2008 Wrap-Up

My coverage of TIFF '08 can be found on other sites:

• "New Directions: The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival"
• "Manifesting the Ineffable: A Conversation with Nathaniel Dorsky"
• "Dancing Reveals So Much: An Interview with Claire Denis"
• "'Who’s John Ford?': An Interview with Lisandro Alonso"
• "Albert Serra Interviewed on El Cant dels ocells (Birdsong)"

Trailers: Gala Presentations (2008)

The Duchess Saul Dibb



Empty Nest Daniel Burman



The Good, The Bad, The Weird Kim Jee-woon



Passchendaele Paul Gross



Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme



Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood

Trailers: Midnight Madness (2008

Chocolate Prachya Pinkaew

Detroit Metal City Toshio Lee

Eden Log Franck Vestiel

JCVD Mabrouk El Mechri

Martyrs Pascal Laugier

Not Quite Hollywood Mark Hartley

Sexykiller Miguel Martí

Trailers: Discovery (2008)

Hunger Steve McQueen



Medicine for Melancholy Barry Jenkins



The Paranoids Gabriel Medina



Tony Manero Pablo Larraín

Trailers: Contemporary World Cinema (2008)

Acne Federico Veiroj



The Country Teacher Bohdan Sláma



Delta Kornél Mundruczó



Un Été sans point ni coup sûr Francis Leclerc



El Greco Iannis Smaragdis



Linha de Passe Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas



Lion’s Den Pablo Trapero



O’Horten Bent Hamer



White Night Wedding Baltasar Kormakur

Trailers: Special Presentations (2008)

Adoration Atom Egoyan



Ashes of Time Redux Wong Kar-wai



Blindness Fernando Meirelles



C'est pas moi, je le jure Philippe Falardeau



Un conte de Noël Arnaud Desplechin



Il Divo Paolo Sorrentino



La Fille de Monaco Anne Fontaine



Gomorrah Matteo Garrone



Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh



Il y a longtemps que je t'aime Philippe Claudel



Miracle at St. Anna Spike Lee



Religulous Larry Charles



RocknRolla Guy Ritchie



Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman

Trailers: Visions (2008)

Service Brillante Mendoza

Canadian Films (2008)

Blue = latest additions.

Canadian Open Vault

• 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) by François Girard

Canada First!

• Borderline Lyne Charlebois, Canada
• Edison and Leo Neil Burns, BC
• Before Tomorrow Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, QC/Nunavut
• Control Alt Delete Cameron Labine, BC
• Cooper's Camera Warren Sonada, ON
• Down to the Dirt Justin Simms, NF
• Nurse. Fighter. Boy Charles Officer, ON
• Only Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds, ON
• Real Time Randall Cole, ON
• When Life Was Good Terry Miles, BC

Contemporary World Cinema (2008)

View trailers and clips from films already announced for the Contemporary World Cinema Program.
blue = latest additions.

• 33 Scenes from Life Malgosia Szumowska, Germany/Poland
• $5 a Day Nigel Cole, USA
  
• Acne Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Argentina/Spain/Mexico
• Adela Adolfo Alix Jr., Philippines
• All Around Us Ryosuke Hashiguchi, Japan
• Blind Sunflowers José Luis Cuerda, Spain
• Cloud 9 Andreas Dresen, Germany
  
• The Country Teacher Bohdan Sláma, Czech Republic/Germany/France
• Country Wedding Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Iceland
  
• Delta Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary/Germany
• Dernier Maquis Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, France/Algeria
  
• L’Empreinte de l’ange Safy Nebbou, France
  
• Un Été sans point ni coup sûr Francis Leclerc, QC
• Fear Me Not Kristian Levring, Denmark
• A Film with Me in It Ian Fitzgibbon, Ireland
  
• Firaaq Nandita Das, India
• Flame & Citron Ole Christian Madsen, Denmark/Germany
  
• The Ghost Karen Oganesyan, Russia
• Goodbye Solo Ramin Bahrani, USA
  
• El Greco Iannis Smaragdis, Greece/Spain/Hungary
• L’Heure d’été Olivier Assayas, France
  
