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Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to the festival were members of underrepresented groups, such as women and people of color. The
People's Choice Award The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975, with the winners originally determined using Gallup Polls until ...
was won by '' Green Book'', directed by
Peter Farrelly Peter John Farrelly (born December 17, 1956) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist. Along with his brother Bobby, the Farrelly brothers are mostly famous for directing and producing quirky comedy and romantic comedy fi ...
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Awards


Juries


Platform Jury

* Lee Chang-dong"TIFF reveals Cannes-centric jury for 2018 Platform competition"
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Béla Tarr Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film '' Family Nest'' (1977), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordi ...
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Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural sphe ...


Canadian Feature Film Jury

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Mathieu Denis Mathieu Denis is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Quebec. He is best known for his films ''Corbo'', which was a Canadian Screen Award and Quebec Cinema Award nominee for Best Picture in 2016, and ''Those Who Make Revolution Halfway ...
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Ali Özgentürk Ali Özgentürk (born 4 November 1947) is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born on 4 November 1947 in Adana, Turkey. After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University, he became involved in theater, as an ...
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Michelle Shephard Michelle Shephard (born 1972) is an independent investigative reporter (previously with the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper), author and filmmaker. She has been awarded the Michener Award for public service journalism and won Canada's top newspaper pri ...


Short Cuts Film Jury

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Molly McGlynn Molly McGlynn is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.Beautiful Boy'' by Felix Van Groeningen * '' Everybody Knows'' by
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Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films ''Whiplash'' (2014), ''La La Land'' (2016), and '' First Man'' (2018). For ''Whiplash'', he was nominated for the ...
* '' Green Book'' by
Peter Farrelly Peter John Farrelly (born December 17, 1956) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist. Along with his brother Bobby, the Farrelly brothers are mostly famous for directing and producing quirky comedy and romantic comedy fi ...
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The Hate U Give ''The Hate U Give'' is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. The book is narrated by Starr Carter, a 16-ye ...
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Hidden Man ''Hidden Man'' () is a 2018 Chinese action comedy film co-written and directed by Jiang Wen and starring Eddie Peng, Liao Fan, Jiang Wen, Zhou Yun, and Xu Qing. The film is an adaptation of Zhang Beihai's wuxia novel ''Xia Yin''. The film was rele ...
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Jiang Wen Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese actor, screenwriter, and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred wit ...
* '' High Life'' by
Claire Denis Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Ev ...
* '' Husband Material'' by
Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...
* '' Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy'' by Justin Kelly * '' The Kindergarten Teacher'' by
Sara Colangelo Sara Colangelo is an American film director and screenwriter known for her films ''Little Accidents'' and ''Worth (film), Worth''. ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named her one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2010. Colangelo graduated from P ...
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The Land of Steady Habits ''The Land of Steady Habits'' is a 2018 American film written, directed and co-produced by Nicole Holofcener and based on the novel of the same name by Ted Thompson. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September ...
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Nicole Holofcener Nicole Holofcener (; born March 22, 1960) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. She has directed six feature films, including ''Walking and Talking'', ''Friends with Money'' and ''Enough Said'', as well as various televisio ...
* '' The Lie'' by
Veena Sud Veena Cabreros-Sud (pronounced "Sood") is a Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer. She is best known for developing the American television drama '' The Killing'', which is based on the Danish series '' Forbrydelsen (T ...
* '' Life Itself'' by
Dan Fogelman Dan Fogelman (born February 19, 1976) is an American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include ''Cars'', ''Tangled'', and ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''. He also created the 2012 television sitcom '' The Neighbors'', the 2015 fairy ...
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Outlaw King ''Outlaw King'', stylized as ', is a 2018 historical action drama film about Robert the Bruce, the 14th-century Scottish King who launched a guerilla war against the larger English army. The film largely takes place during the 3-year period from ...
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A Private War ''A Private War'' is a 2018 American biographical war drama film directed by Matthew Heineman, and starring Rosamund Pike as journalist Marie Colvin. The film is based on the 2012 article "Marie Colvin’s Private War" in '' Vanity Fair'' by Mar ...
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Matthew Heineman Matthew Heineman is an American filmmaker. The Sundance Film Festival called Heineman "one of the most talented and exciting documentary filmmakers working today", while Anne Thompson of ''Indiewire'' wrote that Heineman is a "respected and gif ...
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Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez (; born May 12, 1962) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the son of actor Martin Sheen and the older brother of Charlie Sheen. Emilio Estevez started his career as an actor and is known for being a member of the acting Bra ...
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Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retriev ...
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Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
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What They Had ''What They Had'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko (in her feature directorial debut) and starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner, Taissa Farmiga, and Josh Lucas. The film had ...
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Elizabeth Chomko Elizabeth Chomko (born 1981) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and actress best known for the film ''What They Had.'' Early life Chomko grew up in Chicago, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Her family moved to Belgium when she ...
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Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...


Special presentations

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Paul Greengrass Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ' ...
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Jake Scott Jacob E. Scott III (July 20, 1945 – November 19, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a free safety and punt returner from 1970 to 1978 for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NF ...
* '' Anthropocene: The Human Epoch'' by
Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. Biography Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Nicholas de Pencier Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker. The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films, he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films '' ...
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Edward Burtynsky Edward Burtynsky (born February 22, 1955) is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of indust ...
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Ben Is Back ''Ben Is Back'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges, and starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges and Courtney B. Vance. The plot follows a mother who tries to help her addict son after he returns home from rehab. The f ...
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Peter Hedges Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer. Early life Hedges was born in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he was raised, the son of Carole (Simpson), a psychotherapis ...
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Boy Erased ''Boy Erased'' is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. It is written and directed by Joel Edgerton, who also produced with Kerry Kohansky Roberts and Steve Golin. The film stars Lu ...
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Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his appearance in the ''Star Wars'' films ''Attack of the Clones'' (2002) and ''Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) as a young Owen Lars, a role he reprised i ...
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? ''Can You Ever Forgive Me?'' is a 2018 American biographical film directed by Marielle Heller and with a screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, based on the 2008 confessional memoir of the same name by Lee Israel. Melissa McCarthy stars ...
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Marielle Heller Marielle Stiles Heller (born October 1, 1979) is an American writer, director, and actress. She is best known for directing the films '' The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' (2015), ''Can You Ever Forgive Me?'' (2018), and ''A Beautiful Day in the Nei ...
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Capernaum Capernaum ( ; he, כְּפַר נַחוּם, Kfar Naḥum, Nahum's village; ar, كفر ناحوم, Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It ...
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Nadine Labaki Nadine Labaki ( ar, نادين لبكي ''Nādīn Labikī''; born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, director and activist. Labaki first came into the spotlight as an actress in the early 2000s. Her film-making career began in 2007 after ...
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Paweł Pawlikowski Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski (; born 15 September 1957) is a Polish filmmaker. He garnered early praise for a string of documentaries in the 1990s and for his award-winning feature films of the 2000s, '' Last Resort'' (2000) and ''My Summer of ...
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Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...
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Wash Westmoreland Paul Westmoreland (born 4 March 1966), known professionally as Wash Westmoreland and previously known as Wash West, is a British director who has worked in television, documentaries, and independent films. He frequently collaborated with his hus ...
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Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and costume designer. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2 ...
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Matteo Garrone Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968) is an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short fi ...
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Nick Hamm Nick Hamm is a film, television, and theater director and producer born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He won a BAFTA for his drama ''The Harmfulness of Tobacco'' starring Edward Fox. Hamm's most recent films, ''The Journey'' starring Timothy S ...
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Olivier Masset-Depasse Olivier Masset-Depasse is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature-length debut in 2006 with ''Cages''. In 2010, he wrote and directed ''Illegal'', which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for eight ...
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A Faithful Man ''A Faithful Man'' (french: L'Homme fidèle) is a 2018 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Louis Garrel, from a screenplay by Garrel and Jean-Claude Carrière. It stars Laetitia Casta, Lily-Rose Depp, Joseph Engel and Garrel. The fi ...
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Louis Garrel Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in '' The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
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The Fall of the American Empire ''The Fall of the American Empire'' (french: La chute de l'empire américain) is a 2018 Canadian crime thriller film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England and Rémy Girard. It is about a man ( ...
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Denys Arcand Georges-Henri Denys Arcand (; born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His film ''The Barbarian Invasions'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004. His films have also been nominated three f ...
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Jason Reitman Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Ghostbusters: ...
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Giant Little Ones ''Giant Little Ones'' is a 2018 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Keith Behrman.
