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2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015.[1] On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts was the opening night film;[2][3] Mr. Right by Paco Cabezas was the closing night film.[4]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Demolition |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Mr. Right |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | Room (People's Choice Award) |
| Festival date | 10–20 September 2015 |
| Website | |
The year's edition included two new sections called Platform and Primetime. At Platform, twelve films will be screened in front of a jury, with the best film of the program winning the C$25,000 Platform Prize.[5][6] Film directors Claire Denis, Jia Zhangke, and Agnieszka Holland were selected as the jurors for this section.[7][8] At Primetime, six high-quality television programs will be presented at public screenings with Question and Answer sessions with show creators.[9][10] The lineups for the TIFF Docs, Vanguard, Midnight Madness, and Masters sections were announced on 11 August 2015.[11] More than 100 films were added to the festival's programme on 18 August.[12][13] The new program titled In Conversation replaced the Maverick section.[14]
The Festival reported that TIFF 2015 had a record high industry attendance, with 5,450 delegates from 80 countries, a 7% increase over 2014.[15]
Awards
The festival's final awards were announced on 20 September.[16]
Juries
Short film awards jury:[16]
- Pascal Faure
- John Anderson
- Rizwan Manji
Canadian awards jury:[16]
- Don McKellar
- Jacqueline Lyanga
- Ilda Santiago
FIPRESCI jury:[16]
- Engin Ertan (president)
- Chris Alexander (film critic)
- Francisco Ferreira (film critic)
- Kerstin Gezelius
- Pierre Pageau
- Alissa Simon
NETPAC jury:[16]
- Anne Misawa (chairperson)
- Heather Keung
- Nashen Moodley
Platform Prize jury (inaugural year):[16]
Programmes
Gala presentations
- Beeba Boys by Deepa Mehta
- Demolition by Jean-Marc Vallée
- Disorder by Alice Winocour
- The Dressmaker by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Eye in the Sky by Gavin Hood
- Forsaken by Jon Cassar
- Freeheld by Peter Sollett
- Hyena Road by Paul Gross
- Lolo by Julie Delpy
- Legend by Brian Helgeland
- Man Down by Dito Montiel
- The Man Who Knew Infinity by Matt Brown (director)
- The Martian by Ridley Scott
- Miss You Already by Catherine Hardwicke
- Mississippi Grind by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
- Mr. Right by Paco Cabezas
- The Program by Stephen Frears
- Remember by Atom Egoyan
- Septembers of Shiraz by Wayne Blair
- Stonewall by Roland Emmerich
Special Presentations
- 45 Years by Andrew Haigh
- About Ray by Gaby Dellal
- Angry Indian Goddesses by Pan Nalin
- 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 by John Crowley
- The Club by Pablo Larraín
- Colonia by Florian Gallenberger
- The Danish Girl by Tom Hooper
- The Daughter by Simon Stone
- Desierto by Jonás Cuarón
- Dheepan by Jacques Audiard
- Equals by Drake Doremus
- Families by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- The Family Fang by Jason Bateman
- Guilty by Meghna Gulzar
- I Saw the Light by Marc Abraham
- I Smile Back by Adam Salky
- Into the Forest by Patricia Rozema
- The Idol by Hany Abu-Assad
- The Lady in the Van by Nicholas Hytner
- Len and Company by Tim Godsall
- The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
- Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier
- Ma Ma by Julio Medem
- Maggie's Plan by Rebecca Miller
- Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti
- The Meddler by Lorene Scafaria
- Mountains May Depart by Jia Zhang-ke
- Mr. Six by Guan Hu
- Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Office by Johnnie To
- Our Brand Is Crisis by David Gordon Green
- Parched by Leena Yadav
- Room by Lenny Abrahamson
- Sicario by Denis Villeneuve
- Son of Saul by László Nemes
- Spotlight by Tom McCarthy
- Summertime by Catherine Corsini
- Sunset Song by Terence Davies
- A Tale of Love and Darkness by Natalie Portman
- A Tale of Three Cities by Mabel Cheung
- Trumbo by Jay Roach
- Truth by James Vanderbilt
- Un plus une by Claude Lelouch
- Victoria by Sebastian Schipper
- Ville-Marie by Guy Édoin
- The Wave by Roar Uthaug
- Where to Invade Next by Michael Moore
- The Witch by Robert Eggers
- Youth by Paolo Sorrentino
Vanguard
- Collective Invention by Kwon Oh-kwang
- Demon by Marcin Wrona
- Endorphine by André Turpin
- Evolution by Lucile Hadžihalilović
- 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 A.D. Calvo
- My Big Night by Álex de la Iglesia
- The Nightmare by Achim Bornhak
- No Men Beyond This Point by Mark Sawers
- Veteran by Ryoo Seung-wan
- Zoom by Pedro Morelli
TIFF Docs
- Al Purdy Was Here by Brian D. Johnson
- A Flickering Truth by Pietra Brettkelly
- Being AP by Anthony Wonke
- Bolshoi Babylon by Nick Read
- Dark Horse by Louise Osmond
- Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr by Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard
- He Named Me Malala by Davis Guggenheim
- 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
- Miss Sharon Jones! by Barbara Kopple
- The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble by Morgan Neville
- Nasser by Jihan El-Tahri
- Ninth Floor by Mina Shum
- Our Last Tango by German Kral
- P.S. Jerusalem by Danae Elon
- The Reflektor Tapes by Kahlil Joseph
- Return of the Atom by Mika Taanila, Jussi Eerola
- Sherpa by Jennifer Peedom
- This Changes Everything by Avi Lewis
- Thru You Princess by Ido Haar
- Welcome to F.L. 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
- Bacon and 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 by Connor Jessup
- Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson
- Casualties of Modernity by Kent Monkman
- Clouds of Autumn by Trevor Mack and Matthew Taylor Blais
- Dogs Don't Breed Cats (Les chiens ne font pas des chats) by Cristina Martins
- Dredger by Phillip Baker
- The Guy from New York by Jean-François LeBlanc
- It's Not You by Don McKellar
- Komkom by Kevin Papatie
- A New Year by Marie-Ève Juste
- O Negative by Steven McCarthy
Wavelengths
- 88:88 by Isiah Medina
- Afternoon by Tsai Ming-liang
- Arabian Nights: The Restless One by Miguel Gomes
- Arabian Nights: The Desolate One by Miguel Gomes
- Arabian Nights: The Enchanted One by Miguel Gomes
- Bunte Kuh 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 by 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 by Jayro Bustamante
- James White by Josh Mond
- Keeper by Guillaume Senez
- Les Cowboys by Thomas Bidegain
- Meghmallar by Zahidur Rahim Anjan
- Mountain by Yaelle Kayam
- My Name Is Emily by Simon Fitzmaurice
- The Paradise Suite by Joost van Ginkel
- The Rainbow Kid by Kire Paputts
- River by Jamie M. Dagg
- Semana Santa by Alejandra Márquez 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
- 25 April by Leanne Pooley
- 3000 Nights by Mai Masri
- An by Naomi Kawase
- The Apostate by Federico Veiroj
- As I Open My Eyes by Leyla Bouzid
- Baba Joon by 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
- Embrace of the Serpent by Ciro Guerra
- The Endless River by Oliver Hermanus
- The Fear by Damien Odoul
- Frenzy by Emin Alper
- Girls Lost by Alexandra-Therese Keining
- Granny's Dancing on the Table by Hanna Sköld
- A Heavy Heart 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
- Koza by Ivan Ostrochovský
- Lamb by Yared Zeleke
- Last Cab to Darwin by Jeremy Sims
- Let Them Come by Salem Brahimi
- Magallanes by Salvador del Solar
- Mekko by Sterlin Harjo
- Much Loved by Nabil Ayouch
- Murmur of the Hearts by Sylvia Chang
- My Internship in Canada by Philippe Falardeau
- One Breath by Christian Zübert
- One Floor Below by Radu Muntean
- Our Loved Ones by Anne Émond
- Parisienne by Danielle Arbid
- Paths of the Soul by Zhang Yang
- The People vs. Fritz Bauer by Lars Kraume
- Price of Love by Hermon Hailay
- Rams 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 Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu
- Truman by Cesc Gay
- The Waiting Room by Igor Drljaca
- The Whispering Star by Sion Sono
Midnight Madness
- Baskin by 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 by Ilya Naishuller
- The Mind's Eye by Joe Begos
- Southbound by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner & Patrick Horvath
