Toronto International Film Festival
Canada
Features, shorts
Over the 10-day festival, Toronto screens 300 films (mostly features) from over 60+ countries. The sheer volume of the program makes it a tough challenge to experience even a fraction of the works on offer. Many new Australian films have their World or International premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF now accepts international short films, under 50 minutes, as well as international feature films and international feature documentaries, 50 minutes or longer.
SECTIONS
City to City
Contemporary World Cinema
Discovery
Future Projections
Gala Presentations
MastersMavericks
Midnight Madness
Next Wave
TIFF Docs
Special Presentations
TIFF Kids
Vanguard
Wavelengths
ATTENDEE TIPS
“...engaging a publicist is highly recommended.”
“The organisers of TIFF were very accommodating...it is best to begin preparations for the festival as early as possible, as closer to the festival communication becomes increasingly difficult in the rush to the finish line.”
“Toronto is now very large and has moved towards being focused on the stars. Given the number of films being screened, unless you had a gala and big stars attached it was hard to get attention from the media and/or festival.”
“The film’s website was especially useful in that it drew interested delegates and public to issues surrounding the documentary.”
“To achieve sold-out screenings always make sure that the screening of your film is in the first half of the festival and not the second.”
“Largely as a result of participation in this festival, the film has now been invited to over 30 international film festivals since its premiere at TIFF.”
Awards
2022
- Won
- Sweet As
- NETPAC Award
2021
- Won
- Power of the Dog, The
- TIFF Variety Artisan Award - Ari Wegner (Cinematographer)
2021
- Nominated
- Power of the Dog, The
- People’s Choice Award
2021
- Won
- Power of the Dog, The
- TIFF Tribute Actor Awards - Benedict Cumberbatch
2017
- Won
- Sweet Country
- Platform Prize
2014
- Won
- Single Body, A
- Best International Short Film
2009
- Nominated
- Mao's Last Dancer
- Cadillac People’s Choice Award
- Special Presentation
2009
- Won
- Loved Ones, The
- Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Midnight Madness
- Midnight Maddness
2009
- Nominated
- Daybreakers
- Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Midnight Madness
- Midnight Maddness
2008
- Won
- Disgrace
- FIPRESCI Prize
- Special Presentation
2005
- Won
- Look Both Ways
- Discovery Award
2000
- Won
- Innocence
- Third Place - Benson and Hedges Film People's Choice Award
- Special Presentation
2000
- Won
- Dish, The
- Second Place - Benson and Hedges Film People's Choice Award
- Gala
Screenings
2024
- Special Presentations
- Went Up the Hill
2024
- Centrepiece - World Premiere
- Addition
2024
- Gala Presentations - Canadian Premiere
- Better Man
2024
- Gala Presentations - World Premiere
- Deb, The
2024
- Platform - World Premiere
- Wolves Always Come at Night, The
2024
- Primetime - World Premiere
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
2023
- Special Presentations, World Premiere
- Convert, The
2023
- Gala Presentations
- New Boy, The
2023
- Centrepiece
- Shayda
2023
- Centrepiece
- Limbo
2023
- Gala Presentations
- Royal Hotel, The
2022
- Special Presentations
- Blueback
2022
- Primetime
- Mystery Road: Origin
2022
- TIFF Cinematheque
- Strictly Ballroom
2022
- Discovery
- Sweet As
2022
- Contemporary World Cinema, Festival at Home (on digital TIFF Bell Lightbox)
- We Are Still Here
2021
- TIFF Docs
- Burning
2021
- Special Presentation / In Competition
- Power of the Dog, The
2021
- TIFF Short Cuts
- Shark
2021
- TIFF Short Cuts
- You and Me, Before and After
2020
- Special Presentations
- Penguin Bloom
2019
- World Premiere / Primetime
- Total Control series 1
2019
- World Premiere / Special Presentations
- Dirt Music
2019
- Discovery
- Hearts and Bones
2019
- World Premiere / Special Presentations
- I Am Woman
2019
- TIFF Docs
- Australian Dream, The
2019
- World Premiere / Gala Presentations
- True History of the Kelly Gang
2018
- Discovery
- Emu Runner
2018
- Special Presentations
- Hotel Mumbai
2018
- Discovery
- Jirga
2018
- Midnight Madness
- Nekrotronic
2018
- Short Cuts
- Birdie
2018
- Short Cuts
- All These Creatures
2017
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Breath
2017
- Platform Prize
- Sweet Country
2017
- TIFF Docs
- Cocaine Prison
2017
- Discovery
- 1%
2017
- Discovery
- Butterfly Tree, The
2016
- Special Presentations
- Lion
2016
- Platform
- Goldstone
2016
- Discovery
- Boys in the Trees
2016
- Discovery
- Joe Cinque's Consolation
2016
- Short Cuts International
- Trespass
2016
- POP VR
- Jafri
2015
- Special Presentations
- Daughter, The
2015
- Gala Presentation
- Dressmaker, The
2015
- Discovery
- Downriver
2015
- Platform
- Looking for Grace
2015
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Last Cab To Darwin
2015
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Month of Sundays, A
2015
- TIFF Docs
- Sherpa
2015
