2018 Toronto International Film Festival
Opening film | Outlaw King by David Mackenzie |
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Closing film | Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy by Justin Kelly |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Founded | 1976 |
Awards | Green Book (People's Choice Award) |
Festival date | September 6–16, 2018 |
Website | www |
The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to the festival were members of underrepresented groups, such as women and people of color.[1] The People's Choice Award was won by Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly.[2]
Awards[]
Award | Film | Director |
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People's Choice Award | Green Book | Peter Farrelly |
People's Choice Award, First Runner Up | If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins |
People's Choice Award, Second Runner Up | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
People's Choice Award: Documentary | Free Solo | E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin |
People's Choice Award: Documentary, First Runner Up | This Changes Everything | Tom Donahue |
People's Choice Award: Documentary, Second Runner Up | The Biggest Little Farm | John Chester |
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness | The Man Who Feels No Pain (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota) | |
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness, First Runner Up | Halloween | David Gordon Green |
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness, Second Runner Up | Assassination Nation | Sam Levinson |
Platform Prize | Cities of Last Things | Ho Wi Ding |
Platform Prize, Honourable Mention | The River | Emir Baigazin |
Best Canadian Feature Film | The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) | Sébastien Pilote |
Best Canadian Short Film | Brotherhood (Ikhwène) | Meryam Joobeur |
Best Canadian Short Film, Honourable Mention | Fauve | Jérémy Comte |
Best Canadian First Feature Film | Roads in February (Les routes en février) | Katherine Jerkovic |
FIPRESCI Discovery Prize | Float Like a Butterfly | Carmel Winters |
FIPRESCI Discovery Prize, Honourable Mention | Twin Flower | |
FIPRESCI Special Presentations | Skin | Guy Nattiv |
FIPRESCI Special Presentations, Honourable Mention | A Faithful Man | Louis Garrel |
Best International Short Film | The Field | |
Best International Short Film, Honourable Mention | Fuck You | |
Best International Short Film, Honourable Mention | This Magnificent Cake | , |
Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere | The Third Wife | |
Netpac Award, Honourable Mention | ||
Eurimages Audentia Award for Best Female Director | Fig Tree | Alamork Davidian |
Eurimages Audentia Award, Honourable Mention | Camilla Strøm Henriksen |
Juries[]
Platform Jury[]
Canadian Feature Film Jury[]
- Mathieu Denis
- Ali Özgentürk
- Michelle Shephard
Short Cuts Film Jury[]
- Claire Diao
- Molly McGlynn
- Michael Pearce
Programmes[]
The first slate of galas and special presentations was announced on July 24, 2018.[5] The festival's lineup of Canadian films was announced on August 1,[6] and the lineup for the Platform program was announced on August 8.[7] Two days later, the Documentaries lineup was announced, with additional films added to the Midnight Madness programme.[8] Additional films were added to respective lineups on August 14.[9]
Gala presentations[]
- Beautiful Boy by Felix Van Groeningen
- Everybody Knows by Asghar Farhadi
- First Man by Damien Chazelle
- Green Book by Peter Farrelly
- The Hate U Give by George Tillman Jr.
- Hidden Man by Jiang Wen
- High Life by Claire Denis
- Husband Material by Anurag Kashyap
- Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy by Justin Kelly
- The Kindergarten Teacher by Sara Colangelo
- The Land of Steady Habits by Nicole Holofcener
- The Lie by Veena Sud
- Life Itself by Dan Fogelman
- Outlaw King by David Mackenzie
- A Private War by Matthew Heineman
- The Public by Emilio Estevez
- Shadow by Zhang Yimou
- A Star Is Born by Bradley Cooper
- What They Had by Elizabeth Chomko
- Widows by Steve McQueen
Special presentations[]
- 22 July by Paul Greengrass
- American Woman by Jake Scott
- Anthropocene: The Human Epoch by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky
- by
- Ben Is Back by Peter Hedges
- Boy Erased by Joel Edgerton
- Burning by Lee Chang-dong
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Marielle Heller
- Capernaum by Nadine Labaki
- Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski
- Colette by Wash Westmoreland
- The Death and Life of John F. Donovan by Xavier Dolan
- Dogman by Matteo Garrone
- Driven by Nick Hamm
- Duelles by Olivier Masset-Depasse
- A Faithful Man by Louis Garrel
- The Fall of the American Empire by Denys Arcand
- The Front Runner by Jason Reitman
- Giant Little Ones by Keith Behrman
- Girls of the Sun by Eva Husson
- Gloria Bell by Sebastián Lelio
- Greta by Neil Jordan
- The Grizzlies by Miranda de Pencier
- Hold the Dark by Jeremy Saulnier
- Hotel Mumbai by Anthony Maras
- The Hummingbird Project by Kim Nguyen
- If Beale Street Could Talk by Barry Jenkins
