The 41st annual

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...

was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown.

Awards

The festival's final awards were announced on 18 September.

Jury members

Platform Jury

The jury for the Platform section (in its second year) comprised Brian de Palma (American director), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chadian director), and Zhang Ziyi (Chinese actress). The Platform section (named for Jia Zhangke's film '' Platform'') consists of "12 films of high artistic merit that demonstrate a strong directorial vision". The jury awarded the $25,000 prize to '' Jackie''.

Programmes

The following films were selected:Toronto Fest Rounds Dance Card: Terry George’s ‘The Promise,’ Liev Schreiber In ‘The Bleeder,’ Terrence Malick Docu Among Pics
''Deadline'', 16 August 2016.

Gala presentations

* '' A Monster Calls'' by J. A. Bayona * '' Arrival'' by

Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, OAL (; ; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has received seven Canadian Screen Awards as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and two ...

* ''

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'' by

Peter Berg Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. His directorial film works include the black comedy '' Very Bad Things'' (1998), the action comedy '' The Rundown'' (2003), the sports drama '' Friday Night ...

* '' The Edge of Seventeen'' by Kelly Fremon Craig * '' The Headhunter's Calling'' by Mark Williams * ''The Journey Is the Destination'' by Bronwen Hughes * '' Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids'' by

Jonathan Demme Robert Jonathan Demme ( ; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, whose career directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. He was an ...

* '' LBJ'' by

Rob Reiner Robert Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and liberal activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence with the role of Michael Stivic, Mike "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS sitc ...

* '' Loving'' by Jeff Nichols * '' The Magnificent Seven'' by Antoine Fuqua * '' Norman'' by

Joseph Cedar Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. Biography Cedar was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in New York City. His father is biochemist Howard Cedar. When Joseph was ...

* '' Planetarium'' by Rebecca Zlotowski * '' The Promise'' by

Terry George Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Much of his film work (e.g. '' The Boxer'', '' Some Mother's Son'', and '' In the Name of the Father'') involves "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. He was nominated ...

* '' Queen of Katwe'' by Mira Nair * '' The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America'' by Paul Dugdale * '' The Secret Scripture'' by Jim Sheridan * '' Snowden'' by

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born ) is an American filmmaker. Stone is an acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical film, musical Biographical film, biopics and Crime film, crime dramas. He has ...

* '' Strange Weather'' by Katherine Dieckmann * '' Their Finest'' by Lone Scherfig * '' A United Kingdom'' by Amma Asante

Special presentations

* '' 150 Milligrams'' by Emmanuelle Bercot * '' The Age of Shadows'' by Kim Jee-woon * '' All I See Is You'' by

Marc Forster Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a German-Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films ''Monster's Ball'', ''Finding Neverland (film), Finding Neverland'', ''Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), Stranger than Fiction'' ...

* '' American Honey'' by Andrea Arnold * '' American Pastoral'' by Ewan McGregor * '' Asura: The City of Madness'' by Kim Sung-soo * '' Barakah Meets Barakah'' by Mahmoud Sabbagh * '' Barry'' by

Vikram Gandhi Vikram Gandhi is an Indian American documentary filmmaker, producer, actor, and journalist. His works included '' Kumaré'' (2011), ''Barry'' (2016), '' Trigger Warning with Killer Mike'' (2019), '' 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez'' (2020)''.'' ...

* '' Below Her Mouth'' by April Mullen * ''

The Birth of a Nation ''The Birth of a Nation'' is a 1915 American Silent film, silent Epic film, epic Drama (film and television), drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and ...

'' by

Nate Parker Nate Parker (born November 18, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in ''Beyond the Lights'', ''Red Tails'', ''The Secret Life of Bees (film), The Secret Life of Bees'', ''The Great Debaters'', Arbitrage (film), ''Arbitrage ...

