41st Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films

Here’s a lit of films that will appear at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

Gala presentations

  • A Monster Calls directed by J. A. Bayona
  • Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve
  • Deepwater Horizon directed by Peter Berg
  • The Edge of Seventeen directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
  • The Headhunter’s Calling directed by Mark Williams
  • The Journey Is the Destination directed by Bronwen Hughes
  • Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids directed by Jonathan Demme
  • LBJ directed by Rob Reiner
  • Loving directed by Jeff Nichols
  • The Magnificent Seven directed by Antoine Fuqua
  • Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer directed by Joseph Cedar
  • Planetarium directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
  • The Promise directed by Terry George
  • Queen of Katwe directed by Mira Nair
  • The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America directed by Paul Dugdale
  • The Secret Scripture directed by Jim Sheridan
  • Snowden directed by Oliver Stone
  • Strange Weather directed by Katherine Dieckmann
  • Their Finest directed by Lone Scherfig
  • A United Kingdom directed by Amma Asante

Special presentations

  • 150 Milligrams directed by Emmanuelle Bercot
  • The Age of Shadows directed by Kim Jee-woon
  • All I See Is You directed by Marc Forster
  • American Honey directed by Andrea Arnold
  • American Pastoral directed by Ewan McGregor
  • Asura: The City of Madness directed by Kim Sung-soo
  • Barakah Meets Barakah directed by Mahmoud Sabbagh
  • Barry directed by Vikram Gandhi
  • Below Her Mouth directed by April Mullen
  • The Birth of a Nation directed by Nate Parker
  • Birth of the Dragon directed by George Nolfi
  • Bleed for This directed by Ben Younger
  • The Bleeder directed by Philippe Falardeau
  • Blue Jay directed by Alex Lehmann
  • Brain on Fire directed by Gerard Barrett
  • Brimstone directed by Martin Koolhoven
  • Brotherhood directed by Noel Clarke
  • Burn Your Maps directed by Jordan Roberts
  • Carrie Pilby directed by Susan Johnson
  • Catfight directed by Onur Tukel
  • Christine directed by Antonio Campos
  • City of Tiny Lights directed by Pete Travis
  • The Commune directed by Thomas Vinterberg
  • A Death in the Gunj directed by Konkona Sen Sharma
  • Denial directed by Mick Jackson
  • The Duelist directed by Aleksey Mizgirev
  • Elle directed by Paul Verhoeven
  • The Exception directed by David Leveaux
  • Foreign Body directed by Raja Amari
  • Frantz directed by François Ozon
  • The Handmaiden directed by Park Chan-wook
  • Harmonium directed by Koji Fukada
  • I Am Not Madame Bovary directed by Feng Xiaogang
  • I, Daniel Blake directed by Ken Loach
  • In Dubious Battle directed by James Franco
  • It’s Only the End of the World directed by Xavier Dolan
  • The Journey directed by Nick Hamm
  • King of the Dancehall directed by Nick Cannon
  • La La Land directed by Damien Chazelle
  • Leehom Wang’s Open Fire Concert Film directed by Homeboy Music and Inc.
  • The Limehouse Golem directed by Juan Carlos Medina
  • Lion directed by Garth Davis
  • The Long Excuse directed by Miwa Nishikawa
  • Manchester by the Sea__ directed by Kenneth Lonergan
  • Mascots directed by Christopher Guest
  • Maudie directed by Aisling Walsh
  • Mean Dreams directed by Nathan Morlando
  • Neruda directed by Pablo Larraín
  • Nocturnal Animals directed by Tom Ford
  • The Oath directed by Baltasar Kormákur
  • Orphan directed by Arnaud des Pallières
  • Paris Can Wait directed by Eleanor Coppola
  • Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch
  • Rage directed by Lee Sang-il
  • (Re) Assignment directed by Walter Hill
  • The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi
  • Salt and Fire directed by Werner Herzog
  • Sing directed by Garth Jennings
  • Souvenir directed by Bavo Defurne
  • Things to Come directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
  • Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade
  • Trespass Against Us directed by Adam Smith
  • Two Lovers and a Bear directed by Kim Nguyen
  • Una directed by Benedict Andrews
  • Unless directed by Alan Gilsenan
  • Voyage of Time directed by Terrence Malick
  • Wakefield directed by Robin Swicord
  • Weirdos directed by Bruce McDonald
  • Window Horses directed by Ann Marie Fleming

