The 37th annual

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 ...

(TIFF) was held in

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, Canada between September 6 and September 16, 2012. TIFF announced the films that were accepted on August 21, 2012. On its 37th edition the TIFF included a 289 feature films and 83 short films. Directed by

Rian Johnson Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film '' Brick'' (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Transitio ...

, ''

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'' was selected as the opening film.

Awards

On 17 September 2012, it was announced that

David O. Russell David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American filmmaker. His early directing career includes the comedy films ''Spanking the Monkey'' (1994), '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996), ''Three Kings'' (1999), and ''I Heart Huckabees'' (200 ...

's comedy film, ''

Silver Linings Playbook ''Silver Linings Playbook'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. The film was based on Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel '' The Silver Linings Playbook''. It stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Law ...

'', had been awarded the People's Choice Award. The film, in which

Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...

and Jennifer Lawrence appear as "neurotic lovers obsessed with their exes", is based on a novel by

Matthew Quick Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His debut novel, ''The Silver Linings Playbook'', became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley C ...

. The festival director, Piers Handling, stated that the film is "a deeply emotional story."

Ben Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS education ...

's '' Argo'' was the runner-up for the prize. Jared Leto's '' Artifact'' was given the People's Choice Award for best documentary, while Martin McDonagh's ''

Seven Psychopaths ''Seven Psychopaths'' is a 2012 satirical black comedy crime drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring an ensemble cast featuring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, and Christopher Walken, wit ...

'' won the Midnight Madness audience award.

Programmes

Gala Presentations

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*'' The Company You Keep'' by Robert Redford *''

Dangerous Liaisons ''Dangerous Liaisons'' is a 1988 American period romantic drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on his 1985 play '' Les liaisons dangereuses'', itself adapted from the 1782 French novel of the s ...

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Hur Jin-ho Heo Jin-ho (; born August 8, 1963) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Heo Jin-ho graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in philosophy and went on to study filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. His first st ...

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Peter Webber Peter Webber (born 1968) is a British film and television director and producer whose debut feature film as a director was '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'' (2003). He subsequently directed ''Hannibal Rising'' (2007). Early life Webber took a one ...

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English Vinglish ''English Vinglish'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Gauri Shinde. The film stars Sridevi as Shashi Godbole, a small entrepreneur who makes snacks. Shashi enrolls in an English-speaking course to sto ...

'' by Gauri Shinde *''Free Angela & All Political Prisoners'' by Shola Lynch *'' Great Expectations'' by Mike Newell *'' Hyde Park on Hudson'' by Roger Michell *'' Inescapable'' by

Ruba Nadda Ruba Nadda (born 6 December 1972) is a Canadian film director. She made several award-winning short films, including ''Lost Woman Story'', ''Interstate Love Story'', ''So Far Gone'' and ''Damascus Nights'' before writing and directing features '' ...

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Jayne Mansfield's Car ''Jayne Mansfield's Car'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Billy Bob Thornton, marking his first fiction directing job since 2000's '' All the Pretty Horses''. Thornton also stars alongside Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Fran ...

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Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ''One False Move'', and received international attention after writing, directing, a ...

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Love, Marilyn ''Love, Marilyn'' is a 2012 American documentary film about Marilyn Monroe's writings directed by Liz Garbus and produced by Stanley F. Buchthal, Garbus, and Amy Hobby. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12 ...

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Liz Garbus Elizabeth Freya Garbus (born April 11, 1970) is an American documentary film director and producer. Notable documentaries Garbus has made are '' The Farm: Angola, USA,'' ''Ghosts of Abu Ghraib,'' ''Bobby Fischer Against the World,'' ''Love, Maril ...

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Midnight's Children ''Midnight's Children'' is a 1981 novel by Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie, published by Jonathan Cape with cover design by Bill Botten, about India's transition from British colonial rule to independence and partition. It is a postc ...

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' is a "metafictional"Madiou, Mohamed Salah Eddine. “Mohsin Hamid Engages the World in The Reluctant Fundamentalist: ‘An Island on an Island,’ Worlds in Miniature and ‘Fiction’ in the Making.” Arab Stu ...

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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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A Royal Affair ''A Royal Affair'' ( da, En kongelig affære) is a 2012 drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander and Mikkel Følsgaard. The story is set in the 18th century, at the court of the mentally ill King Christian VI ...

