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Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...

ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's '' The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'', a film that "explores the history of the through the eyes of a father and daughter." In a press release dated June 27, 2006, twenty-six international film selections were announced which previously premiered at major film festivals worldwide. Of the films announced, twenty-five of them will receive their North American premiere. Among the many anticipated films were ''

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'' by Alejandro González Iñárritu, '' Volver'' by

Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...

, '' Election 2'' (a.k.a. '' Triad Election'') by

Johnnie To Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in ...

, '' The Fountain'' by

Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are noted for their surrealistic, melodramatic, and sometimes disturbing elements, often in the form of psychological fiction. Arono ...

and '' The Host'' by

Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black h ...

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'' took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly coveted "People's Choice Award", a distinction which puts them in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life Is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda. Last year's winner of the "People's Choice" Award, Tsotsi, won an Oscar for best foreign-language film. ''

'' marks the feature directorial debut for

Alejandro Monteverde Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Ru ...

, who also co-wrote its original screenplay with Patrick Million. ''

'' features Manuel Perez, Angélica Aragón, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. ''

'' was produced by Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino,

and Denise Pinckley and executive produced by J. Eustace Wolfington, Ana Wolfington and Stephen McEveety. The film was financed by producers Sean Wolfingtonand Eustace Wolfington. McEveety (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, Passion of the Christ) consulted on the script and signed on as an Executive Producer to help market the movie. ''

'' is McEveety's first release under his nascent Mpower Films moniker and marks his first feature since ankling

Mel Gibson Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apoca ...

's Icon productions.

Awards

Awards presented during the film festival included: * The People's Choice Award, presented to

Alejandro Gomez Monteverde Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander (Irish), Alessandro (Italian), Aleksandr (Rus ...

's ''

''. * The Diesel Discovery Award, presented to

Joachim Trier Joachim Trier () (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015), '' Thelma'' (2017), and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). For the latter film, h ...

's '' Reprise''. * The Fipresci Prize, presented to Gabriel Range's '' Death of a President''. * The Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature, presented to

Noël Mitrani Noël Mitrani (born 11 November 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-born French film director, producer and screenwriter.On the Trail of Igor Rizzi ''On the Trail of Igor Rizzi'' (french: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. The film's production companies are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The distributor is also ...

(Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi)''. * The Toronto – City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented to Jennifer Baichwal's documentary ''

Manufactured Landscapes ''Manufactured Landscapes'' is a 2006 feature-length documentary film about the industrial landscape photography of Edward Burtynsky. It was directed by Jennifer Baichwal and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films. It was the first of three documenta ...

''. * The Short Cuts Canada Award, presented to

Maxime Giroux Maxime Giroux (born 16 April 1976) is a film director from Quebec, Canada. Giroux was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos. In 2006, his film '' The Days (Les Jours)'' won the prize for be ...

for his short film ''Les Jours''. * The Swarovski Cultural Innovation Award, presented to Özer Kýzýltan's TAKVA - ''A Man's Fear of God''.

Gala Presentations

* '' After the Wedding'' (Denmark/Sweden) Susanne Bier * '' All the King's Men'' (USA) Steven Zaillian * '' Amazing Grace'' (UK/USA)

Michael Apted Michael David Apted, (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was a British television and film director and producer. Apted began working in television and directed the '' Up'' documentary series (1964–2019). He later directed '' Coal Miner's ...

* ''

Away from Her ''Away from Her'' is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, and Kristen Thomson are featured ...

'' (Canada) Sarah Polley * ''

'' (USA) Alejandro González Iñárritu * '' The Banquet'' (China) Feng Xiaogang * '' Black Book'' (Netherlands)

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, producer and screenwriter, active in the Netherlands, France and the United States. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his dram ...

* '' Bobby'' (USA) Emilio Estevez * '' Bonneville'' (USA) Christopher N. Rowley * '' Breaking and Entering'' (USA) Anthony Minghella * '' Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing'' (USA) Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck * '' For Your Consideration'' (USA)

Christopher Guest Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948) is an American-British screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian. Guest is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed, and starred in h ...

* '' A Good Year'' (UK)

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades th ...

* '' Infamous'' (USA) Douglas McGrath * '' The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'' (Canada/Denmark) Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn * '' Mon Meilleur Ami'' (France)

Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter. Life and career Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Ins ...

* '' Never Say Goodbye'' (India)

Karan Johar Karan Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar; 25 May 1972), often informally referred to as KJo in the Hindi Film Industry, is an Indian filmmaker and television personality, who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He has launched the careers of several su ...

* '' Penelope'' (USA/UK/Germany) Mark Palansky * '' Volver'' (Spain)

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The White Planet ''The White Planet'' or in French, ''La Planète Blanche'', is a 2006 documentary about the wildlife of the Arctic. It shows interactions between marine animals, birds and land animals, especially the polar bear The polar bear (''Ursus ma ...

'' (Canada/France) Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert, Jean Lemire

Special Presentations

* '' 10 Items or Less'' (USA) Brad Silberling * ''

Alatriste ''Alatriste'' is a 2006 Spanish epic historical fiction war film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes, based on the main character of a series of novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, '' The Adventures of Captain Alatriste'' (). The film, which ...

'' (Spain)

Agustín Díaz Yanes Agustín Díaz Yanes (born 1950, in Madrid) is a Spanish Goya Award-winning screenwriter and film director. Filmography Screenwriter * ''Al límite'' (1997) * '' Belmonte'' (1995) * '' Demasiado corazón'' (1992) * '' A solas contigo'' (1990 ...

* ''

Begone Dull Care ''Begone Dull Care'' is a 1949 visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Summary Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart painted and scratched directly onto film stock to create a visual representation ...

'' (Canada)

Norman McLaren William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).Rosenthal, Alan. ''The new documentary in action: a caseb ...

, Evelyn Lambart * ''

Bernard and Doris ''Bernard and Doris'' is a 2006 film directed by Bob Balaban. The teleplay by Hugh Costello is a semi- fictionalized account of the relationship that developed between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke and her self-destructive Iri ...

'' (USA) Bob Balaban * '' Blinkity Blank'' (Canada)

* '' Brand Upon the Brain!'' (Canada/USA)

Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film i ...

* '' The Bubble'' (Israel) Eytan Fox * '' Catch a Fire'' (United Kingdom/South Africa/USA) Phillip Noyce * '' A Chairy Tale'' (Canada)

Claude Jutra Claude Jutra (; March 11, 1930 – November 5, 1986) was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter.

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Congorama '' Congorama '' is a French-Belgian-Canadian film directed by Philippe Falardeau, released in 2006. Plot Michel is a Belgians, Belgian inventor. He cares for his father, a paralysed writer, is married to a Congolese woman and is the father of an ...

'' (Canada)

Philippe Falardeau Philippe Falardeau (born February 1, 1968 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Early life Falardeau was born and raised in Hull, Quebec. He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travelling ...

* '' Das Leben der Anderen'' (Germany) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck * '' The Dog Problem'' (USA) Scott Caan * '' El Cantante'' (USA) Leon Ichaso * '' Exiled'' (Hong Kong)

* '' The Fall'' (India/UK/USA) Tarsem Singh * '' Fay Grim'' (USA/Germany) Hal Hartley * '' The Fountain'' (USA)

* '' Golden Door'' (Italy/France) Emanuele Crialese * '' Hana'' (Japan)

Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' ( ...

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Hen Hop ''Hen Hop'' is a 1942 drawn-on-film animation short by Norman McLaren, in which a hen gradually breaks apart into an abstract movement of lines as it dances to a barn dance. One of a number of drawn-on-film animated works created by McLaren, ''Hen ...

'' (Canada)

* '' L'Homme De Sa Vie'' (France/Italy) Zabou Breitman * '' Horizontal Lines'' (Canada)

, Evelyn Lambart * '' Jindabyne'' (Australia) Ray Lawrence * ''

Kabul Express ''Kabul Express'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language adventure film written and directed by documentary film maker Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films was released on 15 December 2006. The film stars John Abraham, Arshad ...

'' (India) Kabir Khan * ''

The Last King of Scotland ''The Last King of Scotland'' is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction an ...

'' (UK) Kevin Macdonald * '' The Last Kiss'' (USA) Tony Goldwyn * '' Little Children'' (USA)

Todd Field William Todd Field (born February 24, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for directing three feature films: ''In the Bedroom'' (2001), '' Little Children'' (2006), and ''Tár'' (2022). He has received three Academy Award nomi ...

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Love and Other Disasters ''Love and Other Disasters'' is a 2006 romantic comedy film written and directed by Alek Keshishian. It had its world premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, the film had its UK premiere in London as the gala screen ...

'' (France/UK)

Alek Keshishian Alek Keshishian ( hy, Ալեք Գևորգի Քեշիշեան, born 30 July 1964) is an Armenian-born American film and commercial director, writer, producer and music video director. His 1991 documentary, '' Madonna: Truth or Dare'' was the high ...

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The Magic Flute ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a '' Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that in ...

'' (UK) Kenneth Branagh * ''

'' (Canada)

Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. Biography Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.

* '' Le Merle'' (Canada)

* '' Mon Colonel'' (France/Algeria/Belgium) Laurent Herbiet * '' The Namesake'' (USA)

Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spher ...

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Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' (Canada)

* '' Nue Propriete'' (Belgium/France) Joachim Lafosse * '' Opening Speech'' (Canada)

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Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' ( es, El laberinto del fauno, lit=The Labyrinth of the Faun, links=no) is a 2006 dark fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. A Spanish-Mexican(78% Spanish production, 22% Mexican productio ...

'' (Spain)

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and '' The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for ...

* '' Paris, Je T'aime'' Bruno Podalydes, Gurinder Chadha,

Gus Van Sant Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, producer, photographer, and musician. He has earned acclaim as both an independent and mainstream filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultu ...

, Joel Coen,

Ethan Coen Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002''. Minnesota Department of Health. collectively known as the Coen brothers (), are American film ...

Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Early life Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of Braz ...

, Daniela Thomas,

Christopher Doyle Christopher Doyle, also known as Dù Kěfēng (Mandarin) or Dou Ho-Fung (Cantonese) () (born 2 May 1952) is an Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer. He has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations ...

Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Castillo (; born 9 April 1960 ) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in additio ...

Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University. Biography Having graduated from Hiroshima ...

, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuaron,

Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with th ...

Oliver Schmitz Oliver Schmitz (born 1960) is a South African film director and screenwriter. His film ''Mapantsula'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film '' Life, Above All'' was also screened in the ...

, Richard LaGravenese,

Vincenzo Natali Vincenzo Natali (born 1969) is an American-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, known for writing and directing science fiction and horror films such as '' Cube'', ''Cypher'', '' Nothing'', and '' Splice''. Early life and education Nat ...

Wes Craven Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor. Craven has commonly been recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre due to the cultural imp ...

Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer (; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films '' Run Lola Run'' (1998), ''Heaven'' (2002), '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' ...

, Frederic Auburtin, Gerard Depardieu,

Alexander Payne Constantine Alexander Payne (; born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996), ''Election'' (1999), '' About Schmidt'' (2002), '' Sideways'' (2004), '' The D ...

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'' (USA) Michael Ian Black * '' The Postmodern Life of My Aunt'' (China)

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

* '' Quelques Jours en Septembre'' (France) Santiago Amigorena * ''

Seraphim Falls ''Seraphim Falls'' is a 2006 American revisionist Western film directed by television producer and director David Von Ancken in his only feature film. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Von Ancken and Abby Everett Jaques. ...

'' (USA)

David Von Ancken David Henry Von Ancken (December 5, 1964 – July 26, 2021) was an American film, television director and screenwriter. Career He directed one feature film, the 2006 Western (genre), Western ''Seraphim Falls'' starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Br ...

