2014 Toronto International Film Festival


The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin's film The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall was the opening night film. A Little Chaos, a British period drama directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet closed the festival. More films for each section were announced on 12 August, with the line-up completed on 19 August. A total of 393 films were shown, including 143 world premieres. The first Friday was dubbed "Bill Murray Day", as festival organisers dedicated a day to the actor by screening a select number of his films for free.

Programme

Gala Presentations

Special Presentations

TIFF Docs

Masters

Midnight Madness

Vanguard

Contemporary World Cinema

Short Cuts Canada

42 short films were presented as part of Short Cuts Canada in 2014:An Apartment — Sarah Galea-DavisAround Is Around — Norman McLarenThe Barnhouse — Caroline MaillouxBison — Kevan FunkBroken Face — Alain FournierBurnt Grass — Ray WongChainreaction — Dana GingrasChamber Drama — Jeffrey ZablotnyCODA — Denis Poulin, Martine ÉpoqueDay 40 — Sol FriedmanDel Ciego Desert — François LeducA Delusion of Grandeur — Vincent BironThe Encounter — Frieda LukEntangled — Tony ElliottFather — Jordan TannahillFire — Raha ShiraziGodhead — Connor GastonHole — Martin EdralinIndigo — Amanda Strong Intruders — Santiago MenghiniKajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes — Scott BrachmayerLast Night — Arlen KonopakiLight — Yassmina KarajahLiompa — Elizabeth LazebnikLuk'Luk'I: Mother — Wayne WapeemukwaMe and My Moulton — Torill KoveMigration — Mark Lomond, Johanne Ste-MarieMynarski Death Plummet — Matthew RankinO Canada — Evelyn LambartOn Cement — Robin AubertRed Alert — Barry AvrichRunning Season — Grayson MooreSahar — Alexander FarahThe Sands — Marie-Ève JusteSleeping Giant — Andrew CividinoStill — Slater Jewell-KemkerTake Me — André Turpin, Anaïs Barbeau-LavaletteA Tomb with a View — Ryan J. NothThe Underground — Michelle LatimerThe Weatherman and the Shadowboxer — Randall OkitaWhat Doesn't Kill You — Rob GrantZero Recognition — Ben Lewis

Discovery

'71 by Yann DemangeAdult Beginners by Ross KatzAtlantic by Jan-Willem van EwijkBackcountry by Adam MacDonaldBang Bang Baby by Jeffrey St. JulesBig Muddy by Jefferson MoneoCorbo by Mathieu DenisThe Crow's Egg by M. ManikandanDukhtar by Afia NathanielFlapping in the Middle of Nowhere by Nguyen Hoang DiepThe Great Man by Sarah LeonorGuidance by Pat MillsI Am Not Lorena by Isidora MarrasIn Her Place by Albert ShinThe Intruder by Shariff KorverLa Salada by Juan Martin HsuLife in a Fishbowl by Baldvin ZophoniassonThe Little Death by Josh LawsonLos Hongos by Oscar Ruiz NaviaMagical Girl by Carlos VermutMardan by Batin GhobadiMay Allah Bless France! by Abd al MalikThe Narrow Frame of Midnight by Tala HadidObra by Gregorio GraziosiRed Alert by Barry AvrichRun by Philippe LacoteSecond Coming by Debbie Tucker GreenWithout Pity by Michele AlhaiqueSongs She Wrote About People She Knows by Kris ElgstrandStories of Our Lives by Jim Chuchu and The Nest CollectiveSway by Rooth TangTheeb by Naji Abu NowarThe Tribe by Myroslav SlaboshpytskiyUnlucky Plaza by Ken KwekThe Valley Below by Kyle ThomasThe Vanished Elephant by Javier Fuentes-LeónVilla Touma by Suha ArrafWe Were Wolves by Jordan CanningWet Bum by Lindsay MacKayX+Y by Morgan Matthews

City to City: Seoul

Alive by Park Jung-bumCart by Boo Ji-YoungConfession by Lee Do-yunA Dream of Iron by Kelvin Kyung Kun ParkA Girl at My Door by July JungGyeongju by Zhang LuA Hard Day by Kim Seong-hunScarlet Innocence by Yim Pil-sung

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 2014. The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2015.