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44th edition of the festival
The 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 September 2019.[ 1] Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band Daniel Roher ,[ 2] Radioactive Marjane Satrapi .[ 3]
In addition to its regular film awards, whose winners were announced at the conclusion of the festival, the festival also announced the inaugural TIFF Tribute Awards , a special program to honour distinguished lifetime achievement in film.[ 4] Meryl Streep and Joaquin Phoenix for acting, Taika Waititi for directing, cinematographer Roger Deakins for artisan film craft, Mati Diop for emerging talent, Participant Media for impact media, and David Foster for special contributions to film.[ 5]
The first award recipients were announced on 12 September,[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Nicolas Cage was awarded with the Creative Coalition's Spotlight Initiative Award for his role in Color Out of Space [ 9]
Award
Film
Director
People's Choice Award
Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi
People's Choice Award, First Runner Up
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
People's Choice Award, Second Runner Up
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
People's Choice Award: Documentary
The Cave Feras Fayyad
People's Choice Award: Documentary, First Runner Up
I Am Not Alone Garin Hovannisian
People's Choice Award: Documentary, Second Runner Up
Dads Bryce Dallas Howard
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness
The Platform Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness, First Runner Up
The Vast of Night Andrew Patterson
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness, Second Runner Up
Blood Quantum Jeff Barnaby
Platform Prize
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
Platform Prize, Honorable Mention
Anne at 13,000 Ft. Kazik Radwanski
Platform Prize, Honorable Mention
Proxima Alice Winocour
Best Canadian Feature Film
Antigone Sophie Deraspe
Best Canadian Feature Film, Honourable Mention
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers , Kathleen Hepburn
Best Canadian Short Film
Delphine Chloé Robichaud
Best Canadian Short Film, Honourable Mention
The Physics of Sorrow Theodore Ushev
Best Canadian First Feature Film
The Twentieth Century Matthew Rankin
FIPRESCI Discovery Prize
Murmur Heather Young
FIPRESCI Special Presentations
How to Build a Girl Coky Giedroyc
Best International Short Film
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark Lasse Linder
Best International Short Film, Honourable Mention
The Nap
Federico Luis Tachella
NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere
1982 Oualid Mouaness
The selection for the 2019 festival:[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Special presentations [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
American Son Kenny Leon United States
Bad Education Cory Finley United States
La Belle Époque Nicolas Bedos France
Disappearance at Clifton Hill Albert Shin Canada
Coming Home Again Wayne Wang United States, South Korea
Deerskin Le Daim Quentin Dupieux France
Dirt Music Gregor Jordan Australia, United Kingdom
Dolemite Is My Name Craig Brewer United States
The Domain A Herdade Tiago Guedes Portugal, France
The Elder One Moothon Geetu Mohandas India
Ema Pablo Larraín Chile
Endings, Beginnings Drake Doremus South Korea, United States
Frankie Ira Sachs United States, France
The Friend Gabriela Cowperthwaite United States
Greed Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom, United States
Guest of Honour Atom Egoyan Canada
Guns Akimbo Jason Lei Howden New Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany
Heroic Losers La odisea de los giles Sebastián Borensztein Argentina
Hope Gap William Nicholson United Kingdom
How to Build a Girl Coky Giedroyc United Kingdom, United States
Human Capital Marc Meyers United States, Italy
I Am Woman Unjoo Moon Australia
Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi United States, New Zealand, Czech Republic
Judy Rupert Goold United Kingdom, United States, France
Jungleland Max Winkler United States
Knives Out Rian Johnson United States
The Last Vermeer Dan Friedkin United States
The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh United States
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers Canada, United States
Lucy in the Sky Noah Hawley United States