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Keith Behrman Keith Behrman (born April 1, 1963, in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian film and television director and writer,"Vancouver director wins Jutra Award for feature". ''Vancouver Sun'', January 15, 2003. who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2003 for ...
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Girls of the Sun ''Girls of the Sun'' (french: Les filles du soleil) is a 2018 French drama film directed by Eva Husson. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Golshifteh Farahani as Bahar * Emmanuelle Bercot as M ...
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Eva Husson Eva Husson (born 1977) is a French film director and screenwriter. She began her career as an actress before directing short films and music videos. In 2015, she directed her first feature film Bang Gang (a modern love story), which competed at th ...
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Gloria Bell ''Gloria Bell'' is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Sebastián Lelio; it is an English language remake of Lelio's 2013 film ''Gloria''. The film stars Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Brad Garrett, ...
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Sebastián Lelio Sebastián Lelio Watt (born 8 March 1974) is a Chilean director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He received critical acclaim for directing the films ''Gloria'' (2013) and ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017), the latter of which won an Academy Award ...
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Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, '' Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academy ...
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The Grizzlies ''The Grizzlies'' is a 2018 Canadian sports drama film, directed by Miranda de Pencier. Based on a true story, the film depicts a youth lacrosse team that was set up to help combat an onslaught of youth suicide in the community of Kugluktuk, Nu ...
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Miranda de Pencier Miranda de Pencier (born August 20, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director, producer, and actress. She is most noted for her 2011 film '' Throat Song'', which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Shor ...
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Hold the Dark ''Hold the Dark'' is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Jeremy Saulnier from a screenplay by Macon Blair. It is based upon the novel of the same name by William Giraldi. The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Ba ...
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Jeremy Saulnier Jeremy Saulnier (; born June 10, 1976) is an American film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. Career In 2007, he released his first feature film, ''Murder Party'' which he wrote and directed starring his childhood friend, Macon Blair. ...
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Hotel Mumbai ''Hotel Mumbai'' is a 2018 action thriller film directed by Anthony Maras and co-written by Maras and John Collee. An Indian-Australian-American co-production, it is inspired by the 2009 documentary ''Surviving Mumbai'' about the 2008 Mumbai ...
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Anthony Maras Anthony Maras is a multi award-winning Greek-Australian film director, writer and producer born in Adelaide, South Australia. Maras' debut feature film ''Hotel Mumbai'' explores the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, ...
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The Hummingbird Project ''The Hummingbird Project'' is a 2018 thriller drama film about high-frequency trading and ultra-low latency direct market access, written and directed by Kim Nguyen produced by Pierre Even at Item 7. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsg ...
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Barry Jenkins Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film ''My Josephine'' (2003), he directed his first feature film ''Medicine for Melancholy'' (2008) for which he received an Indep ...
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Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films ''The Celeb ...
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Chen Kaige Chen Kaige (; born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema.Berry, Michael (2002). "Chen Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion" in Speaking in Images: Interviews wit ...
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Nandita Das Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth'' (1998), '' Bawandar'' (2000), '' Kannathil Muthamittal' ...
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Mid90s ''Mid90s'' (stylized as ''mid90s'') is a 2018 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonah Hill, in his feature directorial debut, inspired by Hill's own childhood in the mid-1990s. It stars Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges ...
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Jonah Hill Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his comedic roles in films including ''Superbad (film), Superbad'' (2007), ''Knocked Up'' (2007), ''21 Jump Street (film), 21 Jump Stre ...
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A Million Little Pieces ''A Million Little Pieces'' is a book by James Frey, originally sold as a memoir and later marketed as a semi-fictional novel following accusations of literary forgery. It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and abuser of other drugs and ...
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Sam Taylor-Johnson Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson OBE (née Taylor-Wood; 4 March 1967) is a British filmmaker and photographer. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's ''Nowhere Boy'', a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter an ...
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Monsters and Men ''Monsters and Men'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. It was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It was released on September 28, 2018, by Neon. Altho ...
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Reinaldo Marcus Green Reinaldo Marcus Green (born 1981) is an American director, producer and writer. His films include ''Monsters and Men'' (2018), '' Joe Bell'' (2020), and '' King Richard'' (2021), which was nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards. E ...
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Patricia Rozema Patricia Rozema (born 20 August 1958) is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Early life Rozema was born in King ...
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Never Look Away ''Never Look Away'' (german: Werk ohne Autor, lit=Work Without Author) is a 2018 German epic coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 75th Venice Inte ...
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (; born 2 May 1973) is an Academy Award-winning German and Austrian film director. He is best known for writing and directing the 2006 dramatic thriller ''Das Leben der Anderen (The L ...
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Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with the ...
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Red Joan ''Red Joan'' is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn, from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova, and Judi Dench. The fil ...
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Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess (1995 film), A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Gre ...
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Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' ( ...
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Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard (; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the son of Michel Audiard, also a film director and screenwriter. He has won both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Fi ...
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Guy Nattiv Guy Nattiv (born May 24, 1973) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and producer who lives and works in the United States. His film ''Skin'' won an Oscar for best short film at the 91st Academy Awards. As of May 2021, Nattiv and Moshe M ...
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Max Minghella Max Giorgio Choa Minghella (born 16 September 1985) is an English actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for his roles in the films ''Syriana'' (2005), ''Art School Confidential'' (2006), ''Elvis and Anabelle'' (2007), '' ...
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Annabel Jankel Annabel Jankel (born 1 June 1955), also known as AJ Jankel, is a British film and TV director who first came to prominence as a music video director and the co-creator of the pioneering cyber-character Max Headroom and as co-director of the film ...
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Don McKellar Don McKellar (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. He is known for directing and writing the ...
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Maryam Keshavarz Maryam Keshavarz ( fa, مریم کشاورز) is an American filmmaker(Iranian pedigreed) best known for her 2011 film '' Circumstance'' distributed by Participant Media and Roadside Attractions, which won the Audience Award at Sundance Film F ...
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Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including ''Embracing'', about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and ''Katatsumori'', about ...
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Vita and Virginia ''Vita & Virginia'' is a 2018 biographical romantic drama film directed by Chanya Button. The screenplay, written by Button and Eileen Atkins, is adapted from the 1992 play ''Vita & Virginia'' by Atkins. The film stars Gemma Arterton, Elizabe ...
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Chanya Button Chanya Joyce Dorothy Button (born on 25 December 1986) is an English director and screenwriter. After studying at RADA and learning the ropes in the assistant directors' department on the ''Harry Potter'' franchise, she directed two feature ...
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Vox Lux ''Vox Lux'' is a 2018 American musical drama film written and directed by Brady Corbet from a story by Corbet and Mona Fastvold. The film stars Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin and Jennifer Ehle. ''Vox Lux'' had its wo ...
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Brady Corbet Brady James Monson Corbet (; born August 17, 1988) is an American actor and filmmaker. Corbet is known for playing Mason Freeland in the film ''Thirteen'', Brian Lackey in the film '' Mysterious Skin'', Alan Tracy in the 2004 film '' Thunderbird ...
* '' The Wedding Guest'' by
Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', '' Wonderland'' and '' 24 Hour Party People'' ...
* '' The Weekend'' by
Stella Meghie Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature films ''Jean of the Joneses'' (2016), '' Everything, Everything'' (2017)'', The Weekend'' (2018), and '' The Photograph'' (2020). Meghie has also directed e ...
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Where Hands Touch ''Where Hands Touch'' is a 2018 romantic war drama film directed and written by Amma Asante and starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, and Tom Sweet. It was produced by Charlie Hanson, and tells the ...
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Amma Asante Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received ...
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White Boy Rick ''White Boy Rick'' is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Yann Demange and written by Andy Weiss, Logan Miller, and Noah Miller. The film stars Richie Merritt, Matthew McConaughey, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, R ...
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Yann Demange Yann Demange (born 1977) is a French film director of French and Algerian parents, who grew up in London. After directing the well-received television series ''Dead Set'' (2008) and ''Top Boy'' (2011), he made his directorial film debut with the cr ...
* ''
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Paul Dano Paul Franklin Dano (; born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career on Broadway before making his film debut in ''The Newcomers'' (2000). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in '' L.I.E.' ...
* '' Wild Rose'' by Tom Harper


Special events

* '' The Joy Luck Club'' by
Wayne Wang Wayne Wang (; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong Americans, Hong Kong–American Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese Americans, ...
* '' Sharkwater Extinction'' by Rob Stewart


Documentaries

* '' American Dharma'' by
Errol Morris Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of its subjects. In 2003, his documentary film '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara ...
* '' Angels Are Made of Light'' by James Longley * ''
The Biggest Little Farm ''The Biggest Little Farm'' is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by John Chester. The film profiles the life of John Chester and his wife Molly as they acquire and establish themselves on Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, California.
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John Chester John Chester is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and television director. His recent short films for OWN's Super Soul Sunday (including ''Saving Emma'', ''Worry for Maggie'' and ''The Orphan'') have won five Emmy Awards, for outstanding directi ...
* '' Carmine Street Guitars'' by
Ron Mann Ronald Mann (born June 13, 1958), credited professionally as Ron Mann, is a Canadian documentary film director. His work includes the films ''Imagine the Sound'' (1981); ''Comic Book Confidential'' (1988); ''Grass'' (1999) and ''Go Further'' ( ...
* '' Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes'' by Alexis Bloom * '' The Elephant Queen'' by Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble * ''
Fahrenheit 11/9 ''Fahrenheit 11/9'' is a 2018 American documentary by filmmaker Michael Moore about the 2016 United States presidential election and presidency of Donald Trump up to the time of the film's release. The film is a follow-up to Moore's '' Fahren ...
'' by
Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...
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'' by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and
Jimmy Chin Jimmy Chin (born ) is an American professional mountain athlete, photographer, film director, and author. Chin has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. In 2006, Chin achieved the first succes ...
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Freedom Fields ''Freedom Fields'' is an album by Seth Lakeman released twice in 2006. It is his third album as a principal performer. It is named after a park in Plymouth, England, where the Sabbath Day Fight during the Siege of Plymouth is commemorated. Tra ...
'' by Naziha Arebi * '' Ghost Fleet'' by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron * '' Graves Without a Name'' by
Rithy Panh Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. R ...
* '' Heartbound'' by
Janus Metz Pedersen Janus Metz Pedersen (born 1974) is a Danish people, Danish film director and documentary filmmaker. Work Metz worked as a documentary researcher and moved to South Africa. There he worked on the television drama ''Soul City'' before making his de ...
and Sine Plambech * ''
Maiden Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. The term ''virgin'' originally only referred to sexually inexperienced women, but has evolved to encompass a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern ...
'' by Alex Holmes * '' Maria by Callas'' by Tom Volf * '' Meeting Gorbachev'' by
Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...
and André Singer * ''
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Frederick Wiseman Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions". He has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers worki ...
* '' Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz'' by
Barry Avrich Barry Michael Avrich ( ; born May 9, 1963) is a Canadian film director, film producer, author, marketing executive, and arts philanthropist. Avrich's film career has included critically acclaimed films about the entertainment business including ...
* '' Putin's Witnesses'' by
Vitaly Mansky Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (russian: Виталий Всеволодович Манский, uk, Віталій Всеволодович Манський; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian documentary f ...
* '' Quincy'' by
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Alan Hicks Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * A ...
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Reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, ...
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Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan (born 18 February 1950) is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights-oriented films. Some of his films explore the rise of religious fundamentalism, sectarianism and casteism in India, while oth ...
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Billy Corben William Cohen (born 1978), better known by the stage name Billy Corben, is an American documentary film director. Along with producing partner Alfred Spellman, he is co-founder of the Miami-based studio Rakontur, which has created films such as '' ...
* '' Searching for Ingmar Bergman'' by
Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.
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The Truth About Killer Robots ''The Truth About Killer Robots'' is a 2018 documentary made by Third Party Films. It describes the hitherto ignored issues related to robots that have been involved in human fatalities. Plot The documentary investigates the 2015 killing by a ...
'' by
Maxim Pozdorovkin Maxim Pozdorovkin is a Russian-American filmmaker based in New York. He is the director of ''The Truth About Killer Robots'', an HBO documentary that premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. ''The Truth About Killer Robots'' was ...
* '' This Changes Everything'' by
Tom Donahue Thomas or Tom Donahue may refer to: * Thomas R. Donahue (born 1928), American trade union leader * Thomas Michael Donahue (1921–2004), American physicist, astronomer, and space and planetary scientist * Tom Donahue (DJ) (1928–1975), pioneerin ...
* '' Walking on Water'' by
Andrey Paounov Andrey M Paounov (born 1974 bg, Андрей Паунов) is a Bulgarian writer and director best known for his documentary feature films. His debut ''Georgi and the Butterflies'' won the Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary (formerly: Silver Wo ...
* '' What Is Democracy?'' by Astra Taylor * '' When Arabs Danced'' by Jawad Rhalib * '' Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema'' by Mark Cousins


Contemporary World Cinema

* ''
The Accused Accused or The Accused may refer to: * A person suspected with committing a crime or offence; see Criminal charge ** Suspect, a known person suspected of committing a crime * The Accüsed, a 1980s Seattle crossover thrash band *''The Accused'', a ...
'' by Gonzalo Tobal * ''
Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...
'' by Koen Mortier * '' El Angel'' by Luis Ortega * ''
Asako I & II is a 2018 Japanese romance drama film directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, starring Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a 2010 novel by Tomoka Shibasaki ...
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Ryūsuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started getting attention in his home country with the graduate film ''Passion'' (2008). Hamaguc ...
* ''
Before the Frost ''Before the Frost'' (''Innan Frosten'', 2002) is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell. The protagonist is Linda Wallander, daughter of Inspector Wallander. The book was to be the first in a three-book series with Linda as the main ...
'' by Michael Noer * '' Belmonte'' by
Federico Veiroj Federico Veiroj (born 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Veiroj studied Communications at the UCUDAL. Two of his films have been List of Uruguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Interna ...
* '' Birds of Passage'' by
Cristina Gallego Cristina Gallego is a Colombian producer, writer and director. Career Gallego began her career in 2004 producing '' Wandering Shadows'', a film by her then husband Ciro Guerra. In 2009 while producing another Guerra film ''The Wind Journeys'' th ...
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Ciro Guerra Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', the film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film ...
* '' Black '47'' by
Lance Daly Lance Daly is an Irish film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Daly was born and raised in Dublin. He acted occasionally in his youth, including a role as a harmonica-playing extra in ''The Commitments'' (1991). He studied commu ...
* '' The Black Book'' by
Valeria Sarmiento Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and tele ...
* ''Border (2018 Swedish film), Border'' by Ali Abbasi (director), Ali Abbasi * ''Bulbul Can Sing'' by Rima Das * ''Core of the World'' by Natalia Meshchaninova * ''The Dive (2018 film), The Dive'' by Yona Rozenkier * ''Donbass (film), Donbass'' by Sergei Loznitsa * ''The Factory (2018 film), The Factory'' by Yuri Bykov * ''Falls Around Her'' by Darlene Naponse * ''The Fireflies Are Gone'' by Sébastien Pilote * ''Florianópolis Dream'' by Ana Katz * ''The Great Darkened Days'' by Maxime Giroux * ''I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians'' by Radu Jude * ''Jinpa'' by Pema Tseden * ''Kingsway (film), Kingsway'' by Bruce Sweeney * ''Let Me Fall'' by Baldvin Zophoníasson * ''Look at Me (2018 film), Look at Me'' by Nejib Belkadhi * ''Minuscule - Mandibles from Far Away'' by Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud * ''The Most Beautiful Couple'' by Sven Taddicken * ''Museum (2018 film), Museum'' by Alonso Ruizpalacios * ''Night/Ext'' by Ahmad Abdalla * ''One Last Deal'' by Klaus Härö * ''The Other Story (film), The Other Story'' by Avi Nesher * ''Quién te cantará'' by Carlos Vermut * ''The Realm (film), The Realm'' by Rodrigo Sorogoyen * ''Redemption (2018 film), Redemption'' by Boaz Yehonatan Yacov and Joseph Madmony * ''Retrospekt'' by Esther Rots * ''Roads in February'' by Katherine Jerkovic * ''Rosie (2018 film), Rosie'' by Paddy Breathnach * ''Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin'' by Renée Beaulieu * ''Sew the Winter to My Skin'' by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka * ''Sibel (film), Sibel'' by Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti * ''Splinters (2018 film), Splinters'' by Thom Fitzgerald * ''Stupid Young Heart'' by Selma Vilhunen * ''Styx (film), Styx'' by Wolfgang Fischer (director), Wolfgang Fischer * ''The Sweet Requiem'' by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam * ''That Time of Year'' by Paprika Steen * ''Ulysses & Mona'' by Sébastien Betbeder * ''The Vice of Hope'' by Edoardo De Angelis * ''Winter Flies'' by Olmo Omerzu * ''Working Woman (film), Working Woman'' by Michal Aviad


Discovery

* ''Akasha (2018 film), Akasha'' by Hajooj Kuka * ''Aniara (film), Aniara'' by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja * ''Blind Spot (2018 film), Blind Spot'' by Tuva Novotny * ''The Chambermaid (film), The Chambermaid'' by Lila Avilés * ''Clara (2018 film), Clara'' by Akash Sherman * ''Complicity (2018 film), Complicity'' by Kei Chikaura * ''Consequences (2018 film), Consequences'' by Darko Štante * ''The Crossing (2018 film), The Crossing'' by Bai Xue (director), Bai Xue * ''The Day I Lost My Shadow'' by Soudade Kaadan * ''The Dig (2018 film), The Dig'' by Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill * ''Edge of the Knife'' by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown * ''An Elephant Sitting Still'' by Hu Bo * ''Emu Runner'' by Imogen Thomas * ''Endzeit (Ever After)'' by Carolina Hellsgård * ''The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia'' by Arturo Infante * ''Farming (film), Farming'' by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje * ''Fig Tree (film), Fig Tree'' by Alamork Davidian * ''Firecrackers (film), Firecrackers'' by Jasmin Mozaffari * ''Float Like a Butterfly'' by Carmel Winters * ''Freaks (2018 film), Freaks'' by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein * ''Girl (2018 film), Girl'' by Lukas Dhont * ''Gwen (film), Gwen'' by William McGregor (director), William McGregor * ''Helmet Heads'' by Neto Villalobos * ''Her Job'' by Nikos Labôt * ''Icebox (film), Icebox'' by Daniel Sawka * ''Jirga (film), Jirga'' by Benjamin Gilmour * ''Light as Feathers'' by Rosanne Pel * ''Lionheart (2018 film), Lionheart'' by Genevieve Nnaji * ''The Load'' by Ognjen Glavonić * ''Manta Ray (film), Manta Ray'' by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng * ''The Mercy of the Jungle'' by Joël Karekezi * ''Orange Days (film), Orange Days'' by Arash Lahooti * ''Our Body'' by Han Ka-ram * ''Parade (2018 film), Parade'' by Nino Zhvania * ''Phoenix (2018 film), Phoenix'' by Camilla Strøm Henriksen * ''Rafiki'' by Wanuri Kahiu * ''Saf (film), Saf'' by Ali Vatansever * ''Screwdriver (film), Screwdriver'' by Bassam Jarbawi * ''Summer Survivors'' by Marija Kavtaradze * ''Tel Aviv on Fire'' by Sameh Zoabi * ''The Third Wife'' by Ash Mayfair * ''Tito and the Birds'' by Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto and Gustavo Steinberg * ''Too Late to Die Young (film), Too Late to Die Young'' by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo * ''Touch Me Not'' by Adina Pintilie * ''Twin Flower (film), Twin Flower'' by Laura Luchetti * ''Woman at War'' by Benedikt Erlingsson


Masters

* ''3 Faces'' by Jafar Panahi * ''Ash Is Purest White'' by Jia Zhang-ke * ''Divine Wind'' by Merzak Allouache * ''Hotel by the River'' by Hong Sang-soo * ''The Image Book'' by Jean-Luc Godard * ''Killing (film), Killing'' by Shinya Tsukamoto * ''Loro (film), Loro'' by Paolo Sorrentino * ''Our Time (2018 film), Our Time'' by Carlos Reygadas * ''Peterloo (film), Peterloo'' by Mike Leigh * ''Transit (2018 film), Transit'' by Christian Petzold (director), Christian Petzold * ''The Wild Pear Tree'' by Nuri Bilge Ceylan


Midnight Madness

* ''Assassination Nation'' by Sam Levinson * ''Climax (2018 film), Climax'' by Gaspar Noé * ''Diamantino (film), Diamantino'' by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt (director), Daniel Schmidt * ''Halloween (2018 film), Halloween'' by David Gordon Green * ''In Fabric'' by Peter Strickland (director), Peter Strickland * ''Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, The Man Who Feels No Pain'' by Vasan Bala * ''Nekrotronic'' by Kiah Roache-Turner * ''The Predator (film), The Predator'' by Shane Black * ''The Standoff at Sparrow Creek'' by Henry Dunham * ''The Wind (2018 film), The Wind'' by Emma Tammi


Platform

* ''Angelo (film), Angelo'' by Markus Schleinzer * ''Cities of Last Things'' by Ho Wi Ding * ''Destroyer (2018 film), Destroyer'' by Karyn Kusama * ''Donnybrook (film), Donnybrook'' by Tim Sutton * ''The Good Girls (film), The Good Girls'' by Alejandra Márquez Abella * ''Her Smell'' by Alex Ross Perry * ''The Innocent (2018 film), The Innocent'' by Simon Jaquemet * ''Jessica Forever'' by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel * ''Lady J (Mademoiselle de Joncquières)'' by Emmanuel Mouret * ''Out of Blue'' by Carol Morley * ''The River (2018 film), The River'' by Emir Baigazin * ''Rojo (film), Rojo'' by Benjamín Naishtat


Short Cuts

* ''7A'' by Zachary Russell * ''Accidence (film), Accidence'' by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson (filmmaker), Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson (filmmaker), Galen Johnson * ''Animal Behaviour (film), Animal Behaviour'' by Alison Snowden and David Fine (filmmaker), David Fine * ''Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes)'' by Amanda Strong * ''Brotherhood (2018 film), Brotherhood (Ikhwène)'' by Meryam Joobeur * ''Caroni'' by Ian Harnarine * ''Dziadzio'' by Aaron Ries * ''Emptying the Tank'' by Caroline Monnet * ''EXIT'' by Claire Edmondson * ''Fauve (film), Fauve'' by Jérémy Comte * ''GIRLFRIENDS (AMIES)'' by Marie Davignon * ''Glitter's Wild Women'' by Roney * ''Good Boy'' by Fantavious Fritz * ''If This Isn't Love (Si ce n'est pas de l'amour)'' by Luiza Cocora * ''Little Waves (Les petites vagues)'' by Ariane Louis-Seize * ''My Boy (2018 film), My Boy (Mon Boy)'' by Sarah Pellerin * ''Norman Norman'' by Sophy Romvari * ''Paseo (film), Paseo'' by Matthew Hannam * ''The Subject (2018 film), The Subject (Le sujet)'' by Patrick Bouchard * ''Veslemøy's Song'' by Sofia Bohdanowicz


Wavelengths

* ''Altiplano (2018 film), Altiplano'' by Malena Szlam * ''ante mis ojos'' by Lina Rodriguez * ''Dead Souls (2018 film), Dead Souls'' by Wang Bing (director), Wang Bing * ''Erased,___Ascent of the Invisible'' by Ghassan Halwani * ''Fausto (2018 film), Fausto'' by Andrea Bussmann * ''In My Room (2018 film), In My Room'' by Ulrich Köhler (filmmaker), Ulrich Köhler * ''La Flor'' by Mariano Llinás * ''Long Day's Journey into Night (2018 film), Long Day's Journey into Night'' by Bi Gan (film director), Bi Gan * ''The Grand Bizarre'' by Jodie Mack * ''Ray & Liz'' by Richard Billingham * ''Sira (film), Sira'' by Rolla Tahir * ''Slip (film), Slip'' by Celia Perrin Sidarous * ''The Stone Speakers'' by Igor Drljaca * ''The Trial (2018 film), The Trial'' by Sergei Loznitsa * ''What you Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?'' by Roberto Minervini


Primetime

* ''Ad Vitam'' * ''Folklore (TV series), Folklore'' * ''Homecoming (TV series), Homecoming'' * ''Sorry for Your Loss'' * ''Stockholm (TV series), Stockholm''


Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, of the films selected by festival programmers as the year's ten best Canadian feature and short films, was released on December 5. Unlike in prior years, the films selected for the Top Ten list were not screened at a dedicated festival in January 2019, but instead each received its own standalone theatrical run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox throughout the year."TIFF scraps popular Canada's Top Ten Film Festival"
''Now (newspaper), Now'', November 7, 2018.


Feature films


Short films


References


External links


Official site

2018 Toronto International Film Festival
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