2014 Toronto International Film Festival

Film festival

2014 Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster

Opening film| The Judge
Closing film| A Little Chaos
Location| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Founded| 1976
Awards| The Imitation Game (People's Choice Award)
Hosted by| Toronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films| 393 films
Festival date| 4–14 September 2014
Website| tiff.net

The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014.[1] David Dobkin's film The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall was the opening night film.[2] A Little Chaos, a British period drama directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet closed the festival.[3] More films for each section were announced on 12 August,[4] with the line-up completed on 19 August.[5] A total of 393 films were shown, including 143 world premieres.[6] The first Friday was dubbed "Bill Murray Day", as festival organisers dedicated a day to the actor by screening a select number of his films for free.[7]

## Awards[edit]

Award[8][9] | Film  | Director

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People's Choice Award | The Imitation Game | Morten Tyldum
People's Choice Award First Runner Up  | Learning to Drive | Isabel Coixet
People's Choice Award Second Runner Up  | St. Vincent | Theodore Melfi
People's Choice Award: Documentaries | Beats of the Antonov | Hajooj Kuka
People's Choice Award, Documentary First Runner Up  | Do I Sound Gay? | David Thorpe
People's Choice Award, Documentary Second Runner Up  | Seymour: An Introduction | Ethan Hawke
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness | What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness First Runner Up  | Tusk | Kevin Smith
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness Second Runner Up  | Big Game | Jalmari Helander
Best Canadian Feature Film | Felix and Meira | Maxime Giroux
Best Canadian Short Film | The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer | Randall Okita
Best Canadian First Feature Film | Bang Bang Baby | Jeffrey St. Jules
FIPRESCI Discovery Prize | May Allah Bless France! | Abd al Malik
FIPRESCI Special Presentations | Time Out of Mind | Oren Moverman
Best International Short Film | A Single Body | Sotiris Dounoukos
Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere  | Margarita, with a Straw | Shonali Bose

## Programmes[edit]

### Gala Presentations[edit]

* Black and White by Mike Binder
* Boychoir by François Girard
* The Connection by Cedric Jimenez
* The Equalizer by Antoine Fuqua
* Escobar: Paradise Lost by Andrea Di Stefano
* The Forger by Philip Martin
* Foxcatcher by Bennett Miller
* Haemoo by Shim Sung-bo
* Infinitely Polar Bear by Maya Forbes
* The Judge by David Dobkin
* Laggies by Lynn Shelton
* A Little Chaos by Alan Rickman
* Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg
* The New Girlfriend by François Ozon
* Pawn Sacrifice by Ed Zwick
* The Riot Club by Lone Scherfig
* Ruth & Alex by Richard Loncraine
* Samba by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
* This is Where I Leave You by Shawn Levy
* Wild by Jean-Marc Vallée

