49th Toronto International Film Festival®
September 5-15, 2024

68 DAYS AGOFilm festival CLOSED IN 222 DAYSAnnouncement of advance PACKAGES
Follow us on Twitter

Follow us on Twitter

Get email updates

Search

Visit our blog

2016 TOfilmfest Top 10 Now that #TIFF16 has wrapped up, it's time to pick our top-ten of the 2016 Toronto International… Sep.22/2016

2016 TOfilmfest: How to get tickets! This Thursday September 8th, the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival begins!… Sep.04/2016

2016 TOfilmfest: Our top 20 picks Tomorrow, Sunday September 4th at 9AM (EDT), all tickets go on-sale for the Toronto International Film… Sep.03/2016

2016 TOfilmfest: complete festival line-up released! This week the Toronto International Film Festival released it's final film title announcements,… Aug.26/2016

2016 TOfilmfest: World Cinema, Masters, and more! It was a busy week for the Toronto International film festival â€” film titles were announced for… Aug.22/2016

Blog feed for newsreader

Locations

AGO Bader Cineplex Cumb Elgin-Winter RTH Ryerson Scotia Varsity YDS –ALL


Reviews
Lone Scherfig
A coming-of-age story about a teenaged girl in 1960s suburban London and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age… 
CastPeter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Emma Thomps…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
SP$PG

Reviews
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier's controversial movie was the talk of Cannes this year with its groundbreaking, deeply disturbing and graphic nightmare vision ab… 
CastCharlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe
LanguageEnglish   CountryDenmark/Sweden/Franc…
MAST$18

Reviews
Karyn Kusama
[Midnight Madness Opening Night] Jennifer’s Body tells the story of small-town high-school student Jennifer (Megan Fox) who is possessed by a hu… 
CastMegan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

Reviews
Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari
Shirin Neshat’s first feature-length film is based on a magic-realist novel written by Iranian author Sharnush Parsipur. The narrative interweav… 
CastNavíd Akhavan, Bijan Daneshmand, Shabnam Tol…
LanguagePersian   CountryGermany/France/Austr…
SP$14A

Reviews
Jon Amiel
The film tells the life story of Charles Darwin starring Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code, Wimbledon, A Beautiful Mind) as Darwin and Jennifer Co… 
CastJennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Nort…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
GALA$$PG

Reviews
Ian Fitzgibbon
When Michael’s (Cillian Murphy) debt to Dublin kingpin Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) is called in and one of Perrier’s goons accidentally end… 
CastCillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbe…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland/United Kingd…
SP$14A

Reviews
Jacob Tierney
Leon Bronstein (Jay Baruchel) is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reinca… 
CastJay Baruchel, Saul Rubinek, Colm Feore, Jess…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$PG

Reviews
Michael Spierig, Peter Spier…
Sci-fi horror about a future populated by vampires where humans are the minority. 
CastEthan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, S…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia/USA
MM$14A

Reviews
Karyn Kusama
[Midnight Madness Opening Night] Jennifer’s Body tells the story of small-town high-school student Jennifer (Megan Fox) who is possessed by a hu… 
CastMegan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

Reviews
Joe Dante
After moving into a new town, brothers Dane and Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in their basement that brings their n… 
CastChris Massoglia, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennet…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Jason Reitman
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar®-nominated director of Juno, comes a comedy starring George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert… 
CastGeorge Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
J. Blakeson
Two ex-cons kidnap a woman, but the tables turn and turn again in this tight, smart tale. This film is a terrific little thriller starring Eddie… 
CastGemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compsto…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
DISC$14A

Reviews
George A. Romero
Master director George A. Romero returns to his world of the undead, this time pitting two feuding clans in the middle of the fallout of a zombi… 
CastAlan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Devon Bostic…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
MM$14A

Reviews
Grant Heslov
Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (Academy Award® winner George Clooney), a … 
CastEwan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$14A

Reviews
Nicolas Winding Refn
It is 1000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a… 
CastMads Mikkelsen, Jamie Sives, Gary Lewis, Ale…
LanguageEnglish   CountryDenmark/United Kingd…
SP$18

Reviews
John Hillcoat
In this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival, a father (Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit- McPhee) jour… 
CastCharlize Theron, Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut stars Ellen Page (Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small-town beauty pageant crown f… 
CastEllen Page, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Sean Byrne
A troubled teen's prom dreams are shattered by a series of painful events that take place under the mirrored disco ball, involving syringes, nai… 
CastXavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton…
LanguageEnglish   CountryAustralia
MM$14A

Reviews
Aaron Schneider
Inspired by the true story of Felix “Bush” Breazeale, this stately frontier drama stars Robert Duvall as a backwoods eccentric who stages his ow… 
CastRobert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$PG

Reviews
Carlos Saura
Venice 1763 – writer Lorenzo da Ponte is leading a pleasure-seeking life. He was originally a priest but his numerous affairs force him to be ex… 
CastLorenzo Balducci, Lino Guanciale, Emilia Ver…
LanguageGerman | Italian   CountryAustria/Italy/Spain…
GALA$$14A

Reviews
Fatih Akin
From the director of Head-on comes the story of a young restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai,… 
CastMoritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel, Wotan Wilke Mö…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
SP$PG

Reviews
Tim Blake Nelson
Bill Kincaid, an Ivy League classics professor, returns to rural Oklahoma to bury his dangerously brilliant identical twin brother who had remai… 
CastEdward Norton, Melanie Lynskey, Susan Sarand…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Rick Jacobson
In this campy action comedy from the creators of Xena and Hercules, three hot-blooded women try to uncover some booty in the desert using femini… 
CastJulia Voth, Erin Cummings, Ameríca Olivo, Lu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
MM$14A