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Nikolaj Arcel Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film '' A Royal Affair'' which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film a ...

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Song for Marion ''Song for Marion'' is a 2012 British-German comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams and starring Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston and Vanessa Redgrave. The film was released as ''Unfinished Song'' in th ...

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Paul Andrew Williams Paul Andrew Williams (born 1973 in Portsmouth, England) is a British film writer and director. He won the New Director's Award for his film '' London to Brighton'' in the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Career Williams began his caree ...

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Thermae Romae is a Japanese manga series by Mari Yamazaki. It won the third Manga Taishō and the Short Story Award at the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The manga has been licensed in North America by Yen Press. Fuji TV produced a live-action film ...

'' by Hideki Takeuchi *'' Twice Born'' by Sergio Castellitto *'' What Maisie Knew'' by

Scott McGehee Scott McGehee (born April 20, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is a Columbia University graduate and did graduate work in the Rhetoric department at UC Berkeley. He was born in California, and currently resides in New York City. McGehee is ...

and David Siegel

Special Presentations

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Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

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Joe Wright Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director residing in Somerset, England. His motion pictures include the literary adaptations ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005), ''Atonement'' (2007), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), and '' Cyrano'' ( ...

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Antiviral Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used for treating viral infections. Most antivirals target specific viruses, while a broad-spectrum antiviral is effective against a wide range of viruses. Unlike most antibiotics, antiviral drugs do no ...

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Brandon Cronenberg Brandon Cronenberg (born January 10, 1980) is a Canadian director and screenwriter. He is David Cronenberg's son and Caitlin Cronenberg's brother. He is known for his science fiction horror films ''Antiviral'' (2012), '' Possessor'' (2020) and ' ...

*'' Arthur Newman'' by Dante Ariola *'' At Any Price'' by

Ramin Bahrani Ramin Bahrani ( fa, رامین بحرانی; born March 20, 1975) is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's ''Chop Shop'' (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the ...

*'' The Attack'' by

Ziad Doueiri Ziad Doueiri ( ar , زياد دويري ; born October 7, 1963) is a Lebanese film director, cinematographer and writer. He is best known for his award-winning films ''West Beirut'' (1998) and '' The Insult'' (2017), a film that was nominated a ...

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Bad 25 ''Bad 25'' is the 25th anniversary edition reissue of American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson's seventh studio album '' Bad'' (1987). This is the second album by Jackson re-released on its 25th anniversary, the first being ''Thriller 25'' (20 ...

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Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

*'' Byzantium'' by

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, ''Night in Tunisia (short story collection), Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian ...

*'' Capital'' by

Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...

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Cloud Atlas A cloud atlas is a pictorial key (or an atlas) to the nomenclature of clouds. Early cloud atlases were an important element in the training of meteorologists and in weather forecasting, and the author of a 1923 atlas stated that "increasing use ...

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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 ...

, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski *'' The Deep'' by

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson (born 27 February 1966) is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films '' 101 Reykjavík'', '' The Sea'', '' A Little Trip to Heaven'', '' Contraband ...

*'' Disconnect'' by Henry Alex Rubin *''Do Not Disturb'' by

Yvan Attal Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan S ...

*'' Dormant Beauty'' by

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolt ...

*'' Dreams for Sale'' by Nishikawa Miwa *''

End of Watch ''End of Watch'' is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala, two Los Angeles Police Department officers who work in South Central Los An ...

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David Ayer David Ayer (born January 18 , 1968) is an American filmmaker known for making crime films that are set in Los Angeles and deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include ''Training Day'' (2001), ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001 ...

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Everybody Has A Plan ''Everybody Has a Plan'' ( es, Todos tenemos un plan, links=no) is a 2012 crime thriller film directed by Ana Piterbarg and starring Viggo Mortensen and Soledad Villamil. It was written by Anna Cohan and Ana Piterbarg. It is an Argentine-Spanish-G ...

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Ana Piterbarg Ana Piterbarg is an Argentine film director and screenwriter best known for her 2012 thriller ''Everybody Has a Plan''. Career Piterbarg had had the idea to approach actor Viggo Mortensen to star in ''Everybody Has a Plan'' but was unable to rea ...

