2007 Toronto International Film Festival

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Toronto International Film Festival
2007 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg
Festival poster
Opening filmFugitive Pieces
Closing filmEmotional Arithmetic
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films349
Festival dateSeptember 6, 2007 – September 15, 2007
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/

The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007.[1][2] The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissions. The selection included 275 mid- to feature-length films, of which 234 were premieres, with 71 by first-time directors.[3] The festival was attended by members of the industry, press and general public. It opened with the world premiere of Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces, a film based on the international bestselling novel by Anne Michaels,[4] and closed with Paolo Barzman's Emotional Arithmetic.[5]

Film reception[]

Critical favourites included No Country for Old Men, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which were equally well received at the Cannes Film Festival, plus the Joy Division biopic Control which, along with the eponymously titled documentary on the band, Joy Division, was picked up by The Weinstein Company. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star named Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead a major Oscar contender.[6] The audience favourite, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, won the top prize at the festival. The New York Times pointed out that two previous winners had gone on to win Best Picture Oscars.[7]

Highly discussed but divisive films among the public and critics include comedies Juno and Margot at the Wedding, the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There and Brian De Palma's Iraq War documentary Redacted. Films expected to stir controversy for their transgressive sexual content, such as Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, Alan Ball's Nothing Is Private and Martin Gero's Young People Fucking, did divide audiences but without fanfare. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Across the Universe both won their share of supporters despite previous reports of shooting delays and director-studio clashes.[6]

Awards[]

In addition, film director and historian Peter Bogdanovich was awarded the International Federation of Film Archives Award for his contribution towards film preservation. The award was presented at a screening of Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937) which Bogdanovich selected to illustrate the importance of film restoration.[11]

Programmes[]

Canada First![]

Canada First!
AwardsCitytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film
No. of filmsEight
LanguageEnglish
French
Hindi

The Canada First! programme features first or second time Canadian film directors and established Canadian filmmakers who have not previously appeared in the festival. Eight films were selected to appear in the festival.[12] Stéphane Lafleur's directorial debut Continental, a Film Without Guns won the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film and a CDN$15 000 bursary.[10]

Canadian Open Vault[]

Canadian Open Vault
Directed byFrancis Mankiewicz
LanguageFrench

The Canadian Open Vault programme features a recently restored and iconic Canadian film.[13] Quebec-based filmmaker Francis Mankiewicz's Good Riddance was selected. The film has previously won eight Genie Awards and appeared on every Canada's Ten Best film survey.[14][15]

  • Good Riddance (Les Bons Débarras, 1980) directed by Francis Mankiewicz

Canadian Retrospective[]

Canadian Retrospective
Directed byMichel Brault
No. of filmsNine
LanguageEnglish
French

The Canadian Retrospective programme features a section of films representing an aspect of the history of Canadian cinema. It was the seventh year the festival has held the retrospective.[16] Influential Québécois filmmaker Michel Brault was spotlighted through nine films he directed or shot. He has been credited for his visual style and creating some of the most important films to come from Quebec. In conjunction, the Toronto International Film Festival Group published a book on Brault, Cinema as History: Michel Brault and Modern Quebec by .[17]

  • (L'Acadie, l'Acadie?!?, 1971) directed by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault
  • Chronicle of a Summer (Chronique d'un été, 1961) directed by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch
  • Drifting Upstream (Entre la mer et l'eau douce, 1967) directed by Michel Brault
  • (1964) directed by Michel Brault
  • Wrestling (La Lutte, 1961) directed by Claude Fournier, Marcel Carrière, Claude Jutra and Michel Brault
  • The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier, 1989) directed by Michel Brault
  • Orders (Les Ordres, 1974) directed by Michel Brault
  • The Moon Trap (Pour la suite du monde, 1963) directed by Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault
  • The Snowshoers (Les Raquetteurs, 1968) directed by Gilles Groulx and Michel Brault

Contemporary World Cinema[]

