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2005 Toronto International Film Festival

The 30th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 8–17 and screened 335 films from 52 countries - 109 of these films were world premieres, and 78 were North American premieres.[2][3][4][5][6]

Opening film

Water[1]

Edison

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto International Film Festival Group

335 films

September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08)–September 17, 2005 (2005-09-17)

English

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The People's Choice Award, presented to 's Tsotsi.

Gavin Hood

The Discovery Award, presented to 's Look Both Ways.

Sarah Watt

The Fipresci Prize, presented to director Kang Yi-kwan for Sa-kwa.

South Korean

A tie for the Award for Best Canadian First Feature, presented to Louise Archambault's Familia and Michael Mabbott's The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico.

Citytv

The Toronto – City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented to directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

C.R.A.Z.Y.

The Bravo!FACT Short Cuts Canada Award, presented to 's Big Girl (Honourable mention to Andrea Dorfman's There's a Flower in My Pedal).

Renuka Jeyapalan

At the Festival's closing event, the following prizes were awarded:[7]


Because the vote for the People's Choice Award was so close, at the awards ceremony Piers Handling (festival co-director) announced four runners-up.[8] However, in the subsequent reporting there was confusion about the order of the runners-up. As reported by ScreenDaily, the results of the People's Choice Award voting was as follows:[9]


Certain other publications indicated (probably erroneously) that the order of the runners-up was reversed, with Mother of Mine finishing second to Tsotsi.[10][11][12]

, Dylan Akio Smith

The Cabin Movie

(Les États nordiques), Denis Côté

Drifting States

, Julia Kwan

Eve and the Fire Horse

, Louise Archambault

Familia

, David Ray

Fetching Cody

, Michael Mabbott

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

(Saint-Martyrs-des-Damnés), Robin Aubert

Saint Martyrs of the Damned

, Aubrey Nealon

A Simple Curve

, David Christensen

Six Figures

, John Hazlett

These Girls

, Jean-Marc Vallée

C.R.A.Z.Y.

(Horloge biologique), Ricardo Trogi

Dodging the Clock

, Louise Archambault

Familia

, David Cronenberg

A History of Violence

, Michael Mabbott

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

, Allan King

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company

(La Neuvaine), Bernard Émond

The Novena

, Aubrey Nealon

A Simple Curve

, Deepa Mehta

Water

, Atom Egoyan

Where the Truth Lies

In December, TIFF released its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films programmers had selected as the ten best Canadian films of the year.[14] These were screened as a followup "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in early 2006, with public screenings in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver.

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2005 Toronto International Film Festival