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2015 Toronto International Film Festival
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The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015.[1] On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts was the opening night film;[2][3] Mr. Right by Paco Cabezas was the closing night film.[4]

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The year's edition included two new sections called Platform and Primetime. At Platform, twelve films will be screened in front of a jury, with the best film of the program winning the C$25,000 Platform Prize.[5][6] Film directors Claire Denis, Jia Zhangke, and Agnieszka Holland were selected as the jurors for this section.[7][8] At Primetime, six high-quality television programs will be presented at public screenings with Question and Answer sessions with show creators.[9][10] The lineups for the TIFF Docs, Vanguard, Midnight Madness, and Masters sections were announced on 11 August 2015.[11] More than 100 films were added to the festival's programme on 18 August.[12][13] The new program titled In Conversation replaced the Maverick section.[14]

The Festival reported that TIFF 2015 had a record high industry attendance, with 5,450 delegates from 80 countries, a 7% increase over 2014.[15]

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Awards

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The festival's final awards were announced on 20 September.[16]

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Juries

Short film awards jury:[16]

Canadian awards jury:[16]

FIPRESCI jury:[16]

  • Engin Ertan (president)
  • Chris Alexander (film critic)
  • Francisco Ferreira (film critic)
  • Kerstin Gezelius
  • Pierre Pageau
  • Alissa Simon

NETPAC jury:[16]

  • Anne Misawa (chairperson)
  • Heather Keung
  • Nashen Moodley

Platform Prize jury (inaugural year):[16]

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Programmes

Gala presentations

Special Presentations

Vanguard

TIFF Docs

Short Cuts Canada

Wavelengths

Discovery

Contemporary World Cinema

Midnight Madness

Masters

City to City: London

Cinematheque

TIFF Kids

Platform

Primetime

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Canada's Top Ten

In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2015.[17] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2016, as well as in selected other cities including Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.[17]

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