Toronto International Film Festival line-up

Special Presentations
L’Affaire Farewell (France)
Dir: Christian Carion
International Premiere

Baaria (Italy)
Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore
International Premiere

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (US)
Dir: Werner Herzog
North American Premiere

Bright Star (UK/Australia)
Dir: Jane Campion
North American Premiere

Broken Embraces (Spain)
Dir: Pedro Almodovar
North American Premiere

The Boys Are Back (Australia/UK)
Dir: Scott Hicks
World Premiere

Cairo Time (Canada/Ireland)
Dir: Ruba Nadda
World Premiere

Capitalism: A Love Story(US)
Dir: Michael Moore
North American Premiere

City Of Life And Death (China)
Dir: Lu Chuan
North American Premiere

Cracks (UK/Ireland)
Dir: Jordan Scott
World Premiere

Defendor (Canada)
Dir: Peter Stebbings
World Premiere

This Is The End (France/Spain/Taiwan)
Dirs: Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
North American Premiere

An Education (UK)
Dir: Lone Scherfig

The Front Line (Italy)
Dir: Renato De Maria
World Premiere

Glorious 39 (UK)
Stephen Poliakoff
World Premiere

Good Hair (US)
Dir: Jeff Stilson

The Good Heart (Iceland/France/Denmark/Germany)
Dir: Dagur Kari

Hadewijch (France)
Dir: Bruno Dumont
World Premiere

Harry Brown (UK)
Dir: Daniel Barber
World Premiere

The Hole (US)
Dir: Joe Dante
North American Premiere

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel (Canada)
Dir: Brigitte Berman
World Premiere

The Invention Of Lying (US)
Dirs: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
World Premiere

I Killed My Mother (Canada)
Dir: Xavier Dolan
English-Canadian Premiere

The Informant! (US)
Dir: Steven Soderbergh
North American Premiere

The Joneses (US)
Dir: Derrick Borte
World Premiere

Kamui (Japan)
Dir: Yoichi Sai
World Premiere

Leaves Of Grass (US)
Dir: Tim Blake Nelson
World Premiere

Life During Wartime (US)
Dir: Todd Solondz
North American Premiere

London River (UK/France/Algeria)
Dir: Rachid Bouchareb
North American Premiere

Mao’s Last Dancer (Australia)
Dir: Bruce Beresford
World Premiere

Moloch Tropical (France/Haiti)
Dir: Raoul Peck
World Premiere

Mother (South Korea)
Dir: Bong Joon-ho
North American Premiere

Mr. Nobody (France/Germany/Canada/Belgium)
Dir: Jaco Van Dormael
North American Premiere

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (US/Germany)
Dir: Werner Herzog
Canadian Premiere

Ondine (Ireland/US)
Dir: Neil Jordan
World Premiere

Partir (France)
Dir: Catherine Corsini

Perrier’s Bounty (Ireland/UK)
Dir: Ian FitzGibbon
World Premiere

A Prophet(France)
Dir: Jacques Audiard
North American Premiere

The Road (US)
Dir: John Hillcoat
North American Premiere

Road, Movie (India/US)
Dir: Dev Benegal
World Premiere

Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story (Egypt)
Dir: Yousry Nasrallah
North American Premiere

The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina/Spain)
Dir: Juan Jose Campanella
International Premiere

A Serious Man (US)
Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
World Premiere

A Single Man (US)
Dir: Tom Ford
North American Premiere

Solitary Man (US)
Dirs: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
World Premiere

Soul Kitchen (Germany)
Dir: Fatih Akin
North American Premiere

The Traveller (Egypt/Italy)
Dir: Ahmed Maher
North American Premiere

Triage (Ireland/Spain)
Dir: Danis Tanovic
World Premiere

The Trotsky (Canada)
Dir: Jacob Tierney
World Premiere

Valhalla Rising (Denmark/UK)
Dir: Nicholas Winding Refin
World Premiere

Vengeance (Hong Kong/France)
Dir: Johnnie To
North American Premiere

The Vintner’s Luck (New Zealand/France)
Dir: Niki Caro
World Premiere

Wheat (China)
Dir: He Ping
International Premiere

Whip It (US)
Dir: Drew Barrymore
World Premiere

Women Without Men (Germany/Austria/France)
Dir: Shirin Neshat
North American Premiere

