2016 TOfilmfest Top 10

Now that #TIFF16 has wrapped up, it's time to pick our top-ten of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.  We use a simple criteria: which films would we be most eager to see again?
So, for what it's worth, here's our top-ten…

He said,

1. Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
2. The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker
3. Barry, Vikram Gandhi
4. The Untamed, Amat Escalante
5. Mostly Sunny, Dilip Mehta
6. Una, Benedict Andrews
7. The Animal's Wife, Víctor Gaviria
8. Le Ciel Flamand, Peter Monsaert
9. Nelly, Anne Émond
10. Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd

She said,

1. The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker
2. Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
3. BrOTHERHOOD, Noel Clarke
4. Elle, Paul Verhoeven
5. Le Ciel Flamand, Peter Monsaert
6. The Commune, Thomas Vinterberg
7. Una, Benedict Andrews
8. Joe Cinque's Consolation, Sotiris Dounoukos
9. The Arbitration, Niyi Akinmolayan
10. Barry, Vikram Gandhi

We agreed…

• Barry, Vikram Gandhi
• The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker
• Le Ciel Flamand, Peter Monsaert
• Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
• Una, Benedict Andrews

See you all at #TIFF17!  :-)

PS.
btw, here's a video of this year's highlights…

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2016 TOfilmfest: How to get tickets!

This Thursday September 8th, the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival begins!  In our last post we've covered our top 20 picks, and some ways to sort through all 398 films.
Now, here's how to get tickets…

1. INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
   Sunday, September 4th – Wednesday, September 7th
   9AM – 7PM daily before the festival starts
   • online, tiff.net/tiff/?tab=tickets
   • phone, 416-599-8433 or 1-888-599-8433
   • festival box-office, 225 King St W
     (inside Metro Centre; Duncan St entrance)
   • 4 TICKET LIMIT

2. MORE TICKETS DAILY
   Thursday, September 8th – Sunday, September 18th
   7AM+ daily during the festival
• additional tickets released for purchase at 7AM daily
  (reserved-seats, and returned-tickets, available)
• buy online, by phone, or at box-office
• 4 TICKET LIMIT 

3. RUSH-LINE
   Line-up hours in advance of any screening
• If a screening is still off-sale, a rush-line will be created for non–ticket holders.
  Arrive as soon as possible; admittance based on availability; first-come, first-served.
• ONE TICKET PER PERSON
• CASH ONLY (regular $20; premium $40)

Questions?

• Ticket Product List
• Ticket FAQ
• Ticket Policies
• Download official film schedule
  (see also 2016 schedule changes)

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2016 TOfilmfest: Our top 20 picks

Tomorrow, Sunday September 4th at 9AM (EDT), all tickets go on-sale for the Toronto International Film Festival®.  Despite weeks of adding film titles, and searching the internet for reviews/videos/interviews, only now have we put together our top 20 picks.
So fwiw, here they are…

• The Animal's Wife, Víctor Gaviria
• Barakah Meets Barakah, Mahmoud Sabbagh
• Barry, Vikram Gandhi
• Below Her Mouth, April Mullen
• The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker
• BrOTHERHOOD, Noel Clarke
• Le Ciel Flamand, Peter Monsaert
• The Commune, Thomas Vinterberg
• Elle, Paul Verhoeven
• The Girl with All the Gifts, Colm McCarthy
• Goldstone, Ivan Sen
• The Handmaiden, Chan-wook Park
• Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd
• Marija, Michael Koch
• Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
• Mostly Sunny, Dilip Mehta
• Nelly, Anne Émond
• Una, Benedict Andrews
• A United Kingdom, Amma Asante
• The Untamed, Amat Escalante

In addition to the buttons available on our website…




…many films have a theatrical release already set for the fall, so we've put together

• a list of release dates

— so you can choose to see these films first, or see them later!  ;-)

Btw, if you're on-the-go, without access to the internet, download a PDF file of the 2016 Official Film Schedule (note there are some changes to the schedule for 2016).

And, if you only have your smartphone, try TIFFwidget — a mobile-friendly website that uses data from TOfilmfest.

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