*'' Foxfire'' by

Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet (; born 11 April 1961) is a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film ''Entre les murs'' ('' The Class'') won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Biography Laurent Cantet was born in 1961 in the town ...

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Frances Ha ''Frances Ha'' is a 2012 American black and white comedy-drama film, directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Gerwig also plays the title role, a struggling 27-year-old dancer. The film premiered at the Telluride Film ...

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Noah Baumbach Noah Baumbach () (born September 3, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for making witty and intellectual comedies set in New York City and has often been compared to writer-directors such as Woody Allen and Whit St ...

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Ginger & Rosa ''Ginger & Rosa'' is a 2012 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Sally Potter and distributed by Artificial Eye. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2012, and was released on 19 October 2012 ...

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Sally Potter Charlotte Sally Potter (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing ''Orlando'' (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. Early life Potter was born an ...

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Greetings from Tim Buckley ''Greetings from Tim Buckley'' is a 2012 American film directed by Daniel Algrant starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots. The film follows the journey Jeff Buckley took in grappling with the legacy of his late musician father, Tim, leading up to ...

'' by Dan Algrant *'' Hannah Arendt'' by

Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.

*'' The Hunt'' by

Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films ''The Celeb ...

*'' The Iceman'' by

Ariel Vromen Ariel Vromen ( he, אריאל ורומן; born February 14, 1973) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter best known for directing the 2012 American film '' The Iceman''. Life and career Vromen grew up in the Ramat Aviv neighbourhood of T ...

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Robert Pulcini Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers. Biographies Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York. Springer Berman graduated from Wesleyan Un ...

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Shari Springer Berman Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers. Biographies Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York. Springer Berman graduated from Wesleyan Un ...

*'' The Impossible'' by J.A. Bayona *'' In the House'' by

François Ozon François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...

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Inch'Allah ''In sha'Allah'' (; ar, إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, ʾIn shāʾ Allāh ), also spelled In shaa Allah, InshAllah, Insya Allah and İnşAllah is an Arabic language expression meaning "if god wills" or "god willing". It was mentioned i ...

'' by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette *''

Kon-Tiki The ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named ''Kon-Tiki'' after the Inca god Viracocha, fo ...

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Joachim Rønning Joachim Rønning (born 30 May 1972) is a Norwegian film director who previously worked in a partnership with Espen Sandberg, both of whom came from Sandefjord, Norway. As a directing team, they went under the name of Roenberg (a portmanteau of ...

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Espen Sandberg Espen Sandberg (born 2 June 1971) is a Norwegian film director and advertising producer, well known to work with his childhood friend and director Joachim Rønning on several projects such as ''Bandidas'' (2006), '' Max Manus: Man of War'' (2008 ...

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Lu Chuan Lu Chuan (born 8 February 1971) is a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is the son of novelist Lu Tianming (). Education Educated at the in Nanjing, Lu spent two years serving in the Army as a secretary to a general. After his time ...

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A Late Quartet ''A Late Quartet'' (released in Australia as ''Performance'') is a 2012 American drama film directed by Yaron Zilberman and co-written by Zilberman and Seth Grossman. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, M ...

'' by Yaron Zilberman *''

Laurence Anyways ''Laurence Anyways'' is a 2012 Canadian romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Xavier Dolan. The film competed in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where Suzanne Clément won the Un Certain Regard Aw ...

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Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and costume designer. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2 ...

*'' A Liar's Autobiography — The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman'' by Ben Timlett *'' Lines of Wellington'' by

Valeria Sarmiento Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a film editor, director and screenwriter best known for her work in France, Portugal and her native Chile. She has worked both in film and television, directing 20 feature films, documentaries and te ...

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Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

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Cate Shortland Cate Shortland (born 10 August 1968) is an Australian screenwriter, film director, television director, and television writer. She received international acclaim for her 2004 romantic drama film '' Somersault'', her 2012 historical drama film ' ...

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Love is All You Need ''Love Is All You Need'' ( da, Den skaldede frisør, Lit.: The Bald Hairdresser) is a 2012 Danish romantic comedy film directed by Susanne Bier and starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm. Plot Danish hairdresser Ida ( Trine Dyrholm), who ha ...

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Susanne Bier Susanne Bier (; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. She is best known for her feature films '' Brothers'' (2004), '' After the Wedding'' (2006), ''In a Better World'' (2010), and '' Bird Box'' (2018), and the TV miniseries ''The Night Man ...