Reviews
Fatih Akin
From the director of Head-on comes the story of a young restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai,… 
CastMoritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel, Wotan Wilke Mö…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
SP$PG

Reviews
Steven Soderbergh
Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), suddenly turns whistleblower. Exposing his compan… 
CastMatt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Frank Welker, C…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Werner Herzog
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage), a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department, is promoted to Lieutenant after he saves a prisone… 
CastNicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Johnnie To
A father comes to Hong Kong to avenge his daughter, whose family was murdered. Officially, he’s a French chef. Twenty years ago, he was a killer… 
CastSiu-Fai Cheung, Johnny Hallyday, Sau Yuk Ng,…
LanguageEnglish, Cantonese, …   CountryHong Kong/France
SP$14A

Reviews
Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
In the follow-up to the acclaimed [REC], a SWAT team enters the old apartment to control an epidemic with terrifying results. 
CastManuela Velasco, Jonathan Mellor, Ariel Casa…
LanguageSpanish   CountrySpain
MM$14A

Reviews
Tom Ford
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, a British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find me… 
CastColin Firth, Matthew Goode, Julianne Moore, …
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Aaron Schneider
Inspired by the true story of Felix “Bush” Breazeale, this stately frontier drama stars Robert Duvall as a backwoods eccentric who stages his ow… 
CastRobert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lu…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$PG

Reviews
Christian Carion
In 1981 Moscow, a KGB colonel, disgusted with what Soviet policy has become, decides to break with the system. With the help of a French enginee… 
CastGuillaume Canet, Anna Maria Lara, Willem Daf…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
SP$PG

Reviews
François Ozon
The French master returns with this unsettling tale of a rich, beautiful young woman who finds herself pregnant after her boyfriend dies of an o… 
CastIsabelle Carré, Melvil Poupaud
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
MAST$14A

Reviews
Michael J. Bassett
From Robert E. Howard, the legendary creator of Conan, comes this tale of a savage mercenary in sixteeth-century Century England who owes the de… 
CastJames Purefoy, Max von Sydo, Ian Whyte, Pete…
LanguageEnglish   CountryFrance, Czech Republ…
MM$14A

Reviews
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Is it better to live with a bullet lodged in your brain, even if it means you might drop dead any time or would you rather have the bullet taken… 
CastDominique Pinon, Dany Boon, Yolande Moreau, …
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
GALA$$PG

Reviews
Claire Denis
A family of French expatriates living in an African country where they own a coffee plantation find that their livelihood is threatened by the o… 
CastIsabelle Huppert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaac…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
MAST$PG

Reviews
Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Mari…
A global apocalypse is about to destroy all mankind. In a final quest, Robinson (Mathieu Amalric) sets out on a journey from France to Spain, se… 
CastMathieu Amalric, Catherine Frot, Karin Viard…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance/Spain/Taiwan…
SP$14A

Reviews
Bruce Sweeney
Writer-director Bruce Sweeney returns with a romantic comedy about a man who may have just met the woman of his dreams, but their romance is com… 
CastCam Cronin, Laara Sadiq, Gabrielle Rose, Pau…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
SP$14A

Reviews
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Japanese comedy superstar Hitoshi Matsumoto (DAINIPPONJIN) stars in and directs this absurd and outlandish comedy about a man trying to escape a… 
CastHitoshi Matsumoto
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
MM$PG

Reviews
Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut stars Ellen Page (Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small-town beauty pageant crown f… 
CastEllen Page, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
Matthias Emcke
Marc (Til Schweiger) is a passionate cyclist and urban slacker who avoids work and responsibility. Marc’s life changes from one moment to the ne… 
CastTil Schweiger
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
GALA$$PG

Reviews
Valery Todorovsky
In a fantastical 1950s Moscow, straight-laced Mels swaps his drab Communist uniform for a saxophone, pompadour and zoot suit in this vibrant mus… 
CastAnton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khi…
LanguageRussian   CountryRussia
VAN$PG

Reviews
Jaco Van Dormael
Jared Leto stars as Nemo, the world's oldest man. In 2092, humans have achieved immortality, thanks to advances in genetics and at the age of 12… 
CastJared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh…
LanguageEnglish | French   CountryFrance/Germany/Canad…
SP$18

Reviews
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Pat…
An outlandish animation style captures the absurd wit and surreal adventures of plastic toys Cowboy, Indian and Horse. 
CastStéphane Aubier, Jeanne Baliber, Bruce Ellis…
LanguageFrench   CountryBelgium/France/Luxem…
MM$G

Reviews
Rodrigo Garcia
This moving drama follows the story of three women (Annette Bening, Naomi Watts and Kerry Washington) and the power of the unbreakable bond betw… 
CastSamuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Shareeka Epp…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
GALA$$PG

Reviews
Jaco Van Dormael
Jared Leto stars as Nemo, the world's oldest man. In 2092, humans have achieved immortality, thanks to advances in genetics and at the age of 12… 
CastJared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh…
LanguageEnglish | French   CountryFrance/Germany/Canad…
SP$18

Reviews
Jason Reitman
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar®-nominated director of Juno, comes a comedy starring George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert… 
CastGeorge Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman,…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
SP$14A

Reviews
J. Blakeson
Two ex-cons kidnap a woman, but the tables turn and turn again in this tight, smart tale. This film is a terrific little thriller starring Eddie… 
CastGemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan, Martin Compsto…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
DISC$14A

Reviews
Tony Jaa
Martial-arts superstar Tony Jaa stars in and directs this epic tale of revenge set hundreds of years in the past. Featuring a huge cast and hord… 
CastTony Jaa, Primrata Dej-Udom, Sorapong Chatre…
LanguageThai   CountryThailand
MM$14A