TIFF List 2014: The Complete Toronto International Film Festival Lineup With Grade Averages
Perpetually one of the largest and varied film exhibitions on the cinephile calendar, the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off its 2014 edition on September 4.
As a service to those following the festival (whether from the streets of Canada’s largest city or from the comfort of a living room thousands of miles away), we’ve collected all the feature films playing as part of the enormous lineup. We’ll also be updating the corresponding Criticwire grade averages for each film as the festival progresses, so be sure to check back.
The TIFF 2014 Lineup
(Last updated: September 15th, 11:45 AM EST)
GALAS
“Black and White,” directed by Mike Binder
“Boychoir,” directed by François Girard
“The Connection (La French),” directed by Cédric Jimenez
“The Equalizer,” directed by Antoine Fuqua — Criticwire Grade Average: C
“Escobar: Paradise Lost,” directed by Andrea Di Stefano — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“The Forger,” directed by Philip Martin
“Foxcatcher,” directed by Bennett Miller — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Haemoo (Sea Fog),” directed by Shim Sung-Bo
“Infinitely Polar Bear,” directed by Maya Forbes — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“The Judge,” directed by David Dobkin — Criticwire Grade Average: C
“Laggies,” directed by Lynn Shelton — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“A Little Chaos,” directed by Alan Rickman — Criticwire Grade Average: B-
“Maps to the Stars,” directed by David Cronenberg — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“The New Girlfriend,” directed by François Ozon
“Pawn Sacrifice,” directed by Edward Zwick
“The Riot Club,” directed by Lone Scherfig — Criticwire Grade Average: C
“Ruth & Alex,” directed by Richard Loncraine
“Samba,” directed by Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
“This is Where I Leave You,” directed by Shawn Levy — Criticwire Grade Average: B-
“Wild,” directed by Jean-Marc Vallée — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
“99 Homes,” directed by Ramin Bahrani — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“American Heist,” directed by Sarik Andreasyan
“Before We Go,” directed by Chris Evans
“Beyond the Lights,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
“Breakup Buddies,” directed by Ning Hao
“Cake,” directed by Daniel Barnz — Criticwire Grade Average: C+
“Clouds of Sils Maria,” directed by Olivier Assayas — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Coming Home,” directed by Zhang Yimou — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“The Dead Lands (Hautoa),” directed by Toa Fraser
“Dearest,” directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan
“The Drop,” directed by Michael R. Roskam — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Eden,” directed by Mia Hansen-Love — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“The Elephant Song,” directed by Charles Binane
“Far From Men (Loin des Hommes),” directed by David Oelhoffen
“Force Majeure (Tourist),” directed by Ruben Östlund — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“The Gate,” directed by Règis Wargnier
“Gemma Bovery,” directed by Anne Fontaine
“Good Kill,” directed by Andrew Niccol
“The Good Lie,” directed by Philippe Falardeau — Criticwire Grade Average: B-
“Hector and the Search for Happiness,” directed by Peter Chelsom
“The Humbling,” directed by Barry Levinson — Criticwire Grade Average: C
“Hungry Hearts,” directed by Saverio Costanzo
“The Imitation Game,” directed by Morten Tyldum — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,” directed by Roger Allers, GaÎtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar and Michal Socha
“The Keeping Room,” directed by Daniel Barber — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“The Last Five Years,” directed by Richard LaGravenese — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Learning to Drive,” directed by Isabel Coixet
“Love & Mercy,” directed by Bill Pohlad — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Miss Julie,” directed by Liv Ullmann — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Men, Women and Children,” directed by Jason Reitman — Criticwire Grade Average: B-
“Mr. Turner,” directed by Mike Leigh — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“My Old Lady,” directed by Israel Horovitz — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Ned Rifle,” directed by Hal Hartley — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Nightcrawler,” directed by Dan Gilroy — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“October Gale,” directed by Ruba Nadda
“Pasolini,” directed by Abel Ferrara
“Phoenix,” directed by Christian Petzold — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Preggoland,” directed by Jacob Tierney
“Pride,” directed by Matthew Warchus
“The Reach,” directed by Jean-Baptiste Leonetti
“Return to Ithaca,” directed by Laurent Cantet
“Revenge of the Green Dragons,” directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo
“Rosewater,” directed by Jon Stewart — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“The Search,” directed by Michel Hazanavicius — Criticwire Grade Average: C+
“A Second Chance (En chance til),” directed by Susanne Bier
“St. Vincent“, directed by Theodore Melfi — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Still Alice,” directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“The Theory of Everything,” directed by James Marsh — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Three Hearts (3 Coeurs),” directed by Benoît Jacquot
“Time Out of Mind,” directed by Oren Moverman — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Top Five,” directed by Chris Rock — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“While We’re Young,” directed by Noah Baumbach — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Whiplash,” directed by Damien Chazelle — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes),” directed by Damian Szifron — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
MASTERS
“1001 Grams,” directed by Bent Hamer
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron),” directed by Roy Andersson — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“The Face of an Angel,” directed by Michael Winterbottom
“Foreign Body” (Obce Cialo),” directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
“The Golden Era (Huang jin shi dai),” directed by Ann Hui
“Goodbye to Language 3D (Adieu au langage 3D),” directed by Jean-Luc Godard — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Hill of Freedom (Ja-yu-ui eon-deok),” directed by Hong Sang-soo — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Murder in Pacot” (Meurtre à Pacot),” directed by Raoul Peck
“Revivre (Hwajang),” directed by Im Kwon-taek
“The Tale of The Princess Kaguya” (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari),” directed by Isao Takahata — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Timbuktu,” directed by Abderrahmane Sissako — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Trick or Treaty?,” directed by Alanis Obomsawin
“Winter Sleep (Kis uykusu),” directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
TIFF DOCS
“Beats of the Antonov,” directed by Hajooj Kuka
“I Am Here (Wo Jiu Shi Wo),” directed by Lixin Fan
“Iraqi Odyssey,” directed by Samir
“The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (Yume to kyôki no ohkoku),” directed by Mami Sunada — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Merchants of Doubt,” directed by Robert Kenner — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Monsoon,” directed by Sturla Gunnarsson
“National Diploma (Examen d’Etat),” directed by Dieudo Hamadi
“National Gallery,” directed by Frederick Wiseman — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Natural Resistance,” directed by Jonathan Nossiter
“The Price We Pay (La Face cachée de l’impôt),” directed by Harold Crooks
“Red Army,” directed by Gabe Polsky — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Roger & Me,” directed by Michael Moore
“Seymour: An Introduction,” directed by Ethan Hawke — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait (Ma’a al Fidda),” directed by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan
“Sunshine Superman,” directed by Marah Strauch — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Tales of the Grim Sleeper,” directed by Nick Broomfield — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“The Look of Silence (Senyap),” directed by Joshua Oppenheimer — Criticwire Grade Average: A
“This Is My Land,” directed by Tamara Erde
“The Wanted 18,” directed by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
“The Years of Fierro (Los años de Fierro),” directed by Santiago Esteinou
“The Yes Men Are Revolting,” directed by Laura Nix and the Yes Men
VANGUARD
“Alleluia,” directed by Fabrice Du Welz — Criticwire Grade Average: C+
“The Duke of Burgundy,” directed by Peter Strickland — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh),” directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
“Hyena,” directed by Gerard Johnson