*'' The Master'' by

Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. He made his feature-film debut with '' Hard Eight'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and received ...

*''Mr. Pip'' by Andrew Adamson *''Much Ado About Nothing (2012 film), Much Ado About Nothing'' by Joss Whedon *''No (2012 film), No'' by Pablo Larraín *''On the Road (2012 film), On The Road'' by Walter Salles *''Outrage Beyond'' by Takeshi Kitano *''The Paperboy (2012 film), The Paperboy'' by Lee Daniels *''Passion (2012 film), Passion'' by Brian De Palma *''The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film), The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' by Stephen Chbosky *''The Place Beyond the Pines'' by Derek Cianfrance *''Quartet (2012 film), Quartet'' by Dustin Hoffman *''Reality (2012 film), Reality'' by Matteo Garrone *''War Witch (Rebelle)'' by Kim Nguyen *''Rhino Season'' by Bahman Ghobadi *''Rust and Bone'' by Jacques Audiard *''The Sapphires (film), The Sapphires'' by Wayne Blair (director), Wayne Blair *''The Sessions (2012 film), The Sessions'' by Ben Lewin *''The Son Did It'' by Daniele Ciprì *''Spring Breakers'' by Harmony Korine *''Still Mine, Still'' by Michael McGowan (director), Michael McGowan *''Stories We Tell'' by Sarah Polley *''The Suicide Shop'' by Patrice Leconte *''Tai Chi'' by Stephen Fung *''Thanks for Sharing (film), Thanks for Sharing'' by Stuart Blumberg *''Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012 film), Thérèse Desqueyroux'' by Claude Miller *''The Time Being'' by Nenad Cicin-Sain *''To the Wonder'' by Terrence Malick *''Venus and Serena (film), Venus and Serena'' by Maiken Baird *''White Elephant (2012 film), White Elephant'' by Pablo Trapero *''Writers (film), Writers'' by Josh Boone (director), Josh Boone *''Yellow'' by Nick Cassavetes *''Zaytoun (film), Zaytoun'' by Eran Riklis

Documentaries

*''9.79*'' - Daniel Gordon (film director), Daniel Gordon *''A World Not Ours'' - Mahdi Fleifel *''The Act of Killing'' - Joshua Oppenheimer *'' Artifact'' - Jared Leto, Bartholomew Cubbins *''As if We Were Catching a Cobra'' - Hala Alabdalla *''Camp 14–Total Control Zone'' - Marc Wiese *''The Central Park Five (documentary film), The Central Park Five'' - Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns *''Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story'' - Brad Bernstein *''First Comes Love'' - Nina Davenport *''The Gatekeepers (film), The Gatekeepers'' - Dror Moreh *''The Girl from the South'' - José Luis Garci, José Luis García *''How to Make Money Selling Drugs'' - Matthew Cooke (filmmaker), Matthew Cooke *''Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp'' - Jorge Hinojosa *''London – The Modern Babylon'' - Julien Temple *''Lunarcy!'' - Simon Ennis *''Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God'' - Alex Gibney *''Men At Lunch'' - Seán Ó Cualáin *''More Than Honey'' - Markus Imhoof *''No Place on Earth'' - Janet Tobias *''Reincarnated'' - Andrew Capper *''Revolution (2012 film), Revolution'' - Rob Stewart (filmmaker), Rob Stewart *''Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out'' - Marina Zenovich *''The Secret Disco Revolution'' - Jamie Kastner *''Shepard & Dark'' - Treva Wurmfeld *''Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky'' - Barry Avrich *''State 194'' - Dan Setton *''Storm Surfers 3D'' - Christopher Nelius and Justin McMillan *''The Walls of Dakar'' - Abdoul Aziz Cissé

Midnight Madness

*''The ABCs of Death'' - Multiple directors *''Aftershock (2012 film), Aftershock'' - Nicolás López *''The Bay (film), The Bay'' - Barry Levinson *''Come Out and Play (film), Come Out and Play'' - Makinov *''Dredd'' - Pete Travis *''Hellbenders'' - JT Petty *''John Dies at the End (film), John Dies at the End'' - Don Coscarelli *''The Lords of Salem (film), The Lords of Salem'' - Rob Zombie *''No One Lives'' - Ryuhei Kitamura *''

