2016 Toronto International Film Festival

The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016.[1] The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July.[2] Almost 400 films were shown.[3][4]

2016 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Magnificent Seven
Closing filmThe Edge of Seventeen
LocationToronto, Canada
Founded1976
AwardsLa La Land (People's Choice Award)
Festival date8–18 September 2016
Websitetiff.net/festivals/thefestival

Awards

The festival's final awards were announced on 18 September.[5]

Award Film Director
People's Choice Award La La Land Damien Chazelle
People's Choice Award First Runner Up Lion Garth Davis
People's Choice Award Second Runner Up Queen of Katwe Mira Nair
People's Choice Award: Documentaries I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck
People's Choice Award, Documentary First Runner Up Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James
People's Choice Award, Documentary Second Runner Up Before the Flood Fisher Stevens
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness Free Fire Ben Wheatley
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness First Runner Up The Autopsy of Jane Doe André Øvredal
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness Second Runner Up Raw Julia Ducournau
Platform Prize Jackie Pablo Larraín
Platform Prize, Honourable Mention Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait Khyentse Norbu
Best Canadian Feature Film Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie
Best Canadian Short Film Mutants Alexandre Dostie
Best Canadian First Feature Film Old Stone Johnny Ma
Dropbox Discovery Program Filmmakers Award Jeffrey Yanillys Perez
FIPRESCI Discovery Prize Kati Kati Mbithi Masya
FIPRESCI Special Presentations I Am Not Madame Bovary Feng Xiaogang
Best International Short Film Imago Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere In Between Maysaloun Hamoud

Platform Jury

The jury for the Platform section (in its second year) comprised Brian de Palma (American director), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chadian director), and Zhang Ziyi (Chinese actress).[6][7] The Platform section (named for Jia Zhangke's film Platform) consists of "12 films of high artistic merit that demonstrate a strong directorial vision".[8] The jury awarded the $25,000 prize to Jackie.

Programmes

The following films were selected:[9][10][11]

Gala presentations

Special presentations

Midnight Madness

Masters

Next Wave

Documentaries
  • Abacus: Small Enough to Jail by Steve James
  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone by Fred Peabody
  • Amanda Knox by Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst
  • The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography by Errol Morris
  • Beauties of the Night by María José Cuevas
  • Before the Flood by Fisher Stevens
  • Bezness as Usual by Alex Pitstra
  • Black Code by Nicholas de Pencier
  • Breaking Occupation by Brett Smith
  • Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary by John Scheinfeld
  • The Cinema Travellers by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya
  • Citizen Jane: Battle for the City by Matt Tyrnauer
  • Forever Pure by Maya Zinshtein
  • Gaza Surf Club by Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine
  • Giants of Africa by Hubert Davis
  • Gimme Danger by Jim Jarmusch
  • Girl Unbound by Erin Heidenreich
  • Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee by Nanette Burstein
  • I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
  • I Called Him Morgan by Kasper Collin
  • In Exile by Tin Win Naing
  • India in a Day by Richie Mehta
  • An Insignificant Man by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla
  • Into the Inferno by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer
  • The Ivory Game by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
  • Karl Marx City by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
  • Mali Blues by Lutz Gregor
  • Mostly Sunny by Dilip Mehta
  • Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory by Mohanad Yaqubi
  • Politics, Instructions Manual by Fernando León de Aranoa
  • The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent by Brigitte Berman
  • Rodnye by Vitaly Mansky
  • The Sixth Beatle by Tony Guma and John Rose
  • The Skyjacker's Tale by Jamie Kastner
  • The Stairs by Hugh Gibson
  • The Terry Kath Experience by Michelle Sinclair
  • The War Show by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon
  • Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life by Fariborz Kamkari

Contemporary World Cinema
  • A Decent Woman by Lukas Valenta Rinner
  • After Love by Joachim Lafosse
  • The Animal's Wife by Víctor Gaviria
  • Apprentice by Boo Junfeng
  • Aquarius by Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Ayiti Mon Amour by Guetty Felin
  • Blindness by Ryszard Bugajski
  • Boundaries by Chloé Robichaud
  • Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces by Yousry Nasrallah
  • Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović
  • Ember by Zeki Demirkubuz
  • The Fixer by Adrian Sitaru
  • Handsome Devil by John Butler
  • Heaven Will Wait by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
  • In Between by Maysaloun Hamoud
  • Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis
  • Mahana by Lee Tamahori
  • Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge by Marie Noëlle
  • Mister Universo by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
  • Past Life by Avi Nesher
  • Pyromaniac by Erik Skjoldbjærg
  • The Rehearsal by Alison Maclean
  • The Road to Mandalay by Midi Z
  • Santa & Andres by Carlos Lechuga
  • Soul on a String by Zhang Yang
  • Tamara and the Ladybug by Lucía Carreras
  • Clair Obscur by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
  • Tramps by Adam Leon
  • Vaya by Akin Omotoso
  • We Are Never Alone by Petr Vaclav
  • The Wedding Ring by Rahmatou Keïta
  • White Sun by Deepak Rauniyar
  • The Women's Balcony by Emil Ben Shimon
  • X500 by Juan Andrés Arango
  • Zoology by Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Contemporary World Speakers
  • The Animal's Wife by Víctor Gaviria
  • Blindness by Ryszard Bugajski
  • In Between by Maysaloun Hamoud
  • Mahana by Lee Tamahori
  • Past Life by Avi Nesher

Vanguard

Discovery
  • ARQ by Tony Elliott
  • Blessed Benefit by Mahmoud al Massad
  • Boys in the Trees by Nicholas Verso
  • Divines by Houda Benyamina
  • The Empty Box by Claudia Sainte-Luce
  • Flemish Heaven by Peter Monsaert
  • The Fury of a Patient Man by Raúl Arévalo
  • Godless by Ralitza Petrova
  • The Giant by Johannes Nyholm
  • Guilty Men by Iván D. Gaona
  • The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki by Juho Kuosmanen
  • Heartstone by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
  • Hello Destroyer by Kevan Funk
  • Hunting Flies by Izer Aliu
  • In the Blood by Rasmus Heisterberg
  • In the Radiant City by Rachel Lambert
  • Jean of the Joneses by Stella Meghie
  • Jeffrey by Yanillys Perez
  • Jesús by Fernando Guzzoni
  • Joe Cinque's Consolation by Sotiris Dounoukos
  • Kati Kati by Mbithi Masya
  • Katie Says Goodbye by Wayne Roberts
  • The Levelling by Hope Dickson Leach
  • Little Wing by Selma Vilhunen
  • Mad World by Wong Chun
  • Marija by Michael Koch
  • A Wedding by Stephan Streker
  • Old Stone by Johnny Ma
  • Park by Sofia Exarchou
  • Prank by Vincent Biron
  • The Red Turtle by Michaël Dudok de Wit
  • Sami Blood by Amanda Kernell
  • Sand Storm by Elite Zexer
  • Werewolf by Ashley McKenzie
  • Wùlu by Daouda Coulibaly

Platform

TIFF Kids

Short Cuts
  • 3-Way (Not Calling) by Molly McGlynn[12]
  • 5 Films About Technology by Peter Huang[12]
  • Andy Goes In by Josh Polon[12]
  • Ape Sodom by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos[12]
  • Because The World Never Stops by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck[12]
  • Black Head Cow by Elizabeth Nichols[12]
  • Blind Vaysha by Theodore Ushev[13]
  • Cleo by Sanja Zivkovic
  • Cul-de-Sac by Damon Russell
  • Gods Acre by Kelton Stepanowich
  • Half a Man by Kristina Kumric[12]
  • Hand. Line. Cod. by Justin Simms[12]
  • The Hedonists by Jian Zhang-ke[12]
  • Imitations by Markus Henkel, Milos Mitrovic, Ian Bawa and Fabian Velasco[14]
  • Import by Ena Sendijarević[12]
  • Inner Workings by Leo Matsuda[12]
  • Late Night Drama by Patrice Laliberté[12]
  • Mariner by Thyrone Tommy[12]
  • Mutants by Alexandre Dostie[12]
  • A New Home by Ziga Virc[12]
  • Next by Elena Brodach[12]
  • Nothing About Moccasins by Eden Mallina Awashish[12]
  • Oh What a Wonderful Feeling by François Jaros[12]
  • On the Origin of Fear by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon[12]
  • Plain and Simple by Raphaël Ouellet[12]
  • Red of the Yew Tree by Marie-Hélène Turcotte[12]
  • The Road to Webequie by Ryan Noth and Tess Girard[12]
  • Romantik by Mateusz Rakowicz[12]
  • The Smoke by Rebecca Addelman[12]
  • Snip by Terril Calder[12]
  • Standby by Charlotte Regan[12]
  • Summer Camp Island by Julia Pott[12]
  • Transition by Milica Tomovic[12]
  • Tshiuetin by Caroline Monnet[12]
  • Wild Skin by Ariane Louis-Seize[12]
  • Your Mother and I by Anna Maguire[12]