* '' Birth of the Dragon'' by George Nolfi * '' Bleed for This'' by Ben Younger * '' The Bleeder'' by Philippe Falardeau * '' Blue Jay'' by Alex Lehmann * '' Brain on Fire'' by Gerard Barrett * '' Brimstone'' by Martin Koolhoven * '' Brotherhood'' by

Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is an English actor, writer, director and producer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in ''Doctor Who'' (2005–2006, 2008, 2010), he received critical acclaim for writing, directing, and ...

* '' Burn Your Maps'' by Jordan Roberts * '' Carrie Pilby'' by Susan Johnson * '' Catfight'' by Onur Tukel * '' Christine'' by Antonio Campos * '' City of Tiny Lights'' by Pete Travis * '' The Commune'' by Thomas Vinterberg * '' A Death in the Gunj'' by Konkona Sen Sharma * ''

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'' by Mick Jackson * '' The Duelist'' by Aleksey Mizgirev * ''

Elle Elle may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Elle (magazine), ''Elle'' (magazine), a fashion publication ** Elle Style Awards * Elle (India), ''Elle'' (India), the Indian edition * Elle (film), ''Elle'' (film), a 2016 French film * ''Elle: ...

'' by

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch filmmaker, who has worked variously in the Netherlands, the United States, and in France. He is known for directing genre films with strong satirical elements, often featuring graphic violence and ...

* '' The Exception'' by David Leveaux * '' Foreign Body'' by Raja Amari * '' Frantz'' by François Ozon * '' The Handmaiden'' by

Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook (; born 23 August 1963) is a Koreans, South Korean film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, and former film critic. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Cinema of South Korea, South Korean cinema a ...

* '' Harmonium'' by Kōji Fukada * '' I Am Not Madame Bovary'' by

Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang ( zh, s=冯小刚, t=馮小剛, p=Féng Xiǎogāng; born 18 March 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese filmmaker and actor. Rising to fame for directing comedies, Feng played a pivotal role in shaping the Chinese New Year films, with f ...

* '' I, Daniel Blake'' by

Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a retiredhttps://variety.com/2024/film/global/ken-loach-retirement-the-old-oak-jonathan-glazer-oscars-speech-1235956589/ English filmmaker. His socially critical directing style and socialist views ar ...

* '' In Dubious Battle'' by

James Franco James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' (200 ...

* '' It's Only the End of the World'' by

Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature ...

* '' The Journey'' by Nick Hamm * '' King of the Dancehall'' by

Nick Cannon Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American comedian, television presenter, actor, and rapper. In television, he began his career as a teenager on Nickelodeon's '' All That'' before going on to host '' The Nick Cannon Show'', '' ...

* '' La La Land'' by

Damien Chazelle Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' (2014), the musical romance ''La La Land'' (2016), the biographical drama ''First Man (film), First ...

* '' Leehom Wang's Open Fire Concert Film'' by Homeboy Music and Inc. * '' The Limehouse Golem'' by Juan Carlos Medina * ''

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'' by Garth Davis * '' The Long Excuse'' by Miwa Nishikawa * '' Manchester by the Sea'' by Kenneth Lonergan * ''

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'' by

Christopher Guest Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy ...

* '' Maudie'' by Aisling Walsh * '' Mean Dreams'' by Nathan Morlando * '' Neruda'' by

Pablo Larraín Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He is known for directing films such as ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' (2016), ''Jackie (2016 film), Jackie'' (2016), ''Spencer (film), Spencer'' (2021), ''El Conde (film), El Cond ...

* '' Nocturnal Animals'' by Tom Ford * '' The Oath'' by Baltasar Kormákur * ''

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'' by Arnaud des Pallières * '' Paris Can Wait'' by Eleanor Coppola * '' Paterson'' by

Jim Jarmusch James Robert Jarmusch ( ; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician. He has been a major proponent of independent film, independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as ''Stranger Than Paradise'' ...

* '' Rage'' by Lee Sang-il * '' (Re) Assignment'' by

Walter Hill Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer known for his action films and revival of the Western (genre), Western genre. He has directed such films as ''The Driver'', ''The Warriors (film), The ...

* '' The Salesman'' by Asghar Farhadi * '' Salt and Fire'' by

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; né Stipetić; born 5 September 1942) is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unusu ...

