2014 Toronto International Film Festival
(Redirected from 39th Toronto International Film Festival)
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Judge |
|---|---|
| Closing film | A Little Chaos |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | The Imitation Game (People's Choice Award) |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| No. of films | 393 films |
| Festival date | 4–14 September 2014 |
| Website | tiff |
The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014.[1] David Dobkin's film The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall was the opening night film.[2] A Little Chaos, a British period drama directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet closed the festival.[3] More films for each section were announced on 12 August,[4] with the line-up completed on 19 August.[5] A total of 393 films were shown, including 143 world premieres.[6] The first Friday was dubbed "Bill Murray Day", as festival organisers dedicated a day to the actor by screening a select number of his films for free.[7]
Awards[edit]
Programmes[edit]
Gala Presentations[edit]
- Black and White by Mike Binder
- Boychoir by François Girard
- The Connection by Cedric Jimenez
- The Equalizer by Antoine Fuqua
- Escobar: Paradise Lost by Andrea Di Stefano
- The Forger by Philip Martin
- Foxcatcher by Bennett Miller
- Haemoo by Shim Sung-bo
- Infinitely Polar Bear by Maya Forbes
- The Judge by David Dobkin
- Laggies by Lynn Shelton
- A Little Chaos by Alan Rickman
- Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg
- The New Girlfriend by François Ozon
- Pawn Sacrifice by Ed Zwick
- The Riot Club by Lone Scherfig
- Ruth & Alex by Richard Loncraine
- Samba by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
- This is Where I Leave You by Shawn Levy
- Wild by Jean-Marc Vallée
Special Presentations[edit]
- 99 Homes by Ramin Bahrani
- American Heist by Sarik Andreasyan
- Before We Go by Chris Evans
- Beyond the Lights by Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Breakup Buddies by Ning Hao
- Cake by Daniel Barnz
- Clouds of Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
- The Cobbler by Tom McCarthy
- Coming Home by Zhang Yimou
- The Dead Lands by Toa Fraser
- Dearest by Peter Ho-Sun Chan
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 by Johnnie To
- The Drop by Michaël R. Roskam
- Eden by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Elephant Song by Charles Binamé
- An Eye for Beauty by Denys Arcand
- Far from Men by David Oelhoffen
- Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund
- The Gate by Régis Wargnier
- Gemma Bovery by Anne Fontaine
- Gentlemen by Mikael Marcimain
- Gomorrah by Stefano Sollima
- Good Kill by Andrew Niccol
- The Good Lie by Philippe Falardeau
- Hector and the Search for Happiness by Peter Chelsom
- Human Highway by Bernard Shakey and Dean Stockwell
- The Humbling by Barry Levinson
- Hungry Hearts by Saverio Costanzo
- The Imitation Game by Morten Tyldum
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet by Roger Allers, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar and Michal Socha
- The Keeping Room by Daniel Barber
- The Last Five Years by Richard LaGravenese
- Learning to Drive by Isabel Coixet
- Love and Mercy by Bill Pohlad
- Madame Bovary by Sophie Bates
- Manglehorn by David Gordon Green
- Mary Kom by Omung Kumar
- Men, Women and Children by Jason Reitman
- Miss Julie by Liv Ullmann
- Mommy by Xavier Dolan
- Mr. Turner by Mike Leigh
- My Old Lady by Israel Horovitz
- Ned Rifle by Hal Hartley
- Nightcrawler by Dan Gilroy
- October Gale by Ruba Nadda
- Pasolini by Abel Ferrara
- Phoenix by Christian Petzold
- Preggoland by Jacob Tierney
- Pride by Matthew Warchus
- The Reach by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti
- Red Amnesia by Wang Xiaoshuai
- Return to Ithaca by Laurent Cantet
- Revenge of the Green Dragons by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo
- Roger Waters: The Wall by Sean Evans and Roger Waters
- Rosewater by Jon Stewart
- The Search by Michel Hazanavicius
- A Second Chance by Susanne Bier
- Shelter by Paul Bettany
- The Sound and the Fury by James Franco
- St. Vincent by Theodore Melfi
- Still Alice by Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
- The Theory of Everything by James Marsh
- Three Hearts by Benoît Jacquot
- Time Out of Mind by Oren Moverman
- Top Five by Chris Rock
- Two Days, One Night by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Welcome to Me by Shira Piven
- While We're Young by Noah Baumbach
- Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
- Wild Tales by Damián Szifron
TIFF Docs[edit]
- Beats of the Antonov by Hajooj Kuka
- I Am Here by Lixin Fan
- Iraqi Odyssey by Samir
- Merchants of Doubt by Robert Kenner
- National Diploma by Dieudo Hamadi [citation needed]
- National Gallery by Frederick Wiseman
- Natural Resistance by Jonathan Nossiter
- The Price We Pay by Harold Crooks
- Red Army by Gabe Polsky
- Seymour: An Introduction by Ethan Hawke
- Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan
- Sunshine Superman by Marah Strauch
- Tales of the Grim Sleeper by Nick Broomfield
- The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer
- This Is My Land by Tamara Erde
- The Yes Men Are Revolting by Laura Nix and The Yes Men
- Roger & Me by Michael Moore
- The Wanted 18 by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan[10]
Masters[edit]
- 1001 Grams by Bent Hamer
- A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson
- The Face of an Angel by Michael Winterbottom
- Foreign Body by Krzysztof Zanussi
- The Golden Era by Ann Hui
- Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard
- Hill of Freedom by Hong Sang-soo
- Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Murder in Pacot by Raoul Peck
- Revivre by Im Kwon-taek
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya by Isao Takahata
- Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako
- Trick or Treaty? by Alanis Obomsawin[11]
- Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Midnight Madness[edit]
- [REC]4 Apocalypse by Jaume Balagueró
- Big Game by Jalmari Helander
- Cub by Jonas Govaerts
- The Editor by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films by Mark Hartley
- The Guest by Adam Wingard
- It Follows by David Robert Mitchell
- Tokyo Tribe by Sion Sono
- Tusk by Kevin Smith
- What We Do in the Shadows by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
Vanguard[edit]
- Alleluia by Fabrice Du Welz
- The Duke of Burgundy by Peter Strickland
- Goodnight Mommy by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
- Hyena by Gerard Johnson
- Luna by Dave McKean
- Over Your Dead Body by Takashi Miike
- Shrew's Nest by Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel
- Spring by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
- They Have Escaped by JP Valkeapää
- The Voices by Marjane Satrapi
- Waste Land by Pieter Van Hees
- The World of Kanako by Tetsuya Nakashima
Contemporary World Cinema[edit]
- Aire libre by Anahí Berneri
- Amour Fou by Jessica Hausner
- Behavior by Ernesto Daranas
- Bird People by Pascale Ferran
- Black Souls by Francesco Munzi
- Breathe by Mélanie Laurent
- Charlie's Country by Rolf de Heer
- Cut Bank by Matt Shakman
- Cut Snake by Tony Ayres
- The Dark Horse by James Napier Robertson
- Don't Breathe by Nino Kirtadze
- The Farewell Party by Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit
- Felix and Meira by Maxime Giroux
- Frailer by Mijke de Jong
- Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem by Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
- Girlhood by Céline Sciamma
- The Grump by Dome Karukoski
- Heartbeat by Andrea Dorfman
- High Society by Julie Lopes Curval
- Impunity by Jyoti Mistry
- In the Crosswind by Martti Helde
- Itsi Bitsi by Ole Christian Madsen
- Justice by Joel Lamangan
- Kabukicho Love Hotel by Ryūichi Hiroki
- Kill Me Three Times by Kriv Stenders
- Labyrinth of Lies by Giulio Ricciarelli
- Leopardi by Mario Martone
- The Lesson by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
- Li'l Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
- Love in the Time of Civil War by Rodrigue Jean
- Lulu by Luis Ortega
- Margarita, with a Straw by Shonali Bose
- Meet Me in Montenegro by Alex Holdridge, Linnea Saasen
- Men Who Save the World by Liew Seng Tat
- Mirage by Szabolcs Hajdu
- Modris by Juris Kursietis
- Not My Type by Lucas Belvaux
- Out of Nature by Ole Giæver
- The Owners by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
- Partners in Crime by Chang Jung-Chi
- The Reaper by Zvonimir Jurić
- Red Rose by Sepideh Farsi
- Sand Dollars by Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
- Still the Water by Naomi Kawase
- Tales by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
- Teen Lust by Blaine Thurier
- Tigers by Danis Tanovic
- Today by Reza Mirkarimi
- Tokyo Fiancée by Stefan Liberski
- Tour de Force by Christian Zübert
- Two Shots Fired by Martín Rejtman
- The Valley by Ghassan Salhab
- Venice by Kiki Álvarez
- Voice Over by Cristián Jiménez
- Where I Am King by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
- Who Am I – No System Is Safe by Baran bo Odar
- Xenia by Panos H. Koutras
- You're Sleeping Nicole by Stéphane Lafleur
Short Cuts Canada[edit]
42 short films were presented as part of Short Cuts Canada in 2014:[12]
- An Apartment — Sarah Galea-Davis
- Around Is Around — Norman McLaren
- The Barnhouse (La Grange) — Caroline Mailloux
- Bison — Kevan Funk
- Broken Face (Sale gueule) — Alain Fournier
- Burnt Grass — Ray Wong
- Chainreaction — Dana Gingras
- Chamber Drama — Jeffrey Zablotny
- CODA — Denis Poulin, Martine Époque
- Day 40 — Sol Friedman
- Del Ciego Desert — François Leduc
- A Delusion of Grandeur (Une idée de grandeur) — Vincent Biron
- The Encounter (La Rencontre) — Frieda Luk
- Entangled — Tony Elliott
- Father — Jordan Tannahill
- Fire (Fuoco) — Raha Shirazi
- Godhead — Connor Gaston
- Hole — Martin Edralin
- Indigo — Amanda Strong
- Intruders — Santiago Menghini
- Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes — Scott Brachmayer
- Last Night — Arlen Konopaki