• Horn of Plenty Juan Carlos Tabío, Spain/Cuba
• In the Shadow of the Naga Phawat Panangkasiri, Thailand
• Jerichow Christian Petzold, Germany
  
• Katia’s Sister Mijke de Jong, The Netherlands
  
• Khamsa Karim Dridi, France
  
• Knitting Yin Lichuan, China
• Laila’s Birthday Rashid Masharawi, Palestine/Tunisia/The Netherlands
  
• Linha de Passe Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, Brazil
• Lion’s Den Pablo Trapero, Argentina/South Korea/Brazil
• Lost Song Rodrigue Jean, QC
• Machan Uberto Pasolini, United Kingdom/Italy/Germany/Sri Lanka
• Maman est chez le coiffeur Léa Pool, QC
• Middle of Nowhere John Stockwell, USA
  
• Mothers&Daughters Carl Bessai, BC
• My Mother, My Bride and I Hans Steinbichler, Germany/Romania
• The Narrows François A. Velle, USA
• Native Dancer Guka Omarova, Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany
  
• O’Horten Bent Hamer, Norway/Germany/France
• Once Upon a Time in Rio Breno Silveira, Brazil
  
• Pandora's Box Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey/France/Belgium/Germany
• Patrik, Age 1.5 Ella Lemhagen, Sweden
• Pedro Nicholas Oceano, USA
  
• Radio Love Leonardo de Armas, Spain
• Restless Amos Kollek, Israel/Germany/Canada/France/Belgium
• The Rest of the Night Francesco Munzi, Italy
  
• Return to Hansala Chus Gutiérrez, Spain
• Revanche Götz Spielmann, Austria
• Skin Anthony Fabian, United Kingdom/South Africa
• Sugar Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, USA
  
• Teza Haile Gerima, Germany/Ethiopia/France
• Three Wise Men Mika Kaurismäki, Finland
  
• Toronto Stories Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland, David Weaver and Aaron Woodley, ON
• Treeless Mountain So Yong Kim, South Korea
• Two-Legged Horse Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran
  
• Under the Tree Garin Nugroho, Indonesia
• Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt, USA
  
• White Night Wedding Baltasar Kormakur, Iceland
• The Window Carlos Sorin, Spain/Argentina

Dialogues (2008)

• Agnes Varda discussing La Pointe courte (1956), her first film
• Terrence Davies discussing The Terrence Davies Trilogy (Children, Madonna and Child, and Transfiguration, 1984)
• Joan Dupont discussing Lino Brocka's My Own Country (1984)
• Deepa Mehta discussing her 1991 film, Sam and Me (1991)
  

Discovery (2008)

Blue = latest additions.

• $9.99 Tatia Rosenthal, Israel/Australia
• Apron Strings Sima Urale, New Zealand
• Better Things Duane Hopkins, United Kingdom
  
• Cold Lunch Eva Sørhaug, Norway
• Daytime Drinking Young-seok Noh, South Korea
  
• Gigantic Matt Aselton, USA
• Hooked Adrian Sitaru, Romania/France
  
• Hunger Steve McQueen, United Kingdom
• Kabuli Kid Barmak Akram, France/Afghanistan
  
• Lovely, Still Nik Fackler, USA
• Lymelife Derick and Steve Martini USA
• Medicine for Melancholy Barry Jenkins, USA
• The Paranoids Gabriel Medina, Argentina
• Parc Arnaud des Pallières, France
  
• Rain Maria Govan, Bahamas
• Salamandra Pablo Agüero, Argentina/France/Germany
• Snow Aida Begic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• The Stoning of Soraya M. Cyrus Nowrasteh, USA
• Tale 52 Alexis Alexiou, Greece
  
• Three Blind Mice Matthew Newton, Australia
• Tony Manero Pablo Larraín, Chile/Brazil
• Tulpan Sergey Dvortsevoy, Germany/Switzerland/Kazakstan/Russia/Poland
• Vacation Hajime Kadoi, Japan
  
• What Doesn't Kill You Brian Goodman, USA
• Winds of September Tom Shu-Yu Lin, Taiwan
• Zift Javor Gardev, Bulgaria

Gala Presentations (2008)

blue = latest additions.

