Toronto International Film Festival Coverage:2016:List of Films
41st Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films
Here’s a lit of films that will appear at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Gala presentations
- A Monster Calls directed by J. A. Bayona
- Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Deepwater Horizon directed by Peter Berg
- The Edge of Seventeen directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
- The Headhunter’s Calling directed by Mark Williams
- The Journey Is the Destination directed by Bronwen Hughes
- Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids directed by Jonathan Demme
- LBJ directed by Rob Reiner
- Loving directed by Jeff Nichols
- The Magnificent Seven directed by Antoine Fuqua
- Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer directed by Joseph Cedar
- Planetarium directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
- The Promise directed by Terry George
- Queen of Katwe directed by Mira Nair
- The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America directed by Paul Dugdale
- The Secret Scripture directed by Jim Sheridan
- Snowden directed by Oliver Stone
- Strange Weather directed by Katherine Dieckmann
- Their Finest directed by Lone Scherfig
- A United Kingdom directed by Amma Asante
Special presentations
- 150 Milligrams directed by Emmanuelle Bercot
- The Age of Shadows directed by Kim Jee-woon
- All I See Is You directed by Marc Forster
- American Honey directed by Andrea Arnold
- American Pastoral directed by Ewan McGregor
- Asura: The City of Madness directed by Kim Sung-soo
- Barakah Meets Barakah directed by Mahmoud Sabbagh
- Barry directed by Vikram Gandhi
- Below Her Mouth directed by April Mullen
- The Birth of a Nation directed by Nate Parker
- Birth of the Dragon directed by George Nolfi
- Bleed for This directed by Ben Younger
- The Bleeder directed by Philippe Falardeau
- Blue Jay directed by Alex Lehmann
- Brain on Fire directed by Gerard Barrett
- Brimstone directed by Martin Koolhoven
- Brotherhood directed by Noel Clarke
- Burn Your Maps directed by Jordan Roberts
- Carrie Pilby directed by Susan Johnson
- Catfight directed by Onur Tukel
- Christine directed by Antonio Campos
- City of Tiny Lights directed by Pete Travis
- The Commune directed by Thomas Vinterberg
- A Death in the Gunj directed by Konkona Sen Sharma
- Denial directed by Mick Jackson
- The Duelist directed by Aleksey Mizgirev
- Elle directed by Paul Verhoeven
- The Exception directed by David Leveaux
- Foreign Body directed by Raja Amari
- Frantz directed by François Ozon
- The Handmaiden directed by Park Chan-wook
- Harmonium directed by Koji Fukada
- I Am Not Madame Bovary directed by Feng Xiaogang
- I, Daniel Blake directed by Ken Loach
- In Dubious Battle directed by James Franco
- It’s Only the End of the World directed by Xavier Dolan
- The Journey directed by Nick Hamm
- King of the Dancehall directed by Nick Cannon
- La La Land directed by Damien Chazelle
- Leehom Wang’s Open Fire Concert Film directed by Homeboy Music and Inc.
- The Limehouse Golem directed by Juan Carlos Medina
- Lion directed by Garth Davis
- The Long Excuse directed by Miwa Nishikawa
- Manchester by the Sea__ directed by Kenneth Lonergan
- Mascots directed by Christopher Guest
- Maudie directed by Aisling Walsh
- Mean Dreams directed by Nathan Morlando
- Neruda directed by Pablo Larraín
- Nocturnal Animals directed by Tom Ford
- The Oath directed by Baltasar Kormákur
- Orphan directed by Arnaud des Pallières
- Paris Can Wait directed by Eleanor Coppola
- Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch
- Rage directed by Lee Sang-il
- (Re) Assignment directed by Walter Hill
- The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi
- Salt and Fire directed by Werner Herzog
- Sing directed by Garth Jennings
- Souvenir directed by Bavo Defurne
- Things to Come directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade
- Trespass Against Us directed by Adam Smith
- Two Lovers and a Bear directed by Kim Nguyen
- Una directed by Benedict Andrews
- Unless directed by Alan Gilsenan
- Voyage of Time directed by Terrence Malick
- Wakefield directed by Robin Swicord
- Weirdos directed by Bruce McDonald
- Window Horses directed by Ann Marie Fleming
Midnight Madness
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe directed by André Øvredal
- The Belko Experiment directed by Greg McLean
- Blair Witch directed by Adam Wingard
- Dog Eat Dog directed by Paul Schrader
- Free Fire directed by Ben Wheatley
- The Girl with All the Gifts directed by Colm McCarthy
- Headshot directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto
- Rats directed by Morgan Spurlock
- Raw directed by Julia Ducournau
- Sadako vs. Kayako directed by Koji Shiraishi
Masters
- After the Storm directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Afterimage directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Anatomy of Violence directed by Deepa Mehta
- The Bait directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta
- The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez directed by Wim Wenders
- Certain Women directed by Kelly Reichardt
- Fire at Sea directed by Gianfranco Rosi
- Graduation directed by Cristian Mungiu
- Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- J: Beyond Flamenco directed by Carlos Saura
- Julieta directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- Land of the Gods directed by Goran Paskaljevic
- Ma’ Rosa directed by Brillante Mendoza
- The Net directed by Kim Ki-duk
- Never Ever directed by Benoît Jacquot
- Personal Shopper directed by Olivier Assayas
- Pinneyum directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- A Quiet Passion directed by Terence Davies
- Safari directed by Ulrich Seidl
- Sieranevada directed by Cristi Puiu
- Sweet Dreams directed by Marco Bellocchio
- The Unknown Girl directed by Dardenne brothers
- We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice directed by Alanis Obomsawin
- Yourself and Yours directed by Hong Sang-soo
Next Wave
- Divines directed by Houda Benyamina
- The Edge of Seventeen directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
- Handsome Devil directed by John Butler
- India in a Day directed by Richie Mehta
- Layla M. directed by Mijke de Jong
- Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
- A Wedding directed by Stephan Streker
- The Wedding Ring directed by Rahmatou Keïta
- Window Horses directed by Ann Marie Fleming
Documentaries
- Abacus: Small Enough to Jail directed by Steve James
- All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone directed by Fred Peabody
- Amanda Knox directed by Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst
- The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography directed by Errol Morris
- Beauties of the Night directed by María José Cuevas
- Before the Flood directed by Fisher Stevens
- Bezness as Usual directed by Alex Pitstra
- Black Code directed by Nicholas de Pencier
- Breaking Occupation directed by Brett Smith
- Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary directed by John Scheinfeld
- The Cinema Travellers directed by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya
- Citizen Jane: Battle for the City directed by Matt Tyrnauer
- Forever Pure directed by Maya Zinshtein
- Gaza Surf Club directed by Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine
- Giants of Africa directed by Hubert Davis
- Gimme Danger directed by Jim Jarmusch
- Girl Unbound directed by Erin Heidenreich
- Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee directed by Nanette Burstein
- I Am Not Your Negro directed by Raoul Peck
- I Called Him Morgan directed by Kasper Collin
- In Exile directed by Tin Win Naing
- India in a Day directed by Richie Mehta
- An Insignificant Man directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla
- Into the Inferno directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer
- The Ivory Game directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
- Karl Marx City directed by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
- Mali Blues directed by Lutz Gregor
- Mostly Sunny directed by Dilip Mehta
- Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory directed by Mohanad Yaqubi
- Politics, Instructions Manual directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
- The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent directed by Brigitte Berman
- Rodnye directed by Vitaly Mansky
- The Sixth Beatle directed by Tony Guma and John Rose
- The Skyjacker’s Tale directed by Jamie Kastner
- The Stairs directed by Hugh Gibson
- The Terry Kath Experience directed by Michelle Sinclair
- The War Show directed by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon
- Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life directed by Fariborz Kamkari
Contemporary World Cinema
- A Decent Woman directed by Lukas Valenta Rinner
- After Love directed by Joachim Lafosse
- The Animal’s Wife directed by Víctor Gaviria
- Apprentice directed by Boo Junfeng
- Aquarius directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Ayiti Mon Amour directed by Guetty Felin
- Blindness directed by Ryszard Bugajski
- Boundaries directed by Chloé Robichaud
- Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces directed by Yousry Nasrallah
- Death in Sarajevo directed by Danis Tanovic
- Ember directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
- The Fixer directed by Adrian Sitaru
- Handsome Devil directed by John Butler
- Heaven Will Wait directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
- In Between directed by Maysaloun Hamoud
- Indivisible directed by Edoardo De Angelis
- Mahana directed by Lee Tamahori
- Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge directed by Marie Noëlle
- Mister Universo directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
- Past Life directed by Avi Nesher
- Pyromaniac directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
- The Rehearsal directed by Alison Maclean
- The Road to Mandalay directed by Midi Z
- Santa & Andres directed by Carlos Lechuga
- Soul on a String directed by Zhang Yang
- Tamara and the Ladybug directed by Lucía Carreras
- Clair Obscur directed by Yesim Ustaoglu
- Tramps directed by Adam Leon
- Vaya directed by Akin Omotoso
- We Are Never Alone directed by Petr Vaclav
- The Wedding Ring directed by Rahmatou Keïta
- White Sun directed by Deepak Rauniyar
- The Women’s Balcony directed by Emil Ben Shimon
- X500 directed by Juan Andrés Arango
- Zoology directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Contemporary World Speakers
- The Animal’s Wife directed by Víctor Gaviria
- Blindness directed by Ryszard Bugajski
- In Between directed by Maysaloun Hamoud
- Mahana directed by Lee Tamahori
- Past Life directed by Avi Nesher
Vanguard
- The Bad Batch directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
- Blind Sun directed by Joyce A. Nashawati
- Buster’s Mal Heart directed by Sarah Adina Smith
- Colossal directed by Nacho Vigalondo
- Godspeed directed by Chung Mong-hong
- I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House directed by Oz Perkins
- Interchange directed by Dain Iskandar Said
- Message from the King directed by Fabrice Du Welz
- My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea directed by Dash Shaw
- Nelly directed by Anne Émond
- Prevenge directed by Alice Lowe
- The Untamed directed by Amat Escalante
- Without Name directed by Lorcan Finnegan
- __Discovery
- ARQ directed by Tony Elliott
- Blessed Benefit directed by Mahmoud al Massad
- Boys in the Trees directed by Nicholas Verso
- Divines directed by Houda Benyamina
- The Empty Box directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
- Flemish Heaven directed by Peter Monsaert
- The Fury of a Patient Man directed by Raúl Arévalo
- Godless directed by Ralitza Petrova
- The Giant directed by Johannes Nyholm
- Guilty Men directed by Iván D. Gaona
- The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki directed by Juho Kuosmanen
- Heartstone directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
- Hello Destroyer directed by Kevan Funk
- Hunting Flies directed by Izer Aliu
- In the Blood directed by Rasmus Heisterberg
- In the Radiant City directed by Rachel Lambert
- Jean of the Joneses directed by Stella Meghie
- Jeffrey directed by Yanillys Perez
- Jesús directed by Fernando Guzzoni
- Joe Cinque’s Consolation directed by Sotiris Dounoukos
- Kati Kati directed by Mbithi Masya
- Katie Says Goodbye directed by Wayne Roberts
- The Levelling directed by Hope Dickson Leach
- Little Wing directed by Selma Vilhunen
- Mad World directed by Wong Chun
- Marija directed by Michael Koch
- A Wedding directed by Stephan Streker
- Old Stone directed by Johnny Ma
- Park directed by Sofia Exarchou
- Prank directed by Vincent Biron
- The Red Turtle directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit
- Sami Blood directed by Amanda Kernell
- Sand Storm directed by Elite Zexer
- Werewolf directed by Ashley McKenzie
- Wùlu directed by Daouda Coulibaly
Platform
- Daguerrotype directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Goldstone directed by Ivan Sen
- Heal the Living directed by Katell Quillévéré
- Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait directed by Khyentse Norbu
- Home directed by Fien Troch
- Jackie directed by Pablo Larraín
- Lady Macbeth directed by William Oldroyd
- Layla M. directed by Mijke de Jong
- Searchers directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Natar Ungalaaq
- Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
- Nocturama directed by Bertrand Bonello
- Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie
Short Cuts
- 3-Way (Not Calling) directed by Molly McGlynn
- 5 Films About Technology directed by Peter Huang
- All Rivers Run to the Sea (Toate fluviile curg în mare) directed by Alexandru Badea
- And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye (Y Todo el Cielo Cupo en el Ojo de la Vaca Muerta) directed by Francisca Alegría
- Andy Goes In directed by Josh Polon
- Anna directed by Or Sinai
- Ape Sodom directed by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
- Bargain (Moam-gab) directed by Lee Chung-hyun
- Battalion to My Beat directed by Eimi Imanishi
- Because the World Never Stops directed by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson
- BLACK HEAD COW (Engiteng’ Narok Lukunya) directed by Elizabeth Nichols
- Blind Vaysha directed by Theodore Ushev
- A Brief History of Princess X directed by Gabriel Abrantes
- Cleo directed by Sanja Zivkovic
- Cul-De-Sac directed by Damon Russell
- CYCLES directed by Joe Cobden
- Dadyaa directed by Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Basnet
- DataMine directed by Timothy Barron Tracey
- Decorado directed by Alberto Vázquez
- Emma directed by Martin Edralin
- Fluffy (Flafi) directed by Lee Filipovski
- Four Faces of the Moon directed by Amanda Strong
- A Funeral for Lightning directed by Emily Kai Bock
- Gods Acre directed by Kelton Stepanowich
- Green (Verde) directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Half A Man (Po covika) directed by Kristina Kumric
- HAND.LINE.COD directed by Justin Simms
- The Hedonists directed by Jia Zhang-ke
- Imago directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
- Imitations directed by Fabian Velasco and Milos Mitrovic
- Import directed by Ena Sendijarevic
- In the Hills directed by Hamid Ahmadi
- Inner Workings directed by Leo Matsuda
- The Last Leatherman of the Vale of Cashmere directed by Greg Loser
- Late Night Drama directed by Patrice Laliberté
- Mariner directed by Thyrone Tommy
- Mr. Sugar Daddy directed by Dawid Ullgren
- Mutants directed by Alexandre Dostie
- A New Home directed by Žiga Virc
- Next directed by Elena Brodach
- Night Dancing directed by Barney Cokeliss
- Nothing about Moccasins directed by Eden Mallina Awashish
- Nutag – Homeland directed by Alisi Telengut
- Oh What a Wonderful Feeling directed by François Jaros
- On the Origin of Fear directed by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon
- Paraya directed by Sheetal Magan and Martín Morgenfeld
- The Pine Tree Villa (Eine Villa mit Pinien) directed by Jan Koester
- Plain and Simple directed by Raphaël Ouellet
- Red Apples directed by George Sikharulidze
- Red of the Yew Tree directed by Marie-Hélène Turcotte
- The Road to Webequie directed by Ryan Noth and Tess Girard
- Romantik directed by Mateusz Rakowicz
- Samedi Cinema directed by Mamadou Dia
- Sandy Beach directed by Thanos Papastergiou