### Special Presentations[edit]

* 99 Homes by Ramin Bahrani
* American Heist by Sarik Andreasyan
* Before We Go by Chris Evans
* Beyond the Lights by Gina Prince-Bythewood
* Breakup Buddies by Ning Hao
* Cake by Daniel Barnz
* Clouds of Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
* The Cobbler by Tom McCarthy
* Coming Home by Zhang Yimou
* The Dead Lands by Toa Fraser
* Dearest by Peter Ho-Sun Chan
* Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 by Johnnie To
* The Drop by Michaël R. Roskam
* Eden by Mia Hansen-Løve
* Elephant Song by Charles Binamé
* An Eye for Beauty by Denys Arcand
* Far from Men by David Oelhoffen
* Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund
* The Gate by Régis Wargnier
* Gemma Bovery by Anne Fontaine
* Gentlemen by Mikael Marcimain
* Gomorrah by Stefano Sollima
* Good Kill by Andrew Niccol
* The Good Lie by Philippe Falardeau
* Hector and the Search for Happiness by Peter Chelsom
* Human Highway by Bernard Shakey and Dean Stockwell
* The Humbling by Barry Levinson
* Hungry Hearts by Saverio Costanzo
* The Imitation Game by Morten Tyldum
* Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet by Roger Allers, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar and Michal Socha
* The Keeping Room by Daniel Barber
* The Last Five Years by Richard LaGravenese
* Learning to Drive by Isabel Coixet
* Love and Mercy by Bill Pohlad
* Madame Bovary by Sophie Bates
* Manglehorn by David Gordon Green
* Mary Kom by Omung Kumar
* Men, Women and Children by Jason Reitman
* Miss Julie by Liv Ullmann
* Mommy by Xavier Dolan
* Mr. Turner by Mike Leigh
* My Old Lady by Israel Horovitz
* Ned Rifle by Hal Hartley
* Nightcrawler by Dan Gilroy
* October Gale by Ruba Nadda
* Pasolini by Abel Ferrara
* Phoenix by Christian Petzold
* Preggoland by Jacob Tierney
* Pride by Matthew Warchus
* The Reach by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti
* Red Amnesia by Wang Xiaoshuai
* Return to Ithaca by Laurent Cantet
* Revenge of the Green Dragons by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo
* Roger Waters: The Wall by Sean Evans and Roger Waters
* Rosewater by Jon Stewart
* The Search by Michel Hazanavicius
* A Second Chance by Susanne Bier
* Shelter by Paul Bettany
* The Sound and the Fury by James Franco
* St. Vincent by Theodore Melfi
* Still Alice by Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
* The Theory of Everything by James Marsh
* Three Hearts by Benoît Jacquot
* Time Out of Mind by Oren Moverman
* Top Five by Chris Rock
* Two Days, One Night by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
* Welcome to Me by Shira Piven
* While We're Young by Noah Baumbach
* Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
* Wild Tales by Damián Szifron

### TIFF Docs[edit]

* Beats of the Antonov by Hajooj Kuka
* I Am Here by Lixin Fan
* Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
* Merchants of Doubt by Robert Kenner
* National Diploma by Dieudo Hamadi [citation needed]
* National Gallery by Frederick Wiseman
* Natural Resistance by Jonathan Nossiter
* The Price We Pay by Harold Crooks
* Red Army by Gabe Polsky
* Seymour: An Introduction by Ethan Hawke
* Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan
* Sunshine Superman by Marah Strauch
* Tales of the Grim Sleeper by Nick Broomfield
* The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer
* This Is My Land by Tamara Erde
* The Yes Men Are Revolting by Laura Nix and The Yes Men
* Roger & Me by Michael Moore
* The Wanted 18 by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan[10]

### Masters[edit]

* 1001 Grams by Bent Hamer
* A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson
* The Face of an Angel by Michael Winterbottom
* Foreign Body by Krzysztof Zanussi
* The Golden Era by Ann Hui
* Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard
* Hill of Freedom by Hong Sang-soo
* Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev
* Murder in Pacot by Raoul Peck
* Revivre by Im Kwon-taek
* The Tale of Princess Kaguya by Isao Takahata
* Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako
* Trick or Treaty? by Alanis Obomsawin[11]
* Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

### Midnight Madness[edit]

* [REC]4 Apocalypse by Jaume Balagueró
* Big Game by Jalmari Helander
* Cub by Jonas Govaerts
* The Editor by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy
* Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films by Mark Hartley
* The Guest by Adam Wingard
* It Follows by David Robert Mitchell
* Tokyo Tribe by Sion Sono
* Tusk by Kevin Smith
* What We Do in the Shadows by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement

### Vanguard[edit]

* Alleluia by Fabrice Du Welz
* The Duke of Burgundy by Peter Strickland
* Goodnight Mommy by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
* Hyena by Gerard Johnson
* Luna by Dave McKean
* Over Your Dead Body by Takashi Miike
* Shrew's Nest by Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel
* Spring by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
* They Have Escaped by JP Valkeapää
* The Voices by Marjane Satrapi
* Waste Land by Pieter Van Hees
* The World of Kanako by Tetsuya Nakashima