Midnight Madness

  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe directed by André Øvredal
  • The Belko Experiment directed by Greg McLean
  • Blair Witch directed by Adam Wingard
  • Dog Eat Dog directed by Paul Schrader
  • Free Fire directed by Ben Wheatley
  • The Girl with All the Gifts directed by Colm McCarthy
  • Headshot directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto
  • Rats directed by Morgan Spurlock
  • Raw directed by Julia Ducournau
  • Sadako vs. Kayako directed by Koji Shiraishi

Masters

  • After the Storm directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • Afterimage directed by Andrzej Wajda
  • Anatomy of Violence directed by Deepa Mehta
  • The Bait directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta
  • The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez directed by Wim Wenders
  • Certain Women directed by Kelly Reichardt
  • Fire at Sea directed by Gianfranco Rosi
  • Graduation directed by Cristian Mungiu
  • Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
  • J: Beyond Flamenco directed by Carlos Saura
  • Julieta directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • Land of the Gods directed by Goran Paskaljevic
  • Ma’ Rosa directed by Brillante Mendoza
  • The Net directed by Kim Ki-duk
  • Never Ever directed by Benoît Jacquot
  • Personal Shopper directed by Olivier Assayas
  • Pinneyum directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
  • A Quiet Passion directed by Terence Davies
  • Safari directed by Ulrich Seidl
  • Sieranevada directed by Cristi Puiu
  • Sweet Dreams directed by Marco Bellocchio
  • The Unknown Girl directed by Dardenne brothers
  • We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice directed by Alanis Obomsawin
  • Yourself and Yours directed by Hong Sang-soo

Next Wave

  • Divines directed by Houda Benyamina
  • The Edge of Seventeen directed by Kelly Fremon Craig
  • Handsome Devil directed by John Butler
  • India in a Day directed by Richie Mehta
  • Layla M. directed by Mijke de Jong
  • Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
  • A Wedding directed by Stephan Streker
  • The Wedding Ring directed by Rahmatou Keïta
  • Window Horses directed by Ann Marie Fleming

Documentaries

  • Abacus: Small Enough to Jail directed by Steve James
  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone directed by Fred Peabody
  • Amanda Knox directed by Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst
  • The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography directed by Errol Morris
  • Beauties of the Night directed by María José Cuevas
  • Before the Flood directed by Fisher Stevens
  • Bezness as Usual directed by Alex Pitstra
  • Black Code directed by Nicholas de Pencier
  • Breaking Occupation directed by Brett Smith
  • Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary directed by John Scheinfeld
  • The Cinema Travellers directed by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya
  • Citizen Jane: Battle for the City directed by Matt Tyrnauer
  • Forever Pure directed by Maya Zinshtein
  • Gaza Surf Club directed by Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine
  • Giants of Africa directed by Hubert Davis
  • Gimme Danger directed by Jim Jarmusch
  • Girl Unbound directed by Erin Heidenreich
  • Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee directed by Nanette Burstein
  • I Am Not Your Negro directed by Raoul Peck
  • I Called Him Morgan directed by Kasper Collin
  • In Exile directed by Tin Win Naing
  • India in a Day directed by Richie Mehta
  • An Insignificant Man directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla
  • Into the Inferno directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer
  • The Ivory Game directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
  • Karl Marx City directed by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
  • Mali Blues directed by Lutz Gregor
  • Mostly Sunny directed by Dilip Mehta
  • Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory directed by Mohanad Yaqubi
  • Politics, Instructions Manual directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
  • The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent directed by Brigitte Berman
  • Rodnye directed by Vitaly Mansky
  • The Sixth Beatle directed by Tony Guma and John Rose
  • The Skyjacker’s Tale directed by Jamie Kastner
  • The Stairs directed by Hugh Gibson
  • The Terry Kath Experience directed by Michelle Sinclair
  • The War Show directed by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon
  • Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life directed by Fariborz Kamkari