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach United States, United Kingdom
Military Wives Peter Cattaneo United Kingdom
Mosul Matthew Michael Carnahan United States
Motherless Brooklyn Edward Norton United States
No.7 Cherry Lane 繼園臺七號
Yonfan Hong Kong, China
Ordinary Love Lisa Barros D'Sa United Kingdom, Ireland
The Other Lamb Małgorzata Szumowska United States, Ireland, Belgium
Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria Pedro Almodóvar Spain
The Painted Bird Nabarvené ptáče Václav Marhoul Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine
Parasite 기생충, Gisaengchung Bong Joon-ho South Korea
Pelican Blood Pelikanblut Katrin Gebbe Germany, Bulgaria
The Personal History of David Copperfield Armando Iannucci United Kingdom, United States
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feu Céline Sciamma France
The Report Scott Z. Burns United States
Saturday Fiction 兰心大剧院
Lou Ye China
Seberg Benedict Andrews United States, United Kingdom
Sibyl Justine Triet France, Belgium
Synchronic Aaron Moorehead , Justin Benson United States
The Truth La Vérité Hirokazu Kore-eda France, Japan
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles United Kingdom, United States, Italy
Uncut Gems Joshua and Benjamin Safdie United States
Wasp Network Olivier Assayas France, Brazil, Spain, Belgium
Waves Trey Edward Shults United States
Weathering with You 天気の子, Tenki no Ko Makoto Shinkai Japan
While at War Mientras dure la guerra Alejandro Amenábar Spain, Argentina
Contemporary World Cinema [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
37 Seconds Hikari
Japan
Adam Maryam Touzani Morocco
And the Birds Rained Down Il pleuvait des oiseaux Louise Archambault Canada
Antigone Sophie Deraspe Canada
Arab Blues Un divan à Tunis Manele Labidi Labbé
France, Tunisia
Atlantics Atlantique Mati Diop Belgium, France, Senegal
Atlantis Атлантида Valentyn Vasyanovych Ukraine
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho , Juliano DornellesBrazil, France
Balloon 气球
Pema Tseden China
The Barefoot Emperor Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
Belgium
Beanpole Дылда Kantemir Balagov Russia
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies Edward Burns United States
Blow the Man Down Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole
United States
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers , Kathleen Hepburn Canada
Bombay Rose Gitanjali Rao India
Castle in the Ground Joey Klein Canada
Chicuarotes Gael García Bernal Mexico
The Climb Michael Angelo Covino
United States
Corpus Christi Boże Ciało Jan Komasa Poland
The County Héraðið Grímur Hákonarson Iceland
Dogs Don't Wear Pants Koirat eivät käytä housuja J-P Valkeapää
Finland
The Father Бащата Petar Valchanov , Kristina Grozeva Bulgaria
Flatland Jenna Bass South Africa
A Girl Missing よこがお, Yokogao Kōji Fukada Japan
Hala Minhal Baig United States
Henry Glassie: Field Work Pat Collins
Ireland
Incitement ימים נוראים
Yaron Zilberman Israel
Instinct Halina Reijn Netherlands
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão A Vida Invisível Karim Aïnouz Brazil, Germany
Jallikattu Lijo Jose Pellissery India
Knuckle City Jahmil X.T. Qubeka South Africa
La Llorona Jayro Bustamante Guatemala
The Last Porno Show Kire Paputts Canada
The Long Walk ບໍ່ມີວັນຈາກ
Mattie Do Laos
Made in Bangladesh Shimu Rubaiyat Hossain Bangladesh
Mariam Sharipa Urazbayeva
Kazakhstan, Germany
Maria's Paradise Marian paratiisi Zaida Bergroth Finland
Les Misérables Ladj Ly France
Nobadi Karl Markovics Austria
Our Lady of the Nile Notre-Dame du Nil Atiq Rahimi France, Senegal
The Perfect Candidate al-muraššaḥa al-mithāliyya Haifaa al-Mansour Saudi Arabia
Red Fields Keren Yedaya Israel
Resin Harpiks Daniel Borgman Denmark
So Long, My Son 地久天长, Di Jiu Tian Chang
Wang Xiaoshuai China
South Terminal Terminal Sud Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
France
Spider Araña Andrés Wood Chile
A Sun 陽光普照 Chung Mong-hong Taiwan
Synonyms Synonymes Nadav Lapid France, Israel, Germany
Tammy's Always Dying Amy Jo Johnson Canada
Three Summers Três Verões Sandra Kogut Brazil
Verdict Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Philippines
White Lie Yonah Lewis , Calvin Thomas Canada
A White, White Day Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur Hlynur Pálmason Iceland
The Wild Goose Lake 南方车站的聚会 Diao Yinan China