* '' Sing'' by Garth Jennings * ''

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'' by Bavo Defurne * '' Things to Come'' by Mia Hansen-Løve * '' Toni Erdmann'' by Maren Ade * '' Trespass Against Us'' by

Adam Smith Adam Smith (baptised 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by some as the "father of economics"——— or ...

* '' Two Lovers and a Bear'' by Kim Nguyen * '' Una'' by Benedict Andrews * '' Unless'' by

Alan Gilsenan Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His most recent work include the award-winning cinema documentary ''The Days of Trees'', the feature film ''Unless'', based on a novel by Carol Shields and ''The Meeting,'' which h ...

* '' Voyage of Time'' by Terrence Malick * ''

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'' by Robin Swicord * '' Weirdos'' by Bruce McDonald * '' Window Horses'' by Ann Marie Fleming

Midnight Madness

* '' The Autopsy of Jane Doe'' by André Øvredal * '' The Belko Experiment'' by Greg McLean * '' Blair Witch'' by Adam Wingard * '' Dog Eat Dog'' by

Paul Schrader Paul Joseph Schrader (; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became known for writing the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). He later continued his collaboration with Scor ...

* '' Free Fire'' by

Ben Wheatley Ben Wheatley (born 1972) is an English filmmaker, film editor, and animator. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and tele ...

* '' The Girl with All the Gifts'' by Colm McCarthy * '' Headshot'' by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto * ''

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'' by Morgan Spurlock * '' Raw'' by

Julia Ducournau Julia Ducournau (; born 18 November 1983) is a French film director and screenwriter. She made her feature film debut in 2016 with '' Raw''. At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, she won the Palme d'Or for her film '' Titane'', which made her the sec ...

* '' Sadako vs. Kayako'' by Kōji Shiraishi

Masters

* '' After the Storm'' by

Hirokazu Kore-eda 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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'' by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "P ...

* '' Anatomy of Violence'' by

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2 ...

* '' The Bait'' by Buddhadeb Dasgupta * '' The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez'' by

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...

* '' Certain Women'' by

Kelly Reichardt Kelly Reichardt (; born March 3, 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalism, minimalist films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working class, working-class characters in small ...

* '' Fire at Sea'' by Gianfranco Rosi * ''

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'' by Cristian Mungiu * '' Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy'' by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun * '' J: Beyond Flamenco'' by

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career th ...

* '' Julieta'' by

Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are distinguished by Melodrama (film genre), melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular c ...

* '' Land of the Gods'' by Goran Paskaljević * '' Ma' Rosa'' by Brillante Mendoza * '' The Net'' by

Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his Idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic Art film, art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit ...

* '' Never Ever'' by

Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having cont ...

* '' Personal Shopper'' by Olivier Assayas * '' Pinneyum'' by Adoor Gopalakrishnan * '' A Quiet Passion'' by Terence Davies * ''

Safari A safari (; originally ) is an overland journey to observe wildlife, wild animals, especially in East Africa. The so-called big five game, "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, African leopard, leopard, rhinoceros, African elephant, elep ...

'' by Ulrich Seidl * '' Sieranevada'' by Cristi Puiu * '' Sweet Dreams'' 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 schooltea ...

* '' The Unknown Girl'' by Dardenne brothers * ''

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice ''We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice'' is a 2016 Canadian documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin about the First Nations in Canada, First Nations activist Cindy Blackstock and her court case against the federal government of Canada for underfunding ...

'' by

Alanis Obomsawin Alanis Obomsawin, (born August 31, 1932) is an Abenaki people, Abenaki American Canadian, American-Canadian filmmaker, singer, artist, and activist primarily known for her documentary films. Born in New Hampshire, United States and raised prima ...

* '' Yourself and Yours'' by Hong Sang-soo

Next Wave

* '' Divines'' by Houda Benyamina * '' The Edge of Seventeen'' by Kelly Fremon Craig * '' Handsome Devil'' by John Butler * '' India in a Day'' by Richie Mehta * '' Layla M.'' by Mijke de Jong * ''

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. History The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was aware that "''the sun provides the moon with its ...

'' by Barry Jenkins * '' A Wedding'' by Stephan Streker * '' The Wedding Ring'' by Rahmatou Keïta * '' Window Horses'' by Ann Marie Fleming

Documentaries

* '' Abacus: Small Enough to Jail'' by Steve James * '' All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone'' by Fred Peabody * '' Amanda Knox'' by Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst * '' The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography'' by Errol Morris * '' Beauties of the Night'' by María José Cuevas * '' Before the Flood'' by Fisher Stevens * '' Bezness as Usual'' by Alex Pitstra * '' Black Code'' by Nicholas de Pencier * '' Breaking Occupation'' by Brett Smith * '' Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary'' by John Scheinfeld * '' The Cinema Travellers'' by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya * '' Citizen Jane: Battle for the City'' by

Matt Tyrnauer Matt Tyrnauer is an American film director. He directed the documentary feature ''Valentino: The Last Emperor'' (2009), which was short listed for an Oscar (award), Oscar nomination in 2010, ''Citizen Jane: Battle for the City'' (2016), the Emm ...

* '' Forever Pure'' by Maya Zinshtein * '' Gaza Surf Club'' by Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine * '' Giants of Africa'' by Hubert Davis * '' Gimme Danger'' by

* '' Girl Unbound'' by Erin Heidenreich * '' Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee'' by Nanette Burstein * '' I Am Not Your Negro'' by Raoul Peck * '' I Called Him Morgan'' by Kasper Collin * '' In Exile'' by Tin Win Naing * '' India in a Day'' by Richie Mehta * '' An Insignificant Man'' by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla * '' Into the Inferno'' by

and Clive Oppenheimer * '' The Ivory Game'' by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani * '' Karl Marx City'' by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker * '' Mali Blues'' by Lutz Gregor * '' Mostly Sunny'' by Dilip Mehta * '' Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory'' by Mohanad Yaqubi * '' Politics, Instructions Manual'' by Fernando León de Aranoa * '' The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent'' by

Brigitte Berman Brigitte Berman (born 1951) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 1985 film '' Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got''. Early life and work Originally from West Germany, she moved to Canada with her family in childhood and studied ...

* '' Rodnye'' by Vitaly Mansky * '' The Sixth Beatle'' by Tony Guma and John Rose * '' The Skyjacker's Tale'' by Jamie Kastner * '' The Stairs'' by Hugh Gibson * '' The Terry Kath Experience'' by Michelle Sinclair * '' The War Show'' by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon * '' Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life'' by Fariborz Kamkari

Contemporary World Cinema

* '' A Decent Woman'' by Lukas Valenta Rinner * '' After Love'' by Joachim Lafosse * '' The Animal's Wife'' by Víctor Gaviria * ''

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'' by Boo Junfeng * '' Aquarius'' by Kleber Mendonça Filho * '' Ayiti Mon Amour'' by Guetty Felin * ''

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'' by Ryszard Bugajski * '' Boundaries'' by Chloé Robichaud * '' Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces'' by

Yousry Nasrallah Yousry Nasrallah ( ) (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director. Biography Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He grew up in Zamalek, in central Cairo. He graduated in econo ...

* '' Death in Sarajevo'' by Danis Tanović * '' Ember'' by Zeki Demirkubuz * '' The Fixer'' by Adrian Sitaru * '' Handsome Devil'' by John Butler * '' Heaven Will Wait'' by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar * '' In Between'' by Maysaloun Hamoud * '' Indivisible'' by Edoardo De Angelis * '' Mahana'' by Lee Tamahori * '' Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge'' by Marie Noëlle * '' Mister Universo'' by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel * '' Past Life'' by Avi Nesher * '' Pyromaniac'' by Erik Skjoldbjærg * '' The Rehearsal'' by

Alison Maclean Alison Maclean (born July 31, 1958) is a Canadian-New Zealand film director of music videos, short films, television (episodes of ''Sex and the City'', ''The Tudors'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street''), commercials and feature films. Her works i ...

* '' The Road to Mandalay'' by Midi Z * '' Santa & Andres'' by Carlos Lechuga * '' Soul on a String'' by Zhang Yang * '' Tamara and the Ladybug'' by Lucía Carreras * '' Clair Obscur'' by Yeşim Ustaoğlu * '' Tramps'' by Adam Leon * '' Vaya'' by Akin Omotoso * '' We Are Never Alone'' by Petr Vaclav * '' The Wedding Ring'' by Rahmatou Keïta * '' White Sun'' by Deepak Rauniyar * '' The Women's Balcony'' by Emil Ben Shimon * '' X500'' by Juan Andrés Arango * ''

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'' by Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Contemporary World Speakers

* '' The Animal's Wife'' by Víctor Gaviria * ''

'' by Ryszard Bugajski * '' In Between'' by Maysaloun Hamoud * '' Mahana'' by Lee Tamahori * '' Past Life'' by Avi Nesher

Vanguard

* '' The Bad Batch'' by Ana Lily Amirpour * '' Blind Sun'' by Joyce A. Nashawati * '' Buster's Mal Heart'' by Sarah Adina Smith * '' Colossal'' by

Nacho Vigalondo Ignacio "Nacho" Vigalondo Palacios (born 6 April 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker. Career Vigalondo's first film was the 2003 Spanish-language short film '' 7:35 in the Morning'', about a suicide bomber who terrorizes a cafe, which was only eight m ...

* '' Godspeed'' by Chung Mong-hong * '' I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House'' by Oz Perkins * '' Interchange'' by Dain Iskandar Said * '' Message from the King'' by Fabrice Du Welz * '' My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea'' by Dash Shaw * ''

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop g ...

'' by Anne Émond * '' Prevenge'' by Alice Lowe * '' The Untamed'' by Amat Escalante * '' Without Name'' by Lorcan Finnegan

Discovery

* '' ARQ'' by Tony Elliott * '' Blessed Benefit'' by Mahmoud al Massad * '' Boys in the Trees'' by Nicholas Verso * '' Divines'' by Houda Benyamina * '' The Empty Box'' by Claudia Sainte-Luce * '' Flemish Heaven'' by Peter Monsaert * '' The Fury of a Patient Man'' by Raúl Arévalo * '' Godless'' by Ralitza Petrova * '' The Giant'' by Johannes Nyholm * ''

Guilty Men ''Guilty Men'' is a British polemical book written under the pseudonym "Cato" that was published in July 1940, after the failure of British forces to prevent the defeat and occupation of Norway and France by Nazi Germany. It attacked fifteen publ ...

'' by Iván D. Gaona * '' The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki'' by Juho Kuosmanen * '' Heartstone'' by

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (born 25 February 1982) is an Icelandic film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the ...

* '' Hello Destroyer'' by Kevan Funk * '' Hunting Flies'' by Izer Aliu * '' In the Blood'' by Rasmus Heisterberg * '' In the Radiant City'' by Rachel Lambert * '' Jean of the Joneses'' by Stella Meghie * '' Jeffrey'' by Yanillys Perez * '' Jesús'' by Fernando Guzzoni * '' Joe Cinque's Consolation'' by Sotiris Dounoukos * '' Kati Kati'' by Mbithi Masya * '' Katie Says Goodbye'' by Wayne Roberts * '' The Levelling'' by Hope Dickson Leach * '' Little Wing'' by Selma Vilhunen * '' Mad World'' by Wong Chun * '' Marija'' by Michael Koch * '' A Wedding'' by Stephan Streker * '' Old Stone'' by Johnny Ma * ''

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'' by Sofia Exarchou * '' Prank'' by Vincent Biron * '' The Red Turtle'' by Michaël Dudok de Wit * '' Sami Blood'' by Amanda Kernell * ''

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'' by Elite Zexer * ''

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'' by Ashley McKenzie * '' Wùlu'' by Daouda Coulibaly

Platform

* '' Daguerrotype'' by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023). Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' i ...

