TIFF Live
From September 7 to 17, TIFF will broadcast live on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, giving you inside access to Festival. Whether you're down the street or across an ocean, join us live from the red carpet, the TIFF stage, and inside hot ticket events by checking out the schedule and links below.
PLEASE NOTE: The times listed below are as close to accurate as we can make them, but for some live events, the actual start time may vary. Thanks for watching!
Borg/McEnroe
Day 1: Thursday, Sept. 7
Borg/McEnroe
Live 360 VR on the Red Carpet is produced by THE SILVER FACTORY
Call Me By Your Name
Gaga: Five Foot Two
Day 2: Friday, Sept. 8
Stronger
Mary Shelley
Day 3: Saturday, Sept. 9
TELEFILM CANADA'S TALENT TO WATCH In the Director Chair: Lady Boss
Mary Shelley
Live 360 VR on the Red Carpet is produced by THE SILVER FACTORY
mother!
Day 4: Sunday, Sept. 10
Chappaquiddick
The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us
Day 5: Monday, Sept. 11
Angela Robinson & Brie Larson & Lynette Howell Taylor Behind the Scenes Dialogues
Breathe
Breathe
Mudbound
Day 6: Tuesday, Sept. 12
DOC CONFERENCE Mavericks: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
DOC CONFERENCE Private Investment in Documentary: How and Why?
DOC CONFERENCE Morgan Spurlock Presents Cultureshock
DOC CONFERENCE Beating the Odds: How to Build a Sustainable Creative Career
Live 360 VR on the Red Carpet is produced by THE SILVER FACTORY
Kings
I Love You, Daddy
Day 7: Wednesday, Sept. 13
DIALOGUES Directing Actors and Actors Directing
If You Saw His Heart
Day 8: Thursday, Sept. 14
55 Steps
My Days of Mercy
Day 9: Friday, Sept. 15
C'est la vie!
Day 10: Saturday, Sept. 16
Live 360 VR on the Red Carpet is produced by THE SILVER FACTORY
Sheikh Jackson
Day 11: Sunday, Sept. 17
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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.
Key Dates
- What are the key dates?
- May 23TIFF Members (Contributors Circle and up) can purchase ticket packages as of 10am ETMay 30TIFF Members (365 and up) can purchase ticket packages as of 10am ETJune 13Visa cardholders can purchase ticket packages as of 10am ETJune 20Packages on sale to the public as of 10am ETAugust 21Programme Book and Official Film Schedule releasedAugust 23Individual tickets available for purchase à la carte to TIFF Patrons Circle Members (according to level)August 26Ticket selection window for package purchasers begins (TIFF Members, according to level, followed by the public starting Aug. 28). NOTE: all public package redemption begins after TIFF Members.Beginning September 1Individual tickets available for purchase à la carte to all TIFF Members from 10am to 4pm ET (subject to availability)Beginning September 2Individual tickets available for purchase à la carte to all TIFF Insiders from 10am to 4pm ET (subject to availability)Beginning September 3Individual tickets available for purchase à la carte to the public from 10am to 4pm ET (subject to availability). Sales reopen at 7am on September 4, and will be available through to September 16.September 6 to 1643rd Toronto International Film Festival
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2017 Awards
Grolsch People's Choice Awards
This year marked the 40th year that Toronto audiences were able to cast a ballot for their favourite Festival film for the Grolsch People’s Choice Award.
Winner — Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
First runner-up: Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya
Second runner-up: Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name
The Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award:
Winner: Joseph Kahn’s Bodied
Second runner-up: Craig Zahler’s Brawl in Cell Block 99
First runner-up: James Franco’s The Disaster Artist
Bodied
The Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award:
Winner: Agnès Varda and JR’s Faces Places
Second runner-up: Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
First runner-up: Long Time Running by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier
Faces, Places
International Jury Awards
TORONTO PLATFORM PRIZE PRESENTED BY AIR FRANCE
For its third year of the Platform programme of director’s cinema, the Festival welcomed an international jury comprised of Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska, and Wim Wenders.
Winner: Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country
Jury remarks: “This is a spiritual epic taking place in 1929 in Australia’s Northern Territory. It is a great saga of human fate, and its themes of race and struggle for survival are handled in such a simple, rich, unpretentious and touching way, that it became for us a deeply emotional metaphor for our common fight for dignity.”
Sweet Country
Speaking about their deliberations, the Jury statement added: “We saw twelve films from all over the world that took us into very different universes of the soul and to extremely different places on our planet. We were thankful to be able to see these films and we very much appreciated that actually exactly half of them were made by women. TIFF is leading the way, we feel. As we only had one award to give, we had to be quite radical. We also limited ourselves to only one special mention, even if other films might have imposed themselves for best acting, writing or directing.”
Awarding a special mention to Clio Barnard’s Dark River, the Jury said: “This film deeply rooted in the Yorkshire countryside convinced us, as its characters and actors, its photography, its story and its sense of place were all so utterly believable and controlled, that we were totally taken by it.”
THE PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZES)
Winner - Discovery: Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava
Winner - Special Presentations: Manuel Martín Cuenca’s The Motive (El Autor)
Ava
The Motive (El Autor)
The Festival welcomed an international FIPRESCI jury composed of jury president Jonathan Rosenbaum (USA), Robert Daudelin (Canada), Martin Horyna (Czech Republic), Ivonete Pinto (Brazil), Marietta Steinhart (Austria), and Jim Slotek (Canada).
NETPAC AWARD
Winner: Huang Hsin-Yao’s The Great Buddha+
Jury remarks: “The NETPAC Jury awards The Great Buddha+ for depicting the interface between the haves and have-nots, with black humour and style, innovating with noir in representing the social reality of Taiwan today.”
The Great Buddha+
Jury members include jury chairperson Rashmi Doraiswamy (India), Jian Hao (China), and Savine Wong (Canada).
Short Film Jury Awards
The short film awards below were selected by a jury comprised of Marit van den Elshout, Johnny Ma, and Chloé Zhao.
Pre-Drink
The Burden (Min Börda)
IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
Winner: Marc-Antoine Lemire’s Pre-Drink
Jury remarks: “A monumental yet intimate portrayal of a woman in transition.“
IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Winner: Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s The Burden (Min Börda)
Jury remarks: “Whimsical but tragic, imaginative and just plain weird, this is exactly what one can expect from a Scandinavian musical with fish in bath robes singing out their existentialist crisis. This is a film that stands out in this program and any film program it will ever be part of.”
Honourable mentions to Matthew Rankin’s The Tesla World Light (Tesla: Lumière Mondiale) and Qiu Yang’s Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night).
Canadian Film Jury Awards
The Canadian awards below were selected by a jury comprised of Mark Adams, Min Sook Lee, and Ella Cooper.
Luk' Luk'l
Les Affamés
CITY OF TORONTO AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
Winner: Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Luk' Luk'l
Jury remarks: “The award goes to a striking debut film that disrupts borders - of form and content and suggests new cinematic territories. This beautifully realized film offers a unique Canadian perspective, made with real compassion, insight and remarkable characters from Vancouver’s East Side.”
Honourable mention to Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava.
CANADA GOOSE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
Winner: Robin Aubert’s Les Affamés.
Jury remarks: “A hybrid art-house film that proved to be something of a revelation. Wonderfully scripted and perfectly cast, this film managed the rare feat of featuring genuinely interesting and well-rounded characters; surprising dramatic and comedic moments with well thought-out multi-generational female roles (who were totally badass) while also dealing with poignant and contemporary issues, set against a striking rural backdrop and hundreds of ‘ravenous’ zombies.”
Honourable mention to Simon Lavoie’s The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes).
Juries
Platform Jury
Chen Kaige was born in Beijing. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, he made his feature film debut with Yellow Earth (84). In 1993, he won the first Palme D’Or for a Chinese language film at Cannes for his epic Farewell, My Concubine (93). His numerous features include Together (02), To Each His Own (07), and Caught in the Web (12), all of which have screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, in addition to Temptress Moon (96), Killing Me Softly (02), The Promise (05), Forever Enthralled (08), and Sacrifice (10). In 2015, Chen directed Monk Comes Down the Mountain, a martial arts drama that was a box office powerhouse in China. Legend of the Demon Cat, about the famous Japanese tale of Kukai the monk, is currently in post-production and marks the most ambitious project by Chen to date.