- SPL II: A Time For Consequences by Soi Cheang
- Yakuza Apocalypse by Takashi Miike
Masters
- 11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimowski
- The Assassin by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Bleak Street by Arturo Ripstein
- Blood of My Blood by Marco Bellocchio
- Cemetery of Splendour by 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 by Hirokazu Kore-eda
- The Pearl Button by Patricio Guzmán
- Rabin, the Last Day by Amos Gitai
- Right Now, Wrong Then by Hong Sang-soo
- Taxi by 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
TIFF Kids
- The Boy and the Beast by Mamoru Hosoda
- The Iron Giant: Signature Edition by Brad Bird
- My Skinny Sister by Sanna Lenken
- Phantom Boy by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Platform
- Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) by Eva Husson
- The Clan by Pablo Trapero
- French Blood by Diastème
- Full Contact by David Verbeek
- High-Rise by Ben Wheatley
- Hurt by Alan Zweig
- Land of Mine by 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
Primetime
- Casual by Zander Lehmann
- 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 by Baltasar Kormákur
Wavelengths
- 88:88 by Isiah Medina
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 2015.[17] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2016, as well as in selected other cities including Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.[17]
Features
- Closet Monster, Stephen Dunn
- The Demons, Philippe Lesage
- The Forbidden Room, Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson
- Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr, Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard
- Hurt, Alan Zweig
- Into the Forest, Patricia Rozema
- My Internship in Canada, Philippe Falardeau
- Ninth Floor, Mina Shum
- Our Loved Ones, Anne Émond
- Sleeping Giant, Andrew Cividino
Shorts
- Bacon & God's Wrath, Sol Friedman
- Balmoral Hotel, Wayne Wapeemukwa
- Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson
- Interview with a Free Man (Entrevue avec un homme libre), Nicolas Lévesque
- The Little Deputy, Trevor Anderson
- My Enemy, My Brother, Ann Shin
- Never Steady, Never Still, Kathleen Hepburn
- Nina, Halima Elkhatabi
- O Negative, Steven McCarthy
- Overpass (Viaduc), Patrice Laliberté
References
- ^ . Toronto. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival 2015: Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore aim for double Oscar success". BBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Toronto: Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell's 'Mr. Right' to Close Festival". Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "TIFF Adds Juried 'Platform' Section for 2015 Festival". Cinema Blographer. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival Launches Program for Ambitious International Films". Variety. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ Tom Grater (15 July 2015). "Denis, Zhangke, Holland to lead first TIFF Platform jury". Screen. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces Inaugural Platform Lineup". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ . Toronto. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "'Heroes Reborn,' Keith Richards Netflix Doc, to Debut in Toronto Festival's TV Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ . IndieWire. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "40th Annual Toronto Film Festival Adds Over 100 More Films". comingsoon.net. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces In Conversation With... Program, Including Sarah Silverman and Julianne Moore". Indiewire. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ (PDF) (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f (PDF) (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ a b "TIFF reveals Canada's Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, 8 December 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
- Official website
- Official Film Schedule
- (as archived by Internet Archive Wayback Machine on 5 September 2015)
- TOfilmfest (unofficial guide to TIFF 2015)