Welcome one and all to Dork Shelf’s guide to the 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival. From September 5th-15th the best and brightest talent in cinema will converge for one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world. With 288 feature films, 78 shorts screening across ten days, and countless celebrities in town, keeping up isn’t as easy as it looks.
So here is our master list and guide to all of Dork Shelf’s 2013 TIFF coverage! Here you will find all of the latest reviews, interviews, spotlights on special programmes, and all the latest festival news!
Keep checking back frequently as NEW CONTENT will be added throughout the days ahead at various points during the day! (New content will be marked with *NEW* in front of the link.)
We hope to see you around and stay tuned for what’s sure to be another great year at the Toronto International Film Festival! And as always, if you need more information, tickets, showtimes, a full list of films and programmes, directions, and generally helpful information, visit the TIFF website! Enjoy!
REVIEWS
1982 – Discovery
12 Years a Slave – Special Presentation
Abuse of Weakness – Masters
Afflicted – Midnight Madness
All Cheerleaders Die – Midnight Madness
Almost Human – Midnight Madness
The Animal Project – Contemporary World Cinema (Corey Atad)
The Art of the Steal – Gala
Asphalt Watches – Vanguard
At Berkeley – TIFF Docs
Attila Marcel – Special Presentation (Corey Atad)
August: Osage County – Gala (Phil Brown)
Bad Words – Special Presentation (Phil Brown)
Blue is the Warmest Color – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
Blue Ruin – Vanguard
Brazilian Western – Contemporary World Cinema (Corey Atad)
Burt’s Buzz – TIFF Docs (Zack Kotzer)
Closed Curtain – Masters (Jake Cole)
Cold Eyes – Gala
Concrete Night – Masters
Dallas Buyers Club – Special Presentation
The Devil’s Knot – Special Presentation
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby – Special Presentation (Dave Voigt)
The Dog – TIFF Docs
Dom Hemingway – Special Presentation
Don Jon – Special Presentation
The Double – Special Presentation (Phil Brown)
Empire of Dirt – Contemporary World Cinema (Eric Marchen)
Enough Said – Special Presentation
The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas – City to City (Zack Kotzer)
The F Word – Special Presentation
Fading Gigolo – Special Presentation (Zack Kotzer)
Felony – Special Presentation
A Field in England – Wavelengths (Jake Cole)
The Fifth Estate – Gala
Finding Vivian Maier – TIFF Docs
For No Good Reason – Mavericks (Phil Brown)
Gabrielle – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
Gerontophilia – Vanguard (Zack Kotzer)
Gloria – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
Gravity – Special Presentation (Phil Brown)
The Great Beauty – Special Presentation (Zack Kotzer)
The Green Inferno – Midnight Madness
Horns – Vanguard
The Husband – Special Presentation
Ida – Special Presentation (Tina Hassannia)
Ilo Ilo – Discovery
iNumber Number – Contemporary World Cinema
The Invisible Woman – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
Jodorowsky’s Dune – TIFF Docs (Phil Brown)
Joe – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
Kill Your Darlings – Gala (Zack Kotzer)
Labor Day – Special Presentation (Zack Kotzer)
Le Demantelement – Contemporary World Cinema
Life of Crime – Closing Night Gala (Phil Brown)
Like Father, Like Son – Special Presentation (Kirk Haviland)
The Lunchbox – Gala (Corey Atad)
Made in America – Mavericks (Dave Voigt)
Manakamana – Wavelengths (Jake Cole)
Man of Tai Chi – Special Presentation
Mary Queen of Scots – Special Presentation
McCanick – Special Presentation (Corey Atad)
Metalhead – Contemporary World Cinema (Zack Kotzer)
Metallica: Through the Never – Special Event (Dave Voigt)
Night Moves – Special Presentation (Zack Kotzer)
Ningen – Contemporary World Cinema (Zack Kotzer)
October November – Contemporary World Cinema
Oculus – Midnight Madness
One Chance – Special Presentation (Tina Hassannia)
Only Lovers Left Alive – Special Presentation (Zack Kotzer)
Palo Alto – Discovery (Dave Voigt)
Parkland – Gala
The Past – Special Presentation
Philomena – Special Presentation (Corey Atad)
Proxy – Vanguard (Phil Brown)
R100 – Midnight Madness (Zack Kotzer)
The Railway Man – Gala (Dave Voigt)
Rigor Mortis – Midnight Madness
Rock the Casbah – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
Rush – Gala
The Sacrament – Vanguard
Sarah Prefers to Run – Discovery
Siddharth – Contemporary World Cinema
The Station – Midnight Madness (Dave Voigt)
Stay – Contemporary World Cinema (Corey Atad)
A Story of Children and Film – TIFF Docs
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon – Gala (Phil Brown)
Tim’s Vermeer – TIFF Docs (Phil Brown)
Tom at the Farm – Special Presentation
A Touch of Sin – Masters (Eric Marchen)
Tracks – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
La última película – Wavelengths
Under the Starry Sky – Contemporary World Cinema
The Unknown Known – TIFF Docs (Phil Brown)
Watermark – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
We Gotta Get Out of This Place – Vanguard
When Jews Were Funny – TIFF Docs
The Wind Rises – Special Presentation
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? – Midnight Madness
You Are Here – Special Presentation (Phil Brown)
Young & Beautiful – Special Presentation (Eric Marchen)
INTERVIEWS
Brad Deane – Programmer, TIFF Cinematheque
Shayne Ehman & Seth Scriver – Directors, Asphalt Watches
Danis Goulet – Director, Wakening, a special short playing before the opening gala.
Don McKellar – Director, The Grand Seduction
Richie Mehta – Director, Siddharth
Alan Zweig – Director, When Jews Were Funny
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