Małgorzata Szumowska is a Polish filmmaker from Kraków. Her films include the Silver Leopard–winning 33 Scenes from Life (08); In the Name Of (13), which received the Berlinale Teddy Award; Elles (11); and Body (15), which was the recipient of the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlinale and a European Film Award. She has been nominated twice for the European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year, and has won many other prestigious awards around the world.
Wim Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. Seven of his films, including Alice in the Cities (74) and Kings of the Road (76), screened at the inaugural Festival in 1976. His features Hammett (82), Paris, Texas (84), Lisbon Story (94), Land of Plenty (04), Pina (11), Every Thing Will Be Fine (15), and Les Beaux Jours d'Aranjuez (16) also screened at the Festival. Among his many other films are The American Friend (77), The State of Things (82), Wings of Desire (87), Until the End of the World (91), Faraway, So Close! (93), The End of Violence (97), Buena Vista Social Club (99), and Don't Come Knocking (05). Submergence (17) is his latest film.
Short Cuts Jury
Johnny Ma was born in Shanghai and raised in Canada. He studied film at Columbia University. His short film A Grand Canal (13) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was a Canada’s Top Ten pick. Old Stone (16), his directorial debut and first feature film, premiered at Berlinale and was awarded the Best Canadian First Feature Film award at TIFF that year. The film also won the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s award for Best First Feature. His other short films include The Robbery (10), Play (11), and The Genius from Quintino (12).
Marit van den Elshout works for the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She is the head of IFFR PRO and manages the Hubert Bals Fund, CineMart, Rotterdam Lab, and Film Office. She also acts on several selection committees, including committees for the Rotterdam Media Fund, the Hubert Bals Fund, the Netherlands Film Fund, and the Dutch Cultural Media Fund. She is an EAVE 2009 graduate, is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Jerusalem International Film Lab, and is a member of the European Film Academy. She was also industry liaison for the Melbourne International Film Festival, and has worked as an advisor and international liaison on the development of Durban FilmMart.
Chloé Zhao was born in Beijing. She received her BA in political science from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and her MFA in film production from New York University. Her films include the shorts The Atlas Mountains (08), Daughters (09), and Benachin (10), and the feature Songs My Brothers Taught Me (15). The Rider (17) is her latest work.
Canadian Jury
Ella Cooper is an award-winning independent filmmaker, multimedia artist, educator, impact producer and programmer based in Toronto. She is the founder of Black Women Film! Canada, a new leadership program and collective that supports the development of emerging Black women filmmakers and media artists. Cooper's work has recently been presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario and in galleries, public spaces, and festivals across Canada, the US, and Germany. Her latest documentary dance film gained honourable mention for Best Documentary at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and her documentary Black Men Loving (14) won Best Canadian Film at the International Caribbean Tales Film Festival, where she also received a Best Canadian Presentation Award for her collaboration with Alison Duke and the Akua Benjamin Legacy Project. Cooper is a lecturer at the University of Toronto Scarborough and one of the Toronto Arts Council's 2017 Cultural Leaders.
Mark Adams has been Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival since early 2015. Prior to that he was Chief Film Critic for respected film trade paper Screen International and was also film critic for The Sunday Mirror in the UK, having also worked extensively in the film industry as a programmer, reviewer and film writer.
Min Sook Lee has directed numerous critically-acclaimed feature documentaries, including: Donald Brittain Gemini winner Tiger Spirit, Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature winner Hogtown, Gemini nominated El Contrato, and Canadian Screen Award winner, The Real Inglorious Bastards. Lee is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award, and the Alanis Obomsawin Award for Commitment to Community and Resistance. Canada’s oldest labour arts festival, Mayworks, has named the Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Award in her honour. Lee’s most recent feature, Migrant Dreams, tells the undertold story of migrant workers struggling against Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) that treats foreign workers as modern-day indentured labourers. In 2017, Migrant Dreams garnered the prestigious Canadian Hillman Prize which honours journalists whose work identifies important social and economic issues in Canada.