* '' Snow Cake'' (Canada/UK) Marc Evans * '' Stars and Stripes'' (Canada)

* '' Stranger Than Fiction'' (USA)

Marc Forster Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films ''Monster's Ball'', '' Finding Neverland'', '' Stranger than Fiction'', ''The Kite Runner'', ''Quantum of Solace'', ''World War Z'', and ' ...

* '' Synchromy'' (Canada)

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This Is England ''This Is England'' is a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which has its roots in 1960s West Indies culture, especi ...

'' (UK) Shane Meadows * ''

A Crime ''A Crime'' (French title: ''Un crime'') is a 2006 thriller film directed by Manuel Pradal, written by Pradal and Tonino Benacquista, and starring Emmanuelle Béart. The film unfolds the story of Vincent (Norman Reedus) who looks for his wife ...

'' (France)

Manuel Pradal Manuel Pradal (22 March 1964 – 13 May 2017) was a French film director and screenwriter. He wrote the scenarios for all the films he directed. Pradal died on 13 May 2017 in Paris after a long illness, aged 53. Awards and nominations His 19 ...

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'' (UK)

Roger Michell Roger Michell (5 June 1956 – 22 September 2021) was a South African-born British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as '' Notting Hill'' and ''Venus'', as well as the 1995 made-for-television f ...

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Ari Sandel Ari Devon Sandel (born September 5, 1974) is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the short film ''West Bank Story'' (2005), which won the 2006 Academy Award in the category Best Live Action Short Film. Life and career Sandel was bor ...

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Woman on the Beach ''Woman on the Beach'' is the seventh feature film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and was released in 2006. Plot Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from their homes in Seoul to ...

'' (South Korea)

Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo (홍상수, born 25 October 1960) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Early life Hong's parents owned the film production company Cinetel Soul. Hong took the entrance exam and entered the theater department at Chun ...

Masters

* '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' (France/Ireland/UK/Italy/Spain/Germany) Ken Loach * ''

The Caiman ''The Caiman'' ( it, Il caimano, referring to the caiman) is a 2006 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Nanni Moretti and starring Silvio Orlando and Margherita Buy. Focusing on Silvio Berlusconi's vicissitudes, it was released just before t ...

'' (Italy) Nanni Moretti * ''

Lights In The Dusk ''Lights in the Dusk'' ( fi, Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best know ...

'' (Finland/Germany/France)

Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (20 ...

* '' The Optimists'' (Serbia)

Real to Reel

* '' Blindsight'' (United Kingdom) Lucy Walker * ''

These Girls ''These Girls'' is a 2005 film directed by John Hazlett and starring David Boreanaz, Caroline Dhavernas, Holly Lewis, Amanda Walsh, Colin C. Berry and Donnell Makenzie. Based upon the play of the same name by Vivienne Laxdal, its plot concer ...

'' (Egypt)

Tahani Rached Tahani Rached is a Canadian- Egyptian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work '' Four Women of Egypt''. She has directed more than 20 documentary films in her career. Life and career Tahani Rached was born on May 16, 1947 in Cai ...

* '' Remembering Arthur'' (Canada)

Martin Lavut Martin Lavut (December 18, 1934 – January 26, 2016) was a Canadian filmmaker born in Montreal, Quebec. He wrote and directed numerous theatrical and television dramas, and documentary films. Among his dramas are the films '' Certain Practices'', ' ...

* ''Shame'' (Pakistan/USA) Mohammed Naqvi

Discovery

* '' Bliss'' (China) Sheng Zhimin * '' Reprise'' (Norway)

* '' Vanaja'' (India/USA)

Rajnesh Domalpalli ''Vanaja'' is a 2006 Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Rajnesh Domalpalli on a story that constituted his Master of Fine Arts thesis at Columbia University. The film was made on a shoestring budget using a cast of non-profess ...