'' - Martin McDonagh

Vanguard

*''90 Minutes'' - Eva Sørhaug *''Beijing Flickers'' - Zhang Yuan (director), Zhang Yuan *''Berberian Sound Studio'' - Peter Strickland (director), Peter Strickland *''Blondie (2012 film), Blondie'' - Jesper Ganslandt *''Here Comes the Devil'' - Adrian Garcia Bogliano *''I Declare War (film), I Declare War'' - Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson *''iLL Manors'' - Plan B (musician), Ben Drew *''Motorway (film), Motorway'' - Soi Cheang *''Painless'' - Juan Carlos Medina *''Peaches Does Herself'' - Peaches (musician), Peaches *''Pusher (2012 film), Pusher'' - Luis Prieto (director), Luis Prieto *''Room 237'' - Rodney Ascher *''Sightseers'' - Ben Wheatley *''Thale (film), Thale'' - Aleksander Nordaas *''The We and the I'' - Michel Gondry

Contemporary World Cinema

*''3'' - Pablo Stoll Ward *''After the Battle (film), After the Battle'' - Yousry Nasrallah *''All That Matters Is Past'' - Sara Johnsen *''Baby Blues (2012 film), Baby Blues'' - Katarzyna Rosłaniec *''Barbara (2012 film), Barbara'' - Christian Petzold (director), Christian Petzold *''Bwakaw'' - Jun Robles Lana *''Camion'' - Rafaël Ouellet *''Children of Sarajevo'' - Aida Begic *''Clandestine Childhood'' - Benjamín Ávila *''Comrade Kim Goes Flying'' - Anja Daelemans *''The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' - Yuki Tanada *''The Cremator'' - Peng Tao *''The Crimes of Mike Recket'' - Bruce Sweeney *''Dead Europe'' - Tony Krawitz *''Dust (2012 film), Dust'' - Julio Hernández Cordón *''Eagles (2012 film), Eagles'' - Dror Sabo *''The End (2012 film), Fin'' - Jorge Torregrossa *''The Fitzgerald Family Christmas'' - Edward Burns *''Fly with the Crane'' - Li Ruijun *''Ghost Graduation'' - Javier Ruiz Caldera *''God Loves Caviar'' - Yannis Smaragdis *''Gone Fishing (2012 film), Gone Fishing'' - Carlos Sorín *''The Great Kilapy'' - Zézé Gamboa *''A Hijacking'' - Tobias Lindholm *''Him, Here, After'' - Asoka Handagama *''The Holy Quaternity'' - Jan Hřebejk *''Home Again (2012 film), Home Again'' - Sudz Sutherland *''Imagine (2012 film), Imagine'' - Andrzej Jakimowski *''In the Fog'' - Sergei Loznitsa *''In the Name of Love (2012 film), In the Name of Love'' - Luu Huynh *''Jackie (2012 film), Jackie'' - Antoinette Beumer *''Jump (2012 film), Jump'' - Kieron J. Walsh *''Just the Wind'' - Bence Fliegauf *''Juvenile Offender'' - Yikwan Kang *''Key of Life'' - Kenji Uchida *''Kinshasa Kids'' - Marc-Henri Wajnberg *''The Land of Hope (2012 film), The Land of Hope'' - Sion Sono *''The Lesser Blessed'' - Anita Doron *''Middle of Nowhere (2012 film), Middle of Nowhere'' - Ava DuVernay *''Museum Hours'' - Jem Cohen *''My Awkward Sexual Adventure'' - Sean Garrity (director), Sean Garrity *''Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica'' - Marcelo Gomes (director), Marcelo Gomes *''Paradise: Love'' - Ulrich Seidl *''The Patience Stone'' - Atiq Rahimi *''Penance'' - Kioshi Kurosawa *''Peripeteia'' - John Akomfrah *''Road North'' - Mika Kaurismäki *''Shores of Hope'' - Toke Constantin Hebbeln *''Sleeper's Wake'' - Barry Berk *''Smashed (film), Smashed'' - James Ponsoldt *''The Thieves'' - Choi Dong-hoon *''Three Kids'' - Jonas d'Adesky *''Three Worlds (film), Three Worlds'' - Catherine Corsini *''Thy Womb'' - Brillante Mendoza *''The Tortoise, An Incarnation'' - Girish Kasaravalli *''Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' - Robert Connolly *''Virgin Margarida'' - Licinio Azevedo *''Watchtower'' - Pelin Esmer *''A Werewolf Boy'' - Jo Sung-hee *''What Richard Did'' - Lenny Abrahamson *''When I Saw You (film), When I Saw You'' - Annemarie Jacir *''Zabana!'' - Saïd Ould-Khelifa

Masters

*''Amour (2012 film), Amour'' - Michael Haneke *''Beyond the Hills (Dupa Dealuri)'' - Cristian Mungiu *''The End of Time (2012 film), The End of Time'' - Peter Mettler *''Everyday'' - Michael Winterbottom *''Gebo and the Shadow (Gebo et l'ombre)'' - Manoel de Oliveira *''In Another Country (film), In Another Country (Da-Reun Na-ra-e-suh)'' - Hong Sang-soo *''Like Someone in Love (film), Like Someone in Love'' - Abbas Kiarostami *''Me and You (film), Me and You'' - Bernardo Bertolucci *''Night Across the Street (La Noche de Enfrente)'' - Raúl Ruiz (director), Raúl Ruiz *''Pietà (film), Pietà'' - Kim Ki-duk *''Something in the Air (Après mai)'' - Olivier Assayas *''Student (film), Student'' - Darezhan Omirbayev *''All That You Possess, Tout ce que tu possèdes (All That You Possess)'' - Bernard Émond *''When Day Breaks'' - Goran Paskaljevic

City To City: Mumbai

*''The Bright Day'' - Mohit Takalkar *''Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1'' - Anurag Kashyap *''Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2'' - Anurag Kashyap *''Ishaqzaade'' - Habib Faisal *''Miss Lovely'' - Ashim Ahluwalia *''Mumbai's King'' - Manjeet Singh *''Peddlers (film), Peddlers'' - Vasan Bala *''Shahid (film), Shahid'' - Hansal Mehta *''Shanghai (2012 film), Shanghai'' - Dibakar Banerjee *''Ship of Theseus (film), Ship of Theseus'' - Anand Gandhi

TIFF Kids

*''Ernest & Célestine'' - Benjamin Renner *''Finding Nemo 3D'' - Andrew Stanton *''Hotel Transylvania (film), Hotel Transylvania'' - Genndy Tartakovsky *''Igor & the Cranes' Journey'' - Evgeny Ruman

TIFF Cinematheque

*''The Bitter Ash'' - Larry Kent (filmmaker), Larry Kent *''The Cloud Capped Star'' - Ritwik Ghatak *''Dial M for Murder'' - Alfred Hitchcock *''Loin du Viêtnam'' - Joris Ivens, William Klein (photographer), William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais *''Stromboli (film), Stromboli'' - Roberto Rossellini *''Tess (1979 film), Tess'' - Roman Polanski

Discovery

*''7 Boxes'' - Juan Carlos Maneglia *''Augustine (film), Augustine'' - Alice Winocour *''Blackbird (2012 film), Blackbird'' - Jason Buxton *''Blancanieves'' - Pablo Berger *''Boy Eating the Bird's Food'' - Ektoras Lygizos *''The Brass Teapot'' - Ramaa Mosley *''Burn It Up'' - Djassa Lonesome Solo *''Call Girl (2012 film), Call Girl'' - Mikael Marcimain *''Clip (film), Clip'' - Maja Miloš *''The Color of the Chameleon'' - Emil Christov *''The Deflowering of Eva van End'' - Michiel ten Horn *''Detroit Unleaded'' - Rola Nashef *''Eat Sleep Die'' - Gabriela Pichler *''Fill the Void'' - Rama Burshtein *''The Interval'' - Leonardo Di Costanzo *''Janeane from Des Moines'' - Grace Lee *''Krivina'' - Igor Drljaca *''The Land of Eb'' - Andrew Williamson *''Mushrooming (film), Mushrooming'' - Toomas Hussar *''Nights with Theodore'' - Sébastien Betbeder *''Our Little Differences'' - Sylvie Michel *''Out in the Dark'' - Michael Mayer *''Picture Day (film), Picture Day'' - Kate Mellville *''Satellite Boy'' - Catriona McKenzie *''La Sirga'' - William Vega *''Tower (2012 Canadian film), Tower'' - Kazik Radwanski *''Wasteland'' - Rowan Athale