• Burn After Reading Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA
• Dean Spanley Toa Fraser, United Kingdom/New Zealand
• The Duchess Saul Dibb, United Kingdom
• Empty Nest Daniel Burman, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy
• Fifty Dead Men Walking Kari Skogland, Canada/UK
• La Fille de Monaco Anne Fontaine, France
  
• The Good, The Bad, The Weird Kim Jee-woon, South Korea
• The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Jodie Markell, USA
• The Lucky Ones Neil Burger, USA
• Nothing But the Truth Rod Lurie, USA
  
• One Week Michael McGowan, Canada
• The Other Man Richard Eyre, United Kingdom/USA
• Passchendaele Paul Gross, Canada
• Pride and Glory Gavin O'Connor, USA
• Public Enemy No. 1/Mesrine: L’Énnemi public no. 1 Jean-François Richet, France/Canada
  
• Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme, USA
• Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood, USA
• Singh Is Kinng Anees Bazmee, India
  
• Stone of Destiny Charles Martin Smith
• Who Do You Love Jerry Zaks, USA
  
• A Year Ago in Winter Caroline Link, Germany
  

Masters (2008)

Blue = latest additions.

• 24 City Jia Zhang-ke, China
• Achilles and the Tortoise Takeshi Kitano, Japan
• Adam Resurrected Paul Schrader, Germany/Israel/USA
  
• Everlasting Moments Jan Troell, Denmark/Sweden
• Four Nights with Anna Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/France
• Nuit de chien Werner Schroeter, France/Germany/Portugal
  
• Of Time and the City Terence Davies, United Kingdom
• Les Plages d'Agnès Agnès Varda, France
• Le Silence de Lorna Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France/Italy
• Three Monkeys Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France/Italy
• Tokyo Sonata Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong

Mavericks (2008)

Blue = Latest additions.

• In Conversation with Kathryn Bigelow
• The People Speak -- A Howard Zinn documentary project
• Picasso & Braque Go to the Movies -- With Arne Glimcher, Chuck Close, and Julian Schnabel
  
• A Time to Stir Paul Cronin, USA

Midnight Madness (2008)

• Acolytes Jon Hewitt
• The Burrowers J.T. Petty
• Chocolate Prachya Pinkaew
• Deadgirl Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel
• Detroit Metal City Toshio Lee
• Eden Log Franck Vestiel
• JCVD Mabrouk El Mechri
• Martyrs Pascal Laugier
• Not Quite Hollywood Mark Hartley
• Sexykiller Miguel Martí

Real to Reel (2008)

Blue = latest additions.

• After the RaceNikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria
  
• American Swing Matthew Kaufman, USA
• At the Edge of the World Dan Stone, USA
• The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World Weijun Chen, China
• Blind Loves Juraj Lehotský, Slovakia
• Blood Trail Richard Parry, UK
• Citizen Juling Ing K, Kraisak Choonhavan and Manit Sriwanichpoom; Thailand
• The Dungeon Master Keven McAlester, USA
• Examined Life Astra Taylor, ON
• Food, Inc. Robert Kenner, USA
• From Mother to Daughter Andrea Zambelli, Italy
• Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Kevin Rafferty, USA
• The Heart of Jenin Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter, Germany
  
• It Might Get Loud David Guggenheim, USA
• Killing Kasztner Gaylen Ross, USA
• La Mémoire des anges Luc Bourdon, QC
• More Than a GameKristopher Belman, USA
• Paris, Not France Adria Petty, USA
  
• Peace Mission Dorothee Wenner, Germany
• The Real Shaolin Alexander Sebastien Lee, China/USA
• Sea Point Days François Verster, South Africa
• Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies Yulene Olaizola, Mexico
• Soul Power Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, USA
• Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary Jamie Jay Johnson, United Kingdom
  
• Témoin indésirable Juan Jose Lozano, Switzerland/France
• Under Rich Earth Malcolm Rogge, ON
• Unmistaken Child Nati Baratz, Israel
• Upstream Battle Ben Kempas, Germany
• Witch Hunt Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, USA
• Yes Madam, Sir Megan Doneman, Australia/India

Special Presentations (2008)

View trailers and clips from films already announced for the Special Presentations Program.
Blue = latest additions.