- TIFF Docs
- Women He's Undressed
2015
- Short Cuts
- Nulla Nulla
2015
- Discovery
- Beast
2015
- Short Cuts
- Boyfriend Game, The
2015
- Short Cuts
- SPEAR
2015
- Short Cuts
- Deszcz (Rain)
2014
- Discovery
- Little Death, The
2014
- TIFF Kids
- Paper Planes
2014
- Midnight Madness
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films
2014
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Kill Me Three Times
2014
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Cut Snake
2014
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Charlie's Country
2014
- Short Cuts International
- Single Body, A
2013
- Gala Presentation
- Railway Man, The
2013
- Special Presentation
- Felony
2013
- Special Presentation
- Mystery Road
2013
- Special Presentation
- Tracks
2013
- Discovery
- Around the Block
2013
- Discovery
- Canopy
2012
- Discovery
- Satellite Boy
2012
- Special Presentation
- Sapphires, The
2012
- Reel to Reel
- Storm Surfers 3D
2012
- Special Presentation
- Lore
2012
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Underground - The Julian Assange Story
2012
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Dead Europe
2011
- Special Presentation
- Burning Man
2011
- Special Presentation
- Eye Of The Storm, The
2011
- Special Presentation
- Hunter, The
2011
- Gala Presentation
- Killer Elite
2011
- Special Presentation
- Sleeping Beauty
2011
- Vanguard
- Snowtown
2011
- Real to Reel
- Tall Man, The
2010
- Discovery
- Blame
2010
- Discovery
- Griff The Invisible
2010
- Discovery
- Wasted on the Young
2010
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Jucy
2010
- Real to Reel
- Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
- Real to Reel
- Mother of Rock: The Life and Times of Lillian Roxon
2009
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Balibo
2009
- Discovery
- Beautiful Kate
2009
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Blessed
2009
- Special Presentation
- Boys are Back, The
2009
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Bran Nue Dae
2009
- Special Presentation
- Bright Star
2009
- Midnight Maddness
- Daybreakers
2009
- Discovery
- Last Ride
2009
- Midnight Maddness
- Loved Ones, The
2009
- Special Presentation
- Mao's Last Dancer
2009
- Discovery
- My Tehran For Sale
2009
- Contemporary World Cinema
- My Year Without Sex
2009
- Discovery
- Samson & Delilah
2009
- Real to Reel
- Stolen
2009
- Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
- Sweetie
2009
- Special Presentation
- Waiting City, The
2009
- Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
- Wake in Fright
2008
- Discovery
- $9.99
2008
- Midnight Madness
- Acolytes
2008
- Special Presentation
- Disgrace
2008
- Midnight Madness
- Not Quite Hollywood
2008
- Discovery
- Three Blind Mice
2008
- Real to Reel
- Yes Madam, Sir
2007
- Real to Reel
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007
- Discovery
- Corroboree
2007
- Special Presentation
- Death Defying Acts
2007
- Visions
- Dr Plonk
2007
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Home Song Stories, The
2007
- Visions
- Night
2007
- Special Presentation
- Romulus, My Father
2007
- Discovery
- September
2007
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Unfinished Sky
2006
- Visions
- Ten Canoes
2006
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Jindabyne
2006
- Vanguard
- Suburban Mayhem
2006
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Silence, The
2006
- Vanguard
- 2:37
2006
- Vanguard
- Macbeth
2006
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Candy
2006
- Visions
- Book Of Revelation, The
2005
- Special Presentations
- Little Fish
2005
- Discovery
- Look Both Ways
2005
- Visions
- Proposition, The
2005
- Dialogues - Talking With Pictures
- Ghosts...of the Civil Dead
2004
- Masters Program
- Human Touch
2004
- Reel to Reel
- Letters to Ali
2004
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Oyster Farmer
2004
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Somersault
2003
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Japanese Story
2003
- Reel to Reel
- Molly and Mobarak
2003
- Gala - Closing Film
- Danny Deckchair
2003
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Alexandra's Project
2003
- Midnight Madness
- Undead
2002
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Black and White
2002
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Dirty Deeds
2002
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Nugget, The
2002
- Special presentation
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
- Contemporary World Cinema
- One Night the Moon
2001
- Reel to Real
- Facing the Music
2001
- Real to Reel
- Much Ado About Something
2001
- Masters
- Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
2001
- Discovery
- La Spagnola
2001
- Gala (Closing Night Film)
- Lantana
2001
- Discovery
- Silent Partner
2001
- Discovery
- Bank, The
2000
- Discovery
- city loop
2000
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Walk the Talk
2000
- Contemporary World Cinema
- better than sex
2000
