That, coupled with the fact that the decade is over, got me to pondering on these two questions:
1. Which 2010s films do you think will make the list in the next update of the TIFF Top Canadian films?
2. Which directors with at least 1 film on the current list do you hope will make another great film in the 2020s that could make the list before the next update in 2024/2025?
For reference...
14 Films from the 2010s on the current list (3+ votes)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls076894234/? ... 010%2C2015
1. Stories We Tell (2012)
2. Incendies (2010)
3. Mommy (I) (2014)
4. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
5. Café de Flore (2011)
6. War Witch (2012)
7. Enemy (2013)
8. Laurence Anyways (2012)
9. Goon (2011)
10. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
11. Take This Waltz (2011)
12. Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
13. The Dirties (2013)
14. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
1. Stories We Tell (2012)
2. Incendies (2010)
3. Mommy (I) (2014)
4. Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
5. Café de Flore (2011)
6. War Witch (2012)
7. Enemy (2013)
8. Laurence Anyways (2012)
9. Goon (2011)
10. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
11. Take This Waltz (2011)
12. Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)
13. The Dirties (2013)
14. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
39 Films from the 2010s on the runners up list (1-2 votes)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls076894884/? ... 010%2C2015
1. Barney's Version (2010)
2. Bestiaire (2012)
3. Curling (2010)
4. Gabrielle (II) (2013)
5. Heartbeats (2010)
6. ORA (2011)
7. Siddharth (2013)
8. The Grand Seduction (2013)
9. Watermark (2013)
10. When Jews Were Funny (2013)
11. 15 Reasons to Live (2013)
12. A Film Portrait on Reconstructing 12 Possibilities that Preceded the Disappearance of Zoe Dean Drum (2011)
13. À l'origine d'un cri (2010)
14. American Mary (2012)
15. Blackbird (I) (2012)
16. Félix & Meira (2014)
17. Fubar: Gods of Blunder (2010)
18. Greatest Hits (2012)
19. Hit 'n Strum (2012)
20. In Her Place (2014)
21. Krivina (2012)
22. La última película (2013)
23. Le démantèlement (2013)
24. Le futur proche (2012)
25. Mesnak (2011)
26. Modra (2010)
27. Oliver Sherman (2010)
28. People of a Feather (2011)
29. Rivers and My Father (2010)
30. Starbuck (2011)
31. Still Mine (2012)
32. Sum of the Parts: What Can Be Named (2010)
33. The F Word (I) (2013)
34. The National Parks Project (2011)
35. The Oxbow Cure (2013)
36. Tower (2012)
37. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
38. Violent (2014)
39. You Are Here (II) (2010)
1. Barney's Version (2010)
2. Bestiaire (2012)
3. Curling (2010)
4. Gabrielle (II) (2013)
5. Heartbeats (2010)
6. ORA (2011)
7. Siddharth (2013)
8. The Grand Seduction (2013)
9. Watermark (2013)
10. When Jews Were Funny (2013)
11. 15 Reasons to Live (2013)
12. A Film Portrait on Reconstructing 12 Possibilities that Preceded the Disappearance of Zoe Dean Drum (2011)
13. À l'origine d'un cri (2010)
14. American Mary (2012)
15. Blackbird (I) (2012)
16. Félix & Meira (2014)
17. Fubar: Gods of Blunder (2010)
18. Greatest Hits (2012)
19. Hit 'n Strum (2012)
20. In Her Place (2014)
21. Krivina (2012)
22. La última película (2013)
23. Le démantèlement (2013)
24. Le futur proche (2012)
25. Mesnak (2011)
26. Modra (2010)
27. Oliver Sherman (2010)
28. People of a Feather (2011)
29. Rivers and My Father (2010)
30. Starbuck (2011)
31. Still Mine (2012)
32. Sum of the Parts: What Can Be Named (2010)
33. The F Word (I) (2013)
34. The National Parks Project (2011)
35. The Oxbow Cure (2013)
36. Tower (2012)
37. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
38. Violent (2014)
39. You Are Here (II) (2010)
My take:
Of the current 14 films, I think most of them have a good chance at returning. The only two I haven't seen are Hobo and Dirties, and I think those two plus Goon and Vic + Flo are most likely to fall off.
Of the 39 runners-up, I think Gabrielle and Félix & Meira are most likely to get promoted, though I've seen far fewer of this batch.
Of films released since the update, I think the following films stand a good chance of making the list:
Possible new additions from 2015-2019
Antigone (2019)
It's Only the End of the World (2016)
The Forbidden Room (2015)
Room (2015) - if enough participants consider it Canadian
Werewolf (2016)
My Internship in Canada (2015)
A Colony (2018)
Maudie (2016) - if enough participants consider it Canadian
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
The Stairs (2016)
How Heavy This Hammer (2015)
The 20th Century (2019)
Closet Monster (2015)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)
Searchers (2016)
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
Angry Inuk (2016)
It's Only the End of the World (2016)
The Forbidden Room (2015)
Room (2015) - if enough participants consider it Canadian
Werewolf (2016)
My Internship in Canada (2015)
A Colony (2018)
Maudie (2016) - if enough participants consider it Canadian
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
The Stairs (2016)
How Heavy This Hammer (2015)
The 20th Century (2019)
Closet Monster (2015)
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)
Searchers (2016)
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
Angry Inuk (2016)