Toronto International Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection & Award Nominees

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Date 10 September 2015 - 20 September 2015

Closet Monster Closet Monster

Stephen Dunn "For its confidence and invention in tackling the pain and yearning of the first love and coming of age of a young gay man in Newfoundland, the jury recognizes the remarkable artistry and vision of first-time feature director Stephen Dunn for Closet Monster."

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88:88 88:88

Isiah Medina

How Heavy This Hammer How Heavy This Hammer

Kazik Radwanski

Ninth Floor Ninth Floor

Mina Shum

4.9

Beeba Boys

Deepa Mehta

Invention Invention

Mark Lewis

7.2

Remember

Atom Egoyan

Sleeping Giant Sleeping Giant

Andrew Cividino

6.1

The Forbidden Room

Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson

Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr

Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard

6.9

My Internship in Canada Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre

Philippe Falardeau

Our Loved Ones Les êtres chers

Anne Émond

Best Canadian First Feature Film

Sleeping Giant Sleeping Giant

Andrew Cividino "For its sophisticated plotting, indelible characters and insightful critique of masculinity through a fateful rite of passage on the north shore of Lake Superior, the jury selects Sleeping Giant."

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Discovery Award / Best Film

Daddy Daddy

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh

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Discovery Award

Black Black

Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi

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Beast Beast

Bianca Balbuena, Will Howarth, Sam McKeith, Tom McKeith, Robert Coe

Very Big Shot Film Kteer Kbeer

Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya

Degrade Dégradé

Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser

International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) / Discovery

6.9

Eva Nová

Marko Skop "For exploring themes of humanity, dignity, addiction and redemption in a naturalistic, deceptively simple and non-exploitative manner, FIPRESCI is pleased to present the prize in the Discovery programme to Marko Skop's haunting debut feature Eva Nová."

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International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) / Special Presentations

6.1

Desierto

Jonas Cuaron "For using pure cinema to create a strong physical sensation of being trapped in a vast space and hunted down by hatred in its most primal form, FIPRESCI presents the prize in the Special Presentations programme to Desierto by Jonás Cuarón."

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People's Choice Award / Best Film

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6.4

Zoom

Pedro Morelli

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People's Choice Award / Documentary

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Evgeny Afineevsky

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6.4

This Changes Everything

Avi Lewis

Al Purdy Was Here Al Purdy Was Here

Brian D. Johnson

People's Choice Award / Midnight Madness

6.9

Hardcore Henry Hardcore

Ilya Naishuller

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6.5

The Final Girls

Todd Strauss-Schulson

6.9

Green Room

Jeremy Saulnier

People's Choice Award

8.3

Room

Lenny Abrahamson

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7.7

Spotlight

Tom McCarthy

Angry Indian Goddesses Angry Indian Goddesses

Pan Nalin

Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation

6.9

My Internship in Canada Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre

Philippe Falardeau "For its dexterous intelligence and cinematic wit."

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International Critics' Award / Best Short Film

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Sweet Coffee Sweet Coffee

Amin Pourbarghi

NETPAC Award

The Whispering Star Hisohiso boshi

Sion Sono "For its poetic, moving and brave attempt to express a grief that's inexpressible, combining all too real elements with lo-fi sci-fi, the NETPAC jury awards the prize to The Whispering Star."

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Rising Stars Award

Beijing Carmen Beijing Carmen

Fan Wang

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Film Circuit People's Choice Award / Best Canadian Film

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When the Ocean Met the Sky When the Ocean Met the Sky

Lukas Huffman, Phillip Thomas, Spencer Foley

Platform Prize

Hurt Hurt

Alan Zweig "Following a long discussion, the jury has chosen unanimously to give the Platform prize to HURT. It is a film that explores the complexity and fragility of human destiny in a country that much of the world sees as a paradise."

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6.1

The White Knights Les chevaliers blancs

Joachim Lafosse

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Looking for Grace Looking for Grace

Sue Brooks

Neon Bull Boi Neon

Gabriel Mascaro

5.9

Sky

Fabienne Berthaud

Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story Bang Gang (une histoire d'amour moderne)

Eva Husson

French Blood Un Français

Diastème

5.3

High-Rise

Ben Wheatley

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6.7

The Clan El Clan

Pablo Trapero

The Promised Land Hui dao bei ai de mei yi tian

He Ping

Full Contact Full Contact

David Verbeek

7.8

Land of Mine Under sandet / Land of mine

Martin Pieter Zandvliet

Platform Prize - Honorable Mention

The Promised Land Hui dao bei ai de mei yi tian

He Ping

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Neon Bull Boi Neon

Gabriel Mascaro

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6.7

The Clan El Clan

Pablo Trapero

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Short Cuts Award / Best Canadian Film

Overpass Overpass

Patrice Laliberté "For its seductive, elliptical and graceful manner of exploring the nature of grief and the unconventional ways that families react to loss, all of which was elevated by the performance of Téo Vachon Sincennes."

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Benjamin Benjamin

Sherren Lee

Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton

Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson

Short Cuts Award / Best Canadian Short Film

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Something Horizontal Something Horizontal

Blake Williams

Short Cuts Award / Best International Short Film

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Semele Semeli

Myrsini Aristidou

Waves 98 Waves '98

Ely Dagher

The Magnetic Nature El ser magnético

Mateo Bendesky

Beneath the Spaceship Under rymdskeppet

Caroline Ingvarsson

Tuesday Sali

Anna Maria Aslanoglu, Ziya Demirel

Short Cuts Award / Best Short Film

Maman(s) Maman(s)

Maïmouna Doucouré, Sokhna Diallo "For its daring and revelatory exploration of a family's dysfunction and upheaval through the eyes of a child and its refusal to cast characters as villains but rather as complex, and highly conflicted, human beings the jury selects Maman(s). The jury also wanted to acknowledge the vulnerable, defiant performance of the gifted Sokhna Diallo."

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Blue Spring Blue Spring

Andreea Cristina Bortun

Violet Violet

Maurice Joyce, Mark Hodkinson, Nuria González Blanco

Short Cuts Award - Honorable Mention / Best Canadian Film

Bacon & God's Wrath Bacon & God's Wrath

Sol Friedman "For its whimsical and wry examination of religious conviction and intellectual conversion, and the acknowledgment that courage and transformation can be achieved at any age and involve any manner of pork by-product."

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Short Cuts Award - Honorable Mention / Best Film

Rate Me Rate Me

Fyzal Boulifa "For its blithely unconventional approach to new media and new mores, and a sense of humour as wry as it was rude."

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Contemporary World Cinema Award / Best Film

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Box Box

Florin Serban

The Birks Diamond Tribute / Year's Women in Film

Sophie Deraspe

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