Festival Street

Primetime

Public Programme

Cinematheque

City to City: Lagos
  • '76 by Izu Ojukwu
  • 93 Days by Steve Gukas
  • The Arbitration by Niyi Akinmolayan
  • Green White Green by Abba Makama
  • Just Not Married by Uduak-Obong Patrick
  • Okafor's Law by Omoni Oboli
  • Taxi Driver by Daniel Emeke Oriahi
  • The Wedding Party by Kemi Adetiba

Wavelengths
  • 025 Sunset Red by Laida Lertxundi
  • 350 MYA by Terra Long
  • As Without So Within by Manuela de Laborde
  • Austerlitz by Sergei Loznitsa
  • An Aviation Field by Joana Pimenta
  • Ayhan and Me by Belit Sag
  • Burning Mountains that Spew Flame by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado
  • By the Time It Gets Dark by Anocha Suwichakornpong
  • Children of Lir by Katherin McInnis
  • Cilaos by Camilo Restrepo
  • Dark Adaptation by Chris Gehman
  • The Death of Louis XIV by Albert Serra
  • The Dreamed Ones by Ruth Beckermann
  • The Dreamed Path by Angela Schanelec
  • Ears, Nose and Throat by Kevin Jerome Everson
  • Flowers of the Sky by Janie Geiser
  • Foyer by Ismaïl Bahri
  • General Report II: The New Abduction of Europe by Pere Portabella
  • Hermia & Helena by Matías Piñeiro
  • The Human Surge by Eduardo Williams
  • Há Terra! by Ana Vaz
  • I Had to Nowhere to Go by Douglas Gordon
  • I'll Remember You As You Were, Not As What You'll Become by Sky Hopinka
  • Incantati by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
  • Indefinite Pitch by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
  • Kékszakállú by Gastón Solnicki
  • Luna e Santur by Joshua Gen Solondz
  • Mimosas by Oliver Laxe
  • Nightlife by Cyprien Gaillard
  • The Ornithologist by João Pedro Rodrigues
  • Rudzienko by Sharon Lockhart
  • Singularity by Albert Serra
  • Strange Vision of Seeing Things by Ryan Ferko
  • Ta'ang by Wang Bing
  • Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon by Tomonari Nishikawa
  • Untitled by Björn Kämmerer
  • Untitled, 1925 by Madi Piller
  • Venus Delta by Antoinette Zwirchmayr
  • The Watershow Extravaganza by Sophie Michael
  • What's New by Nina Könnemann
  • The Woman Who Left by Lav Diaz

Canada's Top Ten

In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2016.[15] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2017, as well as in selected other cities including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.[15]

Features

Short films
  • Blind Vaysha by Theodore Ushev
  • Emma by Martin Edralin
  • Fish by Heather Young
  • Fluffy by Lee Filipovski
  • Frame 394 by Rich Williamson
  • A Funeral for Lightning by Emily Kai Bock
  • Her Friend Adam by Ben Petrie
  • Mariner by Thyrone Tommy
  • Mutants by Alexandre Dostie
  • Snip by Terril Calder

References
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  2. "After a dry summer movie season, will TIFF deliver salvation?". The Globe and Mail. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. "Toronto film festival spotlights diversity". BBC News. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. "Birth of a Nation gets standing ovation in Toronto". BBC News. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly. 18 September 2016.
  6. Etan Vlessing (25 August 2016). "Toronto: Brian De Palma, Zhang Ziyi, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Join Competition Jury". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2016 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 18 September 2016. This is the sophomore year for Platform, the Festival's juried programme that champion's director's cinema from around the world.
  8. "The Toronto International Film Festival names its esteemed Platform Jury" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 25 August 2016.
  9. "Toronto To Open With 'The Magnificent Seven'; 'La La Land', 'Deepwater Horizon' Among Galas & Presentations". Deadline. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  10. Toronto Fest Rounds Dance Card: Terry George’s ‘The Promise,’ Liev Schreiber In ‘The Bleeder,’ Terrence Malick Docu Among Pics. Deadline, 16 August 2016.
  11. "Toronto unveils City To City, World Cinema, Masters line-ups". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  12. Wilner, Norman (9 September 2016). "TIFF shorts 2016: what to check out at this year's fest". Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  13. Milligan, Mercedes (4 August 2016). "NFB Animations Head to TIFF". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  14. King, Randall (9 September 2016). "A big short: Ten-minute TIFF debut a calling card for four local filmmakers". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  15. "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival". CBC News, 7 December 2016.
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