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If TIFF were a person, they'd be There Will Be Blood's Daniel Plainview. The festival drains out festivals like Venice and Cannes - major suppliers of quality films, and North American audiences benefit tremendously getting a first op to see the latest from Jaco Van Dormael, Lars von Trier, Claire Denis, Michael Haneke...

Perhaps this Xmas you'll want to dig into Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon - Sony Pictures Classics has just announced that the 25th is the best date for a tale that pits adults versus children and where strange events happen at a rural school in the north of Germany during the year 1913.

The jury comprised of president Mike Goodridge (U.S), Nguyen Trong BINH (France), Janusz Wróblewski (Poland), Mike Naafs (The Netherlands), Dominique Widemann (France), Amir Emary (Egypt), Alin Tasciyan (Turkey), Ahmed Muztaba Zamal (Bangladesh), and Emma Gray Munthe (Sweden) awarded Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon", Corneliu Porumboiu's "Police, Adjective" (Politist, Adjectiv) and Cherien Dabis' Sundance preemed "Amreeka".

Starting off the day with QT and his Basterds roster, followed by Nymph from Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, checking out a new pic from Axelle Ropert (La Famille Wolberg) and closing the day and practicing my German with the advance screening of Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon.

Besides finding out that Michael Haneke's next will be presented in b&w, Variety's article of the titles that we should see announced in one week's time is a basic re-dotting of the i's and recrossing of the t's. The only speculation worth mentioning comes in the shape of the special screening and/or midnight slot status which may include Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and Sam Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell".