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Festival edition
The 36th annual
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in
Toronto ,
Ontario ,
Canada between September 8 and September 18, 2011.
[4]
[5]
Buenos Aires ,
Argentina was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme.
[6] The opening film was
From the Sky Down , a documentary film about the band
U2 , directed by
Davis Guggenheim .
[7] Considerable media attention at the time focused on Madonna's behaviour during the festival.
Awards
Award
[8]
Film
Director
People's Choice Award (Drama)
Where Do We Go Now?
Nadine Labaki
People's Choice Award (Drama), First Runner Up
Starbuck
Ken Scott
People's Choice Award (Drama), Second Runner Up
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
People's Choice Award (Documentary)
The Island President
[9]
Jon Shenk
People's Choice Award (Documentary), First Runner Up
First Position
Bess Kargman
People's Choice Award (Documentary), Second Runner Up
Pearl Jam 20
Cameron Crowe
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness)
The Raid
Gareth Evans
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness), First Runner Up
You're Next
Adam Wingard
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness), Second Runner Up
God Bless America
Bobcat Goldthwait
Best Canadian Feature Film
Monsieur Lazhar
Philippe Falardeau
Best Canadian First Feature Film
Citizen Gangster
Nathan Morlando
Best Canadian First Feature Film, Honorable Mention
Nuit #1
Anne Émond
Best Canadian Short Film
Doubles with Slight Pepper
Ian Harnarine
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention
No Words Came Down
Ryan Flowers ,
Lisa Pham
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention
Of Events (D'aléas)
Mathieu Tremblay
FIPRESCI Special Presentations
The First Man
Gianni Amelio
FIPRESCI Discovery
Avalon
Axel Petersén
Programmes
Gala Presentations
Masters
Special Presentations
Q&A session after the second screening of
Pearl Jam Twenty at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival with the band's frontman
Eddie Vedder (far right)
Discovery
Reel to Reel
Vanguard
TIFF Kids
Mavericks
City to City: Buenos Aires
Contemporary World Cinema
Canada First!
Short Cuts Canada
The
TIFF Bell Lightbox had its formal opening on September 12, 2010, during the 2010 festival. This shot was taken the day before the opening.
Canada Open Vault
Visions
Wavelengths
Future Projections
Midnight Madness
[10]
Canada's Top Ten
TIFF's annual
Canada's Top Ten list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released on December 7, 2011.
[11]
Feature films
Short films
References
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"TIFF: A history of opening nights" . CBC News . Retrieved October 19, 2013 .
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"TIFF 2011 announces closing night film and final lineup of Galas and Special Presentations" . Archived from
the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013 .
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"TIFF List 2011: A Complete Guide To The Toronto International Film Festival" . Retrieved October 19, 2013 .
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"2011 Toronto International Film Festival Annual report" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on June 17, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2013 .
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"The Festival" (Press release). 2011-03-01. Archived from
the original on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-03-01 .
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"Toronto International Film Festival Selects Buenos Aires As 2011 City To City Selection" (Press release). 2011-02-08. Archived from
the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-01 .
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"U2 documentary to open Toronto Film Festival" . BBC News . 2011-07-27.
Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-28 .
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"TIFF: Awards 2011" . tiff.net . Archived from
the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-28 .
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" 'The Island President' predominates international festival | International | Maldives Traveller | Travel News | Resort, Honeymoon, Diving & Spa" . Archived from
the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-21 .
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"History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme" . Archived from
the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013 .
^ "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten".
Postmedia News , December 7, 2011.
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