Cannes-winning films to hit Toronto festival
Last Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 3:04 PM ET
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New films that won acclaim in Cannes this spring will screen for North American audiences this fall at the Toronto International Film Festival.
On Thursday, organizers announced 27 early additions to the TIFF lineup this September.
In addition to French filmmaker Laurent Cantet's Entre les murs (The Class), winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, TIFF has snagged a host of other titles that made a splash on la Croisette in May, including:
- Adoration, by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, which won the Ecumenical Jury Prize.
- French film Un conte de Noel, by Arnaud Desplechin, winner of a Cannes special prize.
- Italian film Gomorrah, by Matteo Garrone, winner of the Cannes Grand Prix.
- The Belgian, French and Italian co-production Le Silence de Lorna, by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, best screenplay winner.
- Turkish, French, Italian co-production Three Monkeys, by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who won best director.
- Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan (Germany, Switzerland, Kazakstan, Russia, Poland), winner of the Un Certain Régard prize.
- Brazilian film Linha de Passe, by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, which won best actress for Sandra Corveloni.
Other TIFF additions announced Thursday:
- The Good, The Bad, The Weird — Kim Jee-woon (Korea).
- 24 City — Jia Zhang-ke (China).
- Four Nights with Anna — Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland/France).
- Of Time and the City — Terence Davies (U.K.).
- Blind Loves — Juraj Lehotsky (Slovakia).
- Liverpool — Lisandro Alsonso (Argentina, France, Netherlands, Spain, Germany).
- Service — Brillante Mendoza (Philippines, France).
- Waltz with Bashir — Ari Folman (Israel, France, Germany).
- Hunger — Steve McQueen (U.K.).
- Medicine for Melancholy — Barry Jenkins (U.S.).
- The Paranoids — Gabriel Medina (Argentina).
- Salamandra — Pablo Aguero (Argentina, France, Germany).
- Three Blind Mice — Matthew Newton (Australia).
- Tony Manero — Pablo Larrain (Chile, Brazil).
- Acne — Federico Veiroj (Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Mexico).
- O'Horten — Bent Hamer (Norway, Germany, France).
- Lion's Den — Pablo Trapero (Argentina, South Korea, Brazil).
- Restless — Amos Kollek (Israel, Germany, Canada, France, Belgium).
- Revanche — Gotz Spielmann (Austria).
Earlier in June, organizers announced that actor and filmmaker Paul Gross's First World War drama Passchendaele would open this year's event.
The 33rd annual Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 4-13.
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