Contemporary World Cinema

  • A Decent Woman directed by Lukas Valenta Rinner
  • After Love directed by Joachim Lafosse
  • The Animal’s Wife directed by Víctor Gaviria
  • Apprentice directed by Boo Junfeng
  • Aquarius directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Ayiti Mon Amour directed by Guetty Felin
  • Blindness directed by Ryszard Bugajski
  • Boundaries directed by Chloé Robichaud
  • Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces directed by Yousry Nasrallah
  • Death in Sarajevo directed by Danis Tanovic
  • Ember directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
  • The Fixer directed by Adrian Sitaru
  • Handsome Devil directed by John Butler
  • Heaven Will Wait directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
  • In Between directed by Maysaloun Hamoud
  • Indivisible directed by Edoardo De Angelis
  • Mahana directed by Lee Tamahori
  • Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge directed by Marie Noëlle
  • Mister Universo directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
  • Past Life directed by Avi Nesher
  • Pyromaniac directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
  • The Rehearsal directed by Alison Maclean
  • The Road to Mandalay directed by Midi Z
  • Santa & Andres directed by Carlos Lechuga
  • Soul on a String directed by Zhang Yang
  • Tamara and the Ladybug directed by Lucía Carreras
  • Clair Obscur directed by Yesim Ustaoglu
  • Tramps directed by Adam Leon
  • Vaya directed by Akin Omotoso
  • We Are Never Alone directed by Petr Vaclav
  • The Wedding Ring directed by Rahmatou Keïta
  • White Sun directed by Deepak Rauniyar
  • The Women’s Balcony directed by Emil Ben Shimon
  • X500 directed by Juan Andrés Arango
  • Zoology directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Contemporary World Speakers

  • The Animal’s Wife directed by Víctor Gaviria
  • Blindness directed by Ryszard Bugajski
  • In Between directed by Maysaloun Hamoud
  • Mahana directed by Lee Tamahori
  • Past Life directed by Avi Nesher

Vanguard

  • The Bad Batch directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
  • Blind Sun directed by Joyce A. Nashawati
  • Buster’s Mal Heart directed by Sarah Adina Smith
  • Colossal directed by Nacho Vigalondo
  • Godspeed directed by Chung Mong-hong
  • I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House directed by Oz Perkins
  • Interchange directed by Dain Iskandar Said
  • Message from the King directed by Fabrice Du Welz
  • My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea directed by Dash Shaw
  • Nelly directed by Anne Émond
  • Prevenge directed by Alice Lowe
  • The Untamed directed by Amat Escalante
  • Without Name directed by Lorcan Finnegan
  • __Discovery
  • ARQ directed by Tony Elliott
  • Blessed Benefit directed by Mahmoud al Massad
  • Boys in the Trees directed by Nicholas Verso
  • Divines directed by Houda Benyamina
  • The Empty Box directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
  • Flemish Heaven directed by Peter Monsaert
  • The Fury of a Patient Man directed by Raúl Arévalo
  • Godless directed by Ralitza Petrova
  • The Giant directed by Johannes Nyholm
  • Guilty Men directed by Iván D. Gaona
  • The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki directed by Juho Kuosmanen
  • Heartstone directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
  • Hello Destroyer directed by Kevan Funk
  • Hunting Flies directed by Izer Aliu
  • In the Blood directed by Rasmus Heisterberg
  • In the Radiant City directed by Rachel Lambert
  • Jean of the Joneses directed by Stella Meghie
  • Jeffrey directed by Yanillys Perez
  • Jesús directed by Fernando Guzzoni
  • Joe Cinque’s Consolation directed by Sotiris Dounoukos
  • Kati Kati directed by Mbithi Masya
  • Katie Says Goodbye directed by Wayne Roberts
  • The Levelling directed by Hope Dickson Leach
  • Little Wing directed by Selma Vilhunen
  • Mad World directed by Wong Chun
  • Marija directed by Michael Koch
  • A Wedding directed by Stephan Streker
  • Old Stone directed by Johnny Ma
  • Park directed by Sofia Exarchou
  • Prank directed by Vincent Biron
  • The Red Turtle directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit
  • Sami Blood directed by Amanda Kernell
  • Sand Storm directed by Elite Zexer
  • Werewolf directed by Ashley McKenzie
  • Wùlu directed by Daouda Coulibaly