NETPAC Jury
Dr. Rashmi Doraiswamy is a Professor at The Academy of International Studies in New Delhi and winner of the National Award for Best Film Critic in 1994. She is the noted author of Guru Dutt: Through Light and Shade as well as co-editor on Being and Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia (2002) and Asian Film Journeys: Selections from Cinemaya (2010). Her essays have appeared in a variety of books over the years on subjects such as John Berger, Post-colonial Literature, and Hindi Cinema.
Jian Hao, is a professor of Beijing Film Academy, a scriptwriter and a director of Chinese independent films. He is the screenwriter of films such as Snowy Windy Power-cut Night and Urgent Force Landing (2000 Golden Roster Award Winner) and he created the independent film Lynching the Thinker. His selected publications include Study of Genre Film, Chinese TV Drama Series: The Study of Culture and Genre and Pretend to be Orgiastic. His noted academic essays include A new theory on film noir: Style or Genre?
Savine is currently the Interim Executive Director for the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Canada’s largest Pan-Asian film festival. Her expertise lies in programming, entertainment financing and business consulting in Asia and North America, and she has worked with notable organizations including the Toronto International Film Festival, National Bank of Canada, and Standard Chartered Bank in the past.
Past Award Winners
- People's Choice Awards
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearLa La LandDamien ChazelleUSA2016RoomLenny 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 ProductionYearFree FireBen WheatleyUnited Kingdom2016HardcoreIlya NaishullerRussia/USA2015What 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 ProductionYearI Am Not Your NegroRaoul PeckUSA2016Winter 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 ProductionYearOld Stone (Lao shi)Johnny MaCanada / China2016Sleeping 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 ProductionYearCeux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeauMathieu Denis, Simon LavoieCanada2016Closet 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 ProductionYearMutantsAlexandre DostieCanada2016OverpassPatrice 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 Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearImagoRaymund Ribay GutierrezPhilippines2016Maman(s)Maïmouna DoucouréFrance2015A Single BodySotiris DounoukosAustralia/France2014
- International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) - Special Presentations
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearI Am Not Madame BovaryFeng XiaogangChina2016DesiertoJonás 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 ProductionYearKati KatiMbithi MasyaKenya/Germany2016Eva 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 ProductionYearIn BetweenMaysaloun HamoudIsrael/France2016The 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
- Toronto Platform Prize
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearJackiePablo LarraínUnited Kingdom2016HurtAlan ZweigCanada2015
- Cultural Innovation
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTakva: A Man's Fear of GodÖzer KiziltanTurkey/Germany2006
Industry
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The six-day TIFF Industry Conference will run September 8-13 at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival. It will feature a lineup of internationally-focused premium programming comprised of high-profile speakers, progressive discussions, and innovative strategies for creative and business leaders.
Festival Tickets + Packages
Curated Experiences
Let our programmers do the work for you.
Buzz List
Priority access to 5 of the most buzzworthy premium screenings at TIFF ‘18
1550
Closing Night Film
See the Closing Night Film at Roy Thomson Hall September 15
100
Individual Tickets
NEW! Tiered pricing for venues with assigned seating (Roy Thomson Hall, Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales, Elgin, Winter Garden)
For venues without assigned seating (Ryerson, Scotiabank, Jackman Hall and TIFF Bell Lightbox), pricing remains the same.
Rush tickets are $20 (Regular) and $40 (Premium), when available.
Evening screenings start after 5pm. Daytime screenings start at 5pm or earlier.
Please note you may be asked to show ID at the box office or screening venue to verify age.
Published by TIFF, this 400+ page book features Festival programmers' notes on each film. Pre-order with your ticket packages or buy in person at TIFF Shop or the Festival Box Office.
TIFF prefers Visa
Flex Packs
Customize your Festival experience. Select your films starting August 26 (TIFF Members, according to level, followed by the public on August 28).
Regular Flex
Buy in increments of 10 starting at
240
The more you buy, the more you save. Buy in bulk and save up to 28% per ticket!
See prices for 20-100 packs
Premium Flex
6 tickets for
425
Get the hottest tickets first!
Choose from any premium screenings.
Weekday Daytime
10 tickets for
165
Book your time off now.
Choose from weekday screenings starting at 5pm or earlier. Redeem your pack before individual ticket day!
Back Half
6 tickets for
105
Great savings come to those who wait.
Choose from films screening September 12–16. Redeem your pack before individual ticket day!