeKSingapore2001George Washington 101 ReykjavãkDavid Gordon Green, Baltasar KormákurUSA/Iceland/Norway/ Denmark/France2000Goat On Fire And Smiling FishKevin JordanUSA1999
- NETPAC
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearThe Whispering StarSion SonoJapan2015Margarita, with a StrawShonali BoseIndia2014QissaAnup SinghGermany/India/Netherlands/France2013The Land of HopeSion SonoJapan2012
- Artistic Innovation
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearEncarnaciónAnahí BerneriArgentina2007
- Cultural Innovation
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTakva: A Man's Fear of GodÖzer KiziltanTurkey/Germany2006
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