“Luna,” directed by Dave McKean
“Over Your Dead Body,” directed by Takashi Miike
“Shrew’s Nest (Musarañas),” directed by Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel
“Spring,” directed by Justin Benson/Aaron Moorhead — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“They Have Escaped,” directed by JP Valkeapää
“The Voices,” directed by Marjane Satrapi — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Waste Land,” directed by Pieter Van Hees
“The World of Kanako (Kawaki),” directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
“Aire Libre,” directed by Anahí Berneri
“Frailer (Brozer),” directed by Mijke de Jong
“High Society (Le beau monde),” directed by Julie Lopes Curval
“Leopardi (Il giovane favoloso),” directed by Mario Martone
“Lulu,” directed by Luis Ortega
“Tigers,” directed by Danis Tanović
MAVERICKS
“The 50 Year Argument,” directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi
“Do I Sound Gay?,” directed by David Thorpe
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” directed by Julie Taymor
DISCOVERY
“’71,” directed by Yann Demange — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“Adult Beginners,” directed by Ross Katz
“Atlantic.,” directed by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
“Backcountry,” directed by Adam MacDonald
“Bang Bang Baby,” directed by Jeffrey St. Jules
“Big Muddy,” directed by Jefferson Moneo
“Corbo,” directed by Mathieu Denis
“The Crow’s Egg (Kaakkaa Muttai),” directed by M. Manikandan
“Dukhtar,” directed by Afia Nathaniel
“Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere” (Ðap Cánh Giua Không Trung),” directed by Nguyen Hoang Diep
“The Great Man” (Le Grand Homme),” directed by Sarah Leonor
“Guidance,” directed by Pat Mills
“I am not Lorena” (No soy Lorena),” directed by Isidora Marras
“In Her Place,” directed by Albert Shin
“The Intruder” (Infiltrant),” directed by Shariff Korver
“La Salada,” directed by Juan Martín Hsu
“Life in a Fishbowl” (Vonarstræti),” directed by Baldvin Zophoníasson
“The Little Death,” directed by Josh Lawson
“Los Hongos,” directed by Oscar Ruiz Navia
“Magical Girl,” directed by Carlos Vermut
“Mardan,” directed by Batin Ghobadi
“May Allah Bless France!” (Qu’Allah bénisse la France!),” directed by Abd Al Malik
“The Narrow Frame of Midnight” (Itar el-Layl),” directed by Tala Hadid
“OBRA,” directed by Gregorio Graziosi
“Run,” directed by Philippe Lacôte
“Second Coming,” directed by Debbie Tucker Green
“Senza nessuna pietà,” directed by Michele Alhaique
“Songs She Wrote About People She Knows,” directed by Kris Elgstrand
“Stories of Our Lives,” directed by Anonymous
“Sway,” directed by Rooth Tang
“Theeb,” directed by Naji Abu Nowar
“The Tribe” (Plemya),” directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy — Criticwire Grade Average: A
“UNLUCKY PLAZA,” directed by Ken Kwek
“The Valley Below,” directed by Kyle Thomas
“The Vanished Elephant” (El Elefante Desaparecido),” directed by Javier Fuentes-León
“Villa Touma,” directed by Suha Arraf
“We Were Wolves,” directed by Jordan Canning
“Wet Bum,” directed by Lindsay Mackay
“X +Y,” directed by Morgan Matthews
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
“[REC] 4: Apocalypse,” directed by Jaume Balagueró
“Big Game,” directed by Jalmari Heleander — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“Cub,” directed by Jonas Govaerts
“The Editor,” directed by Matthew Kennedy and Adam Brooks
“Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films,” directed by Mark Hartley
“It Follows,” directed by David Robert Mitchell — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
“The Guest,” directed by Adam Wingard — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Tokyo Tribe,” directed by Sion Sono — Criticwire Grade Average: B+
“Tusk,” directed by Kevin Smith — Criticwire Grade Average: B
“What We Do in the Shadows,” directed by Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement — Criticwire Grade Average: A-
TIFF KIDS
“Labyrinthus,” directed by Douglas Boswell
“Paper Planes,” directed by Robert Connolly
“Secrets of War” (Oorlogsgeheimen),” directed by Dennis Bots
“Song of the Sea,” directed by Tomm Moore
CITY TO CITY
“A Dream of Iron (Cheol-ae-kum),” directed by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park
“A Girl at My Door (Dohee-Ya),” directed by July Jung
“A Hard Day (Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da),” directed by Kim Seong-hun
“Alive (Sanda),” directed by Park Jung-bum
“Cart (Ka-teu),” directed by Boo Ji-Young
“The Color of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova),” directed by Sergei Parajanov