Contemporary World Cinema
No. of films62
LanguageInternational

The Contemporary World Cinema programme features films from around the world. It included premieres and prize-winning films from other festivals. Sixty-two films were selected,[18] including eight from Canada.[19]

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures[]

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures
No. of filmsEight
LanguageEnglish
French
Swedish

The Dialogues: Talking With Pictures series features a selection of classic films which are chosen and introduced by well-known directors or artists who have found a given film influential or pivotal throughout the course of their own career.[20] Eight films were selected between nine filmmakers and artists.[21]

  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) directed by Martin Scorsese; introduced by actress Ellen Burstyn
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) directed by William Wyler; introduced by director Sidney Lumet
  • Bucking Broadway (1917) directed by John Ford; introduced by director Peter Bogdanovich
  • Closely Watched Trains (Ostře Sledované Vlaky, 1966) directed by Jiří Menzel; introduced by director Ken Loach
  • La jetée (1962) directed by Chris Marker; introduced by architect Bruce Kuwabara
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) directed by Richard Attenborough; introduced by Lord Richard Attenborough
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song (1961) directed by Henry Koster; introduced by actress Nancy Kwan and director Arthur Dong
  • The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan, 1960) directed by Ingmar Bergman; introduced by actor Max von Sydow

Discovery[]

Discovery
AwardsDIESEL Discovery Award
FIPRESCI Prize
No. of films14
LanguageInternational

The Discovery programme features the work of new film directors from around the world. Fourteen films were selected.[22] Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán's feature debut won the DIESEL Discovery Award and a CDN$10 000 bursary. The International Federation of Film Critics returned to the festival for the 16th year and awarded Rodrigo Plá's La Zona the FIPRESCI Prize.[10]

Doc Talks[]

Doc Talks
LanguageEnglish
French

The Doc Talk series features discussions with various documentary filmmakers on topics such as the future of the medium and their work and its subject matter.[23] Clips from their new and upcoming documentaries are screened. The series was opened to the public for the first time. Topics included biography films, Michel Brault, war and democracy.[24]

Future Projections[]

Future Projections
LanguageInternational

The Future Projections programme features non-theatrical installations in various mediums.[25] This marked the programme's inaugural run. Nine installations were curated by the Toronto International Film Festival Group and other Torontonian cultural institutions. Admission was free for all exhibitions, with the exception of the exhibit at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery which was free only to Festival passholders.[26]

installation outside of the Royal Ontario Museum
  • created by Jeremy Shaw; curated by
  • created by various artists; curated by Leslie Thomas
  • (Kagadanan sa Banwaan ning mga Engkanto) created by Lav Diaz; curated by Cameron Bailey
  • created by Francesco Vezzoli; curated by Gregory Burke
  • Into the Pixel created by various artists; organized by
  • Late Fragment directed by Daryl Cloran, Anita Doron and Mateo Guez; produced by Anita Lee and Ana Serrano
  • directed by and
  • created by ; organized by
  • created by Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob; curated by Wayne Baerwaldt

Gala Presentations[]

Gala Presentations
AwardsCadillac People's Choice Award
No. of films20
LanguageArabic
English
French
Mandarin

Gala Presentations spotlights prestige films of Canadian, American and foreign-language origins in equal measure. They are often world or North American premieres and are screened at the Roy Thomson Hall. Twenty films were selected.[27] David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises received the Cadillac People's Choice Award.[10]

  • Fugitive Pieces directed by Jeremy Podeswa
  • Rendition directed by Gavin Hood
  • Michael Clayton directed by Tony Gilroy
  • Battle for Terra directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas
  • Eastern Promises directed by David Cronenberg
  • (Le Deuxième Souffle) directed by Alain Corneau
  • The Last Lear directed by Rituparno Ghosh
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age directed by Shekhar Kapur
  • The Jane Austen Book Club directed by Robin Swicord
  • Sleuth directed by Kenneth Branagh
  • Across the Universe directed by Julie Taymor
  • Cassandra's Dream directed by Woody Allen
  • Cleaner directed by Renny Harlin
  • Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) directed by Denys Arcand
  • Blood Brothers (Tian Tang Kou) directed by
  • Reservation Road directed by Terry George
  • The Walker directed by Paul Schrader
  • Closing the Ring directed by Richard Attenborough
  • Caramel directed by Nadine Labaki
  • Emotional Arithmetic directed by Paolo Barzman

