The 27th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's Ararat and closed with Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale.
Awards Award Film Director People's Choice Award Whale Rider Niki Caro Discovery Award The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan Visions Award Russian Ark Aleksandr Sokurov Visions Award - Special Citation City of God Fernando Meirelles Visions Award - Special Citation Gerry Gus Van Sant Best Canadian Feature Film Spider David Cronenberg Best Canadian First Feature Film Marion Bridge Wiebke von Carolsfeld Best Canadian Short Film Blue Skies Ann Marie Fleming FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Under Another Sky (Les chemins de l'oued) Gaël Morel FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention Open Hearts Susanne Bier
Programme
Gala Presentations 11'9"01 September 11 by Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shōhei Imamura, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn and Danis Tanović Antwone Fisher by Denzel Washington Ararat by Atom Egoyan Chihwaseon by Im Kwon-taek Far From Heaven by Todd Haynes Femme Fatale by Brian De Palma The Four Feathers by Shekhar Kapur Frida by Julie Taymor The Good Thief by Neil Jordan The Guys by Jim Simpson L'homme du train by Patrice Leconte In America by Jim Sheridan Jet Lag by Danièle Thompson Moonlight Mile by Brad Silberling The Other Side of the Bed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro Phone Booth by Joel Schumacher Spider by David Cronenberg White Oleander by Peter Kosminsky
Masters 10 by Abbas Kiarostami All or Nothing by Mike Leigh La Dernière Lettre by Frederick Wiseman Dirty Pretty Things by Stephen Frears The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki My Mother's Smile by Marco Bellocchio A Peck on the Cheek by Mani Ratnam Sex Is Comedy by Catherine Breillat Shadow Kill by Adoor Gopalakrishnan Sweet Sixteen by Ken Loach A Tale Of A Naughty Girl by Buddhadev Dasgupta Ten Minutes Older: The Cello by Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jiří Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlöndorff and István Szabó Together by Chen Kaige
Visions Blissfully Yours by Apichatpong Weerasethakul City Of God by Fernando Meirelles Dolls by Takeshi Kitano Le Fils by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Gerry by Gus Van Sant Happy Here and Now by Michael Almereyda Irreversible by Gaspar Noé Japón by Carlos Reygadas Ken Park by Larry Clark and Edward Lachman Lilya 4-ever by Lukas Moodysson Morvern Callar by Lynne Ramsay Music for Weddings and Funerals by Unni Straume Novo by Jean-Pierre Limosin Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller Public Toilet by Fruit Chan Russian Ark by Alexandr Sokurov A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto Teknolust by Lynn Hershman Leeson La Trilogie: Après la vie by Lucas Belvaux La Trilogie: Cavale by Lucas Belvaux La Trilogie: Un couple épatant by Lucas Belvaux Vendredi soir by Claire Denis La Vie Nouvelle by Philippe Grandrieux A World Of Love by Aurelio Grimaldi
Special Presentations 8 Women by François Ozon 8 Mile by Curtis Hanson Adolphe by Benoît Jacquot Assassination Tango by Robert Duvall Auto Focus by Paul Schrader Between Strangers by Edoardo Ponti Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore Chaos and Desire by Manon Briand City of Ghosts by Matt Dillon Dirty Deeds by David Caesar Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman The Emperor's Club by Michael Hoffman Evelyn by Bruce Beresford Heaven by Tom Tykwer I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema Laurel Canyon by Lisa Cholodenko Max by Menno Meyjes Miyazaki's Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki Punch-Drunk Love by Paul Thomas Anderson The Quiet American by Phillip Noyce Rabbit-Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce The Secret Lives of Dentists by Alan Rudolph Shaolin Soccer by Stephen Chow Standing in the Shadows of Motown by Paul Justman Tso Chaplin Mutual Shorts: Easy Street; The Cure; The Adventurer by Charles Chaplin Talk to Her by Pedro Almodóvar Touching Wild Horses by Eleanore Lindo The Wild Thornberrys Movie by Jeff McGrath and Cathy Malkasian