- Second to None directed by Vincent Gallagher
- Semiliberi directed by Matteo Gentiloni
- Sevince (When you love) directed by Süheyla Schwenk
- Shahzad directed by Haya Waseem
- Small Fry directed by Eva Michon
- SNIP directed by Terril Calder
- The Smoke directed by Rebecca Addelman
- Standby directed by Charlotte Regan
- SUBMARINE directed by Mounia Akl
- Summer Camp Island directed by Julia Pott
- The Taste of Vietnam directed by Pier-Luc Latulippe
- TMG_103 (rough cut) directed by Walter Woodman
- Transition (Tranzicija) directed by Milica Tomovic
- Trespass directed by Mirrah Foulkes
- Tshiuetin directed by Caroline Monnet
- Twisted directed by Jay Cheel
- Whispering Breeze directed by Jonathan Tremblay
- The White Helmets directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
- Wild Skin directed by Ariane Louis-Seize
- Your Mother and I directed by Anna Maguire
Festival Street
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes
- Labyrinth directed by Jim Henson
- The Man Trap directed by Marc Daniels
Primetime
- Black Mirror directed by Charlie Brooker
- Nirvanna the Band the Show directed by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol
- Transparent directed by Jill Soloway
- Tuko Macho directed by The Nest Collective and Jim Chuchu
- Wasteland directed by Štepán Hulík
- __Public Programme
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes
Cinematheque
- The Battle of Algiers directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
- A Cool Sound from Hell directed by Sidney J. Furie
- Daughters of the Dust directed by Julie Dash
- General Report on Certain Matters of Interest For a Public Screening directed by Pere Portabella
- The Horse Thief directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Lumière! directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière and Thierry Frémaux
- One Sings, the Other Doesn’t directed by Agnès Varda
- One-Eyed Jacks directed by Marlon Brando
- Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
- Something Wild directed by Jonathan Demme
City to City: Lagos
- ’76 directed by Izu Ojukwu
- 93 Days directed by Steve Gukas
- The Arbitration directed by Niyi Akinmolayan
- Green White Green directed by Abba Makama
- Just Not Married directed by Uduak-Obong Patrick
- Okafor’s Law directed by Omoni Oboli
- Taxi Driver directed by Daniel Emeke Oriahi
- The Wedding Party directed by Kemi Adetiba
Wavelengths
- 025 Sunset Red directed by Laida Lertxundi
- 350 MYA directed by Terra Long
- As Without So Within directed by Manuela de Laborde
- Austerlitz directed by Sergei Loznitsa
- An Aviation Field directed by Joana Pimenta
- Ayhan and Me directed by Belit Sag
- Burning Mountains that Spew Flame directed by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado
- By the Time it Gets Dark directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong
- Children of Lir directed by Katherin McInnis
- Cilaos directed by Camilo Restrepo
- Dark Adaptation directed by Chris Gehman
- The Death of Louis XIV directed by Albert Serra
- The Dreamed Ones directed by Ruth Beckermann
- The Dreamed Path directed by Angela Schanelec
- Ears, Nose and Throat directed by Kevin Jerome Everson
- Flowers of the Sky directed by Janie Geiser
- Foyer directed by Ismaïl Bahri
- General Report II: The New Abduction of Europe directed by Pere Portabella
- Hermia & Helena directed by Matías Piñeiro
- The Human Surge directed by Eduardo Williams
- Há Terra! directed by Ana Vaz
- I Had to Nowhere to Go directed by Douglas Gordon
- I’ll Remember You As You Were, Not As What You’ll Become directed by Sky Hopinka
- Incantati directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
- Indefinite Pitch directed by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
- Kékszakállú directed by Gastón Solnicki
- Luna e Santur directed by Joshua Gen Solondz
- Mimosas directed by Oliver Laxe
- Nightlife directed by Cyprien Gaillard
- The Ornithologist directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
- Rudzienko directed by Sharon Lockhart
- Singularity directed by Albert Serra
- Strange Vision of Seeing Things directed by Ryan Ferko
- Ta’ang directed by Wang Bing
- Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon directed by Tomonari Nishikawa
- Untitled directed by Björn Kämmerer
- Untitled, 1925 directed by Madi Piller
- Venus Delta directed by Antoinette Zwirchmayr
- The Watershow Extravaganza directed by Sophie Michael
- What’s New directed by Nina Könnemann
- The Woman Who Left directed by Lav Diaz