The 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 16, 2012. TIFF announced the films that were accepted on August 21, 2012. On its 37th edition the TIFF included a 289 feature films and 83 short films. Directed by Rian Johnson, Looper was selected as the opening film.
Awards
On 17 September 2012, it was announced that David O. Russell's romantic comedy-drama film, Silver Linings Playbook, had been awarded the People's Choice Award. The film, in which Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence appear as "neurotic lovers obsessed with their exes", is based on a novel by Matthew Quick. The festival director, Piers Handling, stated that the film is "a deeply emotional story." Ben Affleck's Argo was the runner-up for the prize. Jared Leto's Artifact was given the People's Choice Award for best documentary, while Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths won the Midnight Madness audience award.
Programmes
Gala Presentations
Argo by Ben Affleck
The Company You Keep by Robert Redford
Dangerous Liaisons by Hur Jin-ho
Emperor by Peter Webber
English Vinglish by Gauri Shinde
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners by Shola Lynch
Great Expectations by Mike Newell
Hyde Park on Hudson by Roger Michell
Inescapable by Ruba Nadda
Jayne Mansfield's Car by Billy Bob Thornton
Looper by Rian Johnson
Love, Marilyn by Liz Garbus
Midnight's Children by Deepa Mehta
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mira Nair
A Royal Affair by Nikolaj Arcel
Silver Linings Playbook by David O. Russell
Song for Marion by Paul Andrew Williams
Thermae Romae by Hideki Takeuchi
Twice Born by Sergio Castellitto
What Maisie Knew by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Special Presentations
Anna Karenina by Joe Wright
Antiviral by Brandon Cronenberg
Arthur Newman by Dante Ariola
At Any Price by Ramin Bahrani
The Attack by Ziad Doueiri
Bad 25 by Spike Lee
Byzantium by Neil Jordan
Capital by Costa-Gavras
Cloud Atlas by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
The Deep by Baltasar Kormákur
Disconnect by Henry Alex Rubin
Do Not Disturb by Yvan Attal
Dormant Beauty by Marco Bellocchio
Dreams for Sale by Nishikawa Miwa
End of Watch by David Ayer
Everybody Has A Plan by Ana Piterbarg
Foxfire by Laurent Cantet
Frances Ha by Noah Baumbach
Ginger & Rosa by Sally Potter
Greetings from Tim Buckley by Dan Algrant
Hannah Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta
The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg
The Iceman by Ariel Vromen
Imogene by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
The Impossible by J.A. Bayona
In the House by François Ozon
Inch'Allah by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Kon-Tiki by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
The Last Supper by Lu Chuan
A Late Quartet by Yaron Zilberman
Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan
A Liar's Autobiography — The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman by Ben Timlett Lines of Wellington by Valeria Sarmiento Liverpool by Manon Briand Lore by Cate Shortland Love is All You Need by Susanne Bier The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson Mr. Pip by Andrew Adamson Much Ado About Nothing by Joss Whedon No by Pablo Larraín On The Road by Walter Salles Outrage Beyond by Takeshi Kitano The Paperboy by Lee Daniels Passion by Brian De Palma The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Place Beyond the Pines by Derek Cianfrance Quartet by Dustin Hoffman Reality by Matteo Garrone War Witch (Rebelle) by Kim Nguyen Rhino Season by Bahman Ghobadi Rust and Bone by Jacques Audiard The Sapphires by Wayne Blair The Sessions by Ben Lewin The Son Did It by Daniele Ciprì Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine Still by Michael McGowan Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley The Suicide Shop by Patrice Leconte Tai Chi by Stephen Fung Thanks for Sharing by Stuart Blumberg Thérèse Desqueyroux by Claude Miller The Time Being by Nenad Cicin-Sain To the Wonder by Terrence Malick Venus and Serena by Maiken Baird White Elephant by Pablo Trapero Writers by Josh Boone Yellow by Nick Cassavetes Zaytoun by Eran Riklis