Toronto International Film Festival 2017

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The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has kicked off with a screening of the biography Borg / McEnroe at the Scotiabank Theater

The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival took place September 7-17, 2017. For ten days, 340 films were shown at the film festival, including 147 world premieres. The director of the festival is Piers Handling. The films shown in the Gala Presentations and Special Presentations were announced at the end of July 2017. Most recently, the crime film Roman J. Israel, Esq. - The Truth and Nothing but the Truth has been included in the program by Dan Gilroy .

With the opening film Borg / McEnroe by Janus Metz and Battle of the Sexes - Against every rule by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris , two films were shown that portrayed former tennis players. Other featured biographies were I, Tonya by Craig Gillespie , Professor Marston & The Wonder Women by Angela Robinson , Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Paul McGuigan and Mary Shelley by Haifaa Al Mansour .

Other films that celebrated their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival were the science fiction thriller Thelma by Joachim Trier and Between Two Lives by Hany Abu-Assad . Furthermore, presented Brie Larson their comedy Unicorn Store before and Angelina Jolie film The long road of hope . In addition, a number of directorial debuts were presented, for example the actual screenwriter Aaron Sorkin visited the festival with his film Molly's Game - All on one card , Andy Serkis , known from his motion capture roles , presented the film As long as I breathe and the actor Simon Baker the film Breath .

Films with German participation included, among others, Grenzlos by Wim Wenders , What will people say by Iram Haq , ¾ by Ilian Metev , Sommerhäuser by Sonja Maria Kröner , Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov and Good Luck by Ben Russell. Valeska Grisebach presents the Contemporary World Cinema Competition their movie Western front, which is already in Cannes premiered, as well as out of nothing by Fatih Akin . Films with Austrian participation were Happy End by Michael Haneke and Licht by Barbara Albert . The films produced by Switzerland included Of Sheep and Men by Karim Sayad , Les Gardiennes (also The Guardians ) by Xavier Beauvois and Ta peau si lisse (also A Skin so Soft ) by Denis Côté .

The film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh was honored with the Audience Award, the main awards of the festival .

program

The actors Stellan Skarsgård and Shia LaBeouf at the premiere of Borg / McEnroe The actors Stellan Skarsgård and Shia LaBeouf at the premiere of Borg / McEnroe
The actors Stellan Skarsgård and Shia LaBeouf at the premiere of Borg / McEnroe

Opening night

Gala presentations

Gary Oldman at the launch of Darkest Hour
Jake Gyllenhaal at the premiere for the film Stronger

Special presentations

Michael Shannon at the premiere for the film Edison
Sebastian Stan at the premiere for the film I, Tonya
Jessica Chastain at the premiere for the film Molly's Game
George Clooney at the launch of Suburbicon

TIFF Docs (selection)

Chris Bosh at the premiere for the film The Carter Effect

Documentaries were presented as part of the TIFF Docs section .

Contemporary World Cinema (selection)

Discovery (selection)

Films with a future-oriented focus were shown in the Discovery section .

Next wave

The films in the Next Wave section are aimed at a younger audience.

Wavelengths

Short films and documentaries were presented in the Wavelengths section .

Midnight Madness

Action, horror and fantasy films were presented in the Midnight Madness section .

Masters

Platform

Jason Isaacs at the premiere for the film The Death of Stalin

The Platform section focuses on the work of the directors.

TIFF kids

Ramen of TIFF Kids were children's films shown.

TV: prime time

In the TV: Primetime section , new TV series or new episodes were presented.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Toronto International Film Festival 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DPA-Starline: Film: Strong German presence at the Toronto Film Festival. In: Focus Online . September 6, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  2. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiff-2017-opens-1.4277581
  3. ↑ Brent Lang: Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Movies From Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Alexander Payne In: Variety, July 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.screendaily.com/news/denzel-washingtons-roman-j-israel-esq-is-final-tiff-addition/5121867.article
  5. ↑ Shia LaBeouf tennis drama 'Borg / McEnroe' to open Toronto Film Festival In: Entertainment Weekly, July 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/tiff-announces-one-of-its-most-diverse-canadian-lineups-ever-1.4240249
  7. ↑ http://www.tiff.net/tiff/films.html?series=Next-Wave
  8. ↑ Nancy Tartaglione: Toronto Sets Midnight Madness & Docs Lineup With Franco's 'The Disaster Artist', Spurlock's 'Super Size Me 2', More In: deadline.com, August 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ Kate Erbland: TIFF Announces Platform Lineup, Including 'The Death of Stalin', 'Euphoria' and 'Brad's Status' In: indiewire.com, August 3, 2017.
  10. ↑ http://www.tiff.net/tiff/films.html?series=TIFF-Kids
  11. ↑ Liz Shannon Miller: TIFF 2017 Does TV: Primetime Line-Up to Premiere 'The Deuce' and 'The Girlfriend Experience': Netflix's first German series, 'Dark', will also make its world premiere in Toronto In: indiewire.com, 15th August 2017.
  12. ↑ Seth Kelley: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Wins Toronto Film Festival Audience Award In: Variety, September 17, 2017.