TIFF Line-up and stuff - might as well get this started

[Mister Tee]

Okri, thanks for compiling this. I tried to glean the contenders from the list, but my eyes kind of glazed over.

It seems less a state-of-the-season line-up than in previous years; alot, as you indicate, were previously screened, and a number of hottish Fall titles are missing. One omission I'd call attention to: isn't Up in the Air being shown? We're justifiably dubious about a Reitman film, but, as Sabin notes elsewhere, the buzz on the film is high even by current debased standards.

I'm at this point counting on Venice/Toronto for some surprise entries. The name-brand schedule between now and Christmas underwhelms me.

[Okri]

List of All Films playing at TIFF

The ones we might want to pay attention to for oscar purposes

Bright Star (Jane Campion): Cannes [Comp.]
Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar): Cannes [Comp.]
Capitalism: A Love Story (Michael Moore): Venice [Comp.]
Chloe (Atom Egoyan): World Premiere
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Jan Kounen): Cannes [Out of Comp.]
Creation (Jon Amiel): World Premiere
The Damned United (Tom Hooper): fest premiere?
An Education (Lone Scherfig): Sundance [World Cinema]
The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh): Venice [Out of Comp.]
London River (Rachid Bouchareb): Berlin [Comp.]
Mother and Child (Rodrigo Garcia): World Premiere
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Lee Daniels): Sundance [Comp.]
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (Rebecca Miller): Berlin [Out of Comp.]
A Prophet (Jacques Audiard): Cannes [Comp.]
The Road (John Hillcoat): Venice [Comp.]
Vincere (Marco Bellocchio): Cannes [Comp.]
The Vintner's Luck (Niki Caro): World Premiere
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke): Cannes [Comp.]
The Young Victoria (Jean-Marc Valléee): fest premiere? Berlin market

[Okri]

Creation will be the opening night film (the first not to be Canadian ever, right? Sorta disappointing - I liked that tradition).

And for Penelope: The Vintner's Luck will be playing at TIFF.