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The 36th annual
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 perman ...
(TIFF) was held in
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
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Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
between September 8 and September 18, 2011.
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme. The opening film was ''
From the Sky Down ''From the Sky Down'' is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about rock band U2 and the production of their 1991 album ''Achtung Baby''. The film documents the album's difficult recording period, the band members' re ...
'', a documentary film about the band U2, directed by
Davis Guggenheim Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an American writer, director and producer. His credits include ''NYPD Blue'', '' ER'', '' 24'', ''Alias'', ''The Shield'', '' Deadwood'', and the documentaries ''An Inconvenient Truth'', ''It ...
. Considerable media attention at the time focused on Madonna's behaviour during the festival.


Awards


Programmes


Gala Presentations

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Albert Nobbs ''Albert Nobbs'' is a 2011 drama film directed by Rodrigo García and starring Glenn Close. The screenplay, by Close, John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, is based on the 1927 novella ''Albert Nobbs'' by George Moore. The film received mixed ...
'' by Rodrigo García *'' The Awakening'' by Nick Murphy *'' Beloved'' by Christophe Honoré *''
Butter Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condimen ...
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Jim Field Smith Jim Field Smith (born 20 February 1979) is an English film and television director, writer and producer. Early career Smith was a member of the British sketch comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire, who were nominated for the prestigious Perrier A ...
*'' A Dangerous Method'' by David Cronenberg *''
From the Sky Down ''From the Sky Down'' is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about rock band U2 and the production of their 1991 album ''Achtung Baby''. The film documents the album's difficult recording period, the band members' re ...
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Davis Guggenheim Philip Davis Guggenheim (born November 3, 1963) is an American writer, director and producer. His credits include ''NYPD Blue'', '' ER'', '' 24'', ''Alias'', ''The Shield'', '' Deadwood'', and the documentaries ''An Inconvenient Truth'', ''It ...
*'' A Happy Event'' by
Rémi Bezançon Rémi Bezançon (born 25 March 1971) is a French director and screenwriter. Life and career Rémi Bezançon studied at the Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA) in Paris and ...
*'' Hysteria'' by Tanya Wexler *''
The Ides of March The Ides of March (; la, Idus Martiae, Late Latin: ) is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by several Religion in ancient Rome, religious observances and was notable in Rome as a deadline for settling d ...
'' by George Clooney *'' Killer Elite'' by
Gary McKendry Gary McKendry is a Northern Irish film and television commercial director. His short film '' Everything in This Country Must'' was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. Biography McKendry was born and raised in Ballyclare, County Antrim, N ...
*'' The Lady'' by
Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films ''Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the ' ...
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Machine Gun Preacher ''Machine Gun Preacher'' is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and ...
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Marc Forster Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films '' Monster's Ball'', '' Finding Neverland'', '' Stranger than Fiction'', ''The Kite Runner'', '' Quantum of Solace'', ''World War Z'', and ...
*'' Moneyball'' by
Bennett Miller Bennett Miller (born December 30, 1966) is an American film director, known for directing the acclaimed films '' Capote'' (2005), '' Moneyball'' (2011), and ''Foxcatcher'' (2014). He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Direct ...
*'' Page Eight'' by David Hare *'' Peace, Love and Misunderstanding'' by
Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford (; born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States. Beresford's notable films he has directed include '' B ...
*'' Starbuck'' by
Ken Scott Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff B ...
*'' Take This Waltz'' by
Sarah Polley Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress,Howell, Peter (September 24, 1999)"Nobody's Starlet: Toronto's Sarah Polley is Only 20 but already a veteran actor so secure in her craft she can thumb her nose at Hollywood" ''Tor ...
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Trespass Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels, and trespass to land. Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, woundi ...
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Joel Schumacher Joel T. Schumacher (; August 29, 1939June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. H ...
*'' W.E.'' by Madonna *'' Winnie'' by
Darrell Roodt Darrell James Roodt (born in Johannesburg, 28 April 1962) is a South African people, South African film director, screenwriter and producer. He is probably most well known for his 1992 film ''Sarafina! (film), Sarafina!'' which starred actress W ...


Masters

*'' Almayer's Folly'' by Chantal Akerman *''
Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...
'' by Alexander Sokurov *'' Hard Core Logo 2'' by Bruce McDonald *''
Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...
'' by Aki Kaurismäki *'' I Wish'' by
Hirokazu Koreeda 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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The Kid with a Bike ''The Kid with a Bike'' (french: link=no, Le gamin au vélo) is a 2011 drama film written and directed by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Thomas Doret and Cécile de France. Set in Seraing, it tells the story of a 12 ...
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Dardenne brothers Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (; born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes ...
*'' Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'' by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (, born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, filmmaker and actor best known for the Palme d'Or winning '' Winter Sleep'' (2014). Early life Ceylan was born in Istanbul on 26 January 1959. His interest in photography sta ...
*'' Outside Satan'' by Bruno Dumont *''
Pina Pina may refer to: People * Pina (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname, surname or stage name Places * Pina, Nepal, a village development committee * Pina, Mallorca, Spain, a town * Pina de Ebro, a municipality of the provin ...
'' by Wim Wenders *'' Restless'' by Gus Van Sant *'' The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' by
Robert Guédiguian Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Life and career Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armen ...
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This Is Not a Film ''This Is Not a Film'' ( fa, In film nist - این فیلم نیست) is an Iranian documentary film by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. It was released on 28 September 2011 in France, distributed by Kanibal Films Distribution.Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and
Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an ass ...
*'' The Turin Horse'' by
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 ordin ...
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Ágnes Hranitzky Ágnes Hranitzky is a Hungarian film editor and director best known for her long-standing collaborations with her spouse Béla Tarr. Film career Hranitzky began working in the 1970s as a film editor on Hungarian films. She began collaborating with ...


Special Presentations

*'' 11 Flowers'' by
Wang Xiaoshuai Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China. Like others in this gener ...
*'' 360'' by Fernando Meirelles *'' 50/50'' by
Jonathan Levine Jonathan LeVine is an American art dealer, instrumental in the proliferation of lowbrow and street art on the East Coast of the United States. About LeVine grew up in Trenton, New Jersey. As a teenager, he encountered punk rock music and the p ...
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Afghan Luke ''Afghan Luke'' is a 2011 Canadian war drama film directed by Mike Clattenburg. The central character, Luke Benning (Nick Stahl), is a journalist investigating the possible mutilation (by Canadian snipers) of corpses in Afghanistan, a country that ...
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Mike Clattenburg Mike Clattenburg is a Canadian television and film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as creator, executive producer, writer and director of the TV comedy series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2008), for his work with '' This ...
*'' Americano'' by Mathieu Demy *'' Anonymous'' by
Roland Emmerich Roland Emmerich (; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the industry. His films, most of wh ...
*'' The Artist'' by
Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius ( lt, Hazanavičius; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, '' The Artist'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Aw ...
*'' Une vie meilleure'' by
Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and '' Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Georges Simenon novel. His film '' ...
*'' Breakaway'' by
Robert Lieberman Robert Lieberman (born July 16, 1947) is an American motion picture and television director. Personal life Lieberman was married from June 27, 1990 to June 7, 2001 to actress Marilu Henner; the divorced couple has two children, Nicholas Morga ...
*'' Burning Man'' by
Jonathan Teplitzky Jonathan Teplitzky is an Australian writer and film director who has directed the movies '' Better Than Sex'' (2000), ''Gettin' Square'' (2003), ''Burning Man'' (2011), '' The Railway Man'' (2013), and ''Churchill'' (2017). Teplitzky has also dir ...
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Café de Flore The Café de Flore () is one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris, celebrated for its famous clientele, which in the past included high-profile writers and philosophers. It is located at the corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Saint-Beno ...
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Jean-Marc Vallée Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963December 25, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including '' ...
*'' The Cardboard Village'' by Ermanno Olmi *'' Chicken with Plums'' by
Vincent Paronnaud Vincent Paronnaud (born 20 February 1970), a.k.a. Winshluss, is a French comics artist and filmmaker. Biography Paronnaud was born in La Rochelle. He is French comic book writer and artist. His works comprise one shots: ''Super negra'' (199 ...
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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 ...
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Coriolanus ''Coriolanus'' ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same yea ...
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Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shak ...
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Countdown A countdown is a sequence of backward counting to indicate the time remaining before an event is scheduled to occur. NASA commonly employs the terms "L-minus" and "T-minus" during the preparation for and anticipation of a rocket launch, and eve ...
'' by Huh Jong-ho *''
Damsels in Distress The damsel in distress is a recurring narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has either been kidnapped or placed in general peril. Kinship, love, or lust (or a combination of those) gives the male protagonist the motiv ...
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Whit Stillman John Whitney Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director and actor known for his 1990 film ''Metropolitan'', which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He is also known for his other fil ...
*'' Dark Horse'' by
Todd Solondz Todd Solondz (; born October 15, 1959) is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class America ...
*'' Death of a Superhero'' by
Ian Fitzgibbon Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish film and television actor/director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Spin the Bottle'', ''A Film with Me in It'' and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for the role of Fr. Jessup in ...
*'' The Deep Blue Sea'' by
Terence Davies Terence Davies (born 10 November 1945) is an English screenwriter, film director, and novelist, seen by many critics as one of the greatest British filmmakers of his times. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films ...
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The Descendants ''The Descendants'' is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne. The screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney in the mai ...
'' by Alexander Payne *'' Drive'' by Nicolas Winding Refn *'' Citizen Gangster'' by Nathan Morlando *'' Elles'' by
Małgorzata Szumowska Małgorzata Szumowska (; born 26 February 1973) is a Poles, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Kraków. Her 2013 film ''In the Name Of (film), In the Name Of'' received the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the 63rd Berlin In ...
*'' The Eye of the Storm'' by
Fred Schepisi Frederic Alan Schepisi ( ; Kael, Pauline (1984). '' Taking It All In''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 55. born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. His credits include '' The Chant of Jimmie ...
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The First Man ''The First Man'' (french: Le Premier homme) is Albert Camus' unfinished final novel. On January 4, 1960, at the age of forty-six, Camus died in a car accident. The incomplete manuscript of ''The First Man'', the autobiographical novel Camus wa ...
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Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director. Early life Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with h ...
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Friends with Kids ''Friends with Kids'' is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, who also stars in the film. Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox, and Edward Burns also star ...
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Jennifer Westfeldt Jennifer Westfeldt (born February 2, 1970) is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and starring in the 2002 indie film '' Kissing Jessica Stein'', for which she received an ...
*'' Goon'' by
Michael Dowse Michael Dowse (born April 19, 1973) is a Canadian director. Life and career Born in London, Ontario, to Irish parents, he was trained as a film editor. His first full-length movie, '' FUBAR'' was shot on a digital camera with a tiny budget, but ...
*'' We Have a Pope'' by
Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...
*'' Headhunters'' by
Morten Tyldum Morten Tyldum (; born 19 May 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing the thriller film '' Headhunters'' (2011), based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing the historical dram ...
*'' Hick'' by
Derick Martini Derick Martini is an American screenwriter and film director and an owner of commercial property and advertising billboards located in New York City. Film and television Martini's feature film writing credits include the coming of age story ...
*'' The Hunter'' by
Daniel Nettheim Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
*'' In Darkness'' by
Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland (born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, ...
*'' Intruders'' by
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born 5 December 1967) is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed '' Intacto'' and ''28 Weeks Later'', the sequel to Danny Boyle's ''28 Days Later''. His film ''Esposados'' was nominated for the Aca ...
*'' Jeff Who Lives at Home'' by
Jay Duplass Lawrence Jay Duplass (born March 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor and author widely known for his films '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Cyrus'' (2010), and ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), made in collaboration with his younger brother, ...
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Mark Duplass Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. With his brother Jay Duplass, he started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996. Duplass has written and directed films, ...
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Keyhole A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token or coin), by supplying secret information (such as a number or letter permutation or pas ...
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Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film i ...
*'' Killer Joe'' by
William Friedkin William "Billy" Friedkin (born August 29, 1935)Biskind, p. 200. is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the " New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in ...
*'' Life Without Principle'' by Johnnie To *'' Like Crazy'' by Drake Doremus *'' Low Life'' by Nicolas Klotz *''
Martha Marcy May Marlene ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' is a 2011 American psychological thriller- drama film written and directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Elizabeth Olsen (in her film debut), John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy. The plot focuses on a yo ...
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Sean Durkin Timothy Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for ''Martha Marcy May Marlene''. His short film, ''Mary Last Seen'', on ...
*'' Mausam'' by Pankaj Kapoor *''
Melancholia Melancholia or melancholy (from el, µέλαινα χολή ',Burton, Bk. I, p. 147 meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly d ...
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Lars von Trier Lars von Trier ('' né'' Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish filmmaker, actor, and lyricist. Having garnered a reputation as a highly ambitious, polarizing filmmaker, he has been the subject of several controversies: Cannes, in addition to nomina ...
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Monsieur Lazhar ''Monsieur Lazhar'' is a 2011 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and starring Mohamed Saïd Fellag, Sophie Nélisse and Danielle Proulx. Based on ''Bashir Lazhar'', a one-character play by Évelyne de la Chen ...
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Philippe Falardeau Philippe Falardeau (born February 1, 1968 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Early life Falardeau was born and raised in Hull, Quebec. He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travellin ...
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The Moth Diaries ''The Moth Diaries'' is the debut novel of Rachel Klein, published in 2002. Plot summary At an exclusively girls' boarding school, a 16-year-old unnamed narrator, records her most intimate thoughts in a diary. The object of her growing obses ...
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Mary Harron Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter, and former entertainment critic. She gained recognition for her role in writing and directing several independent films, including '' I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1996), ''Am ...
*'' My Worst Nightmare'' by
Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a Luxembourger film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She lives and works in France. Life and career Born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor ...
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The Oranges The Oranges are a group of four municipalities in Essex County, New Jersey, all of which have the word ''Orange'' in their name. The four municipalities are Orange, East Orange, South Orange and West Orange. All of these communities were n ...
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Julian Farino Julian Farino (born 12 December 1965) is an English film and television producer and director. He was the sports editor of ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and directed much of the first three seasons of the HBO series '' Entourage''. Farino ...
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Pearl Jam Twenty ''Pearl Jam Twenty'' (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American documentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam. Preliminary footage was being shot as of June 2010. Crowe completed filming in April 2011, after using 12,000 hours of ...
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Cameron Crowe Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American journalist, author, writer, producer, director, actor, lyricist, and playwright. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at '' Rolling Stone'' magazine, for w ...
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Rampart Rampart may refer to: * Rampart (fortification), a defensive wall or bank around a castle, fort or settlement Rampart may also refer to: * "O'er the Ramparts We Watched" is a key line from "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the ...
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Oren Moverman Oren Moverman ( he, אורן מוברמן; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films '' The Messenger'', ''Rampart'', '' Time O ...
*'' Rebellion'' by Mathieu Kassovitz *''
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' is a 2011 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday ...
'' by Lasse Hallström *''
Shame Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness. Definition Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...
'' by Steve McQueen *''
A Simple Life A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes' ...
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Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Ho ...
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The Skin I Live In ''The Skin I Live In'' ( es, link=no, La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Ál ...
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Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
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Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
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Julia Leigh Julia Leigh (born 1970) is an Australian novelist, film director and screenwriter. In 2011 her debut feature film '' Sleeping Beauty'' was selected to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. She is an author of two award-wi ...
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Take Shelter ''Take Shelter'' is a 2011 American psychological thriller film, written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. The plot follows a young husband and father (Shannon) who is plagued by a series of apocaly ...
'' by Jeff Nichols *''
10 Years 10 Years or Ten Years may refer to: *Decade, a period of ten years Film *10 Years (2011 film), ''10 Years'' (2011 film), a film starring Channing Tatum *Ten Years (2015 film), ''Ten Years'' (2015 film), a Hong Kong film Music *10 Years (band), a ...
'' by Jamie Linden *''
Terraferma The ( vec, domini de terraferma or , ) was the hinterland territories of the Republic of Venice beyond the Adriatic coast in Northeast Italy. They were one of the three subdivisions of the Republic's possessions, the other two being the origina ...
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Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese (born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City. Biography Emanuele Crialese was born on July 26, 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied filmm ...
*'' A Burning Hot Summer (That Summer)'' by
Philippe Garrel Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. ...
*'' Trishna'' 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''—h ...
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Twixt TwixT is a two-player strategy board game, an early entrant in the 1960s 3M bookshelf game series. It became one of the most popular and enduring games in the series. It is a connection game where players alternate turns placing pegs and ...
'' by Francis Ford Coppola *''
Tyrannosaur Tyrannosauroidea (meaning 'tyrant lizard forms') is a superfamily (or clade) of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs that includes the family Tyrannosauridae as well as more basal relatives. Tyrannosauroids lived on the Laurasian supercontinent ...
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Paddy Considine Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard Brit ...
*'' Violet & Daisy'' by Geoffrey S. Fletcher *'' Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale'' by
Wei Te-sheng Wei Te-sheng (born 16 August 1969) is a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter. He directed ''Cape No. 7'', currently the highest grossing domestic Taiwanese film and the second highest-grossing film in Taiwanese film history. Early life We ...
*'' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' by
Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), ''Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), and '' You Were N ...
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Where Do We Go Now? ''Where Do We Go Now?'' ( ar, وهلأ لوين؟, rtl=yes , french: Et maintenant, on va où) is a 2011 Lebanese film directed by Nadine Labaki. The film premiered during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard . The film was ...
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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 ...
*'' The Woman in the Fifth'' by
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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Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...
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Discovery

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Pablo Giorgelli Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer * Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bre ...
*'' Alois Nebel'' by Tomáš Luňák *''
Among Us ''Among Us'' is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth. The game was inspired by the party game Mafia and the science fiction horror film '' The Thing''. The game allows ...
'' by Marco van Geffen *''
Avalon Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in the ...
'' by Axel Petersén *'' Back to Stay'' by Milagros Mumenthaler *'' Behold the Lamb'' by John McIlduff *'' Breathing'' by Karl Markovics *'' The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best'' by
Ryan O'Nan Ryan O'Nan (born March 25, 1982) is an American actor, writer, and director, best known for his role as King George in '' Queen of the South''. Career In 2009, O'Nan had a recurring role on the crime drama series ''The Unusuals''.Bunohan'' by
Dain Said Dain is a surname, and may refer to: * Alphonse Dain (1896–1964), French Hellenist * Claudia Dain, American author of romance novels * Guy Dain (1870–1966), British physician * Jack Dain (1912–2003), British–Australian Anglican bishop * Ki ...
*'' Cuchera'' by Joseph Israel Laban *'' The Good Son'' by
Zaida Bergroth Zaida Bergroth (born 8 February 1977) is a Finnish film director best known for her 2020 film '' Tove''. Career Bergroth was born in Kivijärvi in 1977. She graduated from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2004. He ...
*'' Habibi'' by Susan Youssef *'' Hanaan'' by Ruslan Pak *''
Historias que so existem quando lembradas ''Found Memories'' ( pt, Histórias que Só Existem Quando Lembradas) is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Júlia Murat. It won the Best Narrative Feature Jury Award at the 2012 RiverRun International Film Festival The RiverRun Internat ...
'' by Júlia Murat *'' The Invader'' by Nicolas Provost *'' J'aime regarder les filles'' by Fred Louf *'' Lost in Paradise'' by Vũ Ngọc Đãng *'' The Other Side of Sleep'' by
Rebecca Daly Rebecca Daly (born 1980) is an Irish people, Irish film director, screenwriter, and actress. Early life Daly was born in West Sussex and grew up in an Irish family in Haywards Heath. They later moved to Naas, Ireland. She studied theatre studie ...
*'' Pariah'' by
Dee Rees Diandrea Rees (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. She is known for her feature films '' Pariah'' (2011), '' Bessie'' (2015), '' Mudbound'' (2017), and '' The Last Thing He Wanted'' (2020). Rees has also written and d ...
*'' El circuito de Román'' by Sebastian Brahm *'' Summer Games'' by
Rolando Colla Rolando may refer to: Entertainment *''Rolando (video game), Rolando'', a 2008 puzzle-adventure video game *''Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid'', a 2009 puzzle-adventure video game *"Rolando", a song by Roland Kirk from the album ''Domino (R ...
*'' The Sword Identity'' by Xu Haofeng *'' La brindille'' by Emmanuelle Millet *'' Twilight Portrait'' by Angelina Nikonova *''
Volcano A volcano is a rupture in the Crust (geology), crust of a Planet#Planetary-mass objects, planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and volcanic gas, gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Ear ...
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Rúnar Rúnarsson Rúnar Rúnarsson (born 20 January 1977 in Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the ...


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Arirang "Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "''Arirang, arirang, arariyo'' ()". It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. ...
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Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
*'' The Boy Who Was a King'' by Andrey Paounov *'' Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan's Hope'' by
Morgan Spurlock Morgan Valentine Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and playwright. Spurlock's films include '' Super Size Me'' (2004), '' Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'' ( ...
*'' Crazy Horse'' by
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 wor ...
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Dark Girls ''Dark Girls'' is a 2011 documentary film by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It documents colorism within the African American community, a subject still considered taboo by many black Americans. The film contains interviews of African American w ...
'' by D. Channsin Berry and
Bill Duke William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. Frequently ...
*'' Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell'' 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 Cambod ...
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The Education of Auma Obama ''The Education of Auma Obama'' is a 2011 German documentary on the life of Barack Obama's half-sister Auma Obama. It won the ''Best Diaspora Documentary'' Award at the Africa Movie Academy Awards. It was directed by Branwen Okpako Prof. Branw ...
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Branwen Okpako Prof. Branwen Kiemute Okpako (born 25 February 1969), is a Nigerian–born Welsh German filmmaker. She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed films ''The Education of Auma Obama'', ''Dirt for Dinner'' and ''Landing''. Apart f ...
*'' Gerhard Richter - Painting'' by Corinna Belz *''
Girl Model ''Girl Model'' is a 2011 documentary film following Ashley, a conflicted model scout recruiting young Siberian girls to model in Japan, and Nadya, a recruited 13-year-old who gets financially taken advantage of during her modeling work in Japan. ...
'' by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin *'' I'm Carolyn Parker'' by Jonathan Demme *'' In My Mother's Arms'' by Atea Al-Daradji and Mohamed Al-Daradji *'' Into the Abyss'' 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 u ...
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Last Call at the Oasis A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts typically come in pairs and have been made from various materials, including hardwoods, cast iron, and ...
'' by Jessica Yu *'' The Last Dogs of Winter'' by Costa Botes *''
The Last Gladiators Philip Alexander Gibney (; born October 23, 1953) is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, ''Esquire'' magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time". Gibney's works as director include '' ...
'' by Alex Gibney *'' Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory'' by
Joe Berlinger Joseph Berlinger (born October 30, 1961) is an American documentary filmmaker and producer. Particularly focused on true crime documentaries, Berlinger's films and docu-series draw attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad in such ...
and Bruce Sinofsky *'' Paul Williams Still Alive'' by Stephen Kessler *'' Pink Ribbons, Inc.'' by
Léa Pool Léa Pool C.M. (born 8 September 1950) is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who taught film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has directed several documentaries and feature films, many of which have won significant awards including the ...
*'' Samsara'' by
Ron Fricke Ron Fricke (born February 24, 1953) is an American film director and cinematographer, specializing in time-lapse photography and large format cinematography. He was the director of photography for ''Koyaanisqatsi'' (1982) and directed the purely ...
*'' Sarah Palin: You Betcha!'' by
Nick Broomfield Nicholas Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he cal ...
and Joan Churchill *'' The Story of Film: An Odyssey'' by Mark Cousins *''
Surviving Progress ''Surviving Progress'' is a 2011 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, loosely based on '' A Short History of Progress'', a book and a 2004 Massey Lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse ...
'' by Mathieu Roy and
Harold Crooks Harold Crooks is a Canadian-American filmmaker. He began his career as an investigative journalist covering environmental issues in Canada during the 1980s and 90s. His films cover the subjects of political economy and the impact humans have o ...
*'' The Tall Man'' by Tony Krawitz *'' Undefeated'' by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin *'' Urbanized'' by
Gary Hustwit Gary Hustwit is an American independent filmmaker and photographer. He is best known for his design documentaries, which examine the impact of trends in graphic design, typography, industrial design, architecture, and urban planning. He told '' ...
*'' Whores' Glory'' by Michael Glawogger


Vanguard

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Carré blanc Carré is a French word, which means "square". ''Carré'' may also refer to: People *Carré (surname) *Carré Otis, American model and actress Places *Fort Carré, sixteenth-century fort in France * Vieux Carré, French Quarter of New Orleans * ...
'' by Jean-Baptiste Léonetti *'' Doppelgänger Paul'' by Kris Elgstrand and Dylan Akio Smith *'' Generation P'' by
Victor Ginzburg Victor Ginzburg (born 1957) is a Russian American mathematician who works in representation theory and in noncommutative geometry. He is known for his contributions to geometric representation theory, especially, for his works on representations ...
*'' Headshot'' by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang *'' Hidden Driveway'' by Sarah Goodman *'' i am a good person/i am a bad person'' by
Ingrid Veninger Ingrid Veninger (born August 21, 1968) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and film professor at York University. Veninger began her career in show business as a child actor in commercials and on television; as a teen, she was fea ...
*'' Love and Bruises'' by
Lou Ye Lou Ye (), born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter- director who is commonly grouped with the " Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. Films Born in Shanghai, Lou was educated at the Beijing Film Academy. In 1993, he made his first film ''W ...
*'' Oslo, August 31st'' by
Joachim Trier Joachim Trier () (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015), ''Thelma'' (2017), and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). For the latter film, he ...
*'' Snowtown'' by
Justin Kurzel Justin Dallas Kurzel (; born 1974) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Early life Kurzel was born 1974 in Gawler, South Australia to a family of immigrant roots, his father hailing from Poland and his mother from Malta. His you ...
*'' The Year of the Tiger'' by
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 ...


TIFF Kids

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First Position ''First Position'' is a 2011 American documentary film. It follows six young dancers preparing for the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City, an annual competition for dancers ages 9–19 to earn a place at an elite ballet company or school. Di ...
'' by Bess Kargman *'' The Flying Machine'', by Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey and Dorota Kobiela *'' A Letter to Momo'' by Hiroyuki Okiura *''
A Monster in Paris ''A Monster in Paris'' (french: Un monstre à Paris) is a 2011 French 3D computer-animated musical comedy science fantasy adventure film directed by Bibo Bergeron, and based on a story he wrote. It was produced by Luc Besson, written by Berger ...
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Bibo Bergeron Eric "Bibo" Bergeron (born July 14, 1965) is a French animator and film director. His work includes ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000), ''Shark Tale'' (2004) and ''A Monster in Paris'' (2011). Bergeron has served as animator on films like '' Ast ...


Mavericks

*'' Barrymore'' by Érik Canuel *'' Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie'' *'' In Conversation With...Francis Ford Coppola'' *''
The Island President ''The Island President'' is a 2011 documentary film about the efforts of then-President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed to tackle rising sea levels resulting from climate change. Produced by Actual Films, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning American docum ...
'' by Jon Shenk *'' The Love We Make'' by Bradley Kaplan
Albert Maysles Albert Maysles (November 26, 1926 – March 5, 2015) and his brother David Maysles (January 10, 1931 – January 3, 1987; ) were an American documentary filmmaking team known for their work in the Direct Cinema style. Their best-known films i ...
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Neil Young Journeys ''Neil Young Journeys'' is a 2011 American concert documentary film produced and directed by Jonathan Demme, featuring Neil Young and produced for Sony Pictures Classics. It is, along with '' Neil Young: Heart of Gold'' (2006) and ''Neil Young Trun ...
'' by Jonathan Demme *'' Sony Pictures Classics 20th Anniversary: Michael Barker and Tom Bernard'' *'' Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician'' by Tamer Ezzat,
Ahmad Abdalla Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed Abdelkader ( ar, أحمد عبد الله السيد) (born on December 19, 1979, Cairo) is an Egyptian film director, editor and screenwriter. His debut feature film is '' Heliopolis'' (2009); his second film is ''Microph ...
, Ayten Amin and
Amr Salama Amr Salama ( ar, عمرو سلامة; born 22 November 1982) is an Egyptians, Egyptian film director, blogger, screenwriter, and author. Film career Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he later moved with his family back to Egypt. He began his direc ...
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Tilda Swinton Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition t ...
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*'' Caprichosos de San Telmo'' by
Alison Murray Alison Murray may refer to: * Alison Murray (director), Canadian director of films, documentaries and music videos * Alison Murray (author), Scottish children's author and illustrator * Alison Murray (scientist), American microbial ecologist and Ant ...
*'' The Cat Vanishes'' by Carlos Sorín *'' City to City Panel: Buenos Aires'' *'' Crane World'' by
Pablo Trapero Pablo Trapero (born 4 October 1971) is an Argentine film producer, editor, and director.Pablo Trapero
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Fatherland A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethn ...
'' by Nicolás Prividera *''
Invasión ''Invasión'' is an Argentine film released in 1969 and directed by Hugo Santiago, who had also written the script together with Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Its style is intermediate between classic cinema and the French ''nouvell ...
'' by Hugo Santiago *'' A Mysterious World'' by Rodrigo Moreno *'' Pompeya'' by Tamae Garateguy *'' Las piedras'' by Román Cárdenas *'' The Student'' by Santiago Mitre *'' Vaquero'' by Juan Minujín


Contemporary World Cinema

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388 Arletta Avenue ''388 Arletta Avenue'' is a 2011 Canadian horror- thriller film written and directed by Randall Cole and starring Nick Stahl and Mia Kirshner as an unhappily married couple who are unknowingly stalked by an intruder. It premiered at the 2011 Tor ...
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Randall Cole Randall Cole is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his 2008 film '' Real Time'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009. A graduate of the Canadian Film Ce ...
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Always Brando ''Always Brando'' is a 2011 film directed by Tunisian director Ridha Behi. Originally titled ''Brando and Brando'', it was set to star Marlon Brando and Christian Erickson until Brando's death. The film premiered at 2011 Toronto International Film ...
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Ridha Behi Ridha Behi is a Tunisian director and producer. He is known for The Magic Box and Always Brando (2011). Career Ridha Behi studied sociology and obtained a master's degree in 1973 at the Paris Nanterre University and a PhD at the Ecole Prat ...
*'' Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai'' by
Suseenthiran Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his directorial debut '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). Career Suseenthiran, who originally hails from a small village called Amarapoondi in Pal ...
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Beauty Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, o ...
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Oliver Hermanus Oliver Hermanus (born 26 May 1983) is a South African film director and writer.
"Oliver Hermanus." IMDb: The Internet Movie Dat ...
*'' Billy Bishop Goes to War (TV film), Billy Bishop Goes to War'' by Barbara Willis Sweete *''
Blood of My Blood "Blood of My Blood" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'', and the 56th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Jack Bender. Bran Stark and Meera Reed are resc ...
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João Canijo João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film '' Get a Life'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film '' Blood of My Blood'' was selected as the Portuguese entry for the B ...
*'' Bonsai'' by Cristián Jiménez *'' Color of the Ocean'' by Maggie Peren *''
Death for Sale ''Death for Sale'' is a 2011 film directed by Faouzi Bensaïdi. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Plot Drifting youngsters under t ...
'' by Faouzi Bensaïdi *''
Elena Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Veliko ...
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Andrey Zvyagintsev Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев, p=ˈzvʲæɡʲɪntsɨf; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Return'' (2003) won him a Golden Lion at ...
*'' Extraterrestrial'' by Nacho Vigalondo *''
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Joseph Cedar Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. Biography Cedar was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in New York City. His father is biochemist Howard Cedar. When Joseph was ...
*'' The Forgiveness of Blood'' by Joshua Marston *'' Free Men'' by Ismaël Ferroukhi *'' From up on Poppy Hill'' by Gorō Miyazaki *'' A Funny Man'' by Martin Zandvliet *''
Future Lasts Forever ''Future Lasts Forever'' ( tr, Gelecek Uzun Sürer) is a 2011 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Özcan Alper, starring Gaye Gürsel as an Istanbul music student who travels to south-east Turkey to record traditional music and confront he ...
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Özcan Alper Özcan Alper (born 1975) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter of Hemshin peoples, Hemshin descent. He studied at Trabzon Lisesi. In 1992, he moved to Istanbul to study at Istanbul University Engineering Faculty in the Physics Department a ...
*'' Bé omid é didar'' by
Mohammad Rasoulof Mohammad Rasoulof ( fa, محمد رسول‌اف; born 16 November 1972) is an Iranian independent filmmaker. He is known for several award-winning films, including his first, ''The Twilight'' (2002); '' Iron Island'' (2005); ''Manuscripts Don' ...
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Goodbye First Love ''Goodbye First Love'' (french: Un amour de jeunesse) is a 2011 Franco-German film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. It was selected for the main competition section at the 2011 Locarno International Film Festival. Plot Camille is 15 years old and pa ...
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Mia Hansen-Løve Mia Hansen-Løve (born 5 February 1981) is a French film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She has won several accolades for her work. Her first feature film, '' All Is Forgiven'', won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 200 ...
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Guilty Guilty or The Guilty may refer to: * Guilt (emotion), an experience that occurs when a person believes they have violated a moral standard Law *Culpability, the degree to which an agent can be held responsible for action or inaction *Guilt (law) ...
'' by Vincent Garenq *''
Gypsy The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...
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Martin Šulík Martin Šulík (born October 20, 1962, in Žilina) is a Slovak film director. He studied film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from which he graduated in 1986. His 2011 film ''Gypsy'' was selected as the Slovak entry for ...
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Heleno ''Heleno'' is a 2011 Brazilian biographical drama film directed by José Henrique Fonseca. It stars and was produced by Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro. Plot It tells the story of Heleno de Freitas ( Rodrigo Santoro), a legendary football st ...
'' by José Henrique Fonseca *'' Himizu'' by
Sion Sono Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Plac ...
*'' Hotel Swooni'' by Kaat Beels *'' I'm Yours'' by Leonard Farlinger *''
Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
'' by Stefano Chiantini *'' Juan of the Dead'' by Alejandro Brugués *'' Land of Oblivion'' by
Michale Boganim Michale Boganim is a French-Israeli screenwriter and film director.Berlin Film Festival (2005)Filmarchive: ''Odessa Odessa'' p. 4. Retrieved 9 July 2016 Retrieved 8 July 2016 . Her feature-length films include '' La Terre outragée'' (2011) or ' ...
*'' Last Days in Jerusalem'' by Tawfik Abu Wael *'' Last Winter'' by John Shank *''
Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in ...
'' by Christophe Van Rompaey *'' Lipstikka'' by
Jonathan Sagall Jonathan Sagall ( he, יהונתן סגל; born April 23, 1959) is a Canadian-born Israeli actor, director, producer and screenwriter.Lucky'' by Avie Luthra *'' Man on Ground'' by
Akin Omotoso Akin Omotoso (born 1974) is a Nigerian film director, writer, and actor. He is best known for directing the 2022 film ''Rise''. Both his father Kole Omotoso and his sister Yewande Omotoso are also writers. Early life and education Omotoso was ...
*'' Michael'' by Markus Schleinzer *'' Michael'' by Ribhu Dasgupta *'' Miss Bala'' by Gerardo Naranjo *'' Mr. Tree'' by Han Jie *'' Omar Killed Me'' by
Roschdy Zem Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Career Versatile and determined to not ...
*'' Restoration'' by Yossi Madmoni *''
Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...
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Wojciech Smarzowski Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His 2004 film, '' The Wedding'' (not ...
*'' Rough Hands'' by Mohamed Asli *''
A Separation ''A Separation'' ( fa, جدایی, Jodâyi; also titled ''Nader and Simin, A Separation'') is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhad ...
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*'' The Silver Cliff'' by Karim Aïnouz *''
Sisters & Brothers ''Sisters & Brothers'' is a 2011 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Carl Bessai. The film explores the relationships of four sets of siblings who have not (in one case, never) had contact for some time. It is the final film in B ...
'' by Carl Bessai *''
Sons of Norway Sons of Norway ( no, Sønner av Norge), founded in 1895 as the Independent Order of the Sons of Norway, is a fraternal organization principally representing people of Norwegian heritage in the United States and Canada. The organization include ...
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Jens Lien Jens Lien (born 14 September 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He graduated from the London International Film School in 1993. His graduation project was the short film ''Montana'', that was featured at the short film festival in Grimstad tha ...
*'' SuperClásico'' by
Ole Christian Madsen Ole Christian Madsen (born 18 June 1966) is a Danish film director and script writer. Among his most successful projects are the movies ''Flame & Citron'', '' Prag'', '' Angels in Fast Motion'' ( da. ''Nordkraft'') and the TV series '' Rejseholde ...
*'' Think of Me'' by Bryan Wizemann *'' UFO in Her Eyes'' by
Xiaolu Guo Xiaolu Guo FRSL () born 20 November 1973) is a Chinese-born British novelist, memoirist and film-maker, who explores migration, alienation, memory, personal journeys, feminism, translation and transnational identities. Guo has directed a do ...
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Union Square Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...
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Nancy Savoca Nancy Laura Savoca (born July 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life and education Nancy Laura Savoca was born in 1959 in the Bronx, New York, to Argentine and Sicilian immigrants Maria Elvira and Carlos S ...
*'' Your Sister's Sister'' by
Lynn Shelton Lynn Shelton (August 27, 1965 – May 16, 2020) was an American filmmaker, known for writing, directing, and producing such films as ''Humpday'' and ''Your Sister's Sister''. She was associated with the mumblecore genre. Early life Shelton was b ...


Canada First!

*'' Amy George'' by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas *'' Leave It on the Floor'' by Sheldon Larry *''
Nuit 1 ''Nuit #1'' ( en, Night #1) is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Anne Émond. Plot Clara ( Catherine De Léan) and Nikolai ( Dimitri Storoge) meet at a sweat-soaked rave and end their night at his apartment. The first part of the film is a ...
'' by
Anne Émond Anne Émond (born 1982) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, currently based in Montreal, Quebec. Early life and education Born in 1982, Anne Émond has lived and worked in Montreal since 2001. In 2005, she completed her undergraduate pr ...
*'' The Odds'' by Simon Davidson *'' The Patron Saints'' by Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky *''
Romeo Eleven ''Romeo Eleven'' (french: Roméo Onze) is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Ivan Grbovic, and written by Grbovic and Sara Mishara. Set in Montreal's Lebanese Christian community, the film is a coming-of-age story about a physically handicap ...
(Roméo Onze)'' by
Ivan Grbovic Ivan Grbovic (born 1979 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter, most noted for his film ''Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres)''. The film was the top winner at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 20 ...
*'' Wetlands (Marécages)'' by Guy Édoin


Short Cuts Canada

*'' 4am'' by Janine Fung *'' Acqua'' by Raha Shirazi *''
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'' by DJ Parmar *''
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'' by Renaud Hallée *'' Derailments'' by
Chelsea McMullan Chelsea McMullan is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for their 2013 film '' My Prairie Home'', a film about transgender musician Rae Spoon.The Devil's Due'' by Alexander Gorelick *'' Doubles with Slight Pepper'' by Ian Harnarine *'' The Encounter'' by Nicholas Pye *'' A Film Portrait on Reconstructing 12 Possibilities that Preceded the Disappearance of Zoe Dean Drum'' by Eduardo Menz *'' The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar'' by Igor Drljača *'' Heart of Rhyme'' by
Cory Bowles Cory Bowles (born August 27, 1973) is a Canadian actor, director and choreographer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cory in the series ''Trailer Park Boys''. Life and career Bowles was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Truro, Nova Sc ...
*'' Hope'' by
Pedro Pires Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011. Life and career Pires was born in São Filipe, Fogo, Cape ...
*'' If I Can Fly'' by Yoakim Bélanger *'' Issues'' by
Enrico Colantoni Enrico Colantoni (born February 14, 1963) is a Canadian actor and director, best known for portraying Elliot DiMauro in the sitcom ''Just Shoot Me!'', Keith Mars on the television series ''Veronica Mars'', Louis Lutz on the short-lived sitcom ''H ...
and
Hugh Dillon Hugh Dillon (born May 31, 1963) is a Canadian singer and actor who is the lead vocalist of rock band Headstones. He is also a film and television actor; his notable roles include Mike Sweeney in '' Durham County,'' Ed Lane in '' Flashpoint'' an ...
*'' Lie Down and Die'' by Kyle Sanderson *'' Little Theatres: Homage to the Mineral of Cabbage'' by Stephanie Dudley *'' Mandeep'' by Darrin Klimek *'' No Words Came Down'' by Ryan Flowers *'' Of Events'' by Mathieu Tremblay *'' One Night with You'' by Jeanne Leblanc *'' Ora'' by Philippe Baylaucq *'' The Paris Quintet in Practice Makes Perfect'' by Benjamin Schuetze *''
Patch Town A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residenc ...
'' by Craig Goodwill *'' Pathways'' by Dusty Mancinelli *'' The Pedestrian Jar'' by Evan Morgan *'' The Red Virgin'' by Sheila Pye *'' A River in the Woods'' by Christian Sparkes *''
La Ronde La Ronde may refer to: Geography * La Ronde, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime ''département'', France * La Ronde River, on the Caribbean island of Dominica *La Ronde (amusement park), Montreal, Quebec, Canada * A La Ronde, an ...
'' by Sophie Goyette *'' Vent solaire'' by
Ian Lagarde Ian Lagarde is a Canadians, Canadian cinematographer and film director. He is most noted for his 2017 film ''All You Can Eat Buddha'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for ...
*'' Sorry, Rabbi'' by Mark Slutsky *'' Spirit of the Bluebird'' by Xstine Cook and
Jesse Gouchey Jesse may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible. * Jesse (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' ( ...
*'' Les dimanches'' by Jean-Guillaume Bastien *'' Surveillant'' by Yan Giroux *''
Tabula Rasa ''Tabula rasa'' (; "blank slate") is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception. Epistemological proponents of ''tabula rasa'' disagree with the doctri ...
'' by Matthew Rankin *'' Throat Song'' by
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 ...
*'' Trotteur'' by Arnaud Brisebois and
Francis Leclerc Francis Leclerc (born 1971 in Quebec City) is a Canadians, Canadian film director, film and television director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of Félix Leclerc. Since 1995 he has worked in the Quebec film industry, directing music v ...
*'' Up in Cottage Country'' by Simon Ennis *'' Waning'' by Gina Haraszti *'' We Ate the Children Last'' by
Andrew Cividino Andrew Cividino (born 1983) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter."Big buzz at Cannes for Canadian auteur's coming-of-age yarn". ''Montreal Gazette'', May 22, 2015. He is best known for his feature film directorial debut '' Sleeping Giant' ...
*'' Le poids du vide'' by
Alain Fournier Alain Fournier (1943–2000) was a computer graphics researcher. Biography Alain Fournier was born on November 5, 1943, in Lyon, France. He was married twice, first to Beverly Bickle (married 1968, divorced 1984) and later to Adrienne Drobnies ...
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'' by Mike Maryniuk and John Scoles


Canada Open Vault

*'' Hard Core Logo'' by Bruce McDonald


Visions

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Yorgos Lanthimos Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...
*'' Century of Birthing'' by
Lav Diaz Lavrente Indico Anciro Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. Frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on recor ...
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Cut Cut may refer to: Common uses * The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of wound ** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment ** Cut (ea ...
'' by
Amir Naderi Amir Naderi ( fa, امیر نادری (), born 15 August 1946, in Abadan) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for '' The Runner'' and ''Vegas: Based on a True Story''. Career Amir Naderi grew up in Abada ...
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Dreileben - Etwas Besseres als den Tod Dreileben is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Wanzleben-Börde. In 2011, a triple-bill of 90-minute Television movies Television, someti ...
'' by Christian Petzold *'' Dreileben - Komm mir nicht nach'' by
Dominik Graf Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 ...
*'' Dreileben - Eine Minute Dunkel'' by Christoph Hochhäusler *'' Fable of the Fish'' by Adolfo Alix, Jr. *''
House of Tolerance ''House of Tolerance'' (french: L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, also known as ''House of Pleasures'') is 2011 French drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, starring Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèl ...
'' by
Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extre ...
*'' Kotoko'' by
Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, editor, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horro ...
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The Last Christeros ''The Last Christeros'' ( es, Los Últimos Cristeros) is a 2011 Mexican Western drama film, produced, directed and written by Matías Meyer. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received eight nominations a ...
'' by Matias Meyer *'' The Loneliest Planet'' by Julia Loktev *'' Monsters Club'' by
Toshiaki Toyoda is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Osaka Prefecture, Toyoda was first a prodigy in the game of shogi or Japanese chess. He attended the Japan Shogi Association's apprenticeship (Shōreikai) from age 9 with the aim of be ...
*''
The Mountain The Mountain (french: La Montagne) was a political group during the French Revolution. Its members, called the Montagnards (), sat on the highest benches in the National Convention. They were the most radical group and opposed the Girondins. Th ...
'' by
Ghassan Salhab Ghassan Salhab (Arabic; غسان سلهب, born 4 May 1958) is a Lebanese screenwriter and film director born in Dakar, Senegal. In addition to making his own films, he collaborates on various scenarios and teaches film in Lebanon. He has dir ...
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'' by
Vimukthi Jayasundara Kala Keerthi Vimukthi Jayasundara ( si, විමුක්ති ජයසුන්දර) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker, critic and a visual artist. Jayasundara is the first Sri Lankan to win the Caméra d'Or, in 2005. Life and career Vimukthi Jay ...
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Play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...
'' by
Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund (born 13 April 1974) is a Swedish filmmaker best known for his black comedic and satirical films ''Force Majeure'' (2014), '' The Square'' (2017) and '' Triangle of Sadness'' (2022), all of which received largely positive reviews an ...
*'' Porfirio'' by Alejandro Landes *''
Random In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of pattern or predictability in events. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps often has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual ra ...
'' by Debbie Tucker Green *'' The River Used to Be a Man'' by Jan Zabeil *'' Swirl'' by Helvécio Marins Jr. *''
This Side of Resurrection ''This Side of Resurrection'' ( pt, Deste Lado da Ressurreição) is a Portuguese independent drama film written and directed by Joaquim Sapinho. It was produced by the independent production company Rosa Filmes and had its world premiere at the ...
'' by
Joaquim Sapinho Joaquim Sapinho (born 1965 at Sabugal, Portugal) is a Portuguese film director. Founder of production company Rosa Filmes, he is considered to be part of ''The School of Reis'' film family. Career Joaquim Sapinho was a student at the Portugue ...


Wavelengths

* '' 349 (for Sol LeWitt)'' by Chris Kennedy * ''
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'' by
Sophie Michael Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
* '' Aberration of Light: Dark Chamber Disclosure'' by Sandra Gibson, Luis Recoder and Olivia Block * '' American Colour'' by Joshua Bonnetta * '' Ars colonia'' by
Raya Martin Raya Martin (born 1984) is a Filipino filmmaker. His works include '' Independencia''Abrams, Simon"Independencia" '' Slant Magazine'', 4 October 2009. Retrieved on 8 January 2015. and ''Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the Ci ...
* '' Black Mirror at the National Gallery'' by Mark Lewis * '' Bouquets 11-20'' by Rose Lowder * '' Chevelle'' by
Kevin Jerome Everson Kevin Jerome Everson (born February 1st, 1965) is an artist working in film, painting, sculpture, and photography. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio and currently resides in Virginia. He holds an Master of Fine Arts, MFA from Ohio University, and a ...
* '' Coorow-Latham Road'' by Blake Williams * '' Edwin Parker'' by
Tacita Dean Tacita Charlotte Dean CBE, RA (born 1965) is a British / German visual artist who works primarily in film. She was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998, won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2008. ...
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Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...
* '' Found Cuban Mounts'' by Adriana Salazar Arroyo * '' I Will Forget This Day'' by Alina Rudnitskaya * '' Loutra/Baths'' by Nick Collins * '' Optra Field VII-IX'' by T. Marie * '' A Preface to Red'' by Jonathan Schwartz * ''
Resonance Resonance describes the phenomenon of increased amplitude that occurs when the frequency of an applied Periodic function, periodic force (or a Fourier analysis, Fourier component of it) is equal or close to a natural frequency of the system ...
'' by Karen Johannesen * '' The Return'' by Nathaniel Dorsky * '' Sack Barrow'' by
Ben Rivers Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring ...
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Joyce Wieland Joyce Wieland (June 30, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist. Wieland found success as a painter when she began her career in Toronto in the 1950s. In 1962, Wieland moved to New York City and ...
* '' Sea Series#10'' by John Price * '' Space is the Place'' by Eriko Sonoda * '' Twenty Cigarettes'' by James Benning * ''
Untitled Untitled or (Untitled) may refer to: Artworks * '' Untitled (2004)'', by Banksy * ''Untitled'' (1982 painting), by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat * ''Untitled'' (Devil), a 1982 painting by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat * ''Untitled ...
'' by Neïl Beloufa * '' Young Pines'' by Ute Aurand


Future Projections

* '' Buffalo Days'' by
Peter Lynch Peter Lynch (born January 19, 1944) is an American investor, mutual fund manager, and philanthropist. As the manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990, Lynch averaged a 29.2% annual return, consistently more th ...
* '' Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board'' by Nicholas Pye and Sheila Pye * '' Memories of Idaho'' by
James Franco James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in '' 127 Hours'' (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's ''Spider-M ...
and Gus Van Sant * ''
Mr. Brainwash in Toronto ''Mister'', usually written in its contracted form ''Mr.'' or ''Mr'', is a commonly used English honorific for men without a higher honorific, or professional title, or any of various designations of office. The title 'Mr' derived from earlier ...
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Mr. Brainwash Thierry Guetta, best known by his moniker Mr. Brainwash, is a French-born Los Angeles-based street artist. According to the 2010 Banksy-directed film ''Exit Through the Gift Shop'', Guetta was a proprietor of a used clothing store, and amateur ...
* '' Plot against Time'' by
David Rokeby David Rokeby (born in 1960 in Tillsonburg, Ontario) is an artist who has been making works of electronic, video and installation art since 1982. He lives with his wife, acclaimed pianist Eve Egoyan, and daughter, Viva Egoyan-Rokeby, in Toronto, ...
* ''
Road Movie A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienatio ...
'' by Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky * ''
Sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...
'' by
Gregory Crewdson Gregory Crewdson (born September 26, 1962) is an American photographer. He photographs tableaux of American homes and neighborhoods. Life and career Crewdson was born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He attended John Dew ...
* '' Slow Action'' by
Ben Rivers Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring ...
* '' Sunday'' by Duane Hopkins * '' Time as Activity (Buenos Aires)'' by David Lamelas * '' whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir'' by
Eve Sussman Rufus Corporation Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac language, Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories de ...


Midnight Madness

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The Day The Day may refer to: Film and television * ''The Day'' (1914 film), an Australian silent film * ''The Day'' (1960 film), a short film * ''The Day'' (2011 film), a Canadian film * ''The Day'' (2022 film), a Bangladeshi–Iran joint production ...
'' by Doug Aarniokoski * ''
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Bobcat Goldthwait Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait (born May 26, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, known for his black comedy stand-up act, delivered through an energetic stage persona with an unusual raspy and high-pitched voice. ...
* '' The Incident'' by Alexandre Courtes * ''
Kill List ''Kill List'' is a 2011 British psychological horror crime film directed by Ben Wheatley, co-written and co-edited with Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Michael Smiley. When a British soldier returns home from Kyiv, h ...
'' by
Ben Wheatley Benjamin Wheatley (born 7 May 1972) is an English filmmaker and screenwriter. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and tel ...
* ''
Livid LiViD, short for Linux Video and DVD, was a collection of projects that aim to create program tools and software libraries related to DVD for Linux operating system. The projects included: * OMS * GATOS * mpeg2dec * ac3dec In 2002, LiViD project ...
'' by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo * '' Lovely Molly'' by Eduardo Sánchez * '' The Raid'' by Gareth Evans * '' Sleepless Night'' by
Frédéric Jardin Frédéric Jardin (born 18 May 1968) is a French film director. Filmography References External links * Living people 1968 births French film directors {{France-film-bio-stub ...
* ''
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'' by
Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director best known for directing '' The Taste of Tea'' (2004), ''Funky Forest'' (2005), and ''Smuggler'' (2011). Career After graduating from Musashino Art University, Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began direc ...
* ''
You're Next ''You're Next'' is a 2011 American slasher film directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton and Rob Moran. The plot concern ...
'' by
Adam Wingard Adam Wingard ( ; born December 3, 1982) is an American filmmaker. He has served as a director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous projects. Following an early career as a member of the mumblecore ...


Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual
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list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released on December 7, 2011."The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten".
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, December 7, 2011.


Feature films

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Jean-Marc Vallée Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963December 25, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including '' ...
*'' Citizen Gangster'' — Nathan Morlando *'' A Dangerous Method'' — David Cronenberg *''
Hobo With a Shotgun ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' is a 2011 exploitation action black comedy film directed by Jason Eisener, written by John Davies, from a story by Eisener, and starring Rutger Hauer. It is based on a faux- trailer of the same title featured in the Que ...
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Jason Eisener Jason Eisener is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, editor and director. Life and career ''Grindhouse'' faux trailer contest and ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' (2007 - 2011) In 2007, Eisener entered and won the '' Grindhouse'' fake trailer contest hos ...
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Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film i ...
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Monsieur Lazhar ''Monsieur Lazhar'' is a 2011 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and starring Mohamed Saïd Fellag, Sophie Nélisse and Danielle Proulx. Based on ''Bashir Lazhar'', a one-character play by Évelyne de la Chen ...
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Philippe Falardeau Philippe Falardeau (born February 1, 1968 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Early life Falardeau was born and raised in Hull, Quebec. He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travellin ...
*'' The Salesman (Le Vendeur)'' — Sébastien Pilote *'' Starbuck'' —
Ken Scott Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff B ...
*'' Take This Waltz'' —
Sarah Polley Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress,Howell, Peter (September 24, 1999)"Nobody's Starlet: Toronto's Sarah Polley is Only 20 but already a veteran actor so secure in her craft she can thumb her nose at Hollywood" ''Tor ...
*'' Wetlands (Marécages)'' — Guy Édoin


Short films

*'' Choke'' — Michelle Latimer *'' Doubles with Slight Pepper'' — Ian Harnarine *'' The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar'' — Igor Drljaca *'' Hope'' —
Pedro Pires Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011. Life and career Pires was born in São Filipe, Fogo, Cape ...
*'' No Words Came Down'' — Ryan Flowers, Lisa Pham *'' Ora'' — Philippe Baylaucq *'' Rhonda's Party'' —
Ashley McKenzie Ashley McKenzie (born 17 July 1989) is an English judoka competing at the men's 60 kg division. He was a member of the Great Britain Olympic Judo Team at London 2012 but was defeated in the second round by Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan. He a ...
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La Ronde La Ronde may refer to: Geography * La Ronde, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime ''département'', France * La Ronde River, on the Caribbean island of Dominica *La Ronde (amusement park), Montreal, Quebec, Canada * A La Ronde, an ...
'' — Sophie Goyette *'' Trotteur'' — Arnaud Brisebois,
Francis Leclerc Francis Leclerc (born 1971 in Quebec City) is a Canadians, Canadian film director, film and television director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of Félix Leclerc. Since 1995 he has worked in the Quebec film industry, directing music v ...
*'' We Ate the Children Last'' —
Andrew Cividino Andrew Cividino (born 1983) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter."Big buzz at Cannes for Canadian auteur's coming-of-age yarn". ''Montreal Gazette'', May 22, 2015. He is best known for his feature film directorial debut '' Sleeping Giant' ...


References


External links


Official site

2011 Toronto International Film Festival
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