This document provides summaries for 10 films showing at the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2014. It includes the film title, genre, and a 1-2 sentence description of the plot. Additionally, it lists the director, country of origin, language, premiere status, runtime, and rating for each film. The films cover a variety of genres including biography, drama, thriller, comedy, action, and history.

1. 10 MUST WATCH TIFF FILMS 2014

2. THE IMITATION GAME BIOGRAPHY WAR DRAMA THRILLER 1
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as brilliant Cambridge mathematician, cryptanalyst and
pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, who spearheaded the Enigma code-breaking operation
during World War II and was later persecuted by the British government for his homosexuality.

3. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
MORTEN TYLDUM
USA / UK
ENGLISH
CANADIAN PREMIERE
113 MINUTES
14A
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4. ADVENTURE DRAMA COMEDY 2
HECTOR AND THE SEARCH
FOR HAPPINESS
A dissatisfied London psychiatrist (Simon Pegg) embarks on a continent-crossing trip to
discover the secret of happiness, in this globe-trotting comedy that also features Rosamund
Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno and Christopher Plummer.

5. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
PETER CHELSOM
GERMANY / CANADA
ENGLISH
NA PREMIERE
114 MINUTES
14A
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6. ELEPHANT SONG DRAMA 3
Xavier Dolan, Bruce Greenwood and Catherine Keener star in this big-screen adaptation of
the play by Nicolas Billon, about a psychiatrist who is drawn into a complex mind game when he
questions a disturbed patient (Dolan) about the disappearance of a colleague.

7. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
CHARLES BINAMÉ
CANADA
ENGLISH
WORLD PREMIERE
110 MINUTES
14A
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8. PRIDE HISTORY DRAMA COMEDY 4
In 1984 Britain, a ragtag band of activists from London’s queer community form an unlikely,
anti-Thatcherite alliance with striking Welsh miners, in this hilarious and inspirational
comedy-drama.

9. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
MATTHEW WARCHUS
UK
ENGLISH
NA PREMIERE
120 MINUTES
14A
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10. ‘71 WAR DRAMA ACTION 5
In the divided city of Belfast at the height of The Troubles, a rookie British soldier (Jack
O'Connell, Starred Up) finds himself separated from his unit and lost in IRA-controlled territory,
in this gripping fusion of charged political drama and action-thriller.

11. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
Yann Demange
United Kingdom
English
Canadian Premiere
99 minutes
18A
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12. ST. VINCENT DRAMA COMEDY 6
A cantankerous, cash-strapped, loose-living retiree (Bill Murray) becomes a spectacularly
unlikely role model for his twelve-year-old neighbour, in this delightful comedy co-starring
Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard and Naomi Watts.

13. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
THEODORE MELFI
USA
ENGLISH
WORLD PREMIERE
103 MINUTES
PG
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14. NIGHTCRAWLER COMEDY DRAMA THRILLER 7
A drifter and petty thief (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins the nocturnal legions of scuzzy freelance
photographers who scour the city for gruesome crime-scene footage, in this gripping
portrait of the dark side of L.A. from veteran screenwriter and first-time director Dan Gilroy.

15. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
DAN GILROY
USA
ENGLISH
WORLD PREMIERE
117 MINUTES
18A
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16. THE JUDGE DRAMA 8
A big-city lawyer (Robert Downey Jr) returns home when his estranged father, a small-town
judge (Robert Duvall), is accused of murder.

17. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
DAVID DOBKIN
USA
ENGLISH
WORLD PREMIERE
141 MINUTES
14A
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18. ROSEWATER DRAMA 9
The Daily Show host and Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal)
discuss the story behind Stewart's debut feature Rosewater, which tells the true story of
Bahari's five-month imprisonment in Iran after his appearance on Stewart's show.

19. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
JON STEWART
USA
ENGLISH
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
103 MINUTES
14A
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20. THE HUMBLING 10 DRAMA
An aged and addled actor (Al Pacino) has his world turned upside down after he embarks
upon an affair with a much younger woman (Greta Gerwig), in this acidulous adaptation of
the Philip Roth novel from director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Bugsy, Wag the Dog).

21. FILM INFORMATION
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
LANGUAGE
PREMIERE STATUS
RUNTIME
RATING
BARRY LEVINSON
USA
ENGLISH
NA PREMIERE
110 MINUTES
14A
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