* '' Out of the Blue'' (New Zealand) Robert Sarkies * '' Sharkwater'' (Canada) Rob Stewart

Visions

* '' Flandres'' (France)

Bruno Dumont Bruno Dumont (; born 14 March 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter. To date, he has directed ten feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Canne ...

* '' Big Bang Love, Juvenile A'' (Japan)

Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent a ...

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Ten Canoes ''Ten Canoes'' is a 2006 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starring Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling a ...

'' (Australia)

Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old.

* '' Taxidermia'' (Hungary/Austria/France) György Pálfi * ''

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...

'' (France/Mali/USA) Abderrahmane Sissako * ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and event (philosophy), events that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various me ...

'' (South Korea) Kim Ki-duk

Contemporary World Cinema

* '' The Last Winter'' (USA/Iceland) Larry Fessenden * ''

Red Road Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a second ...

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Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include '' Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and '' American Honey'' (2016), ...

* '' 12:08 East of Bucharest'' (Romania)

Corneliu Porumboiu Corneliu Porumboiu (; born 14 September 1975) is a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Life and education Corneliu Porumboiu was born in Vaslui, Vaslui County, Romania. He is the son of a former Romanian language teacher ...

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Invisible Waves ''Invisible Waves'' ( th, คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร) is a 2006 crime film by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, with screenplay by Prabda Yoon, cinematography by Christopher Doyle, and starring Tadanobu Asano � ...

'' (Thailand/Netherlands/Hong Kong) Pen-Ek Ratanaruang * ''

To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die ''To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'' (russian: Чтобы Добраться до Небес Сначала, Вы должны Умереть; tg, Биҳишт фақат барои мурдагон, Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon; fa, به ...

'' (France/Germany/Switzerland/Tajikistan) Djamshed Usmonov * '' White Palms'' (Hungary)

Szabolcs Hajdu Szabolcs Hajdu (born 26 January 1972) is a Hungarian actor and film director. He directed more than ten films since 1991. Selected filmography References External links

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* '' Summer Palace'' (China/France) Lou Ye * '' Summer '04'' (Germany) Stefan Krohmer * '' The Bothersome Man'' (Norway) Jens Lien * ''

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'' (Poland) Slawomir Fabicki * '' Cronica De Una Fuga'' (Argentina) Israel Adrián Caetano * ''

Slumming Slum tourism, poverty tourism, ghetto tourism or trauma tourism is a type of city tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas. Originally focused on the slums and ghettos of London and Manhattan in the 19th century, slum tourism is now pr ...

'' (Austria/Switzerland)

Michael Glawogger Michael Glawogger (3 December 1959 – 23 April 2014) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. From 1981 to 1982, Glawogger studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, and from 1983 to 1989 at the Vienna Film Academy. Li ...

* '' Shortbus'' (U.S.A.) John Cameron Mitchell * ''

Copying Beethoven ''Copying Beethoven'' is a 2006 American dramatic film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Agnieszka Holland which gives a fictionalized take on the triumphs and heartaches of Ludwig van Beethoven's last years. Plot It is 1824 as Be ...

'' (UK/Hungary) Agnieszka Holland * ''

'' (U.S.A.)

Midnight Madness

* '' Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'' (USA)

Larry Charles Larry Charles (born ) is an American comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, and producer. He was a staff writer for the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' for its first five seasons. He has also directed the documentary film ''Religulous'' and the mockument ...

* ''

Black Sheep In the English language, black sheep is an idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in. The term stems from sheep whose fleece is colored black rather than the more comm ...

'' (New Zealand) Jonathan King * ''

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' is a 2006 American slasher film directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Amber Heard, Michael Welch, Whitney Able, and Anson Mount. The plot centers on a group of popular high schoolers who invite an attractiv ...

'' (USA) Jonathan Levine * ''

Trapped Ashes ''Trapped Ashes'' is a 2006 American horror anthology film with segments directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell, and John Gaeta. It stars Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, and Lara Harris. Plot "Wraparound" ( Joe Dant ...

'' (USA/Japan/Canada) Cunningham/Dante/Gaeta/Hellman/Russell * '' The Abandoned'' (Spain)

Nacho Cerdà Nacho Cerdà (born 1968/1969) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter best known for his controversial 1994 short film ''Aftermath''. Biography Career Shorts ''Aftermath'' is the second in a trilogy of short films known as ''La Trilogia ...

* '' The Host'' (South Korea)

* '' Severance'' (UK) Christopher Smith * '' Princess'' (Denmark)

Anders Morgenthaler Anders Morgenthaler (born 5 December 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, animator and film director. Biography Morgenthaler is a graduate of Designskolen Kolding and the National Film School of Denmark. Having worked as a TV ...

* '' S&Man'' (USA) JT Petty * '' Sheitan'' (France)

Kim Chapiron Kim Chapiron (born 4 July 1980) is a French film director, screenwriter, and musician of Vietnamese descent. Biography Of Vietnamese origin by his mother, Chapiron is the son of graphic designer Christian Chapiron, better known as ''Kiki Picasso ...

Vanguard

* ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'' (Australia) Geoffrey Wright * '' Chacun Sa Nuit'' (France) Pascal Arnold/ Jean-Marc Barr * '' Jade Warrior'' (Finland/China/Estonia) Antti-Jussi Annila * '' Bunny Chow'' (South Africa) John Barker * '' Shortbus'' (USA) John Cameron Mitchell * ''

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ide ...

'' (France/UK/Luxembourg) Christian Volckman * ''

Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operat ...

'' (Hong Kong)

* '' Election 2'' (Hong Kong)

* '' Drama/Mex'' (Mexico) Gerardo Naranjo * '' 2:37'' (Australia) Murali K. Thalluri * ''

Suburban Mayhem ''Suburban Mayhem'' is a 2006 Australian film directed by Paul Goldman, written by Alice Bell, and produced by Leah Churchill-Brown, with Jan Chapman as executive producer. It features an ensemble cast including Emily Barclay, Michael Dorman, An ...

'' (Australia) Paul Goldman * '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'' (USA) Bobcat Goldthwait

Canada First!

* '' Acts of Imagination'', Carolyn Combs * '' Cheech'', Patrice Sauvé * '' La Coupure'', Jean Châteauvert * '' End of the Line'', Maurice Devereaux * '' Everything's Gone Green'', Paul Fox * '' Fido'', Andrew Currie * '' Mercy'', Mazdak Taebi * ''

On the Trail of Igor Rizzi ''On the Trail of Igor Rizzi'' (french: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. The film's production companies are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The distributor is also ...

(Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi)'',

Noël Mitrani Noël Mitrani (born 11 November 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-born French film director, producer and screenwriter.A Stone's Throw'', Camelia Frieberg

Short Cuts

* ''À l’ombre'',

Simon Lavoie Simon Lavoie (born May 15, 1979) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.

* ''L’Air de rien'', Frédérick Pelletier * ''Aruba'',

Hubert Davis Hubert Ira Davis Jr. (born May 17, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's team. Before his coaching career, Davis played for North Carolina from 19 ...

* ''The Broken Hearted'', Antoinette Karuna * ''By the Hour'', Bill Marchant * ''Christ in Wood'', Alexander Winfield * ''Cloudbreaker'',

Adam Garnet Jones Adam Garnet Jones is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter."Young, native and gay, filmmaker champions inclusion for all". ''Edmonton Journal'', March 24, 2007. Personal life Of Cree and Métis ancestry, Jones grew up in Alberta and British Col ...

