TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

"For its breathless cinematic energy and its entirely new love story, the jury felt honoured to watch such unfettered genius at play."

Tied with Blackbird (2012). -"For its ambitious commentary and visual sophistication."

Tied with Antiviral (2012). -"For its authenticity and clear-eyed social conscience"

"With an intense sense of cinema reminiscent of the American thrillers of the 1970s, Mikael Marcimain's debut feature achieves a portrait of an obscure world involving women's rights and political corruption. Marcimain deals with his sensitive subject with immense ease and craftsmanship. Because of these accomplishments the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in the Discovery programme goes to Mikael Marcimain's Call Girl."

"For achieving an exquisitely crafted entertainment that blurs the distinction between the storyteller and the story told, and that assuages with playful complexity the tragedies of life with the consolations of art."

"For its subtle, complex and artful account of the social and political aspects of a national trauma that ends in hope and love, the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival NETPAC Award for best feature film is given to The Land of Hope by Sion Sono."

"For the winner of this year's best short, we chose a film that expands the boundaries of documentary, one that perfectly reflects its surreal subject."

"For its unpredictable zaniness."