The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented Score: A Hockey Musical, a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. Last Night closed the festival on September 19.
2010 TIFF included 258 feature films, down from 264 in 2009. However, the number of short films at the 2010 festival increased to 81 (compared to 70 in 2009), making the total number of films 339, five more than in 2009.
Of the feature films, TIFF claims that 112 are world premieres, 24 are international premieres (i.e. the first screening outside the film's home country), and 98 are North American premieres.)
Awards
Award
Film
Director
People's Choice Award
The King's Speech
Tom Hooper
People's Choice Award Runner Up
The First Grader
Justin Chadwick
People's Choice Midnight Madness
Stake Land
Jim Mickle
People's Choice Midnight Madness Runner Up
Fubar 2
Michael Dowse
People's Choice Documentary
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Sturla Gunnarsson
People's Choice Documentary Runner Up
Nostalgia for the Light
Patricio Guzmán
Best Canadian Short Film
Little Flowers (Les Fleurs de l'âge)
Vincent Biron
Best Canadian First Feature Film
High Cost of Living
Deborah Chow
City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian Feature Film
Incendies
Denis Villeneuve
FIPRESCI Prize for the Discovery
Beautiful Boy
Shawn Ku
FIPRESCI for Special Presentations
L'Amour fou
Pierre Thoretton
Programme
Gala Presentations
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
The Bang Bang Club
Steven Silver
Canada, South Africa
Barney's Version
Richard J. Lewis
Canada, Italy
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Jonathan Sobol
Canada
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky
United States
Casino Jack
George Hickenlooper
Canada
The Conspirator
Robert Redford
United States
The Debt
John Madden
United States
The Housemaid
Im Sang-soo
South Korea
Janie Jones
David M. Rosenthal
United States
The King's Speech
Tom Hooper
United Kingdom, Australia
Last Night
Massy Tadjedin
United States, France
Little White Lies
Les Petits Mouchoirs
Guillaume Canet
France
Peep World
Barry Blaustein
United States
Potiche
François Ozon
France
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
Spain, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Hungary, Philippines
Crying Out
À l'origine d'un cri
Robin Aubert
Canada
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
狄仁傑之通天帝國
Tsui Hark
China, Hong Kong
The Edge
Kray
Alexei Uchitel
Russia
Even the Rain
También la lluvia
Icíar Bollaín
Spain, Mexico, France
The First Grader
Justin Chadwick
United Kingdom, United States, Kenya
The Fourth Portrait
第四張畫
Chung Mong-Hong
Taiwan
Home for Christmas
Hjem til jul
Bent Hamer
Norway
How I Ended This Summer
Kak ya provyol etim letom
Alexei Popogrebsky
Russia
The Human Resources Manager
hliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey Enosh
Eran Riklis
Israel
The Hunter
Shekarchi
Rafi Pitts
Iran
I Am Slave
Gabriel Range
United Kingdom
Jucy
Louise Alston
Australia
Lapland Odyssey
Napapiirin sankarit
Dome Karukoski
Finland
Late Autumn
Manchu
Kim Tae-yong
South Korea
Leap Year
Año bisiesto
Michael Rowe
Mexico
Life, Above All
Oliver Schmitz
South Africa
The Light Thief
Svet-Ake
Aktan Arym Kubat
Kyrgyzstan
Mamma Gógó
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Iceland
Matariki
Michael Bennett
New Zealand
The Matchmaker
פעם הייתי
Avi Nesher
Israel
Meek's Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt
United States
Modra
Ingrid Veninger
Canada
My Joy
Счастье моё
Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, Netherlands, Ukraine
Neds
Peter Mullan
United Kingdom, France, Italy
A Night for Dying Tigers
Terry Miles
Canada
Of Gods and Men
Des hommes et des dieux
Xavier Beauvois
France
Oki's Movie
Ok-hi-eui Yeonghwa
Hong Sangsoo
South Korea
Outbound
Periferic
Bogdan George Apetri
Romania
Route 132
Louis Bélanger
Canada
Sensation
Tom Hall
Ireland
Silent Souls
Овся́нки
Aleksei Fedorchenko
Russia
Small Town Murder Songs
Ed Gass-Donnelly
Canada
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
La solitudine dei numeri primi
Saverio Constanzo
Italy
State of Violence
Khalo Matabane
South Africa, France
Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project
Szelíd teremtés: A Frankenstein-terv
Kornél Mundruczó
Hungary
Tracker
Ian Sharp
United Kingdom, New Zealand
Three
Drei
Tom Tykwer
Germany
White Irish Drinkers
John Gray
United States
Womb
Benedek Fliegauf
Germany, Hungary, France
Vanguard
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
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In Alter von Ellen
Pia Marais
Germany
The Christening
Chrzest
Marcin Wrona
Poland
Cold Fish
Tsumetai Nettaigyo
Sion Sono
Japan
Confessions
Kokuhaku
Tetsuya Nakashima
Japan
Easy Money
Snabba cash
Daniel Espinosa
Sweden
A Horrible Way to Die
Adam Wingard
United States
Kaboom
Gregg Araki
United States, France
L.A. Zombie
Bruce LaBruce
Germany, United States
Microphone
ميكروفون
Ahmad Abdalla
Egypt
Monsters
Gareth Edwards
United Kingdom
Our Day Will Come
Notre jour viendra
Romain Gavras
France
Discovery
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
As If I Am Not There
Kao da me nema
Juanita Wilson
Ireland, Macedonia, Sweden
Attenberg
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Greece
Autumn
Harud
Aamir Bashir
India
Beautiful Boy
Shawn Ku
United States
Blame
Michael Henry
Australia
The Call
Il richiamo
Stefano Pasetto
Italy, Argentina
Ceremony
Max Winkler
United States
Dirty Girl
Abe Sylvia
United States
Girlfriend
Justin Lerner
United States
Griff the Invisible
Leon Ford
Australia
Half of Oscar
La mitad de Oscar
Manuel Martin Cuenca
Spain, Cuba
Inside America
Barbara Eder
Austria
Look, Stranger
Arielle Javitch
United States
Mandoo
Ebrahim Saeedi
Iraq
Marimbas from Hell
Marimbas del Infierno
Julio Hernández Cordón
Guatemala, France, Mexico
Norberto's Deadline
Norberto apenas tarde
Daniel Hendler
Uruguay, Argentina
October
Octubre
Diego Vega, Daniel Vega
Peru
The Piano in a Factory
Gang de qin
Zhang Meng
China
Pinoy Sunday
Táiběi Xīngqítiān
Wei-Ting Ho
Taiwan
The Place in Between
Notre Étrangère
Sarah Bouyain
Burkina Faso
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Jalmari Helander
Finland
Sandcastle
Boo Junfeng
Singapore
Soul of Sand
Pairon Talle
Sidharth Srinivasan
India
Viva Riva!
Djo Tunda Wa Munga
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wasted on the Young
Ben C. Lucas
Australia
What I Most Want
Lo que más quiero
Delfina Castagnino
Argentina
Zephyr
Zefir
Belma Bas
Turkey
Future Projections
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
24 Hour Psycho Back and Forth and To and Fro
Douglas Gordon
United Kingdom
Angst Essen/Eat Fear
Ming Wong
Germany
HEAVENHELL
Chris Chong Chan Fui, Yasuhiro Morinaga
Malaysia
In Love for the Mood
Ming Wong
Singapore
Jeanne
Martin Arnold
Austria
Journey to the Moon
William Kentridge
South Africa
Klatsassin
Stan Douglas
Canada
Man With a Movie Camera: The Global Remake
Perry Bard
United States
Nyman with a Movie Camera
Michael Nyman
United Kingdom
Otolith III
The Otolith Group
United Kingdom
Slidelength
Michael Snow
Canada
Soft Rains#6: Suburban Horror (part 1)
Jennifer McCoy, Kevin McCoy
United States
Workers Leaving the Factory in Eleven Decades
Harun Farocki
Germany
Real to Reel
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
ANPO: Art X War
Linda Hoaglund
United States
Armadillo
Janus Metz
Denmark
Boxing Gym
Frederick Wiseman
United States
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog
United States
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Alex Gibney
United States
Cool It
Ondi Timoner
United States
The Game of Death
Le Jeu de la mort
Christophe Nick, Thomas Bornot
France, Switzerland
Genpin
Naomi Kawase
Japan
Guest
Jose Luis Guerin
Spain
How to Start Your Own Country
Jody Shapiro
Canada
Inside Job
Charles Ferguson
United States
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Mark Hartley
Australia
The Man of a Thousand Songs
William D. MacGillivray
Canada
Mother of Rock: Lillian Roxon
Paul Clarke
Australia
Pink Saris
Kim Longinotto
United Kingdom
The Pipe
An Piopa
Risteard Ó Domhnaill
Ireland
Precious Life
Shlomi Eldar
Israel
The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical
Sarah McCarthy
United Kingdom
Tabloid
Errol Morris
United States
Tears of Gaza
Vibeke Løkkeberg
Norway
When My Child is Born
Guo Jing, Ke Dingding
China
Windfall
Laura Israel
United States
!Women Art Revolution: A Secret History
Lynn Hershman Leeson
United States
Sprockets Family Zone
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Karla and Jonas
Charlotte Sachs Bostrup
Denmark
Little Sister
Richard Bowen
China, United States
Make Believe
J. Clay Tweel
United States
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Ben Stassen
Belgium
Visions
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu
Andrei Ujică
Romania
Brownian Movement
Nanouk Leopold
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium
Curling
Denis Côté
Canada
The Ditch
Wang Bing
France, Belgium
The Four Times
Le quattro volte
Michelangelo Frammartino
Italy, Germany, Switzerland
K.364 A Journey by Train
Douglas Gordon
United Kingdom, Germany, France
Moscow 11:19:31
Michael Nyman
United Kingdom
Mourning for Anna
Trois temps après la mort d'Anna
Catherine Martin
Canada
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Sophie Fiennes
France
Promises Written in Water
Vincent Gallo
United States
Summer of Goliath
Verano de Goliat
Nicolás Pereda
Canada, Mexico, Netherlands
A Useful Life
La vida útil
Federico Veiroj
Uruguay
Wavelengths
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
753 Macpherson Avenue
Kevin Jerome Everson
United States
Anne Truitt Working
Jem Cohen
United States
Atlantiques
Mati Diop
Senegal, France
Aubade
Nathaniel Dorsky
United States
Bits and Pieces
EYE Film Institute Netherlands
Netherlands
Blow-Ups: Portrait, Tea Time, Red Curtain
Helga Fanderl
Germany
Blue Mantle
Rebecca Meyers
United States
Burning Bush
Vincent Grenier
Canada, United States
Cinematographie
Philipp Fleischmann
Austria
Color Films 1 & 2
Madison Brookshire
United States
Coming Attractions
Peter Tscherkassky
Austria
Compline
Nathaniel Dorsky
United States
The Day Was a Scorcher
Ken Jacobs
United States
Delphine de Oliveira
Friedl vom Gröller
Austria
Get Out of the Car
Thom Andersen
United States
Hell Roaring Creek
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
United States
Home Movie
John Price
Canada
Kodachrome Days
Jonas Mekas
United States
Landscape, Semi-Surround
Eriko Sonoda
Japan
Leona Alone
Oliver Husain
Canada
One
Eve Heller
Austria
Ouverture
Christopher Becks
Canada, France
Pastourelle
Nathaniel Dorsky
United States
Photo Finish Figures
Il finish delle figure
Paolo Gioli
Italy
Ruhr
James Benning
Germany, United States
Slaveship
T. Marie
United States
The Soul of Things
Dominic Angerame
United States
Tokyo-Ebisu
Tomonari Nishikawa
Japan
Victoria, George, Edward & Thatcher
Callum Cooper
United Kingdom
Water Lilies
T. Marie
United States
Short Cuts
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Above the Knee
Greg Atkins
Canada
The Adder's Bite
Firas Momani
Animal Control
Kire Paputts
The Camera and Christopher Merk
Brandon Cronenberg
Champagne
Hans Olson
The Closer You Get to Canada
John Bolton
Eggcellent
Martin Sokol
File Under Miscellaneous
Jeff Barnaby
A Fine Young Man
Kevan Funk
Green Crayons
Kazik Radwanski
The High Level Bridge
Trevor Anderson
Home: Life Advice
Aaron Phelan
How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused by You
Nadia Litz
Interregnum
Nick Fox-Gieg
The Legend of Beaver Dam
Jerome Sable
Lipsett Diaries
Theodore Ushev
Little Flowers
Les Fleurs de l'âge
Vincent Biron
Living History
Isaac Cravit
Love. Marriage. Miscarriage.
Darragh McDonald
Marius Borodine
Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Manèges
Sophie Goyette
La Métropolitaine
Dan Popa
Mokhtar
Halima Ouardiri
Negativipeg
Matthew Rankin
The Old Ways
Michael Vass
On the Way to the Sea
Tao Gu
The Open Window
Cam Woykin
Poudre
Ky Nam Le Duc
Le Projet Sapporo
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Sad Bear
Liz Cairns, Joe LoBianco
Les Softies
Emmanuel Shirinian, Russell Bennett
Sophie Lavoie
Anne Émond
The Trenches
La Tranchée
Claude Cloutier
Tsunami, Horses and Civilization
Carla Susanto
Turkey
Sara St. Onge
Vapor
Kaveh Nabatian
Wapawekka
Danis Goulet
Warchild
Caroline Monnet
Woman Waiting
Antoine Bourges
yesno
Brian D. Johnson
Canada's Top Ten
TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released on December 15, 2010.
Feature films
Barney's Version — Richard J. Lewis
Curling — Denis Côté
Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) — Xavier Dolan
The High Cost of Living — Deborah Chow
Incendies — Denis Villeneuve
Last Train Home — Lixin Fan
Modra — Ingrid Veninger
Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna) — Catherine Martin
Splice — Vincenzo Natali
Trigger — Bruce McDonald
Short films
Above the Knee — Greg Atkins
I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors — Ann Marie Fleming
The Legend of Beaver Dam — Jerome Sable
Lipsett Diaries — Theodore Ushev
Little Flowers (Les Fleurs de l'âge) — Vincent Biron
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