Masters[]

Masters
No. of films20
LanguageInternational

The Masters programme features films by world-renowned filmmakers. Twenty films were selected.[28]

Mavericks[]

Mavericks
LanguageEnglish
Hindi
Kannada
Larry Charles and Bill Maher discuss Religulous outside of Ryerson

Mavericks features discussions with film industry and other professionals.[29] Four events were held on a variety of socio-political topics. Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter discussed their activist work after his presidential term. Comedians Bill Maher and Larry Charles tackled religion. Mira Nair brought together three other Indian filmmakers who covered HIV/AIDS and screened four new short films on the subject. Finally, the conflict in Sudan was discussed by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, and a panel of filmmakers.[30]

  • Everything to Gain: A Conversation with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter (Jonathan Demme's Man from Plains); moderated by Allan Gregg
  • Mira Nair Presents: Four Views on AIDS in India with Mira Nair (Migration), Santosh Sivan (Prarambha), Vishal Bhardwaj (Blood Brothers) and Farhan Akhtar (Positive); moderated by Mira Nair and Ashok Alexander (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Indian HIV/AIDS initiative)
  • Religulous: A Conversation with Bill Maher and Larry Charles with Bill Maher and Larry Charles (Religulous)
  • The Time Is Now: A Conversation About Darfur with Luis Moreno-Ocampo (Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court), Don Cheadle (actor, activist), Adam Sterling (co-founder, Sudan Divestment Task Force), Ted Braun (director, Darfur Now), Mark Jonathan Harris (producer, Darfur Now) and Cathy Schulman (producer, Darfur Now)

Midnight Madness[]

  • directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto
  • The Devil's Chair directed by Adam Mason
  • Flash Point (Dao Huo Xian) directed by Wilson Yip
  • Frontier(s) (Frontière(s)) directed by Xavier Gens
  • George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead directed by George A. Romero
  • Inside (À l'intérieur) directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury
  • The Mother of Tears directed by Dario Argento
  • Stuck directed by Stuart Gordon
  • Sukiyaki Western Django directed by Takashi Miike
  • Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori

[31]

Real to Reel[]

Werner Herzog talking with an audience member as a crowd exits an Encounters at the End of the World screening at the Paramount Theatre

Short Cuts Canada[]

Special Presentations[]

