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2006 Toronto International Film Festival 2006 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg Festival poster Toronto International Film Festival Group 352 films The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Amazing Gracehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/abolitionist-tale-closes-toronto-film-festival-1.595299 Abolitionist tale closes Toronto film festival 20 October 2013 CBC News Toronto, Ontario, Canada English 2006 09 07–2006 09 16 tiff.net 2005 2007
The 31st Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, a film that "explores the history of the Inuit people through the eyes of a father and daughter."http://tiff.net/pdfs/TIFF2006AnnualReport.pdf Toronto International Film Festival 2006 Annual report 11 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120507165712/http://tiff.net/pdfs/TIFF2006AnnualReport.pdf 2012-05-07 deadhttp://torontoist.com/2006/08/toronto_international_film_festival_2006_everything_announced/ Toronto International Film Festival 2006: Everything Announced 11 October 2013http://www.reelviews.net/tiff2006/tiff2006_1.html 2006 TIFF Update #1: "Seein' in the Rain" 11 October 2013http://www.reelviews.net/tiff2006/tiff2006_2.html 2006 TIFF Update #2: "First Fruits" 11 October 2013http://www.documentary.org/magazine/festival-focus-2006-toronto-international-film-festival Festival Focus: The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival 11 October 2013
In a press release dated June 27, 2006, twenty-six international film selections were announced which previously premiered at major film festivals worldwide. Of the films announced, twenty-five of them will receive their North American premiere.TIFF.net | Home https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193931/http://www.tiffg.ca/content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=334 2007-09-30 . Tiffg.ca. Retrieved on 2014-05-22.
Among the many anticipated films were Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election) by Johnnie To, The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky and The Host by Bong Joon-ho.
Bella took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly coveted "People's Choice Award", a distinction which puts them in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life Is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda. Last year's winner of the "People's Choice" Award, Tsotsi, won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.
Bella marks the feature directorial debut for Alejandro Monteverde, who also co-wrote its original screenplay with Patrick Million. Bella features Manuel Perez, Angélica Aragón, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. Bella was produced by Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro Monteverde and Denise Pinckley and executive produced by J. Eustace Wolfington, Ana Wolfington and Stephen McEveety. The film was financed by producers Sean Wolfingtonand Eustace Wolfington. McEveety (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, Passion of the Christ) consulted on the script and signed on as an Executive Producer to help market the movie. Bella is McEveety's first release under his nascent Mpower Films moniker and marks his first feature since ankling Mel Gibson's Icon productions.
Awards
Awards presented during the film festival included:http://tiff.net/thefestival/about/awards/awards2006 2006 Toronto International Film Festival Winners 11 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112202744/http://tiff.net/thefestival/about/awards/awards2006 2013-11-12 deadhttp://torontoist.com/2006/09/tiff_2006_awards_announced/ TIFF 2006: Awards Announced 11 October 2013
The People's Choice Award, presented to Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's Bella.
The Diesel Discovery Award, presented to Joachim Trier's Reprise.
The Fipresci Prize, presented to Gabriel Range's Death of a President.
The Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature, presented to Noël Mitrani's On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi).
The Toronto – City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented to Jennifer Baichwal's documentary Manufactured Landscapes.
The Short Cuts Canada Award, presented to Maxime Giroux for his short film Les Jours.
The Swarovski Cultural Innovation Award, presented to Özer Kýzýltan's TAKVA - A Man's Fear of God.
Programme
Gala Presentations
After the Wedding (Denmark/Sweden) Susanne Bier #LosSerrano15
All the King's Men (USA) Steven Zaillian
Amazing Grace (UK/USA) Michael Apted
Away from Her (Canada) Sarah Polley #LosSerrano
Babel (USA) Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Banquet (China) Feng Xiaogang
Black Book (Netherlands) Paul Verhoeven #LosSerrano5
Bobby (USA) Emilio Estevez #LosSerrano3
Bonneville (USA) Christopher N. Rowley
Breaking and Entering (USA) Anthony Minghella #LosSerrano9
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (USA) Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
For Your Consideration (USA) Christopher Guest
A Good Year (UK) Ridley Scott
Infamous (USA) Douglas McGrath #LosSerrano24
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Canada/Denmark) Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn
Mon Meilleur Ami (France) Patrice Leconte #LosSerrano26
Never Say Goodbye (India) Karan Johar
Penelope (USA/UK/Germany) Mark Palansky
Volver (Spain) Pedro Almodóvar #LosSerrano13
The White Planet (Canada/France) Thierry Piantanida, Thierry Ragobert, Jean Lemire
Special Presentations
10 Items or Less (USA) Brad Silberling #LosSerrano17
Alatriste (Spain) Agustín Díaz Yanes
Begone Dull Care (Canada) Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Bernard and Doris (USA) Bob Balaban
Blinkity Blank (Canada) Norman McLaren
Brand Upon the Brain! (Canada/USA) Guy Maddin
The Bubble (Israel) Eytan Fox
Catch a Fire (United Kingdom/South Africa/USA) Phillip Noyce #LosSerrano3
A Chairy Tale (Canada) Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra
Congorama (Canada) Philippe Falardeau
Das Leben der Anderen (Germany) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck #LosSerrano7
The Dog Problem (USA) Scott Caan
El Cantante (USA) Leon Ichaso
Exiled (Hong Kong) Johnnie To
The Fall (India/UK/USA) Tarsem Singh
Fay Grim (USA/Germany) Hal Hartley #LosSerrano24
The Fountain (USA) Darren Aronofsky #LosSerrano17
Golden Door (Italy/France) Emanuele Crialese #LosSerrano24
Hana (Japan) Hirokazu Koreeda #LosSerrano28
Hen Hop (Canada) Norman McLaren
L'Homme De Sa Vie (France/Italy) Zabou Breitman
Horizontal Lines (Canada) Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart
Jindabyne (Australia) Ray Lawrence #LosSerrano27
Kabul Express (India) Kabir Khan
The Last King of Scotland (UK) Kevin Macdonald #LosSerrano8
The Last Kiss (USA) Tony Goldwyn
Little Children (USA) Todd Field #LosSerrano6
Love and Other Disasters (France/UK) Alek Keshishian
The Magic Flute (UK) Kenneth Branagh #LosSerrano14
Manufactured Landscapes (Canada) Jennifer Baichwal
Le Merle (Canada) Norman McLaren
Mon Colonel (France/Algeria/Belgium) Laurent Herbiet
The Namesake (USA) Mira Nair #LosSerrano21
Neighbours (Canada) Norman McLaren
Nue Propriete (Belgium/France) Joachim Lafosse #LosSerrano26
Opening Speech (Canada) Norman McLaren
Pan's Labyrinth (Spain) Guillermo del Toro
Paris, Je T'aime Bruno Podalydes, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel Coixet, Nobuhiro Suwa, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuaron, Olivier Assayas, Oliver Schmitz, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Wes Craven, Tom Tykwer, Frederic Auburtin, Gerard Depardieu, Alexander Payne #LosSerrano8
Pas de Deux (Canada) Norman McLaren
The Pleasure of Your Company (USA) Michael Ian Black
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (China) Ann Hui
Quelques Jours en Septembre (France) Santiago Amigorena
Seraphim Falls (USA) David Von Ancken
Snow Cake (Canada/UK) Marc Evans
Stars and Stripes (Canada) Norman McLaren
Stranger Than Fiction (USA) Marc Forster #LosSerrano3
Synchromy (Canada) Norman McLaren
This Is England (UK) Shane Meadows #LosSerrano3
A Crime (France) Manuel Pradal
Venus (UK) Roger Michell #LosSerrano8
Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show (USA) Ari Sandel
Woman on the Beach (South Korea) Hong Sang-soo
Masters
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (France/Ireland/UK/Italy/Spain/Germany) — Ken Loach
The Caiman (Italy) — Nanni Moretti
EMPz 4 Life (Canada) — Allan King
Lights In The Dusk (Finland/Germany/France) — Aki Kaurismäki
The Optimists (Serbia) — Goran Paskaljević
Real to Reel
Blindsight (United Kingdom) Lucy Walker
These Girls (Egypt) Tahani Rached
Remembering Arthur (Canada) Martin Lavut
Shame (Pakistan/USA) Mohammed Naqvi
Discovery
Bliss (China) Sheng Zhimin
Reprise (Norway) Joachim Trier
Vanaja (India/USA) Rajnesh Domalpalli
Out of the Blue (New Zealand) Robert Sarkies
Sharkwater (Canada) Rob Stewart
