2011 Toronto International Film Festival

2011 Toronto International Film Festival

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.
Opening film From the Sky Down
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by Toronto International Film Festival Group
Language English
Official website

The 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 18, 2011.[1] Buenos Aires, Argentina was selected to be showcased for the 2011 City to City programme.[2] The opening film was From the Sky Down, a documentary film about the band U2, directed by Davis Guggenheim.[3] Considerable media attention at the time focused on Madonna's behaviour during the festival.

Contents

Awards

Award[4] Film Director
People's Choice Award (Drama) Where Do We Go Now? Nadine Labaki
People's Choice Award (Documentary) The Island President[5] Jon Shenk
People's Choice Award (Midnight Madness) The Raid Gareth Evans
Best Canadian Feature Film Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau
Best Canadian First Feature Film Edwin Boyd Nathan Morlando
Best Canadian Short Film Doubles with Slight Pepper Ian Harnarine
FIPRESCI Special Presentations The First Man Gianni Amelio
FIPRESCI Discovery Avalon Axel Petersén

Programmes

Gala Presentations

Masters

Special Presentations

Discovery

Reel to Reel

Vanguard

TIFF kids

Mavericks

City to City: Buenos Aires

Contemporary World Cinema

Canada First!

Short Cuts Canada

Canada Open Vault

Visions

Wavelengths

Future Projections

Midnight Madness

References

External links