TIFF announces partial list of documentaries

Get ready for Morgan Spurlock, Jonathan Demme and Wim Wenders as the Toronto International Film Festival announces the list of documentaries for the 2011 real to reel programming.

“Super Size Me” filmmaker Mmorgan Spurlock will show his doc “Comic-con: Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope,” about the curious culture of comic-con.  

Also on the list of films, Nick Broomfield’s documentary on sassy politician Sarah Palin entitled “Sarah Palin – You Betcha!” and Oscar winner Jessica Yu’s “Last Call at the Oasis,” a wake-up call about the world’s water supply.

And it doesn’t end there. Other high-profile documentaries screening at this year’s festival include: Alex Gibney’s “The Last Gladiators” and Jonathan Demme’s “I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad and the Beautiful,” which is a tale of an extraordinary woman as she returns home after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

Previously announced documentaries include the opening night gala film “From the Sky Down” about Irish rockers U2.

Additional documentaries, including Canadian films, will be announced in the coming weeks.

Partial Documentary Film List:

Into the Abyss – filmmaker Werner Herzog
Samsara – filmmaker Ron Fricke
This is not a Film – Jafar Panahi, Iran
Pina – Wim Wenders, Germany/France
Arirang – Kim Ki-Duk, South Korea
The Boy Who Was King – Andrey Paounov, Bulgaria/Germany
Crazy Horse – Frederick Wiseman, USA/France
Dark Girls – Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry, USA
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell – Rithy Panh, France/Cambodia
Gerhard Richter Painting – Corinna Belz, Germany
Girl Model  – Ashley Sabin and David Redmon, USA
In My Mother’s Arms – Atia Al Daradji and Mohamed Al Daradji, Iraq/Netherlands/United Kingdom
The Last Dogs of Winter – Costa Botes, New Zealand
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, USA

Paul Williams Still Alive – Stephen Kessler, USA
The Story of Film: An Odyssey  – Mark Cousins, United Kingdom
The Tall Man – Tony Krawitz, Australia
Undefeated  – Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, USA
Urbanized – Gary Hustwit, U.S./United Kingdom
Whores’ Glory – Michael Glawogger, Austria/Germany

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