Short Cuts Canada

*''100 Musicians'' - Charles Officer *''A Pretty Funny Story'' - Evan Morgan (filmmaker), Evan Morgan *''American Sisyphus'' - Frieda Luk *''Asian Gangs'' - Lewis Bennett and Calum MacLeod *''Aubade (L'Aubade)'' - Carla Susanto *''Bardo Light'' - Connor Gaston *''Barefoot'' - Danis Goulet *''Broken Heart Syndrome'' - Dusty Mancinelli *''Bydlo (film), Bydlo'' - Patrick Bouchard *''CanoeJacked'' - Jonathan Williams *''Crackin' Down Hard'' - Mike Clattenburg *''The Dancing Cop'' - Kelvin Redvers *''Dear Scavengers'' - Aaron Phelan *''Frost (2012 film), Frost'' - Jeremy Ball *''The Genius from Quintino'' - Johnny Ma *''Herd Leader (Chef de meute)'' - Chloé Robichaud *''H'Mong Sisters'' - Jeff Wong *''Horrible Things (Les choses horrible)'' - Vincent Biron *''How to Be Deadly'' - Nik Sexton *''I'm Beginning to Miss You'' - Sakay Ottawa *''Joda (film), Joda'' - Theodore Ushev *''Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste)'' - Deco Dawson *''Let the Daylight Into the Swamp'' - Jeffrey St. Jules *''Life Doesn't Frighten Me'' - Stephen Dunn (director), Stephen Dunn *''Lingo (film), Lingo'' - Bahar Noorizadeh *''Lost in Motion'' - Ben Shirinian *''Malody'' - Philip Barker *''Model'' - Dylan Reibling *''The Near Future (film), The Near Future (Le futur proche)'' - Sophie Goyette *''Nostradamos'' - Maxence Bradley *''Old Growth (film), Old Growth'' - Tess Girard *''The Pool Date'' - Patrick Sisam *''Reflexions (film), Reflexions'' - Martin Thibaudeau *''Safe Room'' - Elizabeth Lazebnik *''Shit Girls Say'' - Graydon Sheppard and Kyle Humphrey *''Struggle (Faillir)'' - Sophie Dupuis *''Sullivan's Applicant'' - Jeanne Leblanc *''The Tape'' - Matt Austin *''Their Feast (Waleematehom)'' - Reem Morsi *''Tuesday'' - Fantavious Fritz *''Vive la Canadienne'' - Joe Cobden *''When You Sleep'' - Ashley McKenzie (director), Ashley McKenzie *''With Jeff (Avec Jeff, à moto)'' - Marie-Ève Juste *''The Worst Day Ever'' - Sophie Jarvis

Canada's Top Ten

Features

*''Cosmopolis (film), Cosmopolis'', David Cronenberg *''The End of Time (2012 film), The End of Time'', Peter Mettler *''Goon (film), Goon'', Michael Dowse *''

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'', Deepa Mehta *''My Awkward Sexual Adventure'', Sean Garrity (director), Sean Garrity *''War Witch (Rebelle)'', Kim Nguyen *''Still Mine'', Michael McGowan (director), Michael McGowan *''Stories We Tell'', Sarah Polley *''The World Before Her'', Nisha Pahuja

Short films

*''Bydlo (film), Bydlo'', Patrick Bouchard *''Crackin' Down Hard'', Mike Clattenburg *''Herd Leader (Chef de meute)'', Chloé Robichaud *''Kaspar (film), Kaspar'', Diane Obomsawin *''Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste)'', Deco Dawson *''Lingo (film), Lingo'', Bahar Noorizadeh *''Malody'', Phillip Barker (film director), Phillip Barker *''Old Growth (film), Old Growth'', Tess Girard *''Reflexions (film), Reflexions'', Martin Thibaudeau *''Wintergreen (film), Wintergreen (Paparmane)'', Joëlle Desjardins Paquette

References

External links

Official site

Crowd Based Reviews of TIFF

TIFF Reviews by an Indie Film Festival Director

TIFF Reviews by Collider.com

2012 Toronto International Film Festival
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