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Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film	Borg McEnroe by Janus Metz Pedersen
Closing film	C'est la vie! by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Location	Toronto, Canada
Founded	1976
Festival date	7 – 17 September 2017
Website	www.tiff.net/tiff/

The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes 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) is listed as 28 features and 29 shorts.^[5]

Awards

The festival's final awards were announced on 17 September.^[6]

Juries

Platform Jury

• Chen Kaige


• Małgorzata Szumowska


• 
  Wim Wenders^[7]
  

Canadian Feature Film Jury

• Ella Cooper


• Mark Adams


• 
  Min Sook Lee^[7]
  

Short Cuts Film Jury

• Chloé Zhao


• Johnny Ma


• 
  Marit van den Elshout^[7]
  

Programmes

The following films were selected:^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Gala presentations

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  55 Steps by Bille August
  


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  Borg McEnroe by Janus Metz Pedersen
  


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  Breathe by Andy Serkis
  


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  C'est la vie! by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
  


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  Chappaquiddick by John Curran
  


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  Darkest Hour by Joe Wright
  


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  Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Paul McGuigan
  


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  Hochelaga, Land of Souls by François Girard
  


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  Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  


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  The Leisure Seeker by Paolo Virzì
  


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  Long Time Running by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier
  


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  Mary Shelley by Haifaa al-Mansour
  


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  The Mountain Between Us by Hany Abu-Assad
  


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  Mudbound by Dee Rees
  


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  My Days of Mercy by Tali Shalom Ezer
  


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  Stronger by David Gordon Green
  


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  Three Christs by Jon Avnet
  


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  The Upside by Neil Burger
  


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  The Wife by Björn Runge
  


• 
  Woman Walks Ahead by Susanna White
  

Special presentations

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  BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo
  


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  A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio
  


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  A Season in France by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
  


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  Battle of the Sexes by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  


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  The Brawler by Anurag Kashyap
  


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  The Breadwinner by Nora Twomey
  


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  Call Me by Your Name by Luca Guadagnino
  


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  The Captain by Robert Schwentke
  


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  Catch the Wind by Gaël Morel
  


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  The Children Act by Richard Eyre
  


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  The Conformist by Cai Shangjun
  


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  The Cured by David Freyne
  


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  The Current War by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
  


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  Disobedience by Sebastián Lelio
  


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  Downsizing by Alexander Payne
  


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  The Escape by Dominic Savage
  


• 
  Eye on Juliet by Kim Nguyen
  


• 
  First They Killed My Father by Angelina Jolie
  


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  The Florida Project by Sean Baker
  


• 
  Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz
  


• 
  The Guardians by Xavier Beauvois
  


• 
  Hostiles by Scott Cooper
  


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  The Hungry by Bornila Chatterjee
  


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  I Love You, Daddy by Louis C.K.
  


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  In the Fade by Fatih Akin
  


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  I, Tonya by Craig Gillespie
  


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  Journey's End by Saul Dibb
  


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  The Killing of a Sacred Deer by Yorgos Lanthimos
  


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  Kodachrome by Mark Raso
  


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  Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig
  


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  Lean on Pete by Andrew Haigh
  


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  Loving Pablo by Fernando León de Aranoa
  


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  Manhunt by John Woo
  


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  Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House by Peter Landesman
  


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  Marrowbone by Sergio G. Sánchez
  


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  Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller by Jerry Kramer
  


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  Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno by Abdellatif Kechiche
  


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  Michael Jackson's Thriller 3D by John Landis
  


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  Molly's Game by Aaron Sorkin
  


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  Mother! by Darren Aronofsky
  


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  The Motive by Manuel Martín Cuenca
  


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  Novitiate by Maggie Betts
  


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  Number One by Tonie Marshall
  


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  Omerta by Hansal Mehta
  


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  On Chesil Beach by Dominic Cooke
  


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  Outside In by Lynn Shelton
  


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  Papillon by Michael Noer
  


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  Plonger by Mélanie Laurent
  


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  The Price of Success by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
  


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  Professor Marston and the Wonder Women by Angela Robinson
  


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  Racer and the Jailbird by Michaël R. Roskam
  


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  Radiance by Naomi Kawase
  


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  Redoubtable by Michel Hazanavicius
  


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  The Rider by Chloé Zhao
  


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  Roman J. Israel, Esq. by Dan Gilroy^[17]
  


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  The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
  


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  Sheikh Jackson by Amr Salama
  


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  The Square by Ruben Östlund
  


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  Submergence by Wim Wenders
  


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  Suburbicon by George Clooney
  


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  Thelma by Joachim Trier
  


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  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh
  


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  Three Peaks by Jan Zabeil
  


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  Unicorn Store by Brie Larson
  


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  Victoria & Abdul by Stephen Frears
  


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  Who We Are Now by Matthew Newton
  


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  You Disappear by Peter Schønau Fog
  


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  Youth by Feng Xiaogang
  

Midnight Madness

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  Bodied by Joseph Kahn
  


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  Brawl in Cell Block 99 by S. Craig Zahler
  


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  The Crescent by Seth A. Smith
  


