2014 Toronto International Film Festival Explained
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
Programmes
Gala Presentations
Special Presentations
- 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
- 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
Masters
Midnight Madness
Vanguard
Contemporary World Cinema
Short Cuts Canada
42 short films were presented as part of Short Cuts Canada in 2014:[12]
Discovery
City to City: Seoul
Canada's Top Ten
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]
Short films
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Toronto International Film Festival . 19 April 2014 . TIFF . https://web.archive.org/web/20150723043832/http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival . 23 July 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Toronto Sets Robert Downey Jr's 'The Judge' As Opening-Night Film . 26 July 2014 . Deadline.
- Web site: Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos' . 22 July 2014 . Variety.
- Web site: TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups . 12 August 2014 . Indiewire.
- Web site: Toronto Film Festival Completes Lineup . 20 August 2014 . Variety.
- Web site: Bill Murray mints fresh Toronto film festival 2014 lineup with St Vincent . 20 August 2014 . The Guardian.
- Web site: Toronto Film Festival 2014 holds Bill Murray Day . 7 September 2014 . BBC News.
- https://www.thewrap.com/the-imitation-game-wins-toronto-audience-award/ "‘The Imitation Game’ Wins Toronto Audience Award"
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29200886 "Imitation Game wins Toronto top prize"
- News: Seven NFB Films to Screen at TIFF 2014. Wolfe. Jennifer. 7 August 2014. Animation World Network. 8 August 2014.
- News: Alanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? to screen at TIFF 2014. Walker. Connie. 6 August 2014. CBC News. 6 August 2014. Toronto.
- News: Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Canadian Features and Short Films. Cipriani. Casey. 6 August 2014. Indiewire. 10 August 2014.
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tiff-announces-its-top-10-canadian-films-of-2014-1.2857461 "TIFF announces its top 10 Canadian films of 2014"