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures Billy Jack by Tom Laughlin The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola Days of Heaven by Terrence Malick Modern Times by Charles Chaplin Outcast of the Islands by Carol Reed Pickpocket by Robert Bresson
Discovery Bellissima by Artur Urbanski Chicken Poets by Meng Jinghui Les Diables by Christophe Ruggia The Exam by Nasser Refaie Hard Goodbyes: My Father by Penny Panayotopoulou Hukkle by Gyorgy Palfi The Last Great Wilderness by David Mackenzie Leo by Mehdi Norowzian Letters in the Wind by Ali Reza Amini The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan Try Seventeen by Jeffrey Porter Whale Rider by Niki Caro Woman Of Water by Hidenori Sugimori Women's Prison by Manijeh Hekmat Blue by Hiroshi Ando
Real to Reel Atlantic Drift by Michel Daeron Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary by André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer Cuban Rafters by Carles Bosch and Josep M. Domenech Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story by Garrett Scott Elsewhere by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Family by Sami Saif and Phie Ambo Gabriel Orozco by Juan Carlos Martín Horns and Halos by Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky Local Angel by Udi Aloni Lost in La Mancha by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe My Name Was Sabina Spielrein by Elisabeth Marton The Nazi by Rod Lurie Neapolitan Heart by Paolo Santoni OT: Our Town by Scott Hamilton Kennedy Promise Land by Gili Dolev Railroad of Hope by Ning Ying Spellbound by Jeff Blitz Stevie by Steve James The Sweatbox by John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler This Winter by Zhong Hua The Trials of Henry Kissinger by Eugene Jarecki Winged Migration by Jacques Perrin Être et avoir by Nicolas Philibert
Midnight Madness Alive by Ryuhei Kitamura Bubba Ho-tep by Don Coscarelli Cabin Fever by Eli Roth The Eye by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang MC5: A True Testimonial by David C. Thomas My Little Eye by Marc Evans Spun by Jonas Åkerlund Volcano High by Kim Tae-Kyun
Wavelengths The Aperture Of Ghostings: Catherine Street; Creased Robe Smile; Elsa Kirk by Lewis Klahr The Art of Fugue by Takashi Ishida Bautismo by Casey Koehler Counterfeit Film by Brett Simon Daylight Moon by Lewis Klahr Endless Obsession by Glen Fogel Gestalt by Takashi Ishida Going Back Home by Louise Bourque Gossamer Conglomerate by Courtney Hoskins Imaginary Light by Andrew Noren Incense by Shiho Kano An Injury to One by Travis Wilkerson Looking at the Sea by Peter Hutton The Man We Want To Hang by Kenneth Anger Manual by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller Munkphilm by Courtney Hoskins National Archive: V.1 by Travis Wilkerson Puce Moment by Kenneth Anger Scratch by Christoph Girardet Self Portrait Post Mortem by Louise Bourque Swiss Trip by Oskar Fischinger Time Being by Andrew Noren Ultima Thule by Janie Geiser Very and Night Mulch by Stan Brakhage Wien & Mozart And Elvis by Jonas Mekas
Canadian Open Vault La vraie nature de Bernadette by Gilles Carle
Perspective Canada The Baroness and the Pig by Michael Mackenzie Blue Skies by Ann Marie Fleming Bollywood/Hollywood by Deepa Mehta Countdown by Nathan Morlando Culture by Donigan Cumming Deadend.Com by S. Wyeth Clarkson La Dernière voix by Julien Fonfrède and Karim Hussain Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl by Brad Peyton FIX: The Story of an Addicted City by Nettie Wild Flower & Garnet by Keith Behrman Flux by Christopher Hinton Folk by Ryan Feldman Gambling, Gods and LSD by Peter Mettler Heatscore by Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany Is the Crown at War with Us? by Alanis Obomsawin Islands by Richard Fung Lighthead by Daniel Sadler Little Dickie by Anita McGee Lonesome Joe by Mark Sawers Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity by Mina Shum Marion Bridge by Wiebke von Carolsfeld The Marsh by Kim Nguyen Moon in