Three distinguished international film juries with their outstanding works in this year’s lineup return to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Composed of five members for FIPRESCI, the juries featuring renowned film critics and filmmakers, from the International Federation of Film Critics; three jurors for NETPAC, the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema; and three filmmakers for Platform jury.
“It’s a privilege to have international juries back in person screening films in the cinemas with TIFF audiences,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “It truly feels like the festival is back! The passion, experience and knowledge that they bring to this year’s Festival will be exciting to watch this September.”
The Best film in the Platform program Yuni in 2020 was awarded the Platform Prize. The Prize of International Critics dedicated to emerging filmmakers for the 29th year to one film from the Discovery programme would be awarded by the FIPRESCI Jury. Last year’s winner was Anatolian Leopard.
Costa Brava, Lebanon in 2021 was the recipient of the NETPAC Award for Best Feature Film from the Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery programs by The NETPAC Jury
PLATFORM JURY
A writer, producer, and director, Patricia Rozema (Jury Chair) established herself with her internationally celebrated first feature, I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, which debuted at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. There, it won the first of many recognitions by winning the Prix de la Jeunesse, including being voted one of Canada’s Top 10 Films. Other highlights: writing and directing the love story When Night is Falling, Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, and co-writing HBO’s Grey Gardens starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange (PEN Screenwriter’s Award, an Emmy nomination, and a Golden Globe nomination). Rozema is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A Norwegian Pakistani filmmaker, Iram Haq began writing and directing in 2004 with her first short film Trofast premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. In 2009, she wrote and directed Skylappjenta, later selected for the Sundance Film Festival. Her feature debut I Am Yours premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013, and her second feature What Will People Say was presented in our Platform Programme in 2017.
An independent filmmaker based in Mumbai, Chaitanya Tamhane’s debut feature film Court premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2014, where it was awarded the Best Film – Orizzonti and the Lion of the Future award. As part of the Rolex Mentor-Protégé Arts InitiativeIn, he was selected in 2016 to be mentored by Alfonso Cuarón. His second film, The Disciple which had its World Premiere in 2020 at the Venice Film Festival in competition, was awarded the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay and the FIPRESCI award.
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