2011 Toronto International Film Festival
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Opening film | From the Sky Down[1] |
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Closing film | Page Eight[2] |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Awards | Where Do We Go Now? (People's Choice Award) |
Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
No. of films | Over 200 feature films[3] |
Festival date | September 8, 2011 | –September 18, 2011
Language | English |
Website | tiff.net |
The 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 18, 2011.[4][5] Buenos Aires, Argentina was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme.[6] The opening film was From the Sky Down, a documentary film about the band U2, directed by Davis Guggenheim.[7] Considerable media attention at the time focused on Madonna's behaviour during the festival.
Awards[]
Award[8] | Film | Director |
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People's Choice Award (Drama) | Where Do We Go Now? | Nadine Labaki |
People's Choice Award (Drama), First Runner Up | Starbuck | Ken Scott |
People's Choice Award (Drama), Second Runner Up | A Separation | Asghar Farhadi |
People's Choice Award (Documentary) | The Island President[9] | Jon Shenk |
People's Choice Award (Documentary), First Runner Up | First Position | Bess Kargman |
People's Choice Award (Documentary), Second Runner Up | Pearl Jam 20 | Cameron Crowe |
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness) | The Raid | Gareth Evans |
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness), First Runner Up | You're Next | Adam Wingard |
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness), Second Runner Up | God Bless America | Bobcat Goldthwait |
Best Canadian Feature Film | Monsieur Lazhar | Philippe Falardeau |
Best Canadian First Feature Film | Citizen Gangster | Nathan Morlando |
Best Canadian First Feature Film, Honorable Mention | Nuit #1 | Anne Émond |
Best Canadian Short Film | Doubles with Slight Pepper | Ian Harnarine |
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention | No Words Came Down | , |
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention | Of Events | |
FIPRESCI Special Presentations | The First Man | Gianni Amelio |
FIPRESCI Discovery | Avalon |
Programmes[]
Gala Presentations[]
- Albert Nobbs by Rodrigo García
- The Awakening by Nick Murphy
- Beloved by Christophe Honoré
- Butter by Jim Field Smith
- A Dangerous Method by David Cronenberg
- From the Sky Down by Davis Guggenheim
- A Happy Event by Rémi Bezançon
- Hysteria by Tanya Wexler
- The Ides of March by George Clooney
- Killer Elite by Gary McKendry
- The Lady by Luc Besson
- Machine Gun Preacher by Marc Forster
- Moneyball by Bennett Miller
- Page Eight by David Hare
- Peace, Love and Misunderstanding by Bruce Beresford
- Starbuck by Ken Scott
- Take This Waltz by Sarah Polley
- Trespass by Joel Schumacher
- W.E. by Madonna
- Winnie by Darrell Roodt
Masters[]
- Almayer's Folly by Chantal Akerman
- Faust by Alexander Sokurov
- Hard Core Logo 2 by Bruce McDonald
- Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki
- I Wish by Hirokazu Koreeda
- The Kid with a Bike by Dardenne brothers
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Outside Satan by Bruno Dumont
- Pina by Wim Wenders
- Restless by Gus Van Sant
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Robert Guédiguian
- This Is Not a Film by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Jafar Panahi
- The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky
Special Presentations[]
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Q&A session after the second screening of Pearl Jam Twenty at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival with the band's frontman Eddie Vedder (far right)
- 11 Flowers by Wang Xiaoshuai
- 360 by Fernando Meirelles
- 50/50 by Jonathan Levine
- Afghan Luke by Mike Clattenburg
- Americano by Mathieu Demy
- Anonymous by Roland Emmerich
- The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius
- Une vie meilleure by Cédric Kahn
- Breakaway by Robert Lieberman
- Burning Man by Jonathan Teplitzky
- Café de Flore by Jean-Marc Vallée
- The Cardboard Village by Ermanno Olmi
- Chicken with Plums by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
- Coriolanus by Ralph Fiennes
- Countdown by
- Damsels in Distress by Whit Stillman
- Dark Horse by Todd Solondz
- Death of a Superhero by Ian Fitzgibbon
- The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Davies
- The Descendants by Alexander Payne
- Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn
- Citizen Gangster by Nathan Morlando
- Elles by Małgorzata Szumowska
- The Eye of the Storm by Fred Schepisi
- The First Man by Gianni Amelio
- Friends with Kids by Jennifer Westfeldt
- Goon by Michael Dowse
- We Have a Pope by Nanni Moretti
- Headhunters by Morten Tyldum
- Hick by Derick Martini
- by
- In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland
- Intruders by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Jeff Who Lives at Home by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass
- Keyhole by Guy Maddin
- Killer Joe by William Friedkin
- Life Without Principle by Johnnie To
- Like Crazy by Drake Doremus
- by Nicolas Klotz
- Martha Marcy May Marlene by Sean Durkin
- Mausam by Pankaj Kapoor
- Melancholia by Lars von Trier
- Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau
- The Moth Diaries by Mary Harron
- My Worst Nightmare by Anne Fontaine
- The Oranges by Julian Farino
- Pearl Jam Twenty by Cameron Crowe
- Rampart by Oren Moverman
- Rebellion by Mathieu Kassovitz
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Lasse Hallström
- Shame by Steve McQueen
- A Simple Life by Ann Hui
- The Skin I Live In by Pedro Almodóvar
- Sleeping Beauty by Julia Leigh
- Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols
- 10 Years by Jamie Linden
- Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese
- A Burning Hot Summer (That Summer) by Philippe Garrel
- Trishna by Michael Winterbottom
- Twixt by Francis Ford Coppola
- Tyrannosaur by Paddy Considine
- Violet & Daisy by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
- Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale by Wei Te-sheng
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay
- Where Do We Go Now? by Nadine Labaki
- The Woman in the Fifth by Paweł Pawlikowski
- Wuthering Heights by Andrea Arnold
Discovery[]
- Las acacias by
- Alois Nebel by
- by
- Avalon by
- Back to Stay by Milagros Mumenthaler
- by
- Breathing by Karl Markovics
- The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best by Ryan O'Nan
- Bunohan by
- by
- by Zaida Bergroth
- by
- by
- Historias que so existem quando lembradas by
- The Invader by Nicolas Provost
- J'aime regarder les filles by
- Lost in Paradise by
- by Rebecca Daly
- Pariah by Dee Rees
- by
- Summer Games by
- The Sword Identity by Xu Haofeng
- by Emmanuelle Millet
- by Angelina Nikonova
- Volcano by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Reel to Reel[]
- Arirang by Kim Ki-duk
- The Boy Who Was a King by Andrey Paounov
- by Morgan Spurlock
- by Frederick Wiseman
- Dark Girls by and Bill Duke
- by Rithy Panh
- The Education of Auma Obama by Branwen Okpako
- by
- Girl Model by and
- by Jonathan Demme
- In My Mother's Arms by and Mohamed Al-Daradji
- Into the Abyss by Werner Herzog
- by Jessica Yu
- by
- by Alex Gibney
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
- by Stephen Kessler
- Pink Ribbons, Inc. by Léa Pool
- Samsara by Ron Fricke
- Sarah Palin: You Betcha! by Nick Broomfield and
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey by Mark Cousins
- Surviving Progress by and Harold Crooks
- The Tall Man by
- Undefeated by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin
- Urbanized by Gary Hustwit
- Whores' Glory by Michael Glawogger
Vanguard[]
- by
- Doppelgänger Paul by Kris Elgstrand and Dylan Akio Smith
- Generation P by Victor Ginzburg
- Headshot by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
- by
- i am a good person/i am a bad person by Ingrid Veninger
- Love and Bruises by Lou Ye
- Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier
- Snowtown by
- The Year of the Tiger by Sebastián Lelio
TIFF kids[]
- First Position by Bess Kargman
- The Flying Machine, by , Geoff Lindsey and Dorota Kobiela
- A Letter to Momo by Hiroyuki Okiura
- A Monster in Paris by Bibo Bergeron
Mavericks[]
- Barrymore by Érik Canuel
- The Island President by Jon Shenk
- The Love We Make by Albert Maysles
- Neil Young Journeys by Jonathan Demme
- Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician by , Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin and Amr Salama
- Tilda Swinton
City to City: Buenos Aires[]
- by Alison Murray
- The Cat Vanishes by Carlos Sorín
- Crane World by Pablo Trapero
- by
- Invasión by Hugo Santiago
- A Mysterious World by Rodrigo Moreno
- by
- by
- The Student by Santiago Mitre
- Vaquero by Juan Minujín
Contemporary World Cinema[]
- 388 Arletta Avenue by
- Always Brando by Ridha Behi
- Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai by Suseenthiran
- Beauty by Oliver Hermanus
- by
- Blood of My Blood by João Canijo
- Bonsai by Cristián Jiménez
- by
- Death for Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Extraterrestrial by Nacho Vigalondo
- Footnote by Joseph Cedar
- The Forgiveness of Blood by Joshua Marston
- Free Men by Ismaël Ferroukhi
- From up on Poppy Hill by Gorō Miyazaki
- A Funny Man by Martin Zandvliet
- Future Lasts Forever by Özcan Alper
- by Mohammad Rasoulof
- Goodbye First Love by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Guilty by
- Gypsy by Martin Šulík
- Heleno by
- Himizu by Sion Sono
- Hotel Swooni by
- I'm Yours by Leonard Farlinger
- Islands by
- Juan of the Dead by
- Land of Oblivion by Michale Boganim
- by
- Last Winter by
- by
- Lipstikka by Jonathan Sagall
- by Avie Luthra
- Man on Ground by Akin Omotoso
- Michael by
- Michael by Ribhu Dasgupta
- Miss Bala by
- by
- Omar Killed Me by Roschdy Zem
- Restoration by
- Rose by Wojciech Smarzowski
- by
- A Separation by Asghar Farhadi
- The Silver Cliff by Karim Aïnouz
- Sisters & Brothers by Carl Bessai
- Sons of Norway by Jens Lien
- SuperClásico by Ole Christian Madsen
- Think of Me by
- by Xiaolu Guo
- Union Square by Nancy Savoca
- Your Sister's Sister by Lynn Shelton
Canada First![]
- Amy George by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas
- by
- Nuit 1 by Anne Émond
- by Simon Davidson
- by and
- Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) by Ivan Grbovic
- Wetlands (Marécages) by Guy Édoin
Short Cuts Canada[]
The TIFF Bell Lightbox had its formal opening on September 12, 2010, during the 2010 festival. This shot was taken the day before the opening.
- by
- by
- Afternoon Tea by
- by
- by Chelsea McMullan
- by
- Doubles with Slight Pepper by Ian Harnarine
- by
- by
- The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar by Igor Drljača
- by Cory Bowles
- Hope by Pedro Pires
- by
- by Enrico Colantoni and Hugh Dillon
- by
- by
- Mandeep by
- No Words Came Down by
- Of Events by
- by Jeanne Leblanc
- Ora by
- by
- Patch Town by Craig Goodwill
- by Dusty Mancinelli
- by Evan Morgan
- by
- by
- La Ronde by Sophie Goyette
- by Ian Lagarde
- by Mark Slutsky
- by and
- by
- by Yan Giroux
- by Matthew Rankin
- Throat Song by Miranda de Pencier
- by and Francis Leclerc
- by
- by
- We Ate the Children Last by Andrew Cividino
- by
- by and
Canada Open Vault[]
- Hard Core Logo by Bruce McDonald
Visions[]
- Alps by Yorgos Lanthimos
- by Lav Diaz
- Cut by Amir Naderi
- by Christian Petzold
- by Dominik Graf
- by Christoph Hochhäusler
- by Adolfo Alix, Jr.
- House of Tolerance by Bertrand Bonello
- Kotoko by Shinya Tsukamoto
- The Last Christeros by
- The Loneliest Planet by Julia Loktev
- by Toshiaki Toyoda
- by Ghassan Salhab
- by Vimukthi Jayasundara
- Play by Ruben Östlund
- Porfirio by Alejandro Landes
- by Debbie Tucker Green
- by
- Swirl by
- This Side of Resurrection by Joaquim Sapinho
Wavelengths[]
- by
- by
- by , and
- by
- by Raya Martin
- by Mark Lewis
- by Rose Lowder
- by Kevin Jerome Everson
- by
- by Tacita Dean
- by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- by
- by
- by
- by
- by
- by
- by Nathaniel Dorsky
- by Ben Rivers
- by Joyce Wieland
- by
- by
- by James Benning
- by
- by
Future Projections[]
- by Peter Lynch
- by and
- by James Franco and Gus Van Sant
- by Mr. Brainwash
- by David Rokeby
- by and
- by Gregory Crewdson
- by Ben Rivers
- by Duane Hopkins
- by David Lamelas
- by
Midnight Madness[]
- The Day by Doug Aarniokoski
- God Bless America by Bobcat Goldthwait
- The Incident by Alexandre Courtes
- Kill List by Ben Wheatley
- Livid by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo
- Lovely Molly by Eduardo Sánchez
- The Raid by Gareth Evans
- Sleepless Night by Frédéric Jardin
- Smuggler by Katsuhito Ishii
- You're Next by Adam Wingard
References[]
- ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF 2011 announces closing night film and final lineup of Galas and Special Presentations". Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF List 2011: A Complete Guide To The Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "2011 Toronto International Film Festival Annual report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "The Festival" (Press release). 2011-03-01. Archived from the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival Selects Buenos Aires As 2011 City To City Selection" (Press release). 2011-02-08. Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- ^ "U2 documentary to open Toronto Film Festival". BBC News. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- ^ "TIFF: Awards 2011". tiff.net. Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "'The Island President' predominates international festival | International | Maldives Traveller | Travel News | Resort, Honeymoon, Diving & Spa". Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
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