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1997 Toronto International Film Festival

1997 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
1997 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg
Opening filmThe Sweet Hereafter[1]
Closing filmSeven Years in Tibet
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films279 films
Festival dateSeptember 4, 1997–September 13, 1997
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 22nd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 1997. This festival was notable for the introduction of the Masters programme to TIFF.[2][3][4]

Awards

Award[5] Film Director
People's Choice Award The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald
Metro Media Award Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro Media Award L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson
Best Canadian Feature Film The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald
Best Canadian Feature Film The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan
Best Canadian First Feature Film Cube Vincenzo Natali
Best Canadian Short Film Cotton Candy Roshell Bissett
Best Canadian Short Film - Special Mention BP (Pushing the Boundaries) Brian Nash
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Under the Skin Carine Adler

Programmes

Gala Opening Night

Gala Closing Night

Gala Presentations

Special Presentations

Masters

Perspective Canada

  • The Absent One by Céline Baril
  • Across by Cara Morton
  • Anna à la lettre C by Hugo Brochu
  • The Big Pickle by Gary Yates
  • BP (Pushing the Boundaries) by Brian Nash
  • Breakfast with Gus by Siobhan Devine
  • Bury Me Happy by Brian McPhail
  • City of Dark by Bruno Lazaro
  • The Countess of Baton Rouge by André Forcier
  • Cosmos by Manon Briand, André Turpin, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Denis Villeneuve, Jennifer Alleyn and Arto Paragamian
  • Cotton Candy by Roshell Bissett
  • Cube by Vincenzo Natali
  • Dance with Me by Cassandra Nicolaou
  • Drive, She Said by Mina Shum
  • Drowning in Dreams by Tim Southam
  • Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality by Maya Gallus
  • Fresh Off the Boat by Peter Demas
  • Gerrie & Louise by Sturla Gunnarsson
  • Grace Eternal by Neil Burns
  • Guise by Wrik Mead
  • Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight by Noam Gonick
  • The Hanging Garden by Thom Fitzgerald
  • Hayseed by Josh Levy and Andrew Hayes
  • The Hazards of Falling Glass by John Martins-Manteiga
  • Incantation by Cara Morton
  • Kid Nerd by Shereen Jerrett
  • Kitchen Party by Gary Burns
  • Linear Dreams by Richard Reeves
  • The Mao Lounge by Chad Derrick
  • Men with Guns by Kari Skogland
  • Museum by Chris Walsh
  • 1919 by Noam Gonick
  • Permission by Daniel MacIvor
  • Pitch by Spencer Rice and Kenny Hotz
  • The Planet of Junior Brown by Clement Virgo
  • Question of Reality by Barry Gibson
  • The Seat of the Soul by Olivier Asselin
  • Shift by Shaun Cathcart
  • Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas by Ali Kazimi
  • Shopping for Fangs by Quentin Lee and Justin Lin
  • The Skating Party by Marcia Connolly and Janet Hawkwood
  • The Swimming Lesson by Sheri Elwood
  • Tu as crié: Let me go by Anne Claire Poirier
  • Twilight of the Ice Nymphs by Guy Maddin
  • Two Feet, One Angel by Ramiro Puerta
  • Uncut by John Greyson
  • La vie arrêtée by Martine Allard
  • We Are Experiencing... by John Kneller
  • What Goes Around by Lloyd Surdi
  • White Cloud, Blue Mountain by Keith Behrman
  • Zie 37 Stagen by Sylvain Guy

Contemporary World Cinema

Discovery

  • Bandits by Katja von Garnier
  • Belly Up by Beto Brant
  • Clockwatchers by Jill Sprecher
  • First Love, Last Rites by Jesse Peretz
  • Guilt Free by Marcel Sisniega Campbell
  • The Impostor by Alejandro Maci
  • In Praise of Older Women by Manuel Lombardero
  • Life According to Muriel by Eduardo Milewicz
  • The Life of Stuff by Simon Donald
  • Lover Girl by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse
  • Marie Baie des Anges by Manuel Pradal
  • Martha's Garden by Peter Liechti
  • Perfumed Ball by Lírio Ferreira and Paulo Caldas
  • Scars by James Herbert
  • Somersault in a Coffin by Derviş Zaim
  • The Sticky Fingers of Time by Hilary Brougher
  • Stone, Scissors, Paper by Stephen Whittaker
  • Traveler from the South by Parviz Shahbazi
  • Twenty Four Seven by Shane Meadows
  • Under the Skin by Carine Adler
  • Unmade Beds by Nicholas Barker
  • Who the Hell Is Juliette? by Carlos Marcovich
  • Words of Wisdom by Susanna Fogel

Planet Africa

Real to Reel

  • Best Man: 'Best Boy' and All of Us Twenty Years Later by Ira Wohl
  • Chile, Obstinate Memory by Patricio Guzmán
  • HHH - Un portrait de Hou Hsiao-Hsien by Olivier Assayas
  • Didn't Do It for Love by Monika Treut
  • Exile in Sarajevo by Tahir Cambis and Alma Sahbaz
  • Exile Shanghai by Ulrike Ottinger
  • From Son to Salsa by Rigoberto López
  • Full Tilt Boogie by Sarah Kelly
  • Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember by Anna Maria Tatò
  • My House Is on Fire by Ariel Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman
  • As Time Goes By by Ann Hui and Vincent Chui
  • Still Love You After All These by Stanley Kwan
  • Robinson in Space by Patrick Keiller

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

Balkan Cinema: Home Truths

  • Across the Lake by Antonio Mitrikeski
  • The Awkward Age by Nenad Dizdarević
  • Belated Full Moon by Eduard Zahariev
  • The Days on Earth Are Flowing by Goran Paskaljević
  • The End of the War by Dragan Kresoja
  • An Unforgettable Summer by Lucian Pintilie
  • Felix by Božo Šprajc
  • The Goat Horn by Metodi Andonov
  • How the War Started on My Island by Vinko Brešan
  • The Perfect Circle by Ademir Kenović
  • Petria's Wreath by Srđan Karanović
  • Pretty Village, Pretty Flame by Srđan Dragojević
  • Thalassa, Thalassa by Bogdan Dumitrescu
  • Tired Companions by Zoran Solomun
  • Tito and Me by Goran Marković
  • Underground by Emir Kusturica
  • Vukovar Poste Restante by Boro Drašković
  • Who's Singin' Over There? by Slobodan Šijan
  • W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism by Dušan Makavejev

Spotlight: Benoît Jacquot

Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Screening

Midnight Madness

[6]

References

  1. ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "279 Movies and 2 Funerals-Toronto International Film Festival Report". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Glimmering in the Dark – Big Fun with Toronto's Treats". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.

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