So I go back to work tomorrow and will have to answer the inevitable question “so what was the best movie you saw?”

Here’s the thing about TIFF – while you do get your fair share of mainstream picks, you also get a lot of pedophilia, incest and tears. Not necessarily the types of movies that you would rec to the boss. So this posting is mostly to help remind me at a glance what I watched and liked – and also to help me when I am building my schedule during TIFF10.

When thinking about my approach for next year, I did have a moment of – why not just make it an all Jane/Thom/Colin festival – but then I wouldn’t have seen the totally awesome Cell 211.

So for now to help me remember what (and who) I liked, I’m going to list the movies I saw, separated by programmer with the ones I would watch again/recommend in bold.

Cameron Bailey

Fish Tank
Good Hair
Triage

Noah Cowan

The Informant!

Colin Geddes

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Bitch Slap
Vengeance

Steve Gravestock

Year of the Carnivore
Valhalla Rising

Piers Handling

Nr. Nobody

Michèle Maheux

Cracks
Partir

Raymond Phathanavirangoon

Accident

Thom Powers

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
Cleanflix

Diana Sanchez

Cell 211

Jane Schoettle

Beautiful Kate
Up in the Air
Bran Nue Dae
Leaves of Grass
Balibo
Tanner Hall
My Year Without Sex
Bunny & the Bull
The Vintner’s Luck

Jesse Wente

Defendor