Best of the Fest

Experience the best of the fest with this collections of TIFF Award winners!

Kenneth Branagh's Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay - a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood
Belfast
  • 2021
Master filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar crafts a film noir take on the romantic comedy with his "feminist comedy with real bite" (Chicago Tribune)
Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  • 1988
Director Roberto Benigni crafts an earnest, charming, Oscar winning story that ultimately highlights the strength of the human spirit.
Life is Beautiful
  • 1997
Ang Lee's Oscar winning epic. "High art meets high spirits in a rapturously romantic epic that really kicks butt" (Time).
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • 2000
Colin Firth gives a masterful performance as King George VI that earned him an Academy Award. From Oscar winning director Tom Hooper.
The King's Speech
  • 2010
Academy Award nominated, intense and haunting portrayal of Alan Turning (Benedict Cumberbatch). Morten Tyldum’s English-language debut.
The Imitation Game
  • 2014
Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy deliver acclaimed performances in this heartwarming comedy from director Theodore Melfi.
St. Vincent
  • 2014
Damien Chazelle's Oscar and Golden Globe winning original musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
La La Land
  • 2016
Luca Guadagnino’s Oscar winning box office smash, set in 1980s Italy. Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer are unforgettable.
Call Me by Your Name
  • 2017
"Undeniably impressive pic grabs the viewer by the lapels and shakes hard" (Variety) from Director Quentin Tarantino.
Reservoir Dogs
  • 1992
A novice nun uncovers a deep family secret in Pawel Pawlikowski's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Ida
  • 2013
A "sly comic parable" (Variety) constructed by Director Feng Xiaogang, bolstered by a standout performance from lead actress Fan Bingbing.
I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • 2016
An unforgettable work from directing duo Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. "Cinema doesn't get more exhilarating than this" (BBC.com).
City of God
  • 2003
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives takes up the fight against the ravages of climate change, in this eye-opening portrait.
The Island President
  • 2011
Academy Award nominated portrait of an Algerian emigrant who takes over a Canadian classroom after a teacher's tragic death, from Philippe Falardeau
Monsieur Lazhar
  • 2011