Platform

  • Daguerrotype directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Goldstone directed by Ivan Sen
  • Heal the Living directed by Katell Quillévéré
  • Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait directed by Khyentse Norbu
  • Home directed by Fien Troch
  • Jackie directed by Pablo Larraín
  • Lady Macbeth directed by William Oldroyd
  • Layla M. directed by Mijke de Jong
  • Searchers directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Natar Ungalaaq
  • Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
  • Nocturama directed by Bertrand Bonello
  • Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie

Short Cuts

  • 3-Way (Not Calling) directed by Molly McGlynn
  • 5 Films About Technology directed by Peter Huang
  • All Rivers Run to the Sea (Toate fluviile curg în mare) directed by Alexandru Badea
  • And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye (Y Todo el Cielo Cupo en el Ojo de la Vaca Muerta) directed by Francisca Alegría
  • Andy Goes In directed by Josh Polon
  • Anna directed by Or Sinai
  • Ape Sodom directed by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
  • Bargain (Moam-gab) directed by Lee Chung-hyun
  • Battalion to My Beat directed by Eimi Imanishi
  • Because the World Never Stops directed by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson
  • BLACK HEAD COW (Engiteng’ Narok Lukunya) directed by Elizabeth Nichols
  • Blind Vaysha directed by Theodore Ushev
  • A Brief History of Princess X directed by Gabriel Abrantes
  • Cleo directed by Sanja Zivkovic
  • Cul-De-Sac directed by Damon Russell
  • CYCLES directed by Joe Cobden
  • Dadyaa directed by Pooja Gurung and Bibhusan Basnet
  • DataMine directed by Timothy Barron Tracey
  • Decorado directed by Alberto Vázquez
  • Emma directed by Martin Edralin
  • Fluffy (Flafi) directed by Lee Filipovski
  • Four Faces of the Moon directed by Amanda Strong
  • A Funeral for Lightning directed by Emily Kai Bock
  • Gods Acre directed by Kelton Stepanowich
  • Green (Verde) directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
  • Half A Man (Po covika) directed by Kristina Kumric
  • HAND.LINE.COD directed by Justin Simms
  • The Hedonists directed by Jia Zhang-ke
  • Imago directed by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
  • Imitations directed by Fabian Velasco and Milos Mitrovic
  • Import directed by Ena Sendijarevic
  • In the Hills directed by Hamid Ahmadi
  • Inner Workings directed by Leo Matsuda
  • The Last Leatherman of the Vale of Cashmere directed by Greg Loser
  • Late Night Drama directed by Patrice Laliberté
  • Mariner directed by Thyrone Tommy
  • Mr. Sugar Daddy directed by Dawid Ullgren
  • Mutants directed by Alexandre Dostie
  • A New Home directed by Žiga Virc
  • Next directed by Elena Brodach
  • Night Dancing directed by Barney Cokeliss
  • Nothing about Moccasins directed by Eden Mallina Awashish
  • Nutag – Homeland directed by Alisi Telengut
  • Oh What a Wonderful Feeling directed by François Jaros
  • On the Origin of Fear directed by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon
  • Paraya directed by Sheetal Magan and Martín Morgenfeld
  • The Pine Tree Villa (Eine Villa mit Pinien) directed by Jan Koester
  • Plain and Simple directed by Raphaël Ouellet
  • Red Apples directed by George Sikharulidze
  • Red of the Yew Tree directed by Marie-Hélène Turcotte
  • The Road to Webequie directed by Ryan Noth and Tess Girard
  • Romantik directed by Mateusz Rakowicz
  • Samedi Cinema directed by Mamadou Dia
  • Sandy Beach directed by Thanos Papastergiou
  • Second to None directed by Vincent Gallagher
  • Semiliberi directed by Matteo Gentiloni
  • Sevince (When you love) directed by Süheyla Schwenk
  • Shahzad directed by Haya Waseem
  • Small Fry directed by Eva Michon
  • SNIP directed by Terril Calder
  • The Smoke directed by Rebecca Addelman
  • Standby directed by Charlotte Regan
  • SUBMARINE directed by Mounia Akl
  • Summer Camp Island directed by Julia Pott
  • The Taste of Vietnam directed by Pier-Luc Latulippe
  • TMG_103 (rough cut) directed by Walter Woodman
  • Transition (Tranzicija) directed by Milica Tomovic
  • Trespass directed by Mirrah Foulkes
  • Tshiuetin directed by Caroline Monnet
  • Twisted directed by Jay Cheel
  • Whispering Breeze directed by Jonathan Tremblay
  • The White Helmets directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
  • Wild Skin directed by Ariane Louis-Seize
  • Your Mother and I directed by Anna Maguire

