The 44th annual

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was held from 5 to 15 September 2019. The opening gala was the documentary film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band'', directed by

Daniel Roher Daniel Roher () is a Canadian documentary film director from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his 2019 film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band'', which was the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. ...

, and the festival closed with a screening of the biographical film ''

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'', directed by

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

Awards

In addition to its regular film awards, whose winners were announced at the conclusion of the festival, the festival also announced the inaugural

TIFF Tribute Awards The TIFF Tribute Awards are an annual award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to honour distinguished achievements in filmmaking. Unlike the festival's regular awards, which are presented based on audience or jury voting during ...

, a special program to honour distinguished lifetime achievement in film. Tribute Awards were presented to

Meryl Streep Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throu ...

and

Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academ ...

for acting,

Taika Waititi Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at t ...

for directing, cinematographer

Roger Deakins Sir Roger Alexander Deakins (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinema ...

for artisan film craft,

Mati Diop Mati Diop (born 22 June 1982) is a French-Senegalese filmmaker and actress who starred in the 2008 film '' 35 Shots of Rum''. She also directed the 2019 film '' Atlantics'', for which she became the first black female director to be in contentio ...

for emerging talent, Participant Media for impact media, and

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

for special contributions to film. The first award recipients were announced on 12 September, with the major awards announced at the close of the festival on 15 September. In light of the fact that international filmmakers are rarely still in Toronto to accept their awards in person by the end of the festival, the organizers opted to cancel the traditional awards ceremony, and instead announced the award winners through TIFF's social media.

Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. Born into the Coppola family, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Gu ...

was awarded with the Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative Award for his role in '' Color Out of Space''.

Programmes

The selection for the 2019 festival:

Gala presentations

Special events

Special presentations

Contemporary World Cinema

Masters

Documentaries

Discovery

Short Cuts

Midnight Madness

Platform

Primetime

Cinemathèque

Wavelengths

Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual

Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival and announced in December each year to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema" ...

list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released on 11 December 2019.Norman Wilner
"TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019"
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Feature films

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And the Birds Rained Down ''And the Birds Rained Down'' (french: Il pleuvait des oiseaux) is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Louise Archambault. An adaptation of the novel by Jocelyne Saucier, the film centres on a group of senior citizens living off-the-grid in a ...

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Kazik Radwanski Kazik Radwanski is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His early short films have been cited as part of the New Canadian Cinema movement. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2012 with ''Tower''. His second feature film, '' How ...

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Sophie Deraspe Sophie Deraspe (born October 27, 1973) is a Canadian director, scenarist, director of photography and producer. Prominent in new Quebec cinema, she is known for a 2015 documentary ''The Amina Profile'', an exploration of the Amina Abdallah Arraf a ...

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Nicole Dorsey Nicole Dorsey is a Canadians, Canadian film director and screenwriter,Julie Slack"Burlington native's feature film selected for TIFF" ''Metroland Media Group, Inside Halton'', August 7, 2019. whose debut feature film, ''Black Conflux'', premiered ...

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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open ''The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'' ( Kwakʼwala: , se, Rumaš muitá go máilbmi rahtasii, Blackfoot: ) is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn. The film centres on a c ...

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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers (born in 1986) is a Blackfoot and Sámi filmmaker, actor, and producer from the Kainai First Nation in Canada. She has won several accolades for her film work, including multiple Canadian Screen Awards. Bor ...

and

Kathleen Hepburn Kathleen Hepburn is a Canadian screenwriter and film director. She first attracted acclaim for her film ''Never Steady, Never Still'', which premiered as a short film in 2015 before being expanded into her feature film debut in 2017.

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Matthias & Maxime ''Matthias & Maxime'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film written and directed by Xavier Dolan. It stars Dolan, Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas, Pier-Luc Funk, Samuel Gauthier, Antoine Pilon, Adib Alkhalidey, Anne Dorval, Micheline Bernard, Marilyn Castongua ...

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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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One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk ''One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Zacharias Kunuk and released in 2019.Zacharias Kunuk Zacharias Kunuk ( iu, ᓴᖅᑲᓕᐊᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ, born November 27, 1957) is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film '' Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'', the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced entirely in Inu ...

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Short films

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Guillaume Fournier Guillaume Fournier is a Canadian film director from Quebec City. He is most noted as co-director with Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin of a trilogy of short documentary films about Cajun life and culture in Louisiana. The first film in the series ...

Samuel Matteau Samuel Matteau is a Canadian film director from Quebec. He is most noted as co-director with Guillaume Fournier and Yannick Nolin of a trilogy of short documentary films about Cajun people, Cajun life and culture in Louisiana. The first film in th ...

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Chloé Robichaud Chloé Robichaud (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian director best known for her debut film ''Sarah Prefers to Run''. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. Early life and education Robichaud was ...

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I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain ''I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain'' is a 2019 Canadian short drama film, directed by Sofia Banzhaf.Andrew Parker"TIFF 2019 Short Takes: Filmmaker Sofia Banzhaf discusses I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer o ...

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Sofia Banzhaf Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. Banzhaf was born in Germany and spent part of her early life in the United States. She is most noted for her 2019 short film ''I Am in the World as Free and Slender ...

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No Crying at the Dinner Table ''No Crying at the Dinner Table'' is a 2019 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Carol Nguyen. An exploration of the common stigma in Asian families against expressing emotional vulnerability, the film centres on interviews Nguyen conduc ...

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The Physics of Sorrow ''The Physics of Sorrow'' (french: Physique de la tristesse) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Theodore Ushev and released in 2019.Dan Sarto"Theodore Ushev’s New Short ‘The Physics of Sorrow’ to Premiere at TIFF 2019" ''Animati ...

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Throat Singing in Kangirsuk ''Throat Singing in Kangirsuk'' ( iu, Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland and released in 2019.Jackie McKay"'It's a huge thing': Film starring 2 Nunavik teens screening at Sun ...

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and Manon Chamberland

References

External links

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