For the 15th consecutive year, the Toronto International Film Festival welcomed an international FIPRESCI jury. FIPRESCI is the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (the International Federation of Film Critics).

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) goes to DEATH OF A PRESIDENT from the United Kingdom directed by Gabriel Range, “for the audacity with which it distorts reality, to reveal a larger truth.”
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT is a fictional drama with a unique premise, told in the style of a retrospective documentary, which offers a critique of the contemporary US political landscape.

The FIPRESCI Jury at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival:

Klaus Eder, FIPRESCI - Germany - Jury President
Géza Csákvári, Nepszabadsag - Hungary
Esin Kücüktepepinar, Sabah - Turkey
Oscar Peyrou, Agencia EFE
Norman Wilner, Metro Toronto - Canada

Gabriel Range, the British producer/director/creator of "Death of a President," the fictional documentary that became one of the most talked-about movies of the Toronto Film Festival, said that he was close to getting the film a distribution deal in the United States.

In an interview with Reuters, he declined to give details but said a deal could be announced before the end of the week. The film is set to air on Britain's Channel 4 in October as well as be distributed on DVDs and in cinemas.