  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 sǎptǎmâni şi 2 zile) directed by Cristian Mungiu
  • Angel directed by François Ozon
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford directed by Andrew Dominik
  • Atonement directed by Joe Wright
  • Battle in Seattle directed by Stuart Townsend
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead directed by Sidney Lumet
  • Before the Rains directed by Santosh Sivan
  • Bill directed by Melisa Wallack and
  • The Brave One directed by Neil Jordan
  • Captain Mike Across America directed by Michael Moore
  • To Each His Own Cinema (Chacun son cinéma) directed by Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raúl Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsai Ming-liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-wai and Zhang Yimou
  • Chaotic Ana (Caótica Ana) directed by Julio Medem
  • Death Defying Acts directed by Gillian Armstrong
  • The Girl in the Park directed by David Auburn
  • Grand Illusion (La Grand Illusion, 1937) directed by Jean Renoir; introduced by director Peter Bogdanovich
  • Here Is What Is directed by , Daniel Lanois and
  • Honeydripper directed by John Sayles
  • I'm Not There directed by Todd Haynes
  • In Bloom directed by Vadim Perelman
  • In the Valley of Elah directed by Paul Haggis
  • Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn
  • Juno directed by Jason Reitman
  • Lars and the Real Girl directed by Craig Gillespie
  • Love Comes Lately directed by Jan Schütte
  • Lust, Caution (pinyin: Sè, Jiè) directed by Ang Lee
  • Mad Detective directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai
  • Man from Plains directed by Jonathan Demme
  • Margot at the Wedding directed by Noah Baumbach
  • Married Life directed by Ira Sachs
  • Mongol directed by Sergei Bodrov
  • My Winnipeg directed by Guy Maddin
  • Nightwatching directed by Peter Greenaway
  • No Country for Old Men directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • Nothing Is Private directed by Alan Ball
Helen Hunt at the Elgin Theatre for her film Then She Found Me
  • Persepolis directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
  • Poor Boy's Game directed by Clement Virgo
  • Rails & Ties directed by Alison Eastwood
  • () directed by Hans Weingartner
  • Redacted directed by Brian De Palma
  • Romulus, My Father directed by Richard Roxburgh
  • The Savages directed by Tamara Jenkins
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) directed by Julian Schnabel
  • Shadows directed by Milcho Manchevski
  • Shake Hands with the Devil directed by Roger Spottiswoode
  • Silk directed by François Girard
  • The Sun Also Rises (Tai Yang Zhao Chang Sheng Qi) directed by Jiang Wen
  • The Take directed by Brad Furman
  • Then She Found Me directed by Helen Hunt
  • The Visitor directed by Tom McCarthy
  • When Did You Last See Your Father? directed by Anand Tucker

Sprockets Family Zone[]

  • () directed by
  • Max & Co directed by and
  • Mid Road Gang () directed by and
  • Nocturna directed by Victor Maldonado and
  • The Substitute (Vikaren) directed by Ole Bornedal

Vanguard[]

Director Pang Ho-Cheung (left) addresses the audience at a screening of his film The Exodus
  • The Exodus directed by Pang Ho-Cheung
  • Help Me Eros (Bang Bang Wo Ai Shen) directed by Lee Kang-sheng
  • (yo) directed by
  • Mister Lonely directed by Harmony Korine
  • Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres) directed by Céline Sciamma
  • The Orphanage (El Orfanato) directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
  • Paranoid Park directed by Gus Van Sant
  • Ping Pong Playa directed by Jessica Yu
  • Sad Vacation directed by Shinji Aoyama
  • Smiley Face directed by Gregg Araki
  • directed by James Spooner
  • XXY directed by Lucía Puenzo

Visions[]

  • Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Buda As Sharm Foru Rikht) directed by Hana Makhmalbaf
  • Dans la Ville de Sylvie (En la ciudad de Sylvia) directed by José Luis Guerín
  • () directed by Lav Diaz
  • Dr. Plonk directed by Rolf de Heer
  • directed by
  • Encarnación directed by Anahí Berneri
  • () directed by
  • Import Export directed by Ulrich Seidl
  • L'Amour caché directed by Alessandro Capone
  • directed by Lee Myung-se
  • Night directed by
  • Pink (Roz) directed by Alexander Voulgaris
  • Ploy directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
  • Silent Light (Stellet Licht) directed by Carlos Reygadas
  • () directed by
  • (Sous les toits de Paris) directed by Hiner Saleem
  • Time to Die () directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska
  • The Tracey Fragments directed by Bruce McDonald
  • You, the Living (Du levande) directed by Roy Andersson

Wavelengths[]

  • The Acrobat directed by Chris Kennedy
  • directed by
  • directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • directed by Peter Hutton
  • directed by and
  • directed by Ken Jacobs
  • directed by
  • directed by
  • directed by
  • directed by
  • directed by Hannes Schüpbach
  • directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
  • directed by Bruce McClure
  • () directed by
  • directed by
  • directed by
  • directed by
  • Pool (Kolam) directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui
  • directed by Henri Storck
  • directed by
  • directed by Nicky Hamlyn
  • directed by Heinz Emigholz
  • directed by Chris Kennedy
  • directed by David Gatten

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