The Waiting City (Australia)
Dir: Claire Mc Carthy
World Premiere

Up In The Air (US)
Dir: Jason Reitman
World Premiere

Youth in Revolt (US)
Dir: Miguel Arteta
North American Premiere

The Warrior And The Wolf (China)
Dir: Tian Zhuang Zhuang
World Premiere

Masters
Air Doll(Japan)
Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
North American Premiere

Antichrist (Denmark/Sweden/France/Italy)
Dir: Lars von Trier
North American Premiere

Carmel (Israel/France/Italy)
Dir: Amos Gitaï
World Premiere

La Donation (Canada)
Dir: Bernard Emond
North American Premiere

Eccentricities Of A Blonde-Haired Girl (Portugal/Spain/France)
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
North American Premiere

Honeymoons (Serbia/Albania/Italy)
Dir: Goran Paskaljevic
North American Premiere

Hotel Atlantico (Brazil)
Dir: Suzana Amaral
World Premiere

Melody for a Street Organ (Ukraine)
Dir: Kira Muratova
North American Premiere

Le Refuge (France)
Dir: François Ozon
World Premiere

Vincere (Italy)
Dir: Marco Bellocchio
North American Premiere

Vision (Germany)
Dir: Margarethe von Trotta
Canadian Premiere

Wild Grass (France/Italy)
Dir: Alain Resnais
North American Premiere

The Window (India)
Dir: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
World Premiere

White Material (France)
Dir: Claire Denis
North American Premiere

The White Ribbon (Germany/Austria/France/Italy)
Dir: Michael Haneke
North American Premiere

Working On The Douro River (Portugal)
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira

Gala Presentations
Agora(Spain)
Dir: Alejandro Amenabar
North American Premiere

Creation (UK)
Dir: Jon Amiel
World Premiere, Opening Film

Chloe (France)
Dir: Atom Egoyan
World Premiere

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (France)
Dir: Jan Kounen
North American Premiere

Cooking With Stella (Canada)
Dir: Dilip Mehta
World Premiere

The Damned United (UK)
Dir: Tom Hooper
North American Premiere

Dorian Gray (UK)
Dir: Oliver Parker
International Premiere

Get Low (US)
Dir: Aaron Schneider
World Premiere

I, Don Giovanni (Austria/Italy/Spain)
Dir: Carlos Saura
World Premiere

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (Canada/UK)
Dir: Terry Gilliam
North American Premiere

Love And Other Impossibile Pursuits (US)
Dir: Don Roos
World Premiere

Max Manus (Norway/Denmark/Germany)
Dirs: Espen Sandberg, Joachim Roenning
North American Premiere

My Heart Goes Hadippa (India)
Dir: Anuragh Singh

Micmacs (France)
Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
World Premiere

The Men Who Stare At Goats (US)
Dir: Grant Heslov
North American Premiere

Phantom Pain (Germany)
Dir: Matthias Emcke
International Premiere

Precious (US)
Dir: Lee Daniels

The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (US)
Dir: Rebecca Miller
North American Premiere

The Young Victoria (UK)
Dir: Jean-Marc Vallee
North American Premiere, Closing Film

What’s Your Raashee? (India)
Dir: Ashutosh Gowariker

Vanguard
Accident (Hong Kong/China)
Dir: Soi Cheang
North American Premiere

The Ape (Norway/Sweden/Finland)
Dir: Jesper Ganslandt
World Premiere

Bunny & The Bull (UK)
Dir: Paul King
World Premiere

Carcasses (Canada)
Dir: Denis Cote
North American Premiere

The Dirty Saints (Argentina)
Dir: Luis Ortega
World Premiere

Enter The Void (France)
Dir: Gaspar Noe
North American Premiere

Fish Tank (UK)
Dir: Andrea Arnold
North American Premiere

Green Days (Iran)
Dir: Hana Makhmalbaf
World Premiere

Hipsters (Russia)
Dir: Valery Todorovsky
North American Premiere

Leslie, My Name Is Evil (Canada)
Dir: Reginald Harkema
World Premiere

The Misfortunates (Belgium)
Dir: Felix van Groeningen
North American Premiere

My Queen Karo (Belgium)
Dir: Dorothee van den Berghe
World Premiere

She, A Chinese (UK/France/Germany)
Dir: Xiaolu Guo,
North American Premiere

Spring Fever (Hong Kong/France)
Dir: Lou Ye
North American Premiere

The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (US)
Dir: Emmett Malloy
World Premiere

Visions
Between Two Worlds (Sri Lanka)
Dir: Vimukthi Jayasundara

Face(France/Taiwan/Belgium/The Netherlands)
Dir: Tsai Ming-liang
North American Premiere

Gaia (US)
Dir: Jason Lehel
World Premiere

Hiroshima (Uruguay/Colombia/Argentina/Spain)
Dir: Pablo Stoll
World Premiere

I Am Love (Italy)
Dir: Luca Guadagnino
International Premiere

Irene (France)
Dir: Alain Cavalier
North American Premiere

Independencia(France)
Dir: Raya Martin
North American Premiere

Karaoke (Malaysia)
Dir: Chris Chong Chan Fui
North American Premiere

Lebanon (Israel)
Dir: Samuel Maoz

Nymph (Thailand)
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
North American Premiere

To Die Like A Man (Portugal/France)
Dir: João Pedro Rodrigues
North American Premiere

To The Sea (Mexico)
Dir: Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio
World Premiere

Trash Humpers (US/UK)
Dir: Harmony Korine
World Premiere

Contemporary World Cinema
25 Carat (Spain)
Dir: Patxi Amezcua
North American Premiere

Adrift (Vietnam)
Dir: Bui Thac Chuyen
North American Premiere

Ajami Israel/Germany
Dirs: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani,
North American Premiere

At The End Of Daybreak (Malaysia/Hong Kong/China/South Korea)
Dir: Ho Yuhang
North American Premiere

Backyard (Mexico)
Dir: Carlos Carrera
International Premiere

Balibo (Australia)
Dir: Robert Connolly
International Premiere

Beyond The Circle (Bangladesh)
Dir: Golam Rabbany Biplob
World Premiere

Blessed (Australia)
Dir: Ana Kokkinos
International Premiere

Bran Nue Dae (Australia)
Dir: Rachel Perkins
International Premiere

Castaway On The Moon (South Korea)
Dir: Lee Hey-jun
International Premiere

Cell 211 (Spain/France)
Dir: Daniel Monzon
North American Premiere

Cole (Canada)
Dir: Carl Bessai
World Premiere

Deliver Us From Evil (Denmark/Sweden/Norway)
Dir: Ole Bornedal
North American Premiere

Dogtooth Greece
Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
North American Premiere

Down For Life (US)
Dir: Alan Jacobs
World Premiere

The Double Hour (Italy)
Dir: Hour Giuseppe Capotondi
International Premiere

Excited (Canada)
Dir: Bruce Sweeney
World Premiere

Eyes Wide Open (Israel)
Dir: Haim Tabakman
North American Premiere

Father Of My Children (France/Germany)
Dir: MiaHansen-Løve
North American Premiere

Giulia Doesn’t Date At Night (Italy)
Dir: Giuseppe Piccioni
International Premiere

Tales From The Golden Age (Romania)
Dir: Cristian Mungiu
International Premiere

A Gun To The Head (Canada)
Dir: Blaine Thurier
World Premiere

Help Gone Mad (Russia)
Dir: Boris Khlebnikov
North American Premiere

Heiran (Iran)
Dir: Shalizeh Arefpour
World Premiere

High Life (Canada)
Dir: Gary Yates
World Premiere

The House Of Branching Love (Finland)
Dir: Mika Kaurismaki
World Premiere

Huacho (Chile/France/Germany)
Dir: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras
North American Premiere

I Am Not Your Friend (Hungary)
Dir: György Pálfi
North American Premiere

If I Knew What You Said (The Philippines)
Dir: Mike Sandejas
International Premiere

Jean Charles (UK/Brazil)
Dir: Henrique Goldman
International Premiere

The Last Days Of Emma Blank (The Netherlands)
Dir: Alex van Warmerdam
North American Premiere

Like You Know It All (South Korea)
Dir: Hong Sang-soo
North American Premiere

Lourdes (Austria)
Dir: Jessica Hausner
North American Premiere

Men On The Bridge (Germany/Turkey/Netherlands)
Dir: Asli Ozge
North American Premiere

