The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown.
Awards The festival's final awards were announced on 18 September.
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
Jury members
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). The Platform section (named for Jia Zhangke's film Platform) consists of "12 films of high artistic merit that demonstrate a strong directorial vision". The jury awarded the $25,000 prize to Jackie.
Programme The following films were selected:Toronto Fest Rounds Dance Card: Terry George’s ‘The Promise,’ Liev Schreiber In ‘The Bleeder,’ Terrence Malick Docu Among Pics. Deadline, 16 August 2016.
Gala presentations A Monster Calls by J. A. Bayona Arrival by Denis Villeneuve Deepwater Horizon by Peter Berg The Edge of Seventeen by Kelly Fremon Craig The Headhunter's Calling by Mark Williams The Journey Is the Destination by Bronwen Hughes Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids by Jonathan Demme LBJ by Rob Reiner Loving by Jeff Nichols The Magnificent Seven by Antoine Fuqua Norman by Joseph Cedar Planetarium by Rebecca Zlotowski The Promise by Terry George Queen of Katwe by Mira Nair The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America by Paul Dugdale The Secret Scripture by Jim Sheridan Snowden by Oliver Stone Strange Weather by Katherine Dieckmann Their Finest by Lone Scherfig A United Kingdom by Amma Asante
Special presentations 150 Milligrams by Emmanuelle Bercot The Age of Shadows by Kim Jee-woon All I See Is You by Marc Forster American Honey by Andrea Arnold American Pastoral by Ewan McGregor Asura: The City of Madness by Kim Sung-soo Barakah Meets Barakah by Mahmoud Sabbagh Barry by Vikram Gandhi Below Her Mouth by April Mullen The Birth of a Nation by Nate Parker Birth of the Dragon by George Nolfi Bleed for This by Ben Younger The Bleeder by Philippe Falardeau Blue Jay by Alex Lehmann Brain on Fire by Gerard Barrett Brimstone by Martin Koolhoven Brotherhood by Noel Clarke Burn Your Maps by Jordan Roberts Carrie Pilby by Susan Johnson Catfight by Onur Tukel Christine by Antonio Campos City of Tiny Lights by Pete Travis The Commune by Thomas Vinterberg A Death in the Gunj by Konkona Sen Sharma Denial by Mick Jackson The Duelist by Aleksey Mizgirev Elle by Paul Verhoeven The Exception by David Leveaux Foreign Body by Raja Amari Frantz by François Ozon The Handmaiden by Park Chan-wook Harmonium by Kōji Fukada I Am Not Madame Bovary by Feng Xiaogang I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach In Dubious Battle by James Franco It's Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan The Journey by Nick Hamm King of the Dancehall by Nick Cannon La La Land by Damien Chazelle Leehom Wang's Open Fire Concert Film by Homeboy Music and Inc. The Limehouse Golem by Juan Carlos Medina Lion by Garth Davis The Long Excuse by Miwa Nishikawa Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan Mascots by Christopher Guest Maudie by Aisling Walsh Mean Dreams by Nathan Morlando Neruda by Pablo Larraín Nocturnal Animals by Tom Ford The Oath by Baltasar Kormákur Orphan by Arnaud des Pallières Paris Can Wait by Eleanor Coppola Paterson by Jim Jarmusch Rage by Lee Sang-il (Re) Assignment by Walter Hill The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi Salt and Fire by Werner Herzog Sing by Garth Jennings Souvenir by Bavo Defurne Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Løve Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade Trespass Against Us by Adam Smith Two Lovers and a Bear by Kim Nguyen Una by Benedict Andrews Unless by Alan Gilsenan Voyage of Time by Terrence Malick Wakefield by Robin Swicord Weirdos by Bruce McDonald Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming
Midnight Madness The Autopsy of Jane Doe by André Øvredal The Belko Experiment by Greg McLean Blair Witch by Adam Wingard Dog Eat Dog by Paul Schrader Free Fire by Ben Wheatley The Girl with All the Gifts by Colm McCarthy Headshot by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto Rats by Morgan Spurlock Raw by Julia Ducournau Sadako vs. Kayako by Kōji Shiraishi
Masters After the Storm by Hirokazu Kore-eda Afterimage by Andrzej Wajda Anatomy of Violence by Deepa Mehta The Bait by Buddhadeb Dasgupta The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez by Wim Wenders Certain Women by Kelly Reichardt Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi Graduation by Cristian Mungiu Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun J: Beyond Flamenco by Carlos Saura Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar Land of the Gods by Goran Paskaljević Ma' Rosa by Brillante Mendoza The Net by Kim Ki-duk Never Ever by Benoît Jacquot Personal Shopper by Olivier Assayas Pinneyum by Adoor Gopalakrishnan A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies Safari by Ulrich Seidl Sieranevada by Cristi Puiu Sweet Dreams by Marco Bellocchio The Unknown Girl by Dardenne brothers We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice by Alanis Obomsawin Yourself and Yours by Hong Sang-soo
Next Wave Divines by Houda Benyamina The Edge of Seventeen by Kelly Fremon Craig Handsome Devil by John Butler India in a Day by Richie Mehta Layla M. by Mijke de Jong Moonlight by Barry Jenkins A Wedding by Stephan Streker The Wedding Ring by Rahmatou Keïta Window Horses by Ann Marie Fleming
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 The Bad Batch by Ana Lily Amirpour Blind Sun by Joyce A. Nashawati Buster's Mal Heart by Sarah Adina Smith Colossal by Nacho Vigalondo Godspeed by Chung Mong-hong I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House by Oz Perkins Interchange by Dain Iskandar Said Message from the King by Fabrice Du Welz My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea by Dash Shaw Nelly by Anne Émond Prevenge by Alice Lowe The Untamed by Amat Escalante Without Name by Lorcan Finnegan
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 Daguerrotype by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Goldstone by Ivan Sen Heal the Living by Katell Quillévéré Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait by Khyentse Norbu Home by Fien Troch Jackie by Pablo Larraín Lady Macbeth by William Oldroyd Layla M. by Mijke de Jong Searchers by Zacharias Kunuk and Natar Ungalaaq Moonlight by Barry Jenkins Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello