2009 (34th) Toronto International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Toronto International Film Festival
• Edition: 34th
• Period: September 10-19, 2009
• Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards

• Best Canadian Short Film: - "Danse Macabre" - Pedro Pires
• Best Canadian First Feature Film - "The Wild Hunt" - Alexandre Franchi
• Award for Best Canadian Feature Film: - "Cairo Time" - Ruba Nadda
• Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery: - "The Man Beyond the Bridge" - Laxmikant Shetgaonkar (India)
• Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentations: - "Hadewijch" - Bruno Dumont (France)
• CADILLAC PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

1. Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Lee Daniels
2. Mao's Last Dancer - Bruce Beresford
3. Micmacs - Jean-Pierre Jeunet

• Cadillac People's Choice Award - Documentary - The Topp Twins - Leanne Pooley
• Cadillac People's Choice Award - Midnight Madness - The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne

East Asian Films @ 34th TIFF

Vanguard

• "Accident" - Pou-Soi Cheang (Hong Kong)
• "She, a Chinese" - Xiaolu Guo (UK/France, Germany)
• "Spring Fever" - Ye Lou (China)

Contemporary World Cinema

• "Adrift" - Chuyen Bui Thac (Vietnam)
• "At the End of Daybreak" - Yuhang Ho (Malaysia)
• "Castaway on the Moon" - Hae-jun Lee (South Korea)
• "If I Knew What You Said" - Mike Sandejas (Philippines)
• "Like You Know It All" - Sang-soo Hong (South Korea)
• "Prince of Tears" - Yonfan (Taiwan)
• "Same Same But Different" - Detlev Buck (Germany)
• "Sawasdee Bangkok" - various (Thailand)
• "The Search" - Pema Tseden (China)

Masters

• "Air Doll" - Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)

Discovery

• "Bare Essence of Life - Satoko Yokohama (Japan)
• "A Brand New Life" - Ounie Lecomte (South Korea)
• "Toad's Oil" - Koji Yakusho (Japan)

Special Presentations

• "City of Life and Death" - Chuan Lu (China)
• "Kamui" - Yoichi Sai (Japan)
• "Mother" - Joon-ho Bong (South Korea)
• "Vengeance" - Johnnie To (Hong Kong/France)
• "The Warrior And The Wolf" - Zhuangzhuang Tian (China)
• "Wheat" - Ping He (China)

Visions

• "Face" - Ming-liang Tsai (Taiwan/France)
• "Independencia" - Raya Martin (Philippines)
• "Karaoke" - Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysia)
• "Nymph" - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)

Reel to Reel

• "Once Upon a Time Proletarian" - Xiaolu Guo (China)

Midnight Madness

• "Ong-bak 2" - Tony Jaa (Thailand)
• "Symbol" - Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)