2022 Toronto International Film Festival 47th edition of the festival
The 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 8 to 18, 2022.[ 1]
The 2022 festival was staged primarily in-person; a small selection of films were offered on the Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox platform, but this represented a much smaller proportion of the overall lineup than in 2020 and 2021.[ 2] COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto .[ 3]
As of mid-July, the festival had diverged from its usual practice of releasing a list of ten or twenty films to start its programming announcements, and instead issued a number of single-film announcements,[ 4] [ 5] Cameron Bailey indicated that the full lineup would comprise around 200 feature films and about 40 short films, the largest lineup the festival has booked since the pre-pandemic 2019 edition .[ 6]
Sally El Hosaini 's The Swimmers [ 7] Mary Harron 's Dalíland [ 8] The Fabelmans People's Choice Award , marked the first time in history that a Steven Spielberg film premiered at the festival.[ 6] Jordan Peele 's Nope IMAX at the Cinesphere as a special presentation in the main festival slate.[ 9]
The festival also indicated that in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , state-backed Russian films and organizations would be banned from the festival, although participation by independent Russian filmmakers would still be permitted.[ 10]
In 2023, festival organizers announced that the 2022 festival had returned to levels of in-person attendance comparable to the festivals prior to 2020.[ 11]
Awards
TIFF Tribute Awards
The TIFF Tribute Awards , the festival's program of honouring film personnel for their overall achievements in cinema, were presented early during the festival run.
The cast of My Policeman Harry Styles , Emma Corrin , Gina McKee , Linus Roache , David Dawson , and Rupert Everett —were named as the recipients of one of the two awards for actors, marking the first time the award has been presented to an ensemble cast rather than an individual,[ 12] Sam Mendes has been named as the recipient of the Director Award.[ 13] Brendan Fraser received a Tribute Award for Performance in The Whale [ 14]
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir was named the recipient of the Variety [ 15] Sally El Hosaini was named the winner of the Emerging Talent Award,[ 15] Buffy Sainte-Marie was the recipient of the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media,[ 16] Michelle Yeoh was named the winner of the inaugural Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award.[ 17]
Regular Awards
The festival's main awards for films in the festival program, including the People's Choice Award , were presented on September 18.[ 18]
Awards
English Title
Director
Production Country
People's Choice Award
The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg
United States
People's Choice Award, First Runner Up
Women Talking Sarah Polley
People's Choice Award, Second Runner Up
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
People's Choice Award: Documentaries
Black Ice Hubert Davis
Canada
Documentary, First Runner Up
Maya and the Wave Stephanie Johnes
United States
Documentary, Second Runner Up
752 Is Not a Number Babak Payami
Canada
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel
United States
Midnight Madness, First Runner Up
Pearl Ti West
Midnight Madness, Second Runner Up
The Blackening Tim Story
Platform Prize
Riceboy Sleeps Anthony Shim
Canada
Best Canadian Feature Film
To Kill a Tiger Nisha Pahuja
Best Canadian Film, Honorable Mention
Viking Stéphane Lafleur
Best Canadian Short Film
Simo Aziz Zoromba
Best Canadian Short Film, Honorable Mention
Same Old Lloyd Lee Choi
Canada, United States
Best International Short Film
Snow in September Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Mongolia, France
Best International Short Film, Honorable Mention
Airhostess-737
Thanasis Neofotistos
Greece
FIPRESCI Award
A Gaza Weekend Basil Khalil
Palestine, United Kingdom
NETPAC Award
Sweet As Jub Clerc
Australia
Amplify Voices
Leonor Will Never Die Martika Ramirez Escobar
Philippines
While We Watched Vinay Shukla
India
Amplify Voices, Honorable Mention
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Madison Thomas
Canada
Changemaker Award
Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis
Share Her Journey
Nanitic Carol Nguyen
Official selections
Gala Presentations
Special Presentations
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Allelujah Richard Eyre
United Kingdom
All Quiet on the Western Front Edward Berger