### Contemporary World Cinema[edit]

* Aire libre by Anahí Berneri
* Amour Fou by Jessica Hausner
* Behavior by Ernesto Daranas
* Bird People by Pascale Ferran
* Black Souls by Francesco Munzi
* Breathe by Mélanie Laurent
* Charlie's Country by Rolf de Heer
* Cut Bank by Matt Shakman
* Cut Snake by Tony Ayres
* The Dark Horse by James Napier Robertson
* Don't Breathe by Nino Kirtadze
* The Farewell Party by Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit
* Felix and Meira by Maxime Giroux
* Frailer by Mijke de Jong
* Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem by Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
* Girlhood by Céline Sciamma
* The Grump by Dome Karukoski
* Heartbeat by Andrea Dorfman
* High Society by Julie Lopes Curval
* Impunity by Jyoti Mistry
* In the Crosswind by Martti Helde
* Itsi Bitsi by Ole Christian Madsen
* Justice by Joel Lamangan
* Kabukicho Love Hotel by Ryūichi Hiroki
* Kill Me Three Times by Kriv Stenders
* Labyrinth of Lies by Giulio Ricciarelli
* Leopardi by Mario Martone
* The Lesson by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
* Li'l Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
* Love in the Time of Civil War by Rodrigue Jean
* Lulu by Luis Ortega
* Margarita, with a Straw by Shonali Bose
* Meet Me in Montenegro by Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen
* Men Who Save the World by Liew Seng Tat
* Mirage by Szabolcs Hajdu
* Modris by Juris Kursietis
* Not My Type by Lucas Belvaux
* Out of Nature by Ole Giæver
* The Owners by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
* Partners in Crime by Chang Jung-Chi
* The Reaper by Zvonimir Jurić
* Red Rose by Sepideh Farsi
* Sand Dollars by Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
* Still the Water by Naomi Kawase
* Tales by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
* Teen Lust by Blaine Thurier
* Tigers by Danis Tanovic
* Today by Reza Mirkarimi
* Tokyo Fiancée by Stefan Liberski
* Tour de Force by Christian Zübert
* Two Shots Fired by Martín Rejtman
* The Valley by Ghassan Salhab
* Venice by Kiki Álvarez
* Voice Over by Cristián Jiménez
* Where I Am King by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
* Who Am I – No System Is Safe by Baran bo Odar
* Xenia by Panos H. Koutras
* You're Sleeping Nicole by Stéphane Lafleur

### Short Cuts Canada[edit]

42 short films were presented as part of Short Cuts Canada in 2014:[12]

* An Apartment — Sarah Galea-Davis
* Around Is Around — Norman McLaren
* The Barnhouse (La Grange) — Caroline Mailloux
* Bison — Kevan Funk
* Broken Face (Sale gueule) — Alain Fournier
* Burnt Grass — Ray Wong
* Chainreaction — Dana Gingras
* Chamber Drama — Jeffrey Zablotny
* CODA — Denis Poulin, Martine Époque
* Day 40 — Sol Friedman
* Del Ciego Desert — François Leduc
* A Delusion of Grandeur (Une idée de grandeur) — Vincent Biron
* The Encounter (La Rencontre) — Frieda Luk
* Entangled — Tony Elliott
* Father — Jordan Tannahill
* Fire (Fuoco) — Raha Shirazi
* Godhead — Connor Gaston
* Hole — Martin Edralin
* Indigo — Amanda Strong
* Intruders — Santiago Menghini
* Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes — Scott Brachmayer
* Last Night — Arlen Konopaki
* Light — Yassmina Karajah
* Liompa — Elizabeth Lazebnik
* Luk'Luk'I: Mother — Wayne Wapeemukwa
* Me and My Moulton — Torill Kove
* Migration — Mark Lomond, Johanne Ste-Marie
* Mynarski Death Plummet (Mynarski chute mortel) — Matthew Rankin
* O Canada — Evelyn Lambart
* On Cement (Sur le ciment) — Robin Aubert
* Red Alert — Barry Avrich
* Running Season — Grayson Moore
* Sahar — Alexander Farah
* The Sands (Plage de sable) — Marie-Ève Juste
* Sleeping Giant — Andrew Cividino
* Still — Slater Jewell-Kemker
* Take Me (Prends-moi) — André Turpin, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
* A Tomb with a View — Ryan J. Noth
* The Underground — Michelle Latimer
* The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer — Randall Okita
* What Doesn't Kill You — Rob Grant
* Zero Recognition — Ben Lewis

### Discovery[edit]

* '71 by Yann Demange
* Adult Beginners by Ross Katz
* Atlantic by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
* Backcountry by Adam MacDonald
* Bang Bang Baby by Jeffrey St. Jules
* Big Muddy by Jefferson Moneo
* Corbo by Mathieu Denis
* The Crow's Egg by M. Manikandan
* Dukhtar by Afia Nathaniel
* Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere by Nguyen Hoang Diep
* The Great Man by Sarah Leonor
* Guidance by Pat Mills
* I Am Not Lorena by Isidora Marras
* In Her Place by Albert Shin
* The Intruder by Shariff Korver
* La Salada by Juan Martin Hsu
* Life in a Fishbowl by Baldvin Zophoniasson
* The Little Death by Josh Lawson
* Los Hongos by Oscar Ruiz Navia
* Magical Girl by Carlos Vermut
* Mardan by Batin Ghobadi
* May Allah Bless France! by Abd al Malik
* The Narrow Frame of Midnight by Tala Hadid
* Obra by Gregorio Graziosi
* Red Alert by Barry Avrich
* Run by Philippe Lacote
* Second Coming by Debbie Tucker Green
* Without Pity by Michele Alhaique
* Songs She Wrote About People She Knows by Kris Elgstrand
* Stories of Our Lives by Jim Chuchu and The Nest Collective
* Sway by Rooth Tang
* Theeb by Naji Abu Nowar
* The Tribe by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
* Unlucky Plaza by Ken Kwek
* The Valley Below by Kyle Thomas
* The Vanished Elephant by Javier Fuentes-León
* Villa Touma by Suha Arraf
* We Were Wolves by Jordan Canning
* Wet Bum by Lindsay MacKay
* X+Y by Morgan Matthews

### City to City: Seoul[edit]

* Alive by Park Jung-bum
* Cart by Boo Ji-Young
* Confession by Lee Do-yun
* A Dream of Iron by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park
* A Girl at My Door by July Jung
* Gyeongju by Zhang Lu
* A Hard Day by Kim Seong-hun
* Scarlet Innocence by Yim Pil-sung

## Canada's Top Ten[edit]

In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2014.[13] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2015.[13]

### Features[edit]

* Corbo by Mathieu Denis
* Felix and Meira by Maxime Giroux
* In Her Place by Albert Shin
* Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg
* Mommy by Xavier Dolan
* Monsoon by Sturla Gunnarsson
* The Price We Pay by Harold Crooks
* Sol by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Susan Avingaq
* Tu dors Nicole by Stéphane Lafleur
* Violent by Andrew Huculiak

### Short films[edit]

* Bison by Kevan Funk
* The Cut (La Coupe) by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
* Cutaway by Kazik Radwanski
* Day 40 by Sol Friedman
* Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes by Scott Brachmayer
* Mynarski Death Plummet (Mynarski chute mortel) by Matthew Rankin
* Rebel (Bihttoš) by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
* Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino
* Still by Slater Jewell-Kemker
* The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer by Randall Okita

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Toronto International Film Festival". TIFF. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
2. ^ "Toronto Sets Robert Downey Jr's 'The Judge' As Opening-Night Film". Deadline. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
3. ^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
4. ^ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
5. ^ "Toronto Film Festival Completes Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
6. ^ "Bill Murray mints fresh Toronto film festival 2014 lineup with St Vincent". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
7. ^ "Toronto Film Festival 2014 holds Bill Murray Day". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
8. ^ "‘The Imitation Game’ Wins Toronto Audience Award". The Wrap, 14 September 2014.
9. ^ "Imitation Game wins Toronto top prize". BBC News, 14 September 2014.
10. ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (7 August 2014). "Seven NFB Films to Screen at TIFF 2014". Animation World Network. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
11. ^ Walker, Connie (6 August 2014). "Alanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? to screen at TIFF 2014". CBC News. Toronto. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
12. ^ Cipriani, Casey (6 August 2014). "Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Canadian Features and Short Films". Indiewire. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
13. ^ a b "TIFF announces its top 10 Canadian films of 2014". CBC News, 2 December 2014.

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