- Kursk by Thomas Vinterberg
- Legend of the Demon's Cat by Chen Kaige
- Manto by Nandita Das
- Maya by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Mid90s by Jonah Hill
- A Million Little Pieces by Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Monsters and Men by Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Mouthpiece by Patricia Rozema
- Never Look Away by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Non-Fiction by Olivier Assayas
- The Old Man & the Gun by David Lowery
- Papi Chulo by John Butler
- La Quietud by Pablo Trapero
- Red Joan by Trevor Nunn
- Roma by Alfonso Cuarón
- Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda
- The Sisters Brothers by Jacques Audiard
- Skin by Guy Nattiv
- Sunset by László Nemes
- Teen Spirit by Max Minghella
- Tell It to the Bees by Annabel Jankel
- Through Black Spruce by Don McKellar
- Viper Club by Maryam Keshavarz
- Vision by Naomi Kawase
- Vita and Virginia by
- Vox Lux by Brady Corbet
- The Wedding Guest by Michael Winterbottom
- The Weekend by Stella Meghie
- Where Hands Touch by Amma Asante
- White Boy Rick by Yann Demange
- Wildlife by Paul Dano
- Wild Rose by Tom Harper
Special events[]
- The Joy Luck Club by Wayne Wang
- Sharkwater Extinction by Rob Stewart
Documentaries[]
- American Dharma by Errol Morris
- Angels Are Made of Light by James Longley
- The Biggest Little Farm by John Chester
- Carmine Street Guitars by Ron Mann
- Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes by
- The Elephant Queen by and
- Fahrenheit 11/9 by Michael Moore
- Free Solo by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
- Freedom Fields by Naziha Arebi
- by and
- Graves Without a Name by Rithy Panh
- by Janus Metz Pedersen and
- Maiden by
- Maria by Callas by
- Meeting Gorbachev by Werner Herzog and André Singer
- Monrovia, Indiana by Frederick Wiseman
- by Barry Avrich
- by Vitaly Mansky
- Quincy by Rashida Jones and
- by Anand Patwardhan
- by Billy Corben
- by Margarethe von Trotta
- The Truth About Killer Robots by Maxim Pozdorovkin
- This Changes Everything by Tom Donahue
- Walking on Water by Andrey Paounov
- What Is Democracy? by Astra Taylor
- by Jawad Rhalib
- Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema by Mark Cousins
Contemporary World Cinema[]
- The Accused by
- Angel by
- El Angel by Luis Ortega
- Asako I & II by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
- Before the Frost by Michael Noer
- Belmonte by Federico Veiroj
- Birds of Passage by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
- Black '47 by Lance Daly
- The Black Book by Valeria Sarmiento
- Border by Ali Abbasi
- Bulbul Can Sing by Rima Das
- Core of the World by
- The Dive by Yona Rozenkier
- Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa
- The Factory by Yuri Bykov
- Falls Around Her by Darlene Naponse
- The Fireflies Are Gone by Sébastien Pilote
- Florianópolis Dream by Ana Katz
- The Great Darkened Days by Maxime Giroux
- I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians by Radu Jude
- Jinpa by Pema Tseden
- Kingsway by Bruce Sweeney
- Let Me Fall by Baldvin Zophoníasson
- by Nejib Belkadhi
- by and
- The Most Beautiful Couple by
- Museum by Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Night/Ext by Ahmad Abdalla
- One Last Deal by Klaus Härö
- The Other Story by Avi Nesher
- Quién te cantará by Carlos Vermut
- The Realm by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- by and
- Retrospekt by Esther Rots
- Roads in February by Katherine Jerkovic
- Rosie by Paddy Breathnach
- Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin by Renée Beaulieu
- Sew the Winter to My Skin by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
- Sibel by and
- Splinters by Thom Fitzgerald
- Stupid Young Heart by Selma Vilhunen
- Styx by
- by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
- That Time of Year by Paprika Steen
- Ulysses & Mona by Sébastien Betbeder
- The Vice of Hope by Edoardo De Angelis
- Winter Flies by
- Working Woman by Michal Aviad
Discovery[]
- Akasha by Hajooj Kuka
- Aniara by and
- Blind Spot by Tuva Novotny
- The Chambermaid by
- Clara by Akash Sherman
- by
- Consequences by
- by
- by
- The Dig by and
- Edge of the Knife by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown
- An Elephant Sitting Still by Hu Bo
- Emu Runner by Imogen Thomas
- by
- The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia by
- Farming by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Fig Tree by Alamork Davidian
- Firecrackers by Jasmin Mozaffari
- Float Like a Butterfly by Carmel Winters
- Freaks by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein
- Girl by Lukas Dhont
- Gwen by William McGregor
- by
- by
- by
- Jirga by Benjamin Gilmour
- by
- Lionheart by Genevieve Nnaji
- The Load by
- Manta Ray by
- The Mercy of the Jungle by Joël Karekezi
- by
- Our Body by
- by
- by Camilla Strøm Henriksen
- Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu
- by
- by
- by
- Tel Aviv on Fire by Sameh Zoabi
- The Third Wife by
- Tito and the Birds by Gabriel Bitar, and
- Too Late to Die Young by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo
- Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie
- Twin Flower by
- Woman at War by Benedikt Erlingsson
Masters[]
- 3 Faces by Jafar Panahi
- Ash Is Purest White by Jia Zhang-ke
- Divine Wind by Merzak Allouache
- Hotel by the River by Hong Sang-soo
- The Image Book by Jean-Luc Godard
- Killing by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Loro by Paolo Sorrentino
- Our Time by Carlos Reygadas
- Peterloo by Mike Leigh
- Transit by Christian Petzold
- The Wild Pear Tree by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Midnight Madness[]
- Assassination Nation by Sam Levinson
- Climax by Gaspar Noé
- Diamantino by and
- Halloween by David Gordon Green
- In Fabric by Peter Strickland
- The Man Who Feels No Pain by
- Nekrotronic by
- The Predator by Shane Black
- The Standoff at Sparrow Creek by
- The Wind by
Platform[]
- by
- Cities of Last Things by Ho Wi Ding
- Destroyer by Karyn Kusama
- Donnybrook by
- The Good Girls by
- Her Smell by Alex Ross Perry
- by
- Jessica Forever by and
- Lady J (Mademoiselle de Joncquières) by Emmanuel Mouret
- Out of Blue by Carol Morley
- The River by Emir Baigazin
- by
Short Cuts[]
- 7A by
- Accidence by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and
- Animal Behaviour by Alison Snowden and David Fine
- Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) by Amanda Strong
- Brotherhood (Ikhwène) by Meryam Joobeur
- Caroni by Ian Harnarine
- Dziadzio by
- Emptying the Tank by Caroline Monnet
- EXIT by Claire Edmondson
- Fauve by Jérémy Comte
- GIRLFRIENDS (AMIES) by Marie Davignon
- Glitter's Wild Women by Roney
- Good Boy by Fantavious Fritz
- If This Isn't Love (Si ce n'est pas de l'amour) by
- Little Waves (Les petites vagues) by Ariane Louis-Seize
- My Boy (Mon Boy) by
- Norman Norman by Sophy Romvari
- Paseo by Matthew Hannam
- The Subject (Le sujet) by Patrick Bouchard
- Veslemøy's Song by Sofia Bohdanowicz
Wavelengths[]
- Altiplano by
- by
- Fausto by Andrea Bussmann
- La Flor by
- Long Day's Journey into Night by Bi Gan
- The Grand Bizarre by Jodie Mack
- The Stone Speakers by Igor Drljaca
- by
- by
Primetime[]
- Ad Vitam
- Folklore
- Homecoming
- Sorry for Your Loss
Canada's Top Ten[]
TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, of the films selected by festival programmers as the year's ten best Canadian feature and short films, was released on December 5.[10]
Unlike in prior years, the films selected for the Top Ten list were not screened at a dedicated festival in January 2019, but instead each received its own standalone theatrical run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox throughout the year.[11]
Feature films[]
- Anthropocene: The Human Epoch — Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky
- Edge of the Knife — Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown
- Firecrackers — Jasmin Mozaffari
- The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) — Sébastien Pilote
- Freaks — Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
- Genesis (Genèse) — Philippe Lesage
- Giant Little Ones — Keith Behrman
- Mouthpiece — Patricia Rozema
- Roads in February — Katherine Jerkovic
- What Walaa Wants —
Short films[]
- Accidence — Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
- Altiplano —
- Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) — Amanda Strong
- Brotherhood (Ikhwène) — Meryam Joobeur
- Fauve — Jérémy Comte
- Little Waves (Les petites vagues) — Ariane Louis-Seize
- My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes — Charlie Tyrell
- Paseo — Matthew Hannam
- The Subject — Patrick Bouchard
- Veslemøy's Song — Sofia Bohdanowicz
References[]
- ^ "TIFF to spotlight underrepresented film critics, journalists". The Globe and Mail, June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Green Book wins influential Toronto festival award". BBC News. September 16, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "TIFF reveals Cannes-centric jury for 2018 Platform competition". The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Toronto: Natalie Portman's 'Vox Lux,' Chloe Grace Moretz's 'Greta' Join Festival Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "Toronto: Timothee Chalamet Starrer 'Beautiful Boy,' Dan Fogelman's 'Life Itself' Among Festival Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. July 24, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "TIFF Reveals Full Canadian Lineup, Including 19 New Films and Special Premiere Event of Rob Stewart's Final 'Sharkwater' Doc". IndieWire. August 1, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "TIFF 2018: Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss films to compete for Platform Prize". Now, August 8, 2018.
- ^ "TIFF Announces Midnight Madness and Documentary Slates, Including 'Halloween' and 'Fahrenheit 11/9' World Premieres". IndieWire. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ TIFF Adds More High-Profile Titles, Including Jonah Hill’s ‘Mid90s,’ ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Hold the Dark,’ and Many More, Indiewire, August 14, 2018.
- ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
- ^ "TIFF scraps popular Canada's Top Ten Film Festival". Now, November 7, 2018.
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