With a little over a month to go before the start of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the event’s organizers are slowly revealing the full slate of titles. Last week’s huge announcement revealed world premieres and Special Presentation screenings such as “The Martian” and “Room,” and now TIFF has unveiled the short films and Canadian films that will play screen during the 40th edition of the Festival.
Boasting a lineup as diverse in themes and cultures as the country itself, TIFF is welcoming 44 homegrown short films packed with strong emerging voices and uniquely Canadian perspectives. The shorts include:
Short Cuts Program (titles eligible for the Award for Best Canadian Short Film):
“It’s Not You” (Don McKellar) – World Premiere
“KOKOM” (Kevin Papatie) – Toronto Premiere
“The Magnificent Life Underwater” (Joel Vaudreuil) – World Premiere
“The Man Who Shot Hollywood” (Barry Avrich) – World Premiere
“Mia'” (Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett) – World Premiere
“Mobilize” (Caroline Monnet) – World Premiere
“Never Happened” (Mark Slutsky) – World Premiere
“Never Steady, Never Still” (Kathleen Hepburn) – World Premiere
“NINA” (Halima Elkhatabi) – World Premiere
“o negative” (Steve McCarthy) – World Premiere
“Our Remaining Lives” (Luiza Cocora) – World Premiere
“Overpass” (Patrice Laliberte) – World Premiere
“Portal to Hell!!!” (Vivieno Caldinelli) – World Premiere
“Quiet Zone” (David Bryant and Kar Lemieux) – Canadian Premiere
“Rock the Box” (Katherine Monk) – World Premiere
“She Stoops To Conquer” (Zachary Russell) – World Premiere
“The Sleepwalker” (Theodore Ushev) – North American Premiere
“The Swimming Lesson” (Olivia Boudreau) – North American Premiere
“Wolkaan” (Bahar Noorizadeh) – World Premiere
“World Famous Gopher Hole Museum” (Chelsea McMullan and Douglas Nayler) – World Premiere
Midnight Madness (title will precede the Opening Night Film in the Midnight Madness program):
“The Chickening” (Nick DenBoer and Davy Force) – World Premiere
Wavelengths:
“Bunte Kuh” (Ryan Ferko, Parastoo Anoushahpour and Faraz Anoushahpour) – Toronto Premiere
“Engram of Returning” (Daichi Saito) – World Premiere
“Fugue” (Kerstin Schrodinger) – North American Premiere
“Office Space Modulation” (Terrarea) – World Premiere
“May We Sleep Soundly” (Denis Cote) – World Premiere
“Something Horizontal” (Blake Williams) – World Premiere
“UNcirCling” (John Creson and Adam Rosen) – World Premiere
TIFF has also revealed a lineup of bold Canadian works by filmmakers including Patricia Rozema, André Turpin, Anne Émond, Kazik Radwanski and Guy Édoin. The Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film will be given to one of following outstanding Canadian filmmakers, with the City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film being presented to the Canadian filmmaker with the most impressive debut feature film at the Festival. The Canadian program includes:
Special Presentations:
“Born to be Blue” (Robert Budreau) – World Premiere
“Into the Forest” (Patricia Rozema) – World Premiere
“Ville-Marie” (Guy Edoin) – World Premiere
TIFF DOCS:
“Al Purdy Was Here” (Brian D. Johnson) – World Premiere
“Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr” (Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard) – World Premiere
“Ninth Floor” (Mina Shum) – World Premiere
“This Changes Everything” (Avi Lewis) – World Premiere
“Welcome to F.L.” (Genevieve Dulude-De Celles) – World Premiere
Discovery:
“Closet Monster” (Stephen Dunn) – World Premiere
“Fire Song” (Adam Garnet Jones) – World Premiere
“The Rainbow Kid” (Kire Paputts) – World Premiere
“River” (Jamie M. Dagg) – World Premiere
“Sleeping Giant” (Andrew Cividino) – World Premiere
Contemporary World Cinema:
“How Heavy This Hammer” (Kazik Radwanksi) – World Premiere
“Our Loved Ones” (Anne Emond) – North American Premiere
“My Internship in Canada” (Phillipe Falardeau) – North American Premiere
“The Waiting Room” (Igor Drljaca) – North American Premiere
Vanguard:
“Endorphine” (Andre Turpin) – World Premiere
“Hellions” (Bruce McDonald) – Canadian Premiere
“No Men Beyond This Point” – North American Premiere
Wavelengths:
“88:88” (Isiah Medina) – North American Premiere
“The Forbidden Room” (Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin) – Canadian Premiere
“Invention” (Mark Lewis) – World Premiere
“Minotaur” (Nicolas Pereda) – World Premiere
“Bring Me The Head of Tom Horton” (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson) – World Premiere
“The Forbidden Room – A Living Poster” (Galen Johnson) – World Premiere
“La Giubba” (Tony Romano and Corin Sworn) – World Premiere
“Stories are Meaning-Making Machines” (Annie McDonnell and Maider Fortune) – International Premiere
Deepa Mehta’s “Beeba Boys,” Jon Cassar’s “Forsaken,” Paul Gross’ “Hyena Road (Hyena Road: Le Chemin du Combat)” and Atom Egoyan’s “Remember” are Canadian features previously announced in the Galas Program.
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