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The 31st Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's ''The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'', a film that "explores the history of the Inuit people through the eyes of a father and daughter."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto International Film Festival 2006 Annual report )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto International Film Festival 2006: Everything Announced )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2006 TIFF Update #1: "Seein' in the Rain" )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2006 TIFF Update #2: "First Fruits" )〕〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Festival Focus: The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival )〕 In a press release dated June 27, 2006, twenty-six international film selections were announced which previously premiered at major film festivals worldwide. Of the films announced, twenty-five of them will receive their North American premiere.〔(TIFF.net | Home ). Tiffg.ca. Retrieved on 2014-05-22.〕 Among the many anticipated films were ''Babel'' by Alejandro González Iñárritu, ''Volver'' by Pedro Almodóvar, ''Election 2'' (aka '' Triad Election'') by Johnnie To, ''The Fountain'' by Darren Aronofsky and ''The Host'' by Bong Joon-ho. ''Bella'' took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly coveted "People's Choice Award", a distinction which puts them in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life Is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda. Last year's winner of the "People's Choice" Award, Tsotsi, won an Oscar for best foreign-language film. ''Bella'' marks the feature directorial debut for Alejandro Monteverde, who also co-wrote its original screenplay with Patrick Million. ''Bella'' features Manuel Perez, Angélica Aragón, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. ''Bella'' was produced by Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro Monteverde and Denise Pinckley and executive produced by J. Eustace Wolfington, Ana Wolfington and Stephen McEveety. The film was financed by producers Sean Wolfingtonand Eustace Wolfington. McEveety (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, Passion of the Christ) consulted on the script and signed on as an Executive Producer to help market the movie. ''Bella'' is McEveety's first release under his nascent Mpower Films moniker and marks his first feature since ankling Mel Gibson's Icon productions. ==Awards== Awards presented during the film festival included:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2006 Toronto International Film Festival Winners )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TIFF 2006: Awards Announced )〕 * The People's Choice Award, presented to Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's ''Bella''. * The Diesel Discovery Award, presented to Joachim Trier's ''Reprise''. * The Fipresci Prize, presented to Gabriel Range's ''Death of a President''. * The Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature, presented to Noël Mitrani's ''Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi''. * The Toronto – City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented to Jennifer Baichwal's documentary ''Manufactured Landscapes''. * The Short Cuts Canada Award, presented to Maxime Giroux for his short film ''Les Jours''. * The Swarovski Cultural Innovation Award, presented to Özer Kýzýltan's TAKVA - ''A Man's Fear of God''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 Toronto International Film Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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