Canadian Films and more announced for Toronto!

While I'm very disappointed to report that I will not be making the trek to Toronto for TIFF in September (a trip to London and the weak American dollar have conspired against me) I am excited to report that there have been a whole bunch of new announcements about films appearing at the festival. An area of particular interest to me and others in Chlotrudis are the Canadian films that will be screening. Twitch announced the Canadian titles earlier this week:

Gala Presentations

• One Week directed by Michael McGowan


• Fifty Dead Men Walking directed by Karl Skogland

Special Presentations

• Heaven on Earth directed by Deepa Mehta


• Blindness directed by Fernando Mereilles


• C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) directed by Phillippe Faladeau

Contemporary World Cinema

• Lost Song directed by Rodrigue Jean


• Maman est Chez le Coiffeur directed by Léa Pool


• Mothers & Daughters directed by Carl Bessai


• Un Été Sans Point Ni Coup Sûr directed by Francis Leclerc


• Toronto Stories directed by ook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland, David Weaver and Aaron Woodley

Real to Reel

• Under Rich Earth directed by Malcolm Rogge


• Examined Life directed by Astra Taylor


• La Mémoire des Anges directed by Luc Bourdon

Vanguard Presentations

• Pontypool directed by Bruce McDonald


• Derrière Moi directed by Rafaël Ouellet

This year TIFF will also premiere nine films for the fifth edition of Canada First! focusing on works from first-time Canadian directors as well as those presenting a feature film at the Festival for the first time. Here are the films included in this year's line-up.

Canada First!

• Edison and Leo (British Columbia) directed by Neil Burns - World Premiere


• Before Tomorrow (Quebec/Nunavut) directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu - World Premiere


• Control Alt Delete (British Columbia) directed by Cameron Labine - World Premiere


• Cooper's Camera (Ontario) directed by Warren P. Sonoda - World Premiere


• Down to the Dirt (Newfounland) directed by Justin Simms - World Premiere


• Nurse, Fighter, Boy (Ontario) directed by Charles Officer - World Premiere


• Only (Ontario) directed by Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds - World Premiere


• Real Time (Ontario) directed by Randall Cole - Canadian Premiere


• When Life Was Good (British Columbia) directed by Terry Miles - World Premiere

In addition, TIFF announced a handful of Galas and Special Presentations this week to add to the list of previously announced films.

Gala Presentations

• Rachel Getting Married (USA) directed by Jonathan Demme - North American Premiere


• The Other Man (USA/UK) directed by Richard Eyre - World Premiere

Special Presentations

• Appaloosa (USA) directed by Ed Harris - World Premiere


• La Fille de Monaco (France) directed by Anne Fontaine - North American Premiere


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  I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) (France) directed by Phillippe Claudel (North American Premiere