2017 Toronto International Film Festival Explained

2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Opening:Borg McEnroe by Janus Metz Pedersen
Closing:C'est la vie! by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
Awards:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (People's Choice Award)
Location:Toronto, Canada
Founded:1976
Date:September 7 – 17, 2017
Chronology:TIFF
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2017. There were fourteen programs, with the Vanguard and City to City programs both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by 20% from the 2016 edition.[1] [2] Borg/McEnroe directed by Janus Metz Pedersen opened the festival.[3]

According to a "fact sheet" released by the Festival before it began, this edition included 255 feature-length films[4] and 84 short films. Of the feature films, 147 are claimed to be world premieres.

The number of Canadian films at the festival (including co-productions) was listed as 28 features and 29 shorts.[5] Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk received a special IMAX 70mm screening at the Cinesphere as part of the main film slate and the 50th anniversary of IMAX, making it the first Nolan film to appear at the festival since Following, nineteen years earlier.[6]

Awards

The festival's final awards were announced on September 17.[7]

AwardFilmDirector
People's Choice AwardThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonagh
People's Choice Award First Runner UpI, TonyaCraig Gillespie
People's Choice Award Second Runner UpCall Me by Your NameLuca Guadagnino
People's Choice Award: DocumentaryFaces PlacesAgnès Varda and JR
People's Choice Award, Documentary First Runner UpLong Time RunningJennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier
People's Choice Award, Documentary Second Runner UpMorgan Spurlock
People's Choice Award: Midnight MadnessBodiedJoseph Kahn
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness First Runner UpThe Disaster ArtistJames Franco
People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness Second Runner UpBrawl in Cell Block 99S. Craig Zahler
Platform PrizeSweet CountryWarwick Thornton
Platform Prize, Honourable MentionDark RiverClio Barnard
Best Canadian Feature FilmRavenous (Les Affamés)Robin Aubert
Best Canadian Feature Film, Honourable MentionThe Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)Simon Lavoie
Best Canadian Short FilmPre-DrinkMarc-Antoine Lemire
Best Canadian Short Film, Honourable MentionThe Tesla World LightMatthew Rankin
Best Canadian First Feature FilmLuk'Luk'IWayne Wapeemukwa
Best Canadian First Feature Film, Honourable MentionAvaSadaf Foroughi
FIPRESCI Discovery PrizeAvaSadaf Foroughi
FIPRESCI Special PresentationsThe MotiveManuel Martín Cuenca
Best International Short FilmThe BurdenNiki Lindroth von Bahr
Best International Short Film, Honourable MentionA Gentle NightQiu Yang
Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film PremiereThe Great Buddha+Huang Hsin-Yao

Juries

Platform Jury

Canadian Feature Film Jury

Short Cuts Film Jury

Programs

The following films were selected:[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Gala presentations

Special presentations

Midnight Madness

Masters

Documentaries

Contemporary World Cinema

Discovery

Platform

Short Cuts

Primetime

Cinematheque

Wavelengths

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 2017.[20] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2018, where Unarmed Verses won the People's Choice Award.[21]

Short films

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 23, 2017 . Toronto International Film Festival's 2017 Lineup Will Be 'More Tightly Curated,' Programmers Say . April 24, 2017 . IndieWire.
  2. TIFF Unveils 2017 Programmes & Programmers . Toronto International Film Festival . February 23, 2017.
  3. Web site: July 31, 2017 . Toronto: Shia LaBeouf's 'Borg/McEnroe' to Open 2017 Festival . July 31, 2017 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. Web site: September 7, 2017 . Hollywood descends on Toronto for film festival . September 7, 2017 . BBC News.
  5. Toronto International Film Festival Inc. . 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Fact Sheet. August 28, 2017 . August 22, 2017 .
  6. Web site: August 29, 2017 . 'Dunkirk' Receives a Special IMAX Screening at TIFF .
  7. Web site: Jeremy Kay . September 17, 2017 . 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' wins Toronto audience award . Screen Daily . In other key awards handed out on Sunday afternoon (17), Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country claimed the Toronto Platform Prize, while Joseph Kahn's Bodied won the Grolsch People's Choice Midnight Madness Award. Agnès Varda and JR's Faces Places took the Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award..
  8. Book: The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival [catalogue] . Toronto . 2017 . 29.
  9. Web site: July 25, 2017 . Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate . July 25, 2017 . Deadline.
  10. https://www.thewrap.com/disaster-artist-super-size-2-added-toronto-film-festival-lineup/ ‘The Disaster Artist,’ ‘Super-Size Me 2’ Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
  11. Web site: August 1, 2017 . TIFF 2017's Midnight Madness, documentary slates are announced . August 2, 2017 . Now.
  12. Web site: August 2, 2017 . Documentary Lineup Set For Toronto International Film Festival . August 2, 2017 . Shoot Online.
  13. Web site: August 3, 2017 . 'The Death Of Stalin' to open Toronto Film Festival Platform programme . August 3, 2017 . ScreenDaily.
  14. Web site: August 9, 2017 . Toronto Film Festival's Canadian Content to Include New Margaret Atwood Adaptation . August 9, 2017 . The Wrap.
  15. News: Pond . Steve . August 15, 2017 . Aaron Sorkin, Brie Larson, Louis CK Movies Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup . en-US . TheWrap . August 15, 2017.
  16. Web site: August 15, 2017 . Toronto Adds Films From Aaron Sorkin, Louis C.K., Brie Larson . August 16, 2017 . Variety.
  17. Web site: August 22, 2017 . Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem . August 28, 2017 . The Wrap.
  18. Roman J. Israel, Esq. Completes the Toronto International Film Festival Special Presentations Lineup . August 31, 2017 . Toronto International Film Festival Inc..
  19. Web site: Jade Markus . August 9, 2017 . The Simpsons meets Lake of the Woods: Winnipeg filmmakers headed to TIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313233205/http://www.metronews.ca/news/winnipeg/2017/08/09/the-simpsons-meets-lake-of-the-woods-winnipeg-filmmakers-headed-to-tiff.html . March 13, 2018 . August 30, 2017 . Metro.
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20171206201420/https://www.ctv.ca/YourMorning/Articles/December-2017/Top-10-best-Canadian-movies-of-2017 "Top 10 best Canadian movies of 2017"
  21. http://playbackonline.ca/2018/01/22/unarmed-verses-wins-canadas-top-ten-peoples-choice-award/ "Unarmed Verses wins Canada’s Top Ten People’s Choice Award"

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