You Will Die at Twenty satamūt fīl-ʿishrīn Amjad Abu Alala
Sudan
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
About Endlessness Om det oändliga Roy Andersson Sweden
Devil Between the Legs El Diablo entre las Piernas Arturo Ripstein Mexico
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick United States, Germany
I Was at Home, But Ich war zuhause, aber Angela Schanelec Germany
It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman France, Canada, Palestine, Turkey
Jordan River Anderson, the Messenger Alanis Obomsawin Canada
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach United Kingdom, France, Belgium
The Traitor Il traditore Marco Bellocchio Italy, France, Brazil, Germany
To the Ends of the Earth 旅のおわり世界のはじまり, Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
The Whistlers La Gomera Corneliu Porumboiu Romania, France, Germany
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello France
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
And We Go Green Fisher Stevens , Malcolm Venville United States
The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon Australia, United Kingdom
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator Eva Orner United States
The Capote Tapes Ebs Burnough
United States, United Kingdom
The Cave Feras Fayyad Syria, Denmark
Citizen K Alex Gibney United States
Collective Alexander Nanau Romania
Coppers Alan Zweig Canada
The Cordillera of Dreams La cordillère des songes Patricio Guzmán Chile, France
Cunningham Alla Kovgan
Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States
Dads Bryce Dallas Howard United States
Desert One Barbara Kopple United States
I Am Not Alone Garin Hovannisian Armenia, United States
Ibrahim: A Fate to Define Lina Al Abed
Lebanon, Palestine, Denmark, Qatar
The Kingmaker Lauren Greenfield United States
Letter to the Editor Alan Berliner United States
Love Child Eva Mulvad Denmark
My English Cousin Karim Sayad
Switzerland, Qatar, Algeria
Paris Stalingrad Hind Meddeb France
Ready for War Andrew Renzi
United States
Red Penguins Gabe Polsky United States, Russia
Sing Me a Song Thomas Balmès
France, Germany, Switzerland
There's Something in the Water Elliot Page , Ian DanielCanada
This Is Not a Movie Yung Chang Canada
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema Mark Cousins United Kingdom
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
1982 Oualid Mouaness
United States, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar
Africa Oren Gerner
Israel
The Antenna Bina Orçun Behram
Turkey
The Audition Das Vorspiel Ina Weisse Germany, France
August Agosto Armando Capó
Cuba, Costa Rica, France
Black Conflux Nicole Dorsey Canada
Bring Me Home Na-reul cha-ja-jwo Kim Seung-woo South Korea
A Bump Along the Way Shelly Love
United Kingdom
Calm with Horses Nick Rowland
United Kingdom, Ireland
Certified Mail Bi Elm El Wossul Hisham Saqr
Egypt
Comets Tamar Shavgulidze
Georgia
Disco Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
Norway
Easy Land Sanja Živković Canada
Entwined Minos Nikolakakis
Greece
The Giant David Raboy
United States
The Good Intentions Las Buenas Intenciones Ana García Blaya Argentina
Hearts and Bones Ben Lawrence Australia
Hope Håp Maria Sødahl Norway, Sweden
Kuessipan Myriam Verreault Canada
Lina from Lima Lina de Lima María Paz González
Chile, Argentina, Peru
The Lost Okoroshi Abba Makama
Nigeria
Love Me Tender Klaudia Reynicke Switzerland
Murmur Heather Young Canada
My Life as a Comedian En komikers uppväxt Rojda Sekersöz
Sweden, Belgium
Noura's Dream Hinde Boujemaa Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson Ali LeRoi United States
Pompei Anna Falguères, John Shank
Belgium, Canada, France
Raf Harry Cepka
Canada
The Rest of Us Aisling Chin-Yee Canada
Sea Fever Neasa Hardiman Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom
Simple Women Chiara Malta
Italy, Romania
Sole Carlo Sironi
Italy, Poland
Son-Mother Pesar-Madar Mahnaz Mohammadi Iran, Czech Republic
Stories from the Chestnut Woods Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov Gregor Božič
Slovenia, Italy
Sweetness in the Belly Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Canada, Ireland
Two of Us Deux Filippo Meneghetti
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Zana Antoneta Kastrati
Kosovo, Albania
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark Nachts sind alle Katzen grau Lasse Linder
Switzerland
All Inclusive Teemu Nikki
Finland