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Risk
2000
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Monkey's Mask, The
2000
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Goddess of 1967, The
2000
- Gala
- Dish, The
2000
- Discovery
- Chopper
2000
- Special Presentation
- Innocence
2000
- 25th Anniversary Retrospective
- Devil's Playground, The
1999
- Discovery
- Envy
1999
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Feeling Sexy
1998
- Discovery
- Praise
1998
- Discovery
- Radiance
1998
- Discovery
- In The Winter Dark
1997
- Real to Reel
- Exile in Sarajevo
1997
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Kiss or Kill
1997
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline
1997
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Heaven's Burning
1996
- Special Presentation
- Lust And Revenge
1996
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Love Serenade
1996
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Floating Life
1996
- Discovery
- Life
1996
- Discovery
- Love and Other Catastrophes
1996
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Quiet Room, The
1996
- Discovery
- Dead Heart
1996
- Discovery
- Idiot Box
1996
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Hotel de Love
1996
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Shine
1996
- Gala
- Shine
1995
- First Cinema
- Angel Baby
1994
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Lucky Break
1994
- The Edge
- Eternity
1994
- First Cinema
- Sum Of Us, The
1994
- The Edge
- Crossing, The
1994
- The Edge
- Metal Skin
1994
- Gala
- Muriel's Wedding
1994
- The Edge
- Only The Brave
1994
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Exile
1993
- First Cinema
- Bedevil
1993
- Midnight Madness
- Frauds
1993
- Gala
- Piano, The
1993
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Shotgun Wedding
1993
- The Edge
- Memories and Dreams
1992
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Nun and the Bandit, The
1992
- Special Presentation
- Strictly Ballroom
1992
- Midnight Madness
- Romper Stomper
1991
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Waiting
1991
- The Edge
- Resonance
1991
- First Cinema
- Proof
1991
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Woman's Tale, A
1991
- Gala
- Black Robe
1991
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Good Woman Of Bangkok, The
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Night Out, A
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Wonderful World of Dogs, The
1990
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Plead Guilty, Get A Bond
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Father
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Senso Daughters (senso No Onnatchi)
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Aya
1990
- The Edge
- Space Between the Door and the Floor, The
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Nirvana Street Murder
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Golden Braid
1990
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy
1989
- Special Presentation
- Island
1989
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Celia
1989
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Sweetie
1989
- Midnight Program
- Bonza
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Ghosts...of the Civil Dead
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Georgia
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Make My Day
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Tudawali: Release From Sorrow
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Man of Flowers
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- My First Wife
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Bingo, Bridesmaids And Braces
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Devil's Playground, The
1988
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1987
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh
1987
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Paradise Camp
1987
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Landslides
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Kangaroo
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Right Hand Man, The
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Rocking The Foundations
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Half Life
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Fringe Dwellers, The
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Cactus
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Burke and Wills
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Malcolm
1986
- Toronto International Film Festival
- More Things Change, The
1985
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Fran
1985
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Don't Call Me Girlie
1985
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Street to Die, A
1985
- 10 Filmmakers for the Future
- Lonely Hearts
1985
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Red Matildas