- Light — Yassmina Karajah
- Liompa — Elizabeth Lazebnik
- Luk'Luk'I: Mother — Wayne Wapeemukwa
- Me and My Moulton — Torill Kove
- Migration — Mark Lomond, Johanne Ste-Marie
- Mynarski Death Plummet (Mynarski chute mortel) — Matthew Rankin
- O Canada — Evelyn Lambart
- On Cement (Sur le ciment) — Robin Aubert
- Red Alert — Barry Avrich
- Running Season — Grayson Moore
- Sahar — Alexander Farah
- The Sands (Plage de sable) — Marie-Ève Juste
- Sleeping Giant — Andrew Cividino
- Still — Slater Jewell-Kemker
- Take Me (Prends-moi) — André Turpin, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
- A Tomb with a View — Ryan J. Noth
- The Underground — Michelle Latimer
- The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer — Randall Okita
- What Doesn't Kill You — Rob Grant
- Zero Recognition — Ben Lewis
Discovery[edit]
- '71 by Yann Demange
- Adult Beginners by Ross Katz
- Atlantic by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
- Backcountry by Adam MacDonald
- Bang Bang Baby by Jeffrey St. Jules
- Big Muddy by Jefferson Moneo
- Corbo by Mathieu Denis
- The Crow's Egg by M. Manikandan
- Dukhtar by Afia Nathaniel
- Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere by Nguyen Hoang Diep
- The Great Man by Sarah Leonor
- Guidance by Pat Mills
- I Am Not Lorena by Isidora Marras
- In Her Place by Albert Shin
- The Intruder by Shariff Korver
- La Salada by Juan Martin Hsu
- Life in a Fishbowl by Baldvin Zophoniasson
- The Little Death by Josh Lawson
- Los Hongos by Oscar Ruiz Navia
- Magical Girl by Carlos Vermut
- Mardan by Batin Ghobadi
- May Allah Bless France! by Abd al Malik
- The Narrow Frame of Midnight by Tala Hadid
- Obra by Gregorio Graziosi
- Red Alert by Barry Avrich
- Run by Philippe Lacote
- Second Coming by Debbie Tucker Green
- Without Pity by Michele Alhaique
- Songs She Wrote About People She Knows by Kris Elgstrand
- Stories of Our Lives by Jim Chuchu and The Nest Collective
- Sway by Rooth Tang
- Theeb by Naji Abu Nowar
- The Tribe by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
- Unlucky Plaza by Ken Kwek
- The Valley Below by Kyle Thomas
- The Vanished Elephant by Javier Fuentes-León
- Villa Touma by Suha Arraf
- We Were Wolves by Jordan Canning
- Wet Bum by Lindsay MacKay
- X+Y by Morgan Matthews
City to City: Seoul[edit]
- Alive by Park Jung-bum
- Cart by Boo Ji-Young
- Confession by Lee Do-yun
- A Dream of Iron by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park
- A Girl at My Door by July Jung
- Gyeongju by Zhang Lu
- A Hard Day by Kim Seong-hun
- Scarlet Innocence by Yim Pil-sung
Canada's Top Ten[edit]
In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2014.[13] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2015.[13]
Features[edit]
- Corbo by Mathieu Denis
- Felix and Meira by Maxime Giroux
- In Her Place by Albert Shin
- Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg
- Mommy by Xavier Dolan
- Monsoon by Sturla Gunnarsson
- The Price We Pay by Harold Crooks
- Sol by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Susan Avingaq
- Tu dors Nicole by Stéphane Lafleur
- Violent by Andrew Huculiak
Short films[edit]
- Bison by Kevan Funk
- The Cut (La Coupe) by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
- Cutaway by Kazik Radwanski
- Day 40 by Sol Friedman
- Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes by Scott Brachmayer
- Mynarski Death Plummet (Mynarski chute mortel) by Matthew Rankin
- Rebel (Bihttoš) by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
- Sleeping Giant by Andrew Cividino
- Still by Slater Jewell-Kemker
- The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer by Randall Okita
References[edit]
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival". TIFF. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ "Toronto Sets Robert Downey Jr's 'The Judge' As Opening-Night Film". Deadline. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival Completes Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Bill Murray mints fresh Toronto film festival 2014 lineup with St Vincent". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival 2014 holds Bill Murray Day". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "‘The Imitation Game’ Wins Toronto Audience Award". The Wrap, 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Imitation Game wins Toronto top prize". BBC News, 14 September 2014.
- ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (7 August 2014). "Seven NFB Films to Screen at TIFF 2014". Animation World Network. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Walker, Connie (6 August 2014). "Alanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? to screen at TIFF 2014". CBC News. Toronto. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ Cipriani, Casey (6 August 2014). "Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Canadian Features and Short Films". Indiewire. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ a b "TIFF announces its top 10 Canadian films of 2014". CBC News, 2 December 2014.
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