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  The Disaster Artist by James Franco
  


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  Downrange by Ryuhei Kitamura
  


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  Great Choice by Robin Comisar
  


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  Let the Corpses Tan by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
  


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  Mom and Dad by Brian Taylor
  


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  Revenge by Coralie Fargeat
  


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  The Ritual by David Bruckner
  


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  Vampire Clay by Sôichi Umezawa
  

Masters

• 
  The Day After by Hong Sang-soo
  


• 
  Faces Places by Agnès Varda and JR
  


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  First Reformed by Paul Schrader
  


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  Happy End by Michael Haneke
  


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  The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian
  


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  Loveless by Andrey Zvyagintsev
  


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  The Other Side of Hope by Aki Kaurismäki
  


• 
  Our People Will Be Healed by Alanis Obomsawin
  


• 
  Rainbow: A Private Affair by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  


• 
  The Third Murder by Hirokazu Kore-eda
  


• 
  Zama by Lucrecia Martel
  

Documentaries

• 
  Azmaish: A Journey through the Subcontinent by Sabiha Sumar
  


• 
  BOOM FOR REAL The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Sara Driver
  


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  The Carter Effect by Sean Menard
  


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  The China Hustle by Jed Rothstein
  


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  Cocaine Prison by Violeta Ayala
  


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  Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars by Lili Fini Zanuck
  


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  Ex Libris: The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman
  


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  The Final Year by Greg Barker
  


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  The Gospel According to André by Kate Novack
  


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  Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami by Sophie Fiennes
  


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  Jim & Andy: the Great Beyond – the story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman featuring a very special, contractually obligated mention of Tony Clifton by Chris Smith
  


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  Jane by Brett Morgen
  


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  The Judge by Erika Cohn
  


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  The Legend of the Ugly King by Hüseyin Tabak
  


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  Living Proof by Matt Embry
  


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  Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle by Gustavo Salmerón
  


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  Love Means Zero by Jason Kohn
  


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  The Other Side of Everything by Mila Turajlić
  


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  Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me by Sam Pollard
  


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  Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood by Matt Tyrnauer
  


• 
  Silas by Hawa Essuman and Anjali Nayar
  


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  Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! by Morgan Spurlock
  


• 
  There Is a House Here by Alan Zweig
  

Contemporary World Cinema

• 
  Alanis by Anahí Berneri
  


• 
  Ana, mon amour by Călin Peter Netzer
  


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  Angels Wear White by Vivian Qu
  


• 
  April's Daughter by Michel Franco
  


• 
  Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov
  


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  Beyond Words by Urszula Antoniak
  


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  The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... by Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
  


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  Birds Without Names by Kazuya Shiraishi
  


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  Black Kite by Tarique Qayumi
  


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  Breath by Simon Baker
  


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  A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano
  


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  Dark is the Night by Adolfo Alix Jr.
  


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  Directions by Stephan Komandarev
  


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  Disappearance by Boudewijn Koole
  


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  Don't Talk to Irene by Pat Mills
  


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  Euthanizer by Teemu Nikki
  


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  Félicité by Alain Gomis
  


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  Good Favour by Rebecca Daly
  


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  Hannah by Andrea Pallaoro
  


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  The Insult by Ziad Doueiri
  


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  Insyriated by Philippe Van Leeuw
  


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  The Journey by Mohamed Al-Daradji
  


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  Life and Nothing More by Antonio Méndez Esparza
  


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  The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches by Simon Lavoie
  


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  The Lodgers by Brian O'Malley
  


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  Longing by Savi Gabizon
  


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  Looking for Oum Kulthum by Shirin Neshat
  


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  Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts by Mouly Surya
  


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  Meditation Park by Mina Shum
  


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  Miami by Zaida Bergroth
  


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  Motorrad by Vicente Amorim
  


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  Nina by Juraj Lehotský
  


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  The Number by Khalo Matabane
  


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  On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi
  


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  Porcupine Lake by Ingrid Veninger
  


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  Public Schooled by Kyle Rideout
  


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  Pyewacket by Adam MacDonald
  


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  Ravenous (Les Affamés) by Robin Aubert
  


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  The Royal Hibiscus Hotel by Ishaya Bako
  


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  Samui Song by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
  


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  Sergio & Sergei by Ernesto Daranas Serrano
  


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  A Sort of Family by Diego Lerman
  


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  The Summit by Santiago Mitre
  


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  Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle by Mike van Diem
  


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  Under the Tree by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
  


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  Verónica by Paco Plaza
  


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  Wajib by Annemarie Jacir
  


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  Western by Valeska Grisebach
  

Contemporary World Speakers

Discovery

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  1% by Stephen McCallum
  


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  3/4 by Ilian Metev
  


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  Ava by Sadaf Foroughi
  


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  All You Can Eat Buddha by Ian Lagarde
  


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  Apostasy by Daniel Kokotajlo
  


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  Black Cop by Cory Bowles
  


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  The Butterfly Tree by Priscilla Cameron
  


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  Cardinals by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley
  


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  Disappearance by Ali Asgari
  


