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![]() Film Festival 5 - 15 SEPTEMBER 2024 in Toronto, Ontario
2 0 2 4 A W A R D S People's Choice: THE LIFE OF CHUCK Documentary: THE TRAGICALLY HIP: NO DRESS REHEARSAL Midnight Madness: THE SUBSTANCE Canadian Feature: SHEPHERDS Discovery: UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Norman Jewison Award: David Cronenberg Director: Mike Leigh Performers: Amy Adams and Jharrel Jerome Impact Media: Angelina Jolie Groundbreaker: Cate Blanchett Artisan: Clement Ducol & Camille Emerging Talent: Durga Chew-Bose Special Tribute: Zhao Tao Fipresci Prize: MOTHER MOTHER Netpac Award: THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN Platform Award: THEY WILL BE DUST | 2 0 2 4 F I L M S | ||
![]() ABERDEEN (Cooper/Thomas, Can) ADDITION (Lunam, Aus) ADRIFT POTENTIALS (Pirondi, Br) ALL OF YOU (Bridges, US) ![]() AN UNFINISHED FILM (Lou, Sin) ANDREA BOCELLI: BECAUSE I BELIEVE (Spender, UK) ![]() ANYWHERE ANYTIME (Tangshir, It) APRIL (Kulumbegashvili, It) ARCHIPELAGO OF EARTHEN BONES: TO BUNYA (Szlam, Can) THE ASSESSMENT (Fortune, UK) ![]() THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CESAIRE (Hunt-Ehrlich, US) BEING JOHN SMITH (Smith, UK) BELOVED TROPIC (Endara, Panama, Col) ![]() ![]() A BLACK SCREEN TOO (Vermette, Can) BLISS (Zarhin, Isr) BLUE ROAD: THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY (O'Shea, Ire) BONJOUR TRISTESSE (Chew-Bose, Can) BOONG (Devi, Ind) BOUND IN HEAVEN (Huo, Chn) BRING THEM DOWN (Andrews, Ire) ![]() BY THE STREAM (Hong, Kor) CAN I GET A WITNESS (Fleming, Can) CARNIVAL IS OVER (Coimbra, Br) CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (Jia, Chn) CLOUD (Kurosawa, Jpn) COLLECTIVE MONOLOGUE (Rinland, Arg) ![]() CROCODILE TEARS (Tampubolon, Ina) THE COURAGEOUS (Gordon, Swi) THE CUT (Ellis, UK) ![]() THE DAMNED (Minervini, Ita) DANIELA FOREVER (Vigalondo, Sp) DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER (Xi, Tai) DEAD MAIL (DeBoer/McConaghy, US) DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY (Hsu, Tai) THE DEB (Wilson) THE DIARY OF A Sky (Hamdan, Leb) DICIANNOVE (Tortorici, It) ![]() DO I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE (Martinez, Can) DON'T CRY, BUTTERFLY (Linh, Vie) DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (Davidtz, SA) DRAMA 1882 (Shawky, Egy) EDEN (Ron Howard, US) EDGE OF NIGHT (Suer, Ger) ELSE (Emin, France, Bel) ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE (Cutler/Furnish, US) ![]() ![]() ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND (Peck, Fr) ESCAPE FROM THE 21ST CENTURY (Li, Chn) EXERGUE: ON DOCUMENTA 14 (Athiridis, Gr) THE EXILES (Funes, Sp) FAITHLESS (Alfredson/Johnsen, Swe) FAMILIES LIKE OURS (Vinterberg, Den) FANATICAL: THE CATFISHING OF TEGAN AND SARA (Carr, US) ![]() ![]() THE FREEDOM OF FIERRO (Esteinou, Mex) FREEDOM WAY (Olalekan, Nga) THE FRIEND (McGehee/Siegel, US) FRIENDSHIP (DeYoung, US) FROM GROUND ZERO (Moussa/Damo/etc, Pal) FRONT ROW (Allouache, Alg) THE GESUIDOUZ (Ugana, Jpn) GO BETWEEN (Kennedy, Can) ![]() GRAND TOUR (Gomes, Por) GULIZAR (Bayrak, Tur) HAPPY HOLIDAYS (Copti, Pal) HAPPYEND (Sora, Jpn) HARBIN (Woo, Kor) ![]() HARVEST (Tsangari, UK) ![]() HOLD YOUR BREATH (Crouse/Joines) HORIZONTE (Acevedo, Col) I, THE EXECUTIONER (Ryoo, Kor) ![]() ICK (Kahn, US) INK WASH (Tsorakidis, Rom) IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS (Kempf/Toti) JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE (Piani, Fr) JULIE KEEPS QUIET (van Dijl, Belgium, Swe) K-POPS! (Paak, US) KILL THE JOCKEY (Ortega, Arg) THE KNOWING (Montour/Talaga, Can) THE LAST OF THE SEA Women (Kim, US) THE LAST REPUBLICAN (Pink) ![]() LAZARO AT NIGHT (Pereda, Can) THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS (Agbajowo, Nga) THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Flanagan) LINDA (Wainstein, Argentina, Sp) THE LISTENERS (Bravo/Tannahill, UK) LITTLE JAFFNA (Valin, Fr) LIVING TOGETHER (Elkhatabi, Can) LOVE IN THE BIG CITY (E.oni, Kor) THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA (Oliveros, US) M: SON OF THE CENTURY (Wright, It) MATT AND MARA (Radwanski, Can) MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL (Bohdanowicz) |
![]() MEET THE BARBARIANS (Delpy, Fr) ![]() MEN OF WAR (Gatien/Corben, US) MILLERS IN MARRIAGE (Burns) MISERICORDIA (Guiraudie, Fr) A MISSING PART (Senez, Bel) MISTRESS DISPELLER (Lo, Chn) THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR (Ma, Can) MOTHER MOTHER (Warsame, Can) THE MOUNTAIN (House, NZ) MR K (Schwab, Ned) MY FATHERS' DAUGHTER (Unjarga/Pedersen, Nor) MY SUNSHINE (Okuyama, Jpn) ![]() ![]() NOTES OF A CROCODILE (Xu, Cam) NUTCRACKERS (Green) OCTOBER NOON (Teare, Chl) OH, CANADA (Schrader, Can) * ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (Nyoni, Zam) ON FALLING (Carreira, UK) ON SWIFT HORSES (Minahan, US) ![]() THE PARADISE OF THORNS (Nam/Kuno, Tha) PATRICE: THE MOVIE (Passon, US) THE PARTY'S OVER (Manrique, Sp) PAUL ANKA: HIS WAY (Maggio, US) PAYING FOR IT (Lee, Can) PEDRO PARAMO (Prieto, Mex) PEPE (Arias, DR) THE PENGUIN LESSONS (Cattaneo, Sp) PERFUMED WITH MINT (Hamdy, Egy) ![]() ![]() PIMPINERO: Blood and Oil (Baiz, Col) ![]() ![]() THE QUIET ONES (Lydlose/Hviid, Den) QUISLING: THE FINAL DAYS (Poppe, Nor) REALLY HAPPY SOMEDAY (Stevens, Can) RELAY (Mackenzie, US) THE RETURN (Pasolini, It) REVOLVING ROUNDS (Lurf/Jauernik, Aut) ![]() RIFF RAFF (Montiel) ROAD DIARY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND (Zimny, US) ![]() ![]() RUSSIANS AT WAR (Trofimova, Can) SABA (Hossain, Ban) SAD JOKES (Stumm, Ger) THE SALT PATH (Elliott, UK) ![]() ![]() SCENARIOS (Godard, France, Jpn) ![]() SEEDS (Horn, Can) SEVEN DAYS (Ahadi, Ger) THE SHADOW STRAYS (Tjahjanto, Ina) SHARP CORNER (Buxton, Canada, Ire) SHELL (Minghella, US) SHEPHERDS (Deraspe, Can) SHOOK (Wala) THE SHROUDS ( Cronenberg, Can) A SISTERS' TALE (Amini, Swi) SKETCH (Worley, US) SO SURREAL: BEHIND THE MASKS (Diamond/Robertson, Can) THE SOJOURN (Sia, US) SOMEPLACE IN YOUR MOUTH (Gibson/Gordon, It) SOULEYMANE'S STORY (Lojkine, Fr) SPACE COWBOY (Strauch/Leavitt, US) STRUGGLE WITHOUT END (Jonathan, NZ) ![]() SUDAN, REMEMBER US (Meddeb, Fr) SUNSHINE (Jadaone, Ph) ![]() THE SWEDISH TORPEDO (Kempff, Swe) SWEET ANGEL BABY (Oates, Can) TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS (Measom, Can) TATA (Vdovu/Ciorniciuc, Romania, Ger) TEMPORARY SHELTER (Skjol/Bortuali, Ice) THEY WILL BE DUST (Marques-Marcet, Sp) THOU SHALT NOT STEAL (River, Aus) ![]() THE TRAGICALLY HIP: NO DRESS REHEARSAL (Downie, Can) TRIUMPH (Valchanov/Grozeva, Bul) U ARE THE UNIVERSE (Ostrikov, Ukr) UNDER THE VOLCANO (Kocur, Pol) UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Rankin, Can) ![]() ![]() VICE IS BROKE (Huang, US) VIET AND NAM (Truong, Ph) VIKTOR (Sarbil, Ukr) VILLAGE KEEPER (Chapman, Can) THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE (Harawe, Fr) ![]() WENT UP THE HILL (Van Grinsven, NZ) WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS (Runarsson, Ice) ![]() ![]() ![]() WINTER IN SOKCHO (Kamura, Fr) WISHING ON A STAR (Kerekes, It) WITHOUT BLOOD (Jolie, US) THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT (Brady, Aus) YOU ARE NOT ALONE (Viens/Lupien) YOUNG WERTHER (Lourenco, Can) YOUR TOMORROW (Weinstein, Can) YOUTH (HARD TIMES) (Wang, Fr) YOUTH (HOMECOMING) (Wang, Fr) | ||
![]() Film Festival 7-17 SEP 2023 in Toronto, Ontario
2 0 2 3 A W A R D S People's Choice: AMERICAN FICTION Documentary: MR DRESSUP: THE MAGIC OF MAKE-BELIEVE Midnight Madness: DICKS: THE MUSICAL Canadian Feature: SOLO Norman Jewison Award: Shawn Levy Jeff Skoll Award: Pedro Almodovar Director: Spike Lee Performance: Colman Domingo and Vicky Krieps Special Tribute: Andy Lau Artisan: Lukasz Zal Emerging Talent: Carolina Markowicz | 2 0 2 3 F I L M S | ||
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![]() Film Festival 8-19 SEP 2022 in Toronto, Ontario
2 0 2 2 A W A R D S People's Choice: THE FABELMANS Tribute Director: Sam Mendes (EMPIRE OF LIGHT) Tribute Performance: Brendan Fraser (THE WHALE) Tribute Ensemble: MY POLICEMAN Documentary: BLACK ICE Midnight Madness: WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY Canadian Feature: TO KILL A TIGER | 2 0 2 2 F I L M S | ||
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![]() Film Festival 9-18 SEP 2021 in Toronto, Ontario
2 0 2 1 A W A R D S People's Choice: BELFAST Tribute Actors: Jessica Chastain and Benedict Cumberbatch Special Tribute: Dionne Warwick (DON'T MAKE ME OVER) Documentary: THE RESCUE Midnight Madness: TITANE Canadian Feature: STE ANNE | 2 0 2 1 F I L M S | ||
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![]() Film Festival 10-20 SEP 2020 in Toronto, Ontario
2 0 2 0 A W A R D S People's Choice: NOMADLAND Documentary: INCONVENIENT INDIAN Midnight Madness: SHADOW IN THE CLOUD Canadian Feature: INCONVENIENT INDIAN Fipresci Prize: BEGINNING | 2 0 2 0 F I L M S | ||
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