29th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films

Get ready for no sleep. Get ready for popcorn overload. Here’s the complete list of films playing at the 29th Toronto International Film Festival:

CANADA FIRST

Film Title Director
CQ2 (Seek You Too) Carole Laure
I, Claudia Chris Abraham
Ill Fated Mark A. Lewis
It's All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse
Jimmywork Simon Sauvé
Littoral Wajdi Mouawad
La Peau blanche Daniel Roby
Phil the Alien Rob Stefaniuk
Saint Ralph Michael McGowan
Seven Times Lucky Gary Yates

CANADIAN OPEN VAULT

Film Title Director
The Rowdyman Peter Carter

CANADIAN RETROSPECTIVE

Film Title Director
Attiuk Pierre Perrault, René Bonnière
La Bête luminese Pierre Perrault
Le Pays de la terre sans arbre ou le Mouchouânipi Pierre Perrault
Un Pays sans bon sens! Pierre Perrault
Pour la suite du monde Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault
Le Règne du jour Pierre Perrault
Tête-à-la-Baleine Pierre Perrault, René Bonnière
La Traverse d'hiver à l'Île-aux-Coudres Pierre Perrault, Réne Bonnière
Les Voitures d'eau Pierre Perrault

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA

Film Title Director
3-Iron Kim Ki-duk
After the Day Before Attila Janisch
Almost Brothers Lúcia Murat
The Alzheimer Case Erik Van Looy
Antares Götz Spielmann
As Follows Federico Veiroj
BOMBÓN - El Perro Carlos Sorin
Breaking News Johnnie To
Brodeuses Eléonore Faucher
Brothers Susanne Bier
Cool Theo van Gogh
Crónicas Sebastián Cordero
Days and Hours Pjer Zalica
Dead Man's Shoes Shane Meadows
Dear Frankie Shona Auerbach
Duck Season Fernando Eimbcke
Earth and Ashes Atiq Rahimi
L' Équipier Philippe Lioret
La Femme de Gilles Frédéric Fonteyne
Ferpect Crime Alex de la Iglesia
Hidden Flaws Paula van der Oest
The Holy Girl Lucrecia Martel
Hotel Jessica Hausner
The House Keys Gianni Amelio
Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants Yvan Attal
Innocent Voices Luis Mandoki
Lila dit ça Ziad Doueiri
The Limb Salesman Anais Granofsky
Little Sky María Victoria Menis
Ma Mère Christophe Honoré
Male Fantasy Blaine Thurier
Mon père est ingénieur Robert Guédiguian
My Summer of Love Pawel Pawlikowski
Mysterious Skin Gregg Araki
Niceland Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Nobody Knows Hirokazu Kore-eda
Old Boy Park Chan-wook
Our Own Dmitry Meskhiyev
Plastic Flowers Liu Bingjian
Quill Yoichi Sai
Real Life Panos Koutras
Rois et reine Arnaud Desplechin
Rolling Family Pablo Trapero
Schizo Guka Omarova
Siblings David Weaver
Somersault Cate Shortland
Spider Forest Song Il-gon
Stray Dogs Marziyeh Meshkini
The Tuner Kira Muratova
Turtles Can Fly Bahman Ghobadi
Two Great Sheep Liu Hao
Unconscious Joaquín Oristrell
Up and Down Jan Hrebejk
Walk on Water Eytan Fox
Whisky Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll
Wilby Wonderful Daniel MacIvor
The Woodsman Nicole Kassell
The World Jia Zhang-ke

DIALOGUES: TALKING WITH PICTURES

Film Title Director
The Brood David Cronenberg
Diary of a Country Priest Robert Bresson
Heaven's Gate Michael Cimino
La Noire De... Ousmane Sembene
The Sweet Smell of Success Alexander Mackendrick
This Sporting Life Lindsay Anderson
Withnail & I Bruce Robinson

DISCOVERY

Film Title Director
Astronauts Santi Amodeo
Automne Ra'up McGee
Boats out of Watermelon Rinds Ahmet Uluçay
Buffalo Boy Minh Nguyen-Vô
Le Cou de la girafe Safy Nebbou
Crying? Alexandros Voulgaris
Electric Shadows Xiao Jiang
The Forest for the Trees Maren Ade
Hari Om Bharatbala
Harvest Time Marina Razbezhkina
In My Father's Den Brad McGann
Innocence Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Mirage Svetozar Ristovski
Off Beat Hendrik Hölzemann
Omagh Pete Travis
On the Outs Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik
The Overture Itthi-sunthorn Wichailak
Oyster Farmer Anna Reeves
Private Saverio Costanzo
Producing Adults Aleksi Salmenperä
Les Revenants Robin Campillo
Saving Face Alice Wu
Summer Storm Marco Kreuzpaintner
Symmetry Konrad Niewolski
Uno Aksel Hennie
Vento di Terra Vincenzo Marra
A Way of Life Amma Asante
Whisky Romeo Zulu Enrique Piñeyro

MASTERS

Film Title Director
10 on Ten Abbas Kiarostami
10e Chambre, instants d'audiences Raymond Depardon
À tout de suite Benoît Jacquot
Bad Education Pedro Almodóvar
Brides Pantelis Voulgaris
Café Lumière Hou Hsiao-hsien
Chased by Dreams Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Cinévardaphoto Agnès Varda
Demain on déménage Chantal Akerman
Eros Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni
Five Abbas Kiarostami
Human Touch Paul Cox
Land of Plenty Wim Wenders
Low Life Im Kwon-taek
Midwinter Night's Dream Goran Paskaljevic
Moolaadé Ousmane Sembene
The Ninth Day Volker Schlöndorff
Notre Musique Jean-Luc Godard
Salvador Allende Patricio Guzmán
Sucker Free City Spike Lee
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Theo Angelopoulos

MIDNIGHT MADNESS

Film Title Director
Calvaire Fabrice du Welz
Creep Christopher Smith
Dead Birds Alex Turner
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Mamoru Oshii
Kontroll Nimród Antal
The Machinist Brad Anderson
Rahtree: Flower of the Night Yuthlert Sippapak
The Raspberry Reich Bruce LaBruce
Saw James Wan
Zebraman Takashi Miike

NATIONAL CINEMA PROGRAMME

Film Title Director
Cape of Good Hope Mark Bamford
Drum Zola Maseko
Forgiveness Ian Gabriel
Max and Mona Teddy Mattera
Mozart - The Music of the Violin Mickey Madoda Dube
A South African Love Story: Walter and Albertina Sisulu Toni Strasburg
Zulu Love Letter Ramadan Suleyman

PLANET AFRICA

Film Title Director
Aïcha Newton I. Aduaka
above & beneath René Alberta
Bullet Boy Saul Dibb
Gardiens de la Mémoire Eric Kabera
Le goot des jeunes filles John L'Écuyer
Le Grand Voyage Ismaël Ferroukhi
The Hero Zézé Gamboa
Kounandi Apolline Traoré
La Nuit de la vérité Fanta Régina Nacro
Off Duty Buboo Kakati
One Flight Stand Saladin Patterson
A Spoonful of Sugar Andrea Williams
Time Out Xelinda Yancy

REAL TO REEL

Film Title Director
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married Don Boyd
Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt Margaret Brown
Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat Zev Asher
Darwin's Nightmare Hubert Sauper
Double Dare Amanda Micheli
Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois Jacques Richard
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate Michael Epstein
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry George T. Butler
Gunner Palace Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein
I Died in Childhood... Georgy Paradjanov
Kings of the Sky Deborah Stratman
The Last Victory John Appel
Letters to Ali Clara Law
Lightning in a Bottle Antoine Fuqua
Mondovino Jonathan Nossiter
ScaredSacred Velcrow Ripper
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Peter Raymont
Small Mall Róbert Douglas
Tell Them Who You Are Mark S. Wexler
Three of Hearts: a postmodern family Susan Kaplan
Touch the Sound Thomas Riedelsheimer
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Ken Burns
A Whale of a Tale Peter Lynch
White Tower Su Qing, Mina
Writer of O Pola Rapaport
The Year of the Yao James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Xan Cassavetes

SHORT CUTS CANADA

Film Title Director
Accordéon Michèle Cournoyer
Almost Forgot My Bones Katrin Bowen
Between Science and Garbage Pierre Hébert, Bob Ostertag
Birdlings Two Davina Pardo
Boyclops Jay Dahl
Build Greg Atkins
choke. David Hyde
Corps étrangers Simon Lavoie
Désastre Jay Field
Deux Enfants qui fument Sarah Fortin
Elephant Shoe Christopher Behnisch
Elliot Smelliot Anita Doron
Encre noire sur fond d'azur Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Filth Wrik Mead
The Finite Alexi Manis
Girl Cleans Sink Sook-Yin Lee
Groomed Joseph Raso
The Hill Deborah Chow
Hogtown Blues Hugh Gibson
Hotel Saudade Cameron Bailey
The Human Kazoo Fabrizio Filippo
Man Feel Pain Dylan Akio Smith
mary/me Kelly Egan
Milo 55160 David Ostry
More Sensitive Gail Noonan
Mothers, Fathers and Other Strangers Carl Knutson
My Old Man Alex Levine
Pigeon Anthony Green
Le Pont Guy Edoin
Rodéo Mélanie Dion
Ryan Chris Landreth
The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles Jeffrey St. Jules
Sissy Boy Slap Party Guy Maddin
Sombra Dolorosa Guy Maddin
Stronger Debra Felstead
Superhero Wannabe Patricia Harris Seeley
A Tale of Bad Luck Brad Peyton
Trouser Accidents Semi Chellas
white out Matt Sinclair-Foreman

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Film Title Director
5 x 2 - Cinq fois deux François Ozon
The Assassination of Richard Nixon Niels Mueller
Bluebird Mijke de Jong
Celebrating Brian Linehan
Childstar Don McKellar
Les Choristes Christophe Barratier
Crash Paul Haggis
A Dirty Shame John Waters
Enduring Love Roger Michell
The General Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Haven Frank E. Flowers
Head in the Clouds John Duigan
Hotel Rwanda Terry George
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal Jim Brown
Keane Lodge Kerrigan
Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow
Ladies in Lavender Charles Dance
The Libertine Laurence Dunmore
The Merchant of Venice Michael Radford
Millions Danny Boyle
Noel Chazz Palminteri
P.S. Dylan Kidd
Palindromes Todd Solondz
Promised Land Amos Gitaï
The Sea Within Alejandro Amenábar
Shadows of Time Florian Gallenberger
Sideways Alexander Payne
Silver City John Sayles
Steamboy Katsuhiro Otomo
Throw Down Johnnie To
When Will I Be Loved James Toback
Yes Sally Potter
Yesterday Darrell James Roodt

VIACOM GALAS

Film Title Director
Arsène Lupin Jean-Paul Salomé
Being Julia István Szabó
Beyond the Sea Kevin Spacey
Clean Olivier Assayas
Downfall Oliver Hirschbiegel
Five Children and It John Stephenson
A Good Woman Mike Barker
House of Flying Daggers Zhang Yimou
I Heart Huckabees David O. Russell
Imaginary Heroes Dan Harris
An Italian Romance Carlo Mazzacurati
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Vadim Jean
Kinsey Bill Condon
Modigliani Mick Davis
The Motorcycle Diaries Walter Salles
Ray Taylor Hackford
Red Dust Tom Hooper
Return to Sender Bille August
Shark Tale Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman
Stage Beauty Sir Richard Eyre

VISIONS

Film Title Director
9 Songs Michael Winterbottom
Acapulco Gold André Forcier
Anatomie de l'enfer Catherine Breillat
Blood Jerry Ciccoritti
Días de Santiago Josué Méndez
Evolution of a Filipino Family Lav Diaz
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things Asia Argento
A Hole in My Heart Lukas Moodysson
I Like It a Lot Jay Rosenblatt
L' Intrus Claire Denis
A Letter to True Bruce Weber
The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess Bruce McDonald
Los Muertos Lisandro Alonso
Primer Shane Carruth
Tarnation Jonathan Caouette
Thème Je Françoise Romand
Trauma Marc Evans
Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Undertow David Gordon Green
Vital Shinya Tsukamoto
ZERO the inside story Elida Schogt

WAVELENGTHS

Film Title Director
( ) Morgan Fisher
--- ------ (a.k.a. Short Line Long Line) Thom Andersen, Malcolm Brodwick
Anaconda Targets Dominic Angerame
Ber-Lin 99/00 André Lehmann
Bouquets 26-27 Rose Lowder
Chateau/Poyet Lawrence Jordan
Concerning Flight: Five Illuminations in Miniature Charlotte Pryce
Daylight Moon (A Quartet) Lewis Klahr
Enid's Idyll Lawrence Jordan
Le Fantôme de l'opératrice Caroline Martel
Flushing Meadows Joseph Cornell
Free To Go (Interlude) Andrew Noren
Golden Gate Bridge Exposure: Poised for Parabolas Lynn Marie Kirby
It's Not My Memory of It - Three Recollected Documents Julia Meltzer, David Thorne
Line Describing a Cone Anthony McCall
Mirror Matthias Müller, Christoph Girardet
Mouths of Ash Juan Manuel Echavarría
The Observatory Alexi Manis
Phantom Matthias Müller
Play Matthias Müller, Christoph Girardet
Rose Hobart Joseph Cornell
Skagafjördur Peter Hutton
St. Ignatius Church Exposure: Lenten Light Conversions Lynn Marie Kirby
Terrace 49 Janie Geiser
Williamsburg, Brooklyn Jonas Mekas