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‎Contemporary World Cinema

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==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'''
# Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Lee Daniels
# Mao's Last Dancer - Bruce Beresford
# 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 (2009-Hong Kong)|Accident]]" - [[Pou-Soi Cheang]] (Hong Kong)
* "[[She, a Chinese]]" - [[Xiaolu Guo]] (UK/France, Germany)
* "[[Spring Fever]]" - [[Ye Lou]] (China)

===Contemporary World Cinema===
* "[[Adrift (2009-Vietnam)|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 (2009-Hong Kong)|Vengeance]]" - [[Johnnie To]] (Hong Kong/France)
* "[[The Warrior And The Wolf]]" - [[Zhuangzhuang Tian]] (China)
* "[[Wheat]]" - [[Ping He]] (China)

===Visions===
* "[[Face (2009-Taiwan)|Face]]" - [[Ming-liang Tsai]] (Taiwan/France)
* "[[Independencia (2009-Philippines)|Independencia]]" - [[Raya Martin]] (Philippines)
* "[[Karaoke (2009-Malaysia)|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)

2009 (34th) Toronto International Film Festival - Revision history

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