Visions
Flandres (France) Bruno Dumont
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (Japan) Takashi Miike
Ten Canoes (Australia) Rolf de Heer
Taxidermia (Hungary/Austria/France) György Pálfi
Bamako (France/Mali/USA) Abderrahmane Sissako
Time (South Korea) Kim Ki-duk
Contemporary World Cinema
The Last Winter (USA/Iceland) Larry Fessenden
Red Road (UK) Andrea Arnold
12:08 East of Bucharest (Romania) Corneliu Porumboiu
Invisible Waves (Thailand/Netherlands/Hong Kong) Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die (France/Germany/Switzerland/Tajikistan) Djamshed Usmonov
White Palms (Hungary) Szabolcs Hajdu
Summer Palace (China/France) Lou Ye
Summer '04 (Germany) Stefan Krohmer
The Bothersome Man (Norway) Jens Lien
Retrieval (Poland) Slawomir Fabicki
Cronica De Una Fuga (Argentina) Israel Adrián Caetano
Slumming (Austria/Switzerland) Michael Glawogger
Shortbus (U.S.A.) John Cameron Mitchell
Copying Beethoven (UK/Hungary) Agnieszka Holland
Bella (U.S.A.) Alejandro Monteverde
Midnight Madness
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (USA) Larry Charles
Black Sheep (New Zealand) Jonathan King
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA) Jonathan Levine
Trapped Ashes (USA/Japan/Canada) Cunningham/Dante/Gaeta/Hellman/Russell
The Abandoned (Spain) Nacho Cerdà
The Host (South Korea) Bong Joon-ho
Severance (UK) Christopher Smith
Princess (Denmark) Anders Morgenthaler
S&Man (USA) JT Petty
Sheitan (France) Kim Chapiron
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Vanguard
Macbeth (Australia) Geoffrey Wright
Chacun Sa Nuit (France) Pascal Arnold/Jean-Marc Barr
Jade Warrior (Finland/China/Estonia) Antti-Jussi Annila
Bunny Chow (South Africa) John Barker
Shortbus (USA) John Cameron Mitchell
Renaissance (France/UK/Luxembourg) Christian Volckman
Election (Hong Kong) Johnnie To
Election 2 (Hong Kong) Johnnie To
Drama/Mex (Mexico) Gerardo Naranjo
2:37 (Australia) Murali K. Thalluri
Suburban Mayhem (Australia) Paul Goldman
Sleeping Dogs Lie (USA) Bobcat Goldthwait
Canada First!
Acts of Imagination, Carolyn Combs
Cheech, Patrice Sauvé
La Coupure, Jean Châteauvert
End of the Line, Maurice Devereaux
Everything's Gone Green, Paul Fox
Fido, Andrew Currie
Mercy, Mazdak Taebi
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi), Noël Mitrani
A Stone's Throw, Camelia Frieberg
Short Cuts
Aruba, Hubert Davis
The Broken Hearted, Antoinette Karuna
By the Hour, Bill Marchant
Christ in Wood, Alexander Winfield
Cloudbreaker, Adam Garnet Jones
Couldn't Be Happier, Jackie May
The Days (Les Jours), Maxime Giroux
The Dead Water (Les Eaux mortes), Guy Édoin
The Double Woman, Carla B. Guttmann
Down Payment on a Dead Horse, Jason Britski
The Ecstasy Note, Geoffrey Uloth
Elizabeth, Deco Dawson
The Eyes of Edward James, Rodrigo Gudiño
If I See Randy Again Do You Want Me to Hit Him with the Axe?, Vivieno Caldinelli
In the Dark (À l'ombre), Simon Lavoie
Intolerable, Alison Maclean
The Last Bang, Emmanuel Shirinian
A Life of Errors, Nicholas Pye and Sheila Pye
Love Seat, Kris Elgstrand
The Man Who Waited (L'Homme qui attendait), Theodore Ushev
Ninth Street Chronicles, Megan Martin
Nobody (L'air de rien), Frédérick Pelletier
Nude Caboose, Guy Maddin
Où est Maurice?, Alek Rzeszowski and Matthew Rankin
Patterns 2, Jamie Travis
Patterns 3, Jamie Travis
Plume, Chelsea McMullan
Pretty Broken, Cline Mayo
The Runner, Robert Delaskie
The Saddest Boy in the World, Jamie Travis
Saskatchewan Part 3, Brian Stockton
Screening, Anthony Green
Starlight Tour, Evan Crowe
Supposed To, Aleesa Cohene
Suspect, Patricia Rozema
Tell Me Everything, Brian D. Johnson
La Tête haute, Ivan Grbovic
The Tragic Story of Nling, Jeffrey St. Jules
True Love, Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany
The Wait, Ann Verrall
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 in December 2006."'Away From Her' makes list of Top 10 Canadian films of 2006". Times & Transcript, December 15, 2006.
Away from Her — Sarah Polley
Congorama — Philippe Falardeau
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen — Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn
Manufactured Landscapes — Jennifer Baichwal
Monkey Warfare — Reginald Harkema
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) — Noël Mitrani
Radiant City — Gary Burns, Jim Brown
Sharkwater — Rob Stewart
A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) — Robert Favreau
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie — Mike Clattenburg
References
External links
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