* '' Goldstone'' by Ivan Sen * '' Heal the Living'' by Katell Quillévéré * '' Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait'' by Khyentse Norbu * ''

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'' by Fien Troch * '' Jackie'' by

* '' Lady Macbeth'' by William Oldroyd * '' Layla M.'' by Mijke de Jong * '' Searchers'' by Zacharias Kunuk and Natar Ungalaaq * ''

'' by Barry Jenkins * '' Nocturama'' by

Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor. His work has been associated with the New French Extremity. He wrote and directed ''Something Organic'' (1998), '' The Pornographe ...

* '' Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves'' by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie

TIFF Kids

*'' The Day My Father Became a Bush'', by Nicole van Kilsdonk *'' The Eagle Huntress'' by Otto Bell *'' My Life as a Zucchini'' by Claude Barras *'' Miss Impossible'' by Emilie Deleuze

Short Cuts

* ''3-Way (Not Calling)'' by Molly McGlynn * ''5 Films About Technology'' by Peter Huang * ''Andy Goes In'' by Josh Polon * ''Ape Sodom'' by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos * ''Because The World Never Stops'' by

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and Maximilien Van Aertryck * ''Black Head Cow'' by Elizabeth Nichols * '' Blind Vaysha'' by Theodore Ushev * ''Cleo'' by Sanja Živković * ''Cul-de-Sac'' by Damon Russell * ''CYCLES'' by Joe Cobden * ''DataMine'' by Timothy Barron Tracey * '' Emma'' by Martin Edralin * ''Four Faces of the Moon'' by Amanda Strong * '' A Funeral for Lightning'' by Emily Kai Bock * ''Gods Acre'' by Kelton Stepanowich * ''Half a Man'' by Kristina Kumric * ''Hand. Line. Cod.'' by Justin Simms * ''The Hedonists'' by Jian Zhang-ke * ''Imitations'' by Markus Henkel, Milos Mitrovic, Ian Bawa and Fabian Velasco * ''Import'' by Ena Sendijarević * '' Inner Workings'' by Leo Matsuda * ''Late Night Drama'' by Patrice Laliberté * ''

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'' by Thyrone Tommy * '' Mutants'' by Alexandre Dostie * ''A New Home'' by Ziga Virc * ''Next'' by Elena Brodach * ''Nothing About Moccasins'' by Eden Mallina Awashish * ''Nutag–Homeland'' by Alisi Telengut * '' Oh What a Wonderful Feeling'' by François Jaros * ''On the Origin of Fear'' by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon * '' Plain and Simple'' by Raphaël Ouellet * '' Red of the Yew Tree'' by Marie-Hélène Turcotte * ''

The Road to Webequie ''The Road to Webequie'' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Tess Girard and Ryan Noth and released in 2016. The film profiles the Webequie First Nation, a remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Nishnawbe Aski community in Northern Ontario, a ...

'' by Ryan Noth and Tess Girard * ''Romantik'' by Mateusz Rakowicz * ''Shahzad'' by Haya Waseem * ''Small Fry'' by Eva Michon * ''The Smoke'' by Rebecca Addelman * '' Snip'' by Terril Calder * ''Standby'' by Charlotte Regan * ''Summer Camp Island'' by Julia Pott * ''The Taste of Vietnam'' by Pier-Luc Latulippe * ''TMG_103 (rough cut)'' by Walter Woodman * ''Transition'' by Milica Tomovic * '' Tshiuetin'' by Caroline Monnet * ''Twisted'' by Jay Cheel * ''Whispering Breeze'' by Jonathan Tremblay * '' Wild Skin'' by Ariane Louis-Seize * ''Your Mother and I'' by Anna Maguire

Festival Street

* ''

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'' by John Hughes * ''

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'' by

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* '' The Man Trap'' by Marc Daniels

Primetime

* ''

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'' by Charlie Brooker * '' Nirvanna the Band the Show'' by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol * '' Transparent'' by Jill Soloway * '' Tuko Macho'' by The Nest Collective and Jim Chuchu * '' Wasteland'' by Štěpán Hulík

Public Programme

* ''

'' by John Hughes

Cinematheque

* '' The Battle of Algiers'' by Gillo Pontecorvo * '' A Cool Sound from Hell'' by Sidney J. Furie * '' Daughters of the Dust'' by

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* '' General Report on Certain Matters of Interest For a Public Screening'' by Pere Portabella * '' The Horse Thief'' by Tian Zhuangzhuang * '' Lumière!'' by Auguste and Louis Lumière and Thierry Frémaux * '' One Sings, the Other Doesn't'' by Agnès Varda * ''

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'' by

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* '' Pan's Labyrinth'' by

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* '' Something Wild'' by

City to City: Lagos

* '' '76'' by Izu Ojukwu * '' 93 Days'' by Steve Gukas * '' The Arbitration'' by Niyi Akinmolayan * '' Green White Green'' by Abba Makama * '' Just Not Married'' by Uduak-Obong Patrick * '' Okafor's Law'' by

Omoni Oboli Omoni Oboli (born 22 April 1978) is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), ''Anchor Baby (fil ...

* ''

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'' by Daniel Emeke Oriahi * '' The Wedding Party'' by Kemi Adetiba

Wavelengths

* '' 025 Sunset Red'' by Laida Lertxundi * '' 350 MYA'' by Terra Long * '' As Without So Within'' by Manuela de Laborde * '' Austerlitz'' by Sergei Loznitsa * '' An Aviation Field'' by Joana Pimenta * '' Ayhan and Me'' by Belit Sag * '' Burning Mountains that Spew Flame'' by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado * '' By the Time It Gets Dark'' by Anocha Suwichakornpong * ''

Children of Lir The ''Children of Lir'' () is a legend from Irish mythology. It is a tale from the post-Christianisation period that mixes magical elements such as druidic wands and spells with a Christian message of Christian faith bringing freedom from su ...

'' by Katherin McInnis * '' Cilaos'' by Camilo Restrepo * '' Dark Adaptation'' by Chris Gehman * '' The Death of Louis XIV'' by Albert Serra * '' The Dreamed Ones'' by Ruth Beckermann * '' The Dreamed Path'' by Angela Schanelec * '' Ears, Nose and Throat'' by Kevin Jerome Everson * '' Flowers of the Sky'' by Janie Geiser * ''

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'' by Ismaïl Bahri * '' General Report II: The New Abduction of Europe'' by Pere Portabella * '' Hermia & Helena'' by Matías Piñeiro * '' The Human Surge'' by Eduardo Williams * '' Há Terra!'' by Ana Vaz * '' I Had to Nowhere to Go'' by Douglas Gordon * '' I'll Remember You As You Were, Not As What You'll Become'' by Sky Hopinka * '' Incantati'' by Danièle Huillet and

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* '' Indefinite Pitch'' by James N. Kienitz Wilkins * '' Kékszakállú'' by Gastón Solnicki * '' Luna e Santur'' by Joshua Gen Solondz * '' Mimosas'' by

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* ''

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'' by Cyprien Gaillard * '' The Ornithologist'' by João Pedro Rodrigues * '' Rudzienko'' by Sharon Lockhart * '' Singularity'' by Albert Serra * '' Strange Vision of Seeing Things'' by Ryan Ferko * '' Ta'ang'' by Wang Bing * '' Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon'' by Tomonari Nishikawa * '' Untitled'' by Björn Kämmerer * '' Untitled, 1925'' by Madi Piller * '' Venus Delta'' by Antoinette Zwirchmayr * '' The Watershow Extravaganza'' by Sophie Michael * '' What's New'' by Nina Könnemann * '' The Woman Who Left'' by Lav Diaz

Canada's Top Ten

In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2016."TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival"

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, 7 December 2016. The selected films received a follow-up screening at the

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as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2017, as well as in selected other cities including

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, Regina,

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Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

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and Halifax.

Features

Short films

References

External links

Official site

2016 Toronto International Film Festival
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