1993 Toronto International Film Festival
The 18th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 18, 1993. M. Butterfly by David Cronenberg was selected as the opening film.[1][2][3]
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | M. Butterfly |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Festival date | September 9, 1993–September 18, 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
Forest Whitaker won FIPRESCI International Critics' Award for Strapped.
Awards
| Award[4][5] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | The Snapper | Stephen Frears |
| Metro Media Award | Naked | Mike Leigh |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance | Alanis Obomsawin |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | François Girard |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Zero Patience | John Greyson |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Save My Lost Nigga Soul | Clement Virgo |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Me, Mom and Mona | Mina Shum |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Strapped | Forest Whitaker |
Programme
Gala presentations
- The Accompanist (L'Accompagnatrice), Claude Miller
- Belle Époque, Fernando Trueba
- Bitter Moon, Roman Polanski
- Bopha!, Morgan Freeman
- A Bronx Tale by Robert De Niro
- A Dangerous Woman, Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Gus Van Sant
- Flight of the Innocent, Carlo Carlei
- The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang
- A Life in the Theatre, Gregory Mosher
- Love and Human Remains, Denys Arcand
- M. Butterfly, David Cronenberg
- The Movie Teller (Der Kinoerzähler), Bernhard Sinkel
- The Piano, Jane Campion
- Red Rock West, John Dahl
- Rudy, David Anspaugh
- The Snapper, Stephen Frears
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, François Girard
Special presentations
- Arizona Dream, Emir Kusturica
- The Baby of Mâcon, Peter Greenaway
- El Cid, Anthony Mann
- L'enfant lion, Patrick Grandperret
- Farewell My Concubine, Chen Kaige
- Friends, Elaine Proctor
- Hadashi no pikