Toronto International Film Festival 2015
The 40th Toronto International Film Festival took place September 10-20, 2015. The first films were announced on July 28, 2015, including Jean-Marc Vallées film Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts , which was shown as the opening film. Mr. Right from Paco Cabezas should close the festival.
At this year's edition of the festival there were two new sections, Platform and Primetime . In the Platform section , 12 films were evaluated by a jury, which ultimately awarded the best film with CAD 25,000. The jury consisted of the film directors Claire Denis , Jia Zhangke and Agnieszka Holland .
Six television series were selected for the Primetime section . The films for the TIFF Docs , Vanguard , Midnight Madness and Masters sections were announced on August 11th. Further program content was published on August 18th.
program
Gala presentations
- Beeba Boys by Deepa Mehta
- The Bodyguard - His last assignment (Disorder / Maryland) from Alice Winocour
- Dirty Trip - A dirty trip (Mississippi Grind) by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
- Demolition - Love and Life (Demolition) by Jean-Marc Vallée
- The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Eye in the Sky by Gavin Hood
- Forsaken by Jon Cassar
- Freeheld - Every love is the same (Freeheld) by Peter Sollett
- Hyena Road by Paul Gross
- In heaven people wear high heels (Miss You Already) by Catherine Hardwicke
- Lolo by Julie Delpy
- Legend by Brian Helgeland
- Man Down by Dito Montiel
- The Martian - Saves Mark Watney (The Martian) by Ridley Scott
- Mr. Right by Paco Cabezas
- The Poetry of Infinity (The Man Who Knew Infinity) by Matthew Brown
- The Program - At Any Price (The Program) by Stephen Frears
- Remember by Atom Egoyan
- Septembers of Shiraz by Wayne Blair
- Stonewall by Roland Emmerich
Special presentations
- 7 Angry Indian Goddesses by Pan Nalin
- 45 Years by Andrew Haigh
- About Ray by Gaby Dellal
- Anomalisa by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
- Beasts of No Nation by Cary Fukunaga
- Being Charlie by Rob Reiner
- Black Mass by Scott Cooper
- Body by Małgorzata Szumowska
- Born to be Blue by Robert Budreau
- Brooklyn - A Love Between Two Worlds (Brooklyn) by John Crowley
- Colonia Dignidad - There is no turning back (Colonia) by Florian Gallenberger
- El Club by Pablo Larraín
- The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper
- The Daughter by Simon Stone
- Desierto - Fatal hunt (Desierto) by Jonás Cuarón
- Demons and Miracles (Dheepan) by Jacques Audiard
- Equals by Drake Doremus
- Belles Familles by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Talvar by Meghna Gulzar
- I Saw the Light by Marc Abraham
- I Smile Back by Adam Salky
- Into the Forest by Patricia Rozema
- The Idol of Hany Abu-Assad
- The Lady in the Van by Nicholas Hytner
- Len and Company by Tim Godsall
- The Lobster by Giorgos Lanthimos
- London Fields by Matthew Cullen
- Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
- Maggie's plan (Maggie's plan) by Rebecca Miller
- Ma Ma - The origin of love (Ma ma) by Julio Médem
- With the best of intentions (The Meddler) by Lorene Scafaria
- Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti
- Mountains May Depart by Jia Zhangke
- Mr. Six from Guan Hu
- Mustang from Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Parched by Leena Yadav
- Room of Lenny Abrahamson
- Sicario by Denis Villeneuve
- Son of Saul (Saul fia) by László Nemes Jeles
- Spotlight by Tom McCarthy
- Sunset song by Terence Davies
- The Campaigner (Our Brand Is Crisis) by David Gordon Green
- A story of love and darkness (Sipur al ahava ve choshech) by Natalie Portman
- A Tale of Three Cities by Mabel Cheung
- Trumbo by Jay Roach
- The moment of truth (Truth) by James Vanderbilt
- Un plus une by Claude Lelouch
- Victoria by Sebastian Schipper
- The Wave - The wave of death (Bølgen) by Roar Uthaug
- Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore
- The Witch by Robert Eggers
- Eternal Youth (Youth) by Paolo Sorrentino
Vanguard
- Collective Invention by Kwon Oh-kwang
- Demon by Marcin Wrona
- Endorphins from André Turpin
- Evolution by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
- The Devil's Daughter (February) by Oz Perkins
- Hellions by Bruce McDonald
- Lace Crater by Harrison Atkins
- Love by Gaspar Noé
- Men & Chicken by Anders Thomas Jensen
- The Missing Girl by AD Calvo
- My Big Night by Álex de la Iglesia
- The night mare from AKIZ
- No Men Beyond This Point by Mark Sawers
- Veteran of Ryoo Seung-wan
- Zoom by Pedro Morelli
TIFF Docs
- Al Purdy Was Here by Brian D. Johnson
- Amazing Grace by Sydney Pollack
- A Flickering Truth by Pietra Brettkelly
- Being AP by Anthony Wonke
- Bolshoi Babylon by Nick Read
- Dark Horse by Louise Osmond
- Guantanamo's Child by Patrick Reed , Michelle Shephard
- Heart of a Dog by Laurie Anderson
- Hitchcock / Truffaut by Kent Jones
- Horizon by Bergur Bernburg , Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
- In Jackson Heights by Frederick Wiseman
- It All Started at the End by Luis Ospina
- Janis: Little Girl Blue by Amy J. Berg
- Je suis Charlie by Emmanuel Leconte , Daniel Leconte
- A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers by Geeta Gandbhir , Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- Malala - Your Right to Education (He named me Malala) by Davis Guggenheim
- Miss Sharon Jones! by Barbara Kopple
- The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble by Morgan Neville
- Nasser from Jihan El-Tahri
- Ninth Floor by Mina Shum
- Our Last Tango by German Kral
- PS Jerusalem by Danae Elon
- The Reflektor Tapes by Kahlil Joseph
- Return of the Atom by Mika Taanila , Jussi Eerola
- Sherpa - Trouble on Everest by Jennifer Peedom
- This Changes Everything by Avi Lewis
- Thru You Princess by Ido Haar
- Welcome to FL by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom by Evgeny Afineevsky
- Women He's Undressed by Gillian Armstrong
- A Young Patriot by Du Haibin
Short Cuts Canada
- 4 Quarters by Ashley McKenzie
- A New Year by Marie-Ève Juste
- Bacon & God's Wrath by Sol Friedman
- The Ballad of Immortal Joe by Héctor Herrera
- Bam by Howie Shia
- Benjamin by Sherren Lee
- Beyond the Horizon by Brian J. Noth
- Boxing by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley
- Boy from Connor Jessup
- Casualties of Modernity by Kent Monkman
- Clouds of Autumn by Trevor Mack and Matthew Taylor Blais
- Dogs Don't Breeds Cats by Cristina Martins
- Dredger from Phillip Baker
- The Guy from New York by Jean-François LeBlanc
- It's Not You by Don McKellar
- Komkom from Kevin Papatie
Wavelengths
- 88:88 from Isiah Medina
- Afternoon from Tsai Ming-liang
- Arabian Nights by Miguel Gomes
- Colorful cow by Ryan Ferko , Parastoo Anoushahpour and Faraz Anoushahpour
- Eva Doesn't Sleep by Pablo Agüero
- The Event by Sergei Loznitsa
- Engram of Returning by Daïchi Saïto
- The Forbidden Room by Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson
- Fugue by Kerstin Schroedinger
- Invention by Mark Lewis
- La Giubba by Corin Sworn and Tony Romano
- No Home Movie by Chantal Akerman
- The Other Side by Roberto Minervini
- The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers by Ben Rivers
Discovery
- A Patch of Fog by Michael Lennox
- The Ardennes by Robin Pront
- Beast by Tom McKeith and Sam McKeith
- Black by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
- Born to Dance by Tammy Davis
- Closet Monster by Stephen Dunn
- Dégradé by Arab Nasser and Tarzan Nasser
- Desde allá by Lorenzo Vigas
- Downriver from Grant Scicluna
- Eva Nová by Marko Škop
- Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones
- Five Nights in Maine by Maris Curran
- The Here After by Magnus von Horn
- Ixcanul - Dreams at the foot of the volcano (Ixcanul Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante
- James White by Josh Mond
- Keeper of Guillaume Senez
- The Cowboys by Thomas Bidegain
- Meghmallar by Zahidur Rahim Anjan
- Mountain by Yaelle Kayam
- My name is Emily from Simon Fitzmaurice
- The Paradise Suite by Joost van Ginkel
- The Rainbow Kid by Kire Paputts
- River by Jamie M. Dagg
- Semana Santa by Alejandra Marquez Abella
- Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino
- Spear by Stephen Page
- Very Big Shot by Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya
- The Wait by Piero Messina
- We monsters by Sebastian Ko
- Wedding doll by Nitzan Gilady
Contemporary World Cinema
- April 25 by Leanne Pooley
- 3000 nights from Mai Masri
- Abluka - Everyone mistrusts everyone (Abluka) by Emin Alper
- The Apostate by Federico Veiroj
- As soon as I open my eyes (As I Open My Eyes) by Leyla Bouzid
- A breath from Christian Zübert
- Baba Joon from Yuval Delshad
- Box by Florin Șerban
- Campo Grande by Sandra Kogut
- Chevalier by Athina Rachel Tsangari
- A Copy of My Mind by Joko Anwar
- Cuckold by Charlie Vundla
- The Shaman and the Snake (El abrazo de la serpiente) by Ciro Guerra
- The Endless River by Oliver Hermanus
- The Fear by Damien Odoul
- Friends for Life (Truman) by Cesc Gay
- Girls Lost by Alexandra-Therese Keining
- Granny's Dancing on the Table by Hanna Sköld
- Herbert by Thomas Stuber
- Homesick by Anne Sewitsky
- Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous by Christopher Doyle
- Honor Thy Father by Erik Matti
- How Heavy This Hammer by Kazik Radwanski
- Invisible by Lawrence Fajardo
- In the Room by Eric Khoo
- Incident Light by Ariel Rotter
- I Promise You Anarchy by Julio Hernández Cordón
- Ivy by Tolga Karaçelik
- Jack by Elisabeth Scharang
- Journey to the Shore by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- The Kind Words by Shemi Zarhin
- Cherry blossoms and red beans (あ ん, An) by Naomi Kawase
- Goat by Ivan Ostrochovský
- Ephraim and the Lamb (Lamb) by Yared Zeleke
- Last Cab to Darwin by Jeremy Sims
- Let Them Come by Salem Brahimi
- Magallanes from Salvador del Solar
- Mecca by Sterlin Harjo
- Much Loved by Nabil Ayouch
- Murmur of the Hearts by Sylvia Chang
- My Internship in Canada by Philippe Falardeau
- One Floor Below by Radu Muntean
- Our Loved Ones by Anne Émond
- Parisienne by Danielle Arbid
- Paths of the Soul by Zhang Yang
- The Treasure (Comoara) by Corneliu Porumboiu
- The state against Fritz Bauer by Lars Kraume
- Price of Love by Hermon Hailay
- Sturdy bucks by Grímur Hákonarson
- Schneider vs. Bax by Alex van Warmerdam
- Song of Songs by Eva Neymann
- Sparrows by Runar Rúnarsson
- Starve Your Dog by Hicham Lasri
- The Steps by Andrew Currie
- Story of Judas by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
- Stranger by Ermek Tursunov
- Thank You for Bombing by Barbara Eder
- The Waiting Room by Igor Drljaca
- The Whispering Star (Hiso Hiso Boshi) by Sion Sono
Midnight Madness
- Baskin from Can Evrenol
- The Chickening by Davy Force and Nick DenBoer
- The Devil's Candy by Sean Byrne
- The Final Girls by Todd Strauss-Schulson
- The Girl in the Photographs by Nick Simon
- Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier
- Hardcore (Hardcore Henry) by Ilja Naischuller
- The Mind's Eye by Joe Begos
- Southbound by Roxanne Benjamin , David Bruckner , Patrick Horvath
- SPL II: A Time For Consequences by Soi Cheang
- Yakuza Apocalypse by Takashi Miike
Masters
- 11 minutes from Jerzy Skolimowski
- The Assassin by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Bleak Street by Arturo Ripstein
- Blood of My Blood by Marco Bellocchio
- Cemetery of Splendor from Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Every Thing Will Be Fine by Wim Wenders
- Francofonia by Alexander Sokurov
- In the Shadow of Women by Philippe Garrel
- Our little sister (Umimachi Diary) by Hirokazu Kore-eda
- The mother- of- pearl button by Patricio Guzmán
- Rabin, the Last Day by Amos Gitai
- Right Now, Wrong Then by Hong Sang-soo
- Taxi Tehran from Jafar Panahi
City to City: London
- Couple in a Hole by Tom Geens
- The Hard Stop by George Amponsah
- Kill Your Friends by Owen Harris
- Kilo Two Bravo by Paul Katis
- London Road by Rufus Norris
- Northern Soul by Elaine Constantine
- The Ones Below by David Farr
- Urban hymn by Michael Caton-Jones
Cinematheque
- Heat by Michael Mann
Platform
- Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) by Eva Husson
- The Clan of Pablo Trapero
- French Blood from Diastème
- Full Contact by David Verbeek
- High-Rise by Ben Wheatley
- Hurt by Alan Zweig
- Under the sand - The promise of freedom from Martin Zandvliet
- Looking for Grace by Sue Brooks
- Neon Bull by Gabriel Mascaro
- The Promised Land by He Ping
- Sky by Fabienne Berthaud
- The White Knights by Joachim Lafosse
Prime time
- Casual by Jason Reitman
- Heroes Reborn by Tim Kring
- Cromo by Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo
- Keith Richards: Under the Influence by Morgan Neville
- The Returned by Fabrice Gobert
- Trapped - Trapped in Iceland (Ófærð) by Baltasar Kormákur
Awards
An overview of the prizes awarded at the Toronto International Film Festival:
- Shorts Cuts Award - Best Canadian Short Film: Overpass by Patrice Laliberté
- Shorts Cuts Award - Best Short Film: Maman (s) by Maïmouna Doucouré
- The City of Toronto Award - Best Canadian Feature Film Debut: Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino
- The Canada Goose Award - Best Canadian Feature Film: Closet Monster by Stephen Dunn
- FIPRESCI Prize ( Discovery Section ): Eva Nová by Marko Škop
- FIPRESCI Prize ( Special Presentations Section ): Desierto - Fatal Hunting (Desierto) by Jonás Cuarón
- NETPAC Award - World or international film premiere for an Asian contribution: The Whispering Star (Hiso Hiso Boshi) by Sion Sono
- Toronto Platform Prize: Hurt by Alan Zweig
- Grolsch People's Choice Award : Room by Lenny Abrahamson
- Grolsch People's Choice Midnight Madness Award: Hardcore (Hardcore Henry) by Ilja Naischuller
- Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom by Evgeny Afineevsky
- Dropbox Discovery Program Filmmakers Award: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Black)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Awards ceremony of the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 on Youtube (video, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival . In: TIFF . Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ↑ Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program' . Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ↑ Toronto Film Festival 2015: Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore aim for double Oscar success . In: BBC News . Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ↑ Toronto: Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell's' Mr. Right 'to Close Festival . Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ TIFF Adds Juried 'Platform' Section for 2015 Festival . In: Cinema Blographer . Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ Toronto Film Festival Launches Program for Ambitious International Films . In: Variety . Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ↑ Tom Grater: "Denis, Zhangke, Holland to lead first TIFF Platform jury" . In: Screen . July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival Announces Inaugural Platform Lineup . In: IndieWire . Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ TIFF Announces Primetime: Television is Coming to the Festival . In: Toronto . Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ 'Heroes Reborn,' Keith Richards Netflix Doc, to Debut on Toronto Festival's TV Lineup . In: Variety . Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ↑ Toronto Film Festival Adds 60+ Titles . In: IndieWire . Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ↑ Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto . In: Variety . Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ 40th Annual Toronto Film Festival Adds Over 100 More Films . In: comingsoon.net . Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Press release at tiff.net, September 20, 2015 (accessed September 20, 2015).