And Then the Bear L'Heure de l'ours Agnès Patron
France
Ani Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
New Zealand
Anna Dekel Berenson
Ukraine, Israel, United Kingdom
Are You Hungry? Onko sulla nälkä? Teemu Niukkanen
Finland
Austral Fever Fiebre Austral Thomas Woodroffe
Chile
BARAKAT Manon Nammour
Lebanon
Bare Trees in the Mist Rajan Kathet
Nepal
Butterflies Parparim Yona Rozenkier Israel, France
Daddio Casey Wilson United States
Darling Saim Sadiq Pakistan
Daughter Dcera Daria Kashcheeva Czech Republic
Delphine Chloé Robichaud Canada
The Depths Les Profondeurs Ariane Louis-Seize Canada
Exam Emtehan Sonia K. Hadad
Iran
Flesh Carne Camila Kater
Brazil, Spain
Flood Joseph Amenta Canada
A Fool God Hiwot Admasu Getaneh
France
God's Nightmares Daniel Cockburn Canada
Hello Ahma gui Siyou Tan
Singapore
Highway to Heaven Sandra Ignagni
Canada
Hot Flash Thea Hollatz Canada
Human Nature Sverre Fredriksen
Netherlands
I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain Sofia Banzhaf Canada
I'll End Up in Jail Je finirai en prison Alexandre Dostie Canada
It's Nothing Anna Maguire
Canada, United Kingdom
Jarvik Émilie Mannering Canada
Life Support Renuka Jeyapalan Canada
Locals Only Brent Harris
South Africa
Lucia en el limbo Valentina Maurel
Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Measure Karen Chapman Canada
The Nap La Siesta Federico Luis Tachella
Argentina
Nimic Yorgos Lanthimos Germany, United Kingdom, United States
No Crying at the Dinner Table Carol Nguyen Canada
Now Is the Time Christopher Auchter Canada
Oracle Aaron Poole Canada
The Physics of Sorrow Physique de la tristesse Theodore Ushev Canada
Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You Brandon Cronenberg Canada
The Raft Sylvain Cruiziat
Germany
Rebel Pier-Philippe Chevigny Canada
Reminiscences of the Green Revolution Dean Colin Marcial
Philippines
Route-3 Thanasis Neofotistos
Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sadla Zamo Mkhwanazi
South Africa
She Runs Nan Fang Shao Nv Qiu Yang
China, France
Something to Remember Något att minnas Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Sweden
Thirsty Nicole Delaney
United States
This Ink Runs Deep Asia Youngman Canada
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves Toomas teispool metsikute huntide orgu Chintis Lundgren
Croatia, Estonia, France
The Trap Fakh Nada Riyadh
Egypt, Germany
Volcano Karen Moore
Canada
Watermelon Juice Suc de síndria Irene Moray
Spain
Who Talks Ingen Lyssnar Elin Övergaard
Sweden
Why Slugs Have No Legs Aline Höchli
Switzerland
Yandere William Laboury
France
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
143 Sahara Street Hassen Ferhani
Algeria
2minutes40seconds Han Ok-hee
2008 Blake Williams
Canada
Amusement Ride Tomonari Nishikawa
Austrian Pavilion Philipp Fleischmann
Billy Zachary Epcar
The Bite Pedro Nemes Marques
Black Sun Maureen Fazendeiro
Book of Hours Annie MacDonell
Canada
Circumplector Gaston Solnicki
Cézanne Luke Fowler
Endless Night Longa noite Eloy Enciso
Spain
The Fever A Febre Maya Da-Rin
Brazil, France, Germany
Un Film Dramatique Éric Baudelaire France
Fire Will Come Oliver Laxe Spain, France, Luxembourg
Heavy Metal Detox Josef Dabernig
Heimat is a Space in Time Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit Thomas Heise Germany, Austria
Hrvoji, Look at You from the Tower Ryan Ferko
Canada
Krabi, 2562 Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben Rivers
Thailand, United Kingdom
Liberté Albert Serra France, Germany, Portugal, Spain
My Skin, Luminous Gabino Rodríguez, Nicolás Pereda
Canada, Mexico
Remembrance: A Portrait Study Edward Owens
SaF05 Charlotte Prodger
Second Generation Miryam Charles
Canada
Seven Years in May Affonso Uchôa
Brazil
Slow Volumes Mike Gibisser
State Funeral Sergei Loznitsa Netherlands, Lithuania
Sun Rave Roy Samaha
This Action Lies James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Those That, At a Distance, Resemble Another Jessica Sarah Rinland
A Topography of Memory Burak Çevik
Turkey, Canada
Transcript Erica Sheu
(tourism studies) Joshua Gen Solondz
Vever (for Barbara) Deborah Stratman
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa Portugal
We Still Have to Close Our Eyes John Torres
Who's Afraid of Ideology? Part 2 Marwa Arsanios
TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released on 11 December 2019.[ 13]
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