the Afternoon by Simon Davidson Die Mutter by Cliff Caines The Negro by Robert Morin Ocean by Catherine Martin Once Upon a Time on the Beach by Byron Lamarque Past Perfect by Daniel MacIvor Perfect Pie by Barbara Willis Sweete Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story by Larry Peloso Punch by Guy Bennett Rondo pour trompette by Jean-Sebastien Baillat Les Rossy by Jennifer Alleyn Rub & Tug by Soo Lyu S.P.C.E. by Marc Bisaillon Saint Monica by Terrance Odette Saskatchewan by Brian Stockton Shadowy Encounters by Gariné Torossian Short Hymn, Silent War by Charles Officer Snooze by Stéphane Lafleur Song of the Firefly by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof Spring Chickens by Matthew Holm The Stone of Folly by Jesse Rosensweet Straight in the Face by Peter Demas Tom by Mike Hoolboom The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia by Jennifer Baichwal Why Don't You Dance? by Michael Downing The Wild Dogs by Thom Fitzgerald Yellowknife by Rodrigue Jean
Contemporary World Cinema 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman by Laurent Bouhnik Aiki by Daisuke Tengan Angela by Roberta Torre Autumn Spring by Vladimír Michálek BaadAsssss Cinema by Isaac Julien Bear's Kiss by Sergei Bodrov Bend It Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha The Best of Times by Chang Tso-Chi Better Luck Tomorrow by Justin Lin Big Shot's Funeral by Feng Xiaogang Black and White by Craig Lahiff Blue Car by Karen Moncrieff Blue Gate Crossing by Yee Chin-yen El Bonaerense by Pablo Trapero The Crime of Father Amaro by Carlos Carrera Cry Woman by Liu Bingjian The Cuckoo by Aleksandr Rogozhkin Everyday God Kisses Us On The Mouth by Sinişa Dragin Falcons by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Fuehrer Ex by Winfried Bonengel Gasoline by Monica Stambrini The Ghost Of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Charles Lyons The Heart of Me by Thaddeus O'Sullivan L'Idole by Samantha Lang Intacto by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo The Intended by Kristian Levring Julie Walking Home by Agnieszka Holland Kedma by Amos Gitai The Kite by Alexei Muradov Love Liza by Todd Louiso The Lover by Valeriy Todorovskiy A Lucky Day by Sandra Gugliotta Ma vraie vie à Rouen by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau Madame Satã by Karim Aïnouz Never Get Outta the Boat by Paul Quinn Nothing More by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti Nowhere in Africa by Caroline Link The Nugget by Bill Bennett Once Upon a Time in the Midlands by Shane Meadows One Night the Moon by Rachel Perkins Open Hearts by Susanne Bier Une part du ciel by Benedicte Lienard Pleasant Days by Kornél Mundruczó Poniente by Chus Gutierrez Prayer by Jay Rosenblatt Pure by Gillies MacKinnon Raising Victor Vargas by Peter Sollett Real Women Have Curves by Patricia Cardoso Reno: Rebel Without A Pause by Nancy Savoca Respiro by Emanuele Crialese Roger Dodger by Dylan Kidd Rosa La China by Valeria Sarmiento The Sea by Baltasar Kormákur Secretary by Steven Shainberg Small Voices by Gil M. Portes The Space Between by Chad Lowe Springtime in a Small Town by Tian Zhuangzhuang Step on It by Sabine Derflinger Suddenly by Diego Lerman Sur Le Bout Des Doigts by Yves Angelo The Three Marias by Aluízio Abranches Ticket to Jerusalem by Rashid Masharawi A Transistor Love Story by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang Tuck Everlasting by Jay Russell Tycoon by Pavel Lounguine Unknown Pleasures by Jia Zhang-Ke The Voice Of The Prophet by Robert Edwards Warriors by Daniel Calparsoro Welcome to Collinwood by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Wretched Lives by Joel Lamangan
Planet Africa Abouna by Mahamat Saleh Haroun Alexei and the Spring by Seiichi Motohashi Ataklan -- Naked Walk by Walt Lovelace Black Attack by Walt Lovelace G by Christopher Scott Cherot George and the Bicycle Pump by Asha Lovelace I Have a Dream by Zak Ove Khorma, Enfant Du Cimetiere by Jilani Saadi Mud Madness by Walt Lovelace Now Jimmy! by Mary Wells Promised Land by Jason Xenopoulos Rendez-Vous by Mariette Monpierre