Germany
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States
Biosphere Mel Eslyn
United States
Blueback Robert Connolly
Australia
The Blue Caftan Le Bleu du Caftan
Maryam Touzani
Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark
Broker 브로커
Hirokazu Kore-eda
South Korea
Bros Nicholas Stoller
United States
Brother Clement Virgo
Canada
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
United Kingdom
Causeway Lila Neugebauer
United States
Chevalier Stephen Williams
Corsage Marie Kreutzer
Austria, France, Germany
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook
South Korea
Devotion J. D. Dillard
United States
Driving Madeleine Une belle course
Christian Carion
France
Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman Biyi Bandele
Nigeria
Empire of Light Sam Mendes
United Kingdom
The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg
The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg
United States
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
Good Night Oppy Ryan White
The Good Nurse Tobias Lindholm
Holy Spider Ali Abbasi
Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France
Joyland Saim Sadiq
Pakistan
The Lost King Stephen Frears
United Kingdom
A Man of Reason Jung Woo-sung
South Korea
The Menu Mark Mylod
United States
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
My Policeman Michael Grandage
United Kingdom
Nanny Nikyatu Jusu
United States
No Bears Jafar Panahi
Iran
Nope Jordan Peele
United States
On the Come Up Sanaa Lathan
One Fine Morning Un beau matin
Mia Hansen-Løve
France
Other People's Children Les enfants des autres
Rebecca Zlotowski
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlisle Kathlyn Horan
United States
Saint Omer Alice Diop
France
Sanctuary Zachary Wigon
United States
Stories Not to Be Told Historias para no contar
Cesc Gay
Spain
The Substitute El Suplente
Diego Lerman
Argentina, Italy, Mexico, Spain, France
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, France
Walk Up 탑
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
Wendell & Wild Henry Selick
United States
The Whale Darren Aronofsky
Women Talking Sarah Polley
The Wonder Sebastián Lelio
United Kingdom, Ireland
Contemporary World Cinema
Ulrich Seidl 's Sparta [ 19]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
United Kingdom, United States
Alam Firas Khoury France, Palestine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Amanda Carolina Cavalli Italy
Ashkal Youssef Chebbi
France, Tunisia, Qatar
Autobiography Makbul Mubarak
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germany, Qatar
Beyond the Wall شب، داخلی، دیوار Vahid Jalilvand Iran
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Saules aveugles, femme endormie Pierre Fӧldes
Canada, France
Bones of Crows Marie Clements Canada
Coyote Le Coyote Katherine Jerkovic
Domingo and the Mist Domingo y La Niebla Ariel Escalante Meza
Costa Rica, Qatar
The End of Sex Sean Garrity Canada
EO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy
Falcon Lake Charlotte Le Bon Canada, France
Fixation Mercedes Bryce Morgan Canada, United States, Germany
Godland Vanskabte Land/Volaða Land Hlynur Pálmason Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
The Happiest Man in the World Najsreќniot Čovek na Svetot Teona Strugar Mitevska Netherlands, Macedoniam, Belgium, Slovenia, Denmark, Croatia, Bosnia
The Hotel 旅馆
Wang Xiaoshuai
Hong Kong
The Pack La Jauría Andrés Ramírez Pulido
Colombia, France
Life Жизнь Emir Baigazin Kazakhstan
Living Oliver Hermanus United Kingdom
Love & Mathematics Amor y Matemáticas Claudia Sainte-Luce
Mexico
Love Life Koji Fukada Japan, France
Luxembourg, Luxembourg ЛЮКСЕМБУРГ, ЛЮКСЕМБУРГ Antonio Lukich
Ukraine
The Maiden Graham Foy Canada
Manticore Mantícora Carlos Vermut Spain
Muru Tearepa Kahi New Zealand
My Sailor, My Love Klaus Härö Finland, Ireland
Nightalk Donald Shebib Canada
North of Normal Carly Stone
The Origin of Evil L'Origine du mal Sébastien Marnier Canada, France
Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa
Japan, France, Philippines, Qatar
Return to Dust 隐入尘烟
Li Ruijun China
R.M.N. Cristian Mungiu Romania, France
So Much Tenderness Lina Rodriguez Canada
Stellar Darlene Naponse
Stonewalling Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Japan
The Swearing Jar Lindsay MacKay
Canada
The Umbrella Men John Barker South Africa
Under the Fig Trees Taht El Shajara Erige Sehiri
Tunisia, Switzerland, France, Qatar
Valeria Is Getting Married Valeria Mithatenet Michal Vinik Israel
Victim OBEŤ Michal Blaško
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany
Vicenta B. Carlos Lechuga
Cuba, France, United States, Colombia, Norway
War Sailor Krigsseileren Gunnar Vikene Norway, Germany
The Water El agua Elena López Riera
Switzerland, Spain, France
We Are Still Here Beck Cole , Dena Curtis , Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean , Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi , Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa , Richard Curtis, Chantelle BurgoyneAustralia, New Zealand
Wildflower Matt Smukler
United States
Winter Boy Le Lycéen Christophe Honoré France
The Worst Ones Romane Gueret
Zwigato Nandita Das India
TIFF Docs
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
752 Is Not a Number Babak Payami Canada
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras United States
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Madison Thomas
Canada
Casa Susanna Sébastien Lifshitz France, United States
Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudovic Reels Mila Turajlic
Serbia, France, Croatia, Montenegro
The Colour of Ink Brian D. Johnson Canada
Documentary Now! (episodes: "My Monkey Grifter", "Trouver Frisson" [Finding Frisson], "Two Hairdressers In Bagglyport")[ 20] [ 21] Alex Buono, Rhys Thomas , Micah Gardner
United States
Ever Deadly Chelsea McMullan , Tanya Tagaq Canada
Free Money Sam Soko, Lauren DeFilippo
Kenya, United States
The Grab Gabriela Cowperthwaite United States
In Her Hands Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen
United States, Afghanistan
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Sacha Jenkins United States
Mariupolis 2 Mantas Kvedaravičius
Lithuania, France, Germany
Maya and the Wave Stephanie Johnes United States
Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova Daniel Zarvos, Liliane Mutti
Brazil, France
My Imaginary Country Mi País Imaginario Patricio Guzmán Chile, France
Patrick and the Whale Mark Fletcher
Australia
Pray for Our Sinners Sinéad O’Shea
Ireland
Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot William Kentridge
South Africa, United States
Theatre of Thought Werner Herzog United States
To Kill a Tiger Nisha Pahuja Canada
While We Watched Vinay Shukla United Kingdom
Discovery
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aitch Alberto
United States
Baby Ruby Bess Wohl
Bruiser Miles Warren
Carmen Benjamin Millepied Australia, France
Daughter of Rage La Hija de todas las Rabias Laura Baumeister
Nicaragua, Mexico, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway
A Gaza Weekend Basil Khalil United Kingdom, Palestine
I Like Movies Chandler Levack Canada
The Inspection Elegance Bratton United States
A Long Break დიდი შესვენება
Davit Pirtskhalava
Georgia
Return to Seoul Retour à Seoul Davy Chou South Korea, France, Germany, Belgium
Rosie Gail Maurice Canada
Runner Marian Mathias
United States, France, Germany
Shimoni Angela Wanjiku Wamai
Kenya
Snow and the Bear Kar ve Ayı Selcen Ergun
Turkey, Germany, Serbia
Soft Joseph Amenta Canada
Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis Canada, Switzerland
Susie Searches Sophie Kargman
United States
Sweet As Jub Clerc Australia
The Taste of Apples Is Red Ta'am al Tufah, Ahmar Ehab Tarabieh
Israel, Germany
This Place V.T. Nayani
Canada
Unruly Ustyrlig Malou Reymann
Denmark
Until Branches Bend Sophie Jarvis Canada
When Morning Comes Kelly Fyffe-Marshall Canada, Jamaica
The Young Arsonists Sheila Pye
Canada
Midnight Madness
Following its premiere on September 14, TIFF was forced to cancel followup screenings of Vera Drew's film The People's Joker Warner Bros. over the film's unauthorized use of The Joker .[ 22]
Primetime
Short Cuts
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
À la vie à l'amor Émilie Mannering Canada
Against Reality Olivia Peace
United States
Airhostess-737 Thanasis Neofotistos
Greece
All-Inclusive Todo incluido Duván Duque Vargas
Colombia, France
Anastasia Анастасия Sarah McCarthy
United Kingdom
Baba Mbithi Masya
Kenya
Backflip Nikita Diakur
Germany, France
Canary Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Benoit Therriault
Canada
The Chase Gurjeet Kaur Bassi
Diaspora Tyler Mckenzie Evans
The Flying Sailor Le Matelot volant Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
The Garbage Man O Homem do Lixo Laura Gonçalves
Portugal
Gary Screams for You Cody McGlashan, Nolan Sordyl
United States
Hills and Mountains Salar Pashtoonyar Canada
I'm on Fire Michael Spiccia
United States, Australia
It's What Each Person Needs Sophy Romvari Canada
Ice Merchants João Gonzalez
Portugal, France, United Kingdom
Lay Me by the Shore David Findlay
Canada