• 35 Rhums Claire Denis, France
• Adoration Atom Egoyan, Canada
• Aide-toi le ciel t'aidera François Dupeyron, France
• Appaloosa Ed Harris, USA
• Ashes of Time Redux Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong,China
• Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique Rithy Panh, France/Cambodia/Belgium
• Blindness Fernando Meirelles, Canada/Brazil/Japan
• The Burning Plain Guillermo Arriaga, USA
• The Brothers Bloom Rian Johnson, USA
• C'est pas moi, je le jure! (It's Not Me, I Swear!) Philippe Falardeau, Canada
• Che: Parts 1 and 2 Stephen Soderbergh, USA/Spain
• Un conte de Noël Arnaud Desplechin, France
• Disgrace Steve Jacobs, Australia/South Africa
• Il Divo Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France
• Easy Virtue Stephan Elliott, UK/USA
• Empty Nest Daniel Burman, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy
  
• Entre les murs Laurent Cantet, France
• Every Little Step James Stern, Adam Del Deo, USA
• Faubourg 36 Christophe Barratier, France
• Flash of Genius Marc Abraham, USA
• Genova Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom
• Ghost Town David Koepp, USA
• Good Vicente Amorim, United Kingdom/Germany
• Gomorrah Matteo Garrone, Italy
• Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh, United Kingdom
• Heaven on Earth Deepa Mehta, Canada
• The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, USA
• Inju, la bête dans l'ombre Barbet Schroeder, France
• Is There Anybody There? John Crowley, United Kingdom
• I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) Philippe Claudel, France
• Kanchivaram Priyadarshan, India
• Last Stop 174 Bruno Barreto, Brazil
• Management Stephen Belber, USA
• Me and Orson Welles Richard Linklater, United Kingdom
• Miracle at St. Anna Spike Lee, USA
• New York, I Love You, 12 directors, USA
  
• Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Peter Sollett, USA
• A Perfect Day Ferzan Ozpetek, Italy
• Plastic City Yu Lik-wai, Brazil/China
• Religulous Larry Charles, USA
• RocknRolla Guy Ritchie, United Kingdom
• Séraphine Martin Provost, France/Belgium
• Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle, United Kingdom
• Still Walking Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
• Synecdoche, New York Charlie Kaufman, USA
• Valentino: The Last Emperor Matt Tyrnauer, USA
• Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman, Israel/France/Germany
• The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky, USA
• A Woman in Berlin Max Färberböck, Germany/Poland
• Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love Chai Vasarhelyi, USA
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith, USA

Sprockets (2008)

• Krabat Marco Kreuzpaintner, Germany
• Mia et le Migou Jacques-Rémy Girerd, France/Italy
• The Secret of Moonacre Gabor Csupo, United Kingdom/Hungary/France
• Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms Thomas Borch Nielsen, Denmark/Germany

Vanguard (2008)

blue = latest additions.

• Afterwards Gilles Bourdos, France/Canada/Germany
  
• Derrière moi Rafaël Ouellet, QC
• Dioses Josué Méndez, Peru
• Kisses Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden
• Ocean Flame Liu Fendou, Hong Kong/China
• PA-RA-DA Marco Pontecorvo, Italy/France/Romania
• PontypoolBruce McDonald, ON
• Sauna Antti-Jussi Annila, Finland
• Tears for Sale Uro Stojanovic, Serbia/Croatia
• Universalove Thomas Woschitz, Austria/Luxembourg
• Voy a Explotar Gerardo Naranjo, Mexico

Visions (2008)

View trailers and clips from films already announced for the Visions Program.
blue = latest additions.

• BirdsongAlbert Serra, Spain
• Je veux voir Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Lebanon
• Liverpool Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Netherlands/Spain/Germany
• Service Brillante Mendoza, Philippines/France
• The Sky Crawlers Mamoru Oshii, Japan
• Süt Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey/France/Germany
• Uncertainty Scott McGehee and David Siegel, USA
• Unspoken Fien Troch, Belgium
• Vinyan Fabrice du Welz, France/United Kingdom/Belgium