Festival Street

  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes
  • Labyrinth directed by Jim Henson
  • The Man Trap directed by Marc Daniels

Primetime

  • Black Mirror directed by Charlie Brooker
  • Nirvanna the Band the Show directed by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol
  • Transparent directed by Jill Soloway
  • Tuko Macho directed by The Nest Collective and Jim Chuchu
  • Wasteland directed by Štepán Hulík
  • __Public Programme
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off directed by John Hughes

Cinematheque

  • The Battle of Algiers directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
  • A Cool Sound from Hell directed by Sidney J. Furie
  • Daughters of the Dust directed by Julie Dash
  • General Report on Certain Matters of Interest For a Public Screening directed by Pere Portabella
  • The Horse Thief directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
  • Lumière! directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière and Thierry Frémaux
  • One Sings, the Other Doesn’t directed by Agnès Varda
  • One-Eyed Jacks directed by Marlon Brando
  • Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
  • Something Wild directed by Jonathan Demme

City to City: Lagos

  • ’76 directed by Izu Ojukwu
  • 93 Days directed by Steve Gukas
  • The Arbitration directed by Niyi Akinmolayan
  • Green White Green directed by Abba Makama
  • Just Not Married directed by Uduak-Obong Patrick
  • Okafor’s Law directed by Omoni Oboli
  • Taxi Driver directed by Daniel Emeke Oriahi
  • The Wedding Party directed by Kemi Adetiba

Wavelengths

  • 025 Sunset Red directed by Laida Lertxundi
  • 350 MYA directed by Terra Long
  • As Without So Within directed by Manuela de Laborde
  • Austerlitz directed by Sergei Loznitsa
  • An Aviation Field directed by Joana Pimenta
  • Ayhan and Me directed by Belit Sag
  • Burning Mountains that Spew Flame directed by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado
  • By the Time it Gets Dark directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong
  • Children of Lir directed by Katherin McInnis
  • Cilaos directed by Camilo Restrepo
  • Dark Adaptation directed by Chris Gehman
  • The Death of Louis XIV directed by Albert Serra
  • The Dreamed Ones directed by Ruth Beckermann
  • The Dreamed Path directed by Angela Schanelec
  • Ears, Nose and Throat directed by Kevin Jerome Everson
  • Flowers of the Sky directed by Janie Geiser
  • Foyer directed by Ismaïl Bahri
  • General Report II: The New Abduction of Europe directed by Pere Portabella
  • Hermia & Helena directed by Matías Piñeiro
  • The Human Surge directed by Eduardo Williams
  • Há Terra! directed by Ana Vaz
  • I Had to Nowhere to Go directed by Douglas Gordon
  • I’ll Remember You As You Were, Not As What You’ll Become directed by Sky Hopinka
  • Incantati directed by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
  • Indefinite Pitch directed by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
  • Kékszakállú directed by Gastón Solnicki
  • Luna e Santur directed by Joshua Gen Solondz
  • Mimosas directed by Oliver Laxe
  • Nightlife directed by Cyprien Gaillard
  • The Ornithologist directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
  • Rudzienko directed by Sharon Lockhart
  • Singularity directed by Albert Serra
  • Strange Vision of Seeing Things directed by Ryan Ferko
  • Ta’ang directed by Wang Bing
  • Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon directed by Tomonari Nishikawa
  • Untitled directed by Björn Kämmerer
  • Untitled, 1925 directed by Madi Piller
  • Venus Delta directed by Antoinette Zwirchmayr
  • The Watershow Extravaganza directed by Sophie Michael
  • What’s New directed by Nina Könnemann
  • The Woman Who Left directed by Lav Diaz