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  A Fish Out of Water by Lai Kuo-An
  


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  Five Fingers for Marseilles by Michael Matthews
  


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  The Future Ahead by Constanza Novick
  


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  The Garden by Sonja Kröner
  


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  The Great Buddha+ by Huang Hsin-Yao
  


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  Gutland by Govinda Van Maele
  


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  High Fantasy by Jenna Bass
  


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  Human Traces by Nick Gorman
  


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  I Kill Giants by Anders Walter
  


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  I Am Not a Witch by Rungano Nyoni
  


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  Indian Horse by Stephen Campanelli
  


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  Killing Jesus by Laura Mora
  


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  Kissing Candice by Aoife McArdle
  


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  Luk'Luk'I by Wayne Wapeemukwa
  


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  Mary Goes Round by Molly McGlynn
  


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  Messi and Maud by Marleen Jonkman
  


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  Miracle by Egle Vertelyte
  


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  Montana by Limor Shmila
  


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  Never Steady, Never Still by Kathleen Hepburn
  


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  Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami
  


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  Oh Lucy! by Atsuko Hirayanagi
  


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  The Poet and the Boy by Kim Yang-hee
  


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  Princesita by Marialy Rivas
  


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  Ravens by Jens Assur
  


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  Scaffolding by Matan Yair
  


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  Shuttle Life by Tan Seng Kiat
  


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  Simulation by Abed Abest
  


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  Soldiers. Story from Ferentari by Ivana Mladenovic
  


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  Suleiman Mountain by Elizaveta Stishova
  


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  The Swan by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
  


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  Tigre by Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra Guardiola
  


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  Valley of Shadows by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen
  


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  Village Rockstars by Rima Das
  


• 
  Waru by Briar Grace-Smith, Ainsley Gardiner, Renae Maihi, Casey Kaa, Awanui Simich-Pene, Chelsea Cohen, Katie Wolfe and Paula Jones
  


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  Winter Brothers by Hlynur Pálmason
  


• 
  A Worthy Companion by Carlos Sanchez and Jason Sanchez
  

Platform

• 
  Beast by Michael Pearce
  


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  Brad's Status by Mike White
  


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  Custody by Xavier Legrand
  


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  Dark River by Clio Barnard
  


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  The Death of Stalin by Armando Iannucci
  


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  Euphoria by Lisa Langseth
  


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  If You Saw His Heart by Joan Chemia
  


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  Mademoiselle Paradis by Barbara Albert
  


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  Razzia by Nabil Ayouch
  


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  The Seen and Unseen by Kamila Andini
  


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  Sweet Country by Warwick Thornton
  


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  What Will People Say by Iram Haq
  

Short Cuts

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  The Argument (with annotations) by Daniel Cockburn
  


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  Bickford Park by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart
  


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  Bird by Molly Parker
  


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  Charles by Dominic Étienne Simard
  


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  Creatura Dada by Caroline Monnet
  


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  Crème de menthe by Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy
  


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  The Crying Conch by Vincent Toi
  


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  The Drop In by Naledi Jackson
  


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  For Nonna Anna by Luis De Filippis
  


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  Grandmother by Trevor Mack
  


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  homer_b by Milos Mitrovic and Connor Sweeney^[18]
  


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  An Imagined Conversation: Kanye West & Stephen Hawking by Sol Friedman
  


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  Latched by Justin Harding and Rob Brunner
  


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  Lira's Forest by Connor Jessup
  


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  Midnight Confession by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
  


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  Milk by Heather Young
  


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  Möbius by Sam Kuhn
  


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  Nuuca by Michelle Latimer
  


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  Pre-Drink by Marc-Antoine Lemire
  


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  Rupture by Yassmina Karajah
  


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  Shadow Nettes by Phillip Barker
  


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  Signature by Kei Chikaura
  


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  Stay, I Don't Want to Be Alone by Gabriel Savignac
  


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  The Tesla World Light by Matthew Rankin
  


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  Threads by Torill Kove
  


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  We Forgot to Break Up by Chandler Levack
  

Festival Street

Primetime

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  Alias Grace by Mary Harron
  


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  Dark by Baran bo Odar
  


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  The Deuce by Michelle MacLaren and Ernest Dickerson
  


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  The Girlfriend Experience by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan
  


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  Under Pressure by Andrucha Waddington and Mini Kerti
  

Public Programme

Cinematheque

• 
  I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema
  


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  North of Superior by Graeme Ferguson
  


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  Picture of Light by Peter Mettler
  


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  Rude by Clement Virgo
  

Wavelengths

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  Heart of a Mountain by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko and Faraz Anoushahpour
  


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  Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc by Bruno Dumont
  


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  Palmerston Blvd. by Dan Browne
  


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  Prototype by Blake Williams
  


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  Scaffold by Kazik Radwanski
  


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  A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse) by Denis Côté
  


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  Some Cities by Francesco Gagliardi
  


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  Turtles Are Always Home by Rawane Nassif
  


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  (100ft) by Minjung Kim
  

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.^[19] 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.^[20]

Features

Short films

References

External links

• Official website