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles Літургія протитанкових перешкод Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
Ukraine, United States
Municipal Relaxation Module Matthew Rankin Canada
The Melting Creatures Las criaturas que se derriten bajo el sol Diego Céspedes
Chile, France
Mirror, Mirror Sanduela Asanda
South Africa
Nanitic Carol Nguyen Canada
No Ghost in the Morgue Marilyn Cooke
N’xaxaitkw Asia Youngman
The Pass Pepi Ginsberg
United States
Pleasure Garden Rita Ferrando
Canada
Le pupille Alice Rohrwacher Italy, United States
Quiet Minds Silent Streets Karen Chapman Canada
Rest Stop Crystal Kayiza
United States
Same Old Lloyd Lee Choi Canada
Scaring Women at Night Karimah Zakia Issa
Shadow of the Butterflies خيال الفراشات
Sofia El Khyari
France, Qatar, Portugal
She Always Wins Hazel McKibbin
United States
Simo Aziz Zoromba Canada
Snow in September 9-р Сарын Цас
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Mongolia, France
Tremor Beben Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard
Germany
Untold Hours Daniel Warth
Canada
The Water Murmurs 海边升起一座悬崖
Jianying Chen
China
Wavelengths
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
After Work Céline Condorelli, Ben Rivers
United Kingdom
Bigger on the Inside Angelo Madsen Minax
United States
Concrete Valley Antoine Bourges Canada
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Véréna Paravel , Lucien Castaing-Taylor France, Switzerland
Dry Ground Burning Mato seco em chamas Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
Portugal, Brazil
Eventide Sharon Lockhart
United States
F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now Fox Maxy
Fata Morgana Tacita Dean United Kingdom, United States
Hors-titre Wiame Haddad
France
Horse Opera Moyra Davey United States
I Thought the World of You Kurt Walker
Canada
Life on the CAPS Meriem Bennani
United States
Moonrise Vincent Grenier Canada, United States
The Newest Olds Pablo Mazzolo
Argentina, Canada
Pacifiction Tourment sur les îles Albert Serra France, Spain, Germany, Portugal
Puerta a Puerta Jessica Sarah Rinland, Luis Arnías
Mexico, United States
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie Canada
The Time That Separates Us Parastoo Anoushahpour Canada, Jordan, Palestine
Unrest Unrueh Cyril Schäublin
Switzerland
What Rules the Invisible Tiffany Sia
United States
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fogo-Fátuo João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal, France
Festival at Home
A selection of films from the above programs that was available for home viewing through the Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox platform.
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aitch Alberto
United States
Casa Susanna Sébastien Lifshitz France, United States
The Colour of Ink Brian D. Johnson Canada
Concrete Valley Antoine Bourges
Coyote Katherine Jerkovic
The End of Sex Sean Garrity
Ever Deadly Chelsea McMullan , Tanya Tagaq
The Grab Gabriela Cowperthwaite
United States
Joyland Saim Sadiq Pakistan
Luxembourg, Luxembourg ЛЮКСЕМБУРГ, ЛЮКСЕМБУРГ Antonio Lukich
Ukraine
Pray for Our Sinners Sinéad O’Shea
Ireland
Shimoni Angela Wanjiku Wamai
Kenya
Sick John Hyams United States
Soft Joseph Amenta
Canada
Susie Searches Sophie Kargman
United States
Theatre of Thought Werner Herzog
This Place V.T. Nayani
Canada
Tora’s Husband Rima Das India
The Umbrella Men John Barker
South Africa
Under the Fig Trees Taht El Shajara Erige Sehiri
Tunisia, Switzerland, France, Qatar
Unruly Ustyrlig Malou Reymann
Denmark
Vicenta B. Carlos Lechuga
Cuba, France, United States, Colombia, Norway
We Are Still Here Beck Cole , Dena Curtis , Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean , Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi , Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa , Richard Curtis, Chantelle BurgoyneAustralia, New Zealand
When Morning Comes Kelly Fyffe-Marshall Canada, Jamaica
Industry Selects
Films that were available for screening by film buyers and industry professionals, but not open to the general public.[ 23]
Festival Street
Older movies that were shown at the OLG Cinema Park, an open-air cinema run by TIFF at David Pecaut Square . Many featured actors and/or directors involved with TIFF 2022 selections.[ 24]
TIFF Cinematheque
The festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list, collecting the films named as the top Canadian films of the year by critics and film festival programmers from across Canada, was released on December 8, 2022.
Feature films
Short films
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