Toronto 2012 - Filmuforia

The 2012 Toronto International Film Festival often helps to raise the profile of small independent films and gives wider exposure to higher-profile projects that may be in the running to compete for Oscars.

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This year the Indies did well winning some critical acclaim in the festival’s main prize sections:

Blackberry Peoples’ Award:
Silver Linings Playbook
First runner-up: Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’
Second runner-up: Eran Riklis’ ‘Zaytoun’
Documentary: Bartholomew Cubbins’ ‘Artifact’
Second runner-up: Rob Stewart’s ‘Revolution’
Midnight Madness: Martin McDonagh’s ‘Seven Psychopaths’
First runner-up: Barry Levinson’s ‘The Bay’
The prize of the international critics (Fipresci prize)
Francois Ozon for ‘Dans la maison’ in the Special Presentations category
Mikael Marcimain for ‘Call Girl’ in the Discovery Program, which spotlights feature films by new and emerging directors
The city of Toronto and Canada goose award for best Canadian feature film
Xavier Dolan’s ‘Laurence Anyways’
The Skyy Vodka Award for best Canadian first feature film
A tie between Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Antiviral’ and Jason Buxton’s ‘Blackbird’

We looked at a selection of films that seemed to be creating buzz at this year’s festival, read our reviews:

La Sirga (The Towrope) 2012 William Vega’s second feature, from Colombia

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7 Cajas (7 Boxes) 2012 Paraguayan directors Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori’s first feature

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Satellite Boy (2012 Australian director Catriona McKenzie’s fourth feature.

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