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From TIFF’s red carpet to the Oscars
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The Toronto International Film Festival sure knows how to pick 'em. Many Oscar-bound pictures are selected for debuts at the September festival.
Actor Jeff Bridges arrive to the red carpet for the gala screening of 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' during the Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Ontario Friday September 11, 2009.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatick
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'The Hurt Locker' is tied for the most Oscar nominations at nine, including Best Picture, Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow and Best Actor for Jeremy Renner. The film, which takes a raw look at the lives of a bomb diffusing squad in Iraq, had its North American premiere at TIFF in 2008 and has been blowing up in popularity ever since.
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It's become a tradition for director Jason Reitman to premiere his films at TIFF and 2009's 'Up in the Air' was his third, after 'Thank You for Not Smoking' and “Juno.” After gaining early acclaim from critics and audiences alike at the festival, the film that takes a hard-hitting look at job loss and the economy has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for George Clooney.
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The last time a film took home TIFF's Cadillac People's Choice Award it won eight Oscars, including Best Picture. While 2008’s 'Slumdog Millionaire' had a fairytale rise, will the same be true for the 2009 winner, 'Precious?' The hard-hitting film about an abused teenager in Harlem had its Canadian premiere at the festival and has been nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Lee Daniels and Best Actress for Gabourey Sidibe.
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After premiering at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, 'An Education' continued its critical rise at TIFF and solidified its star Carey Mulligan as the festival circuit's new 'It Girl.' A coming of age story in pre-swinging 60s London, the film has now earned three Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Mulligan and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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The Coen Brothers' latest offering 'A Serious Man' premiered at TIFF in 2009 to much acclaim. The story of a Jewish college professor in the 1960s Midwest who just can’t get a break, the dark comedy has been nominated for two Oscars – Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
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Colin Firth has received a Best Actor Oscar nod for his portrayal of a college professor who plans to commit suicide after his lover dies in 'A Single Man.' The movie made its North American premiere at TIFF in 2009, and picked up an American distribution deal shortly after.
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'The White Ribbon' made its North American premiere at TIFF in 2009 and has received two Academy Award nominations – for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. Set in a northern Germany village just before WWI, it also took home the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Sundance Film Festival last spring.
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Making its North American premiere at TIFF in 2009, 'Un Prophète' is now up for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The crime drama, about an illiterate Arab man sent to a French prison where he gets tangled up in the mafia, has picked up many top honours so far, including the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
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