 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Magnificent Seven |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Edge of Seventeen |
| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Awards | La La Land (People's Choice Award) |
| Festival date | 8–18 September 2016 |
| Website | tiff |
The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016.[1] The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July.[2] Almost 400 films were shown.[3][4]
The festival's final awards were announced on 18 September.[5]
The jury for the Platform section (in its second year) comprised Brian de Palma (American director), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chadian director), and Zhang Ziyi (Chinese actress).[6][7] The Platform section (named for Jia Zhangke's film Platform) consists of "12 films of high artistic merit that demonstrate a strong directorial vision".[8] The jury awarded the $25,000 prize to Jackie.
The following films were selected:[9][10][11]
In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2016.[15] The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2017, as well as in selected other cities including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.[15]