* ''Couldn't Be Happier'', Jackie May * ''

The Days ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

(Les Jours)'',

* '' The Dead Water (Les Eaux mortes)'', Guy Édoin * ''The Double Woman'', Carla B. Guttmann * ''Down Payment on a Dead Horse'', Jason Britski * ''The Ecstasy Note'', Geoffrey Uloth * ''Elizabeth'', Deco Dawson * ''The Eyes of Edward James'', Rodrigo Gudiño * ''If I See Randy Again Do You Want Me to Hit Him with the Axe?'', Vivieno Caldinelli * ''Intolerable'', Alison Maclean * ''The Last Bang'', Emmanuel Shirinian * ''A Life of Errors'', Nicholas Pye and Sheila Pye * ''Love Seat'',

Kris Elgstrand Kris Elgstrand is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.Marsha Lederman, "Suburban life inspires filmmaker's taste for the strange". '' The Globe and Mail'', September 25, 2014. He is most noted for his 2014 film '' Songs She Wrote About People ...

* ''The Man Who Waited (L’Homme qui attendait)'',

Theodore Ushev Theodore Asenov Ushev ( bg, Теодор Асенов Ушев; born 4 February 1968) is a Bulgarian animator, film director and screenwriter based in Montreal. He is best known for his work at the National Film Board of Canada, including the ...

* ''Ninth Street Chronicles'', Megan Martin * '' Nude Caboose'',

* ''Où est Maurice?'', Alek Rzeszowski and

Matthew Rankin Matthew Rankin is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his 2014 film '' Mynarski Death Plummet'', which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a s ...

* ''Patterns 2'',

Jamie Travis Jamie Travis (born August 13, 1979) is a Toronto-based filmmaker who has written and directed award-winning short films, music videos and television commercials. He received international recognition for his two short film trilogies, ''The Patter ...

* ''Patterns 3'',

* ''Plume'', Chelsea McMullan * ''Pretty Broken'', Cline Mayo * ''The Runner'', Robert Delaskie * '' The Saddest Boy in the World'',

* ''Saskatchewan Part 3'', Brian Stockton * ''

Screening Screening may refer to: * Screening cultures, a type a medical test that is done to find an infection * Screening (economics), a strategy of combating adverse selection (includes sorting resumes to select employees) * Screening (environmental), ...

'', Anthony Green * ''Starlight Tour'', Evan Crowe * ''Supposed To'', Aleesa Cohene * ''Suspect'', Patricia Rozema * ''Tell Me Everything'', Brian D. Johnson * ''La Tête haute'', Ivan Grbovic * '' The Tragic Story of Nling'',

Jeffrey St. Jules Jeffrey St. Jules is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2015 for his debut feature film '' Bang Bang Baby''. The film also won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2014 Toronto Internatio ...

* ''True Love'', Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany * ''The Wait'', Ann Verrall

Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released in December 2006."'Away From Her' makes list of Top 10 Canadian films of 2006". '' Times & Transcript'', December 15, 2006. *''

'' — Sarah Polley *''

'' —

*'' The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'' — Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn *''

'' —

Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. Biography Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.

*''

Monkey Warfare ''Monkey Warfare'' is a 2006 Canadian drama film written and directed by Reginald Harkema, starring Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, and Nadia Litz. The film received multiple awards at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2006, and received an ho ...

'' — Reginald Harkema *''

(Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi)'' —

Noël Mitrani Noël Mitrani (born 11 November 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-born French film director, producer and screenwriter.Radiant City'' — Gary Burns,

Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former American football player, sports analyst and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. Considered to be one ...

*'' Sharkwater'' — Rob Stewart *''

A Sunday in Kigali ''A Sunday in Kigali'' (original French title: ''Un dimanche à Kigali'') is a 2006 Canadian feature film set during the Rwandan genocide. It is directed by Robert Favreau based on the novel '' A Sunday at the pool in Kigali'' by Gil Courtemanch ...

(Un dimanche à Kigali)'' —

Robert Favreau Robert Favreau (born July 9, 1948) is a Canadian film director and film editor. His film ''Les muses orphelines'' earned him Genie Award and Jutra Award nominations for Best Director. His follow-up feature, '' Un dimanche à Kigali'' earned hi ...

*'' Trailer Park Boys: The Movie'' — Mike Clattenburg

References

External links

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