My Year Without Sex(Australia)
Dir: Sarah Watt
North American Premiere

Passenger Side (Canada)
Dir: Matthew Bissonnette

Prince Of Tears (Taiwan-Hong Kong)
Dir: Yonfan
International Premiere

Police, Adjective (Romania)
Dir: Corneliu Porumboiu
North American Premiere

Rabia (Spain/Colombia)
Dir: Sebastian Cordero
World Premiere

Same Same But Different (Germany)
Dir: Detlev Buck

Sawasdee Bangkok (Thailand)
Dirs: Wisit Sasanatieng, Aditya Assarat, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
World Premiere

The Search (China)
Dir: Pema Tseden (Wan Ma Cai Dan)

Shameless (Czech Republic)
Dir: Jan Hrebejk
International Premiere

Slovenian Girl(Croatia/Germany/Slovenia/Serbia)
Dir: Damjan Kozole
North American Premiere

Suck (Canada)
Dir: Rob Stefaniuk
World Premiere

Tanner Hall (US)
Dirs: Francesca Gregorini, Tatiana von Furstenberg
World Premiere

The Time That Remains (Belgium)
Dir: Elia Suleiman
North American Premiere

V.O.S. (Spain)
Dir: Cesc Gay

The Wind Journeys (Colombia/Netherlands/Argentina/Germany)
Dir: Ciro Guerra
North American Premiere

Discovery
The Angel (Norway/Sweden/Finland)
Dir: Margreth Olin
World Premiere

Applause (Denmark)
Dir: Martin Pieter Zandvliet
North American Premiere

Bare Essence Of Life (Japan)
Dir: Satoko Yokohama
International Premiere

Beautiful Kate (Australia)
Dir: Rachel Ward
International Premiere

A Brand New Life (South Korea/France)
Dir: Ounie Lecomte
North American Premiere

Crab Trap (Colombia/France)
Dir: Oscar Ruiz Navia
World Premiere

The Day God Walked Away (France)
Dir: Philippe van Leeuw
North American Premiere

The Day Will Come (Germany/France)
Dir: Susanne Schneider
North American Premiere

The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (UK)
Dir: J Blakeson
World Premiere

Eamon (Ireland)
Dir: Margaret Corkery
North American Premiere

Every Day is a Holiday (France/Germany/Lebanon)
Dir: Dima El-Horr

Five Hours From Paris (Israel)
Dir: Leon Prudovsky
World Premiere

Gigante (Uruguay/Argentina/Germany/Spain)
Dir: Adrian Biniez
North American Premiere

The Happiest Girl In The World (Netherlands/Romania)
Dir: Radu Jude
North American Premiere

Heliopolis (Egypt)
Dir: Ahmad Abdalla
World Premiere

Kelin (Kazakhstan)
Dir: Ermek Tursunov
North American Premiere

Kirot (Israel/France/US)
Dir: Danny Lerner
World Premiere

Last Ride (Australia)
Dir: Glendyn Ivin

Mall Girls (Poland)
Katarzyna Roslaniec
International Premiere

The Man Beyond the Bridge (India )
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
World Premiere

My Dog Tulip (US)
Dirs: Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger
North American Premiere

My Tehran For Sale (Australia/Iran)
Dir: Granaz Moussavi
International Premiere

Nora (US/UK/Mozambique)
Dirs: Alla Kovgan, David Hinton,
Toronto Premiere

Northless (Mexico/Spain)
Dir: Rigoberto Perezcano
World Premiere

La Pivellina (Austria)
Dirs: Tizza Covi, rainer Frimmel
North American Premiere

Samson & Delilah (Australia)
Dir: Warwick Thornton

Shirley Adams (South Africa/US)
Dir: Oliver Hermanus
North American Premiere

Should I Really Do It? (Turkey)
Dir: Ismail Necmi
North American Premiere

La Soga (Dominican Republic/US)
Dir: Josh Crook
World Premiere

Saint Louis Blues (France/Senegal)
Dyana Gaye
North American Premiere

Toad’s Oil (Japan)
Dir: Koji Yakusho
International Premiere

Together (Norway)
Dir: Matias Armand Jordal
International Premiere

The Unloved (UK)
Dir: Samantha Morton
International Premiere

Real To Reel
The Art of the Steal (US)
Dir: Don Argott

Bassidji (Iran/France/Switzerland)
Dir: Mehran Tamadon

Cleanflix (US)
Dir: Andrew James,Joshua Ligairi

Collapse (US)
Dir: Chris Smith

Colony (Ireland)
Dirs: Carter Gunn, Ross McDonnell

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (Canada)
Dirs: Michèle Hozer,Peter Raymont

Google Baby (Israel)
Dir: Zippi Brand Frank

How to Fold a Flag (US)
Dirs: Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

L’Enfer de Henri-Georges Clouzot (France)
Dirs: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (US)
Dirs: Judith Ehrlich,Rick Goldsmith

Once Upon A Time Proletarian (China)
Dir: Guo Xiaolu

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (Canada)
Dirs: Peter Mettler

Presumed Guilty (Mexico)
Dirs: Roberto Hernández, Geoffrey Smith

Reel Injun (Canada)
Dir: Neil Diamond

Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags (US)
Dir: Marc Levin

Snowblind (US)
Dir: Vikram Jayanti

Stolen (Australia)
Dirs: Violeta Ayala, Dan Fallshaw

The Topp Twins (New Zealand)
Dir: Leanne Pooley

Videocracy (Sweden)
Dir: Erik Gandini

Walking Sleeping Beauty (US)
Dir: Don Hahn

Midnight Madness
[REC] 2 (Spain)
Dirs: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

Bitch Slap (US)
Dir: Rick Jacobson

Daybreakers (Australia/US)
Dirs: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead (Canada)
Dir: George A. Romero

Jennifer’s Body (US)
Dir: Karyn Kusama

The Loved Ones (Australia)
Dir: Sean Byrne

Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (Thailand)
Dirs: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai

Solomon Kane (France/Czech Republic/UK)
Dir: Michael J. Bassett

Symbol (Japan)
Dir: Hitoshi Matsumoto

A Town Called Panic (Belgium/France)
Dirs: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar

Mavericks
An Afternoon with Chris Rock

The Band That Wouldn’t Die (US)
Dir: Barry Levinson

La Danse - Le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (US/France)
Dir: Frederick Wiseman

In Conversation with Michael Caine

Peter Berg presents (US)
Dir: Peter Berg

Canada First
All Fall Down (Canada)
Dir: Philip Hoffman

Crackie (Canada)
Dir: Sherry White

George Ryga’s HUNGRY HILLS (Canada)
Dir: Rob King

Machotaildrop (US/Canada)
Dirs: Corey Adams, Alex Craig
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The Wild Hunt (Canada)
Dir: Alexandre Franchi

Year Of The Carnivore (Canada)
Dir: Sook-Yin Lee

Canadian Open Vault
Sparrows (US)
Dir: William Beaudine

City to City
Big Dig (Israel/USA/West Germany)
Dir: Efraim Kishon

Big Eyes (Israel)
Dir: Uri Zohar

A History of Israeli Cinema Part 1 (srael/France)
Dir: Raphaël Nadjari

Jaffa (Israel/France/Germany)
Dir: Keren Yedaya

Kirot (Israel/France/USA)
Dir: Danny Lerner

Life According to Agfa (Israel)
Dir: Assi Dayan

Phobidilia (Israel)
Dir: Yoav Paz | Doron Paz

Sprockets Family Zone
A Shine of Rainbows (Canada/Ireland)
Dir: Vic Sarin

Timetrip: The Curse of the Viking (Denmark)
Dir: Witch Mogens Hagedorn
North American Premiere

Turtle: The Incredible Journey (UK/Austria/Germany)
Dir: Nick Stringer

Under The Mountain (New Zealand)
Dir: Jonathan King
North American Premiere

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures
The White Sheik (Italy)
Dir: Federico Fellini
Presented by Neil Jordan

It’s A Gift (US)
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod
Starring W.C. Fields
Presented by Joe Dante

Wake In Fright (Australia/US)
Dir: Ted Kotcheff

Sweetie (Australia)
Dir: Jane Campion
Presented by Sook-Yin Lee

Future Projections
Backstory/Cinema Museum
Dir: Mark Lewis

Eclectic Method

Green Porno: Bon Appétit (US)
Isabella Rossellini

The Origins of Factum
Dir: Candice Breitz

Short Cuts Canada

Short Cuts Canada Programme 1
Short Cuts Canada Programme 2
Short Cuts Canada Programme 3
Short Cuts Canada Programme 4
Short Cuts Canada Programme 5

Wavelengths

Wavelengths 1: Titans
Wavelengths 2: Pro Agri
Wavelengths 3: Let Each One Go Where He May - Ben Russell
Wavelengths 4: In Comparison
Wavelengths 5: Une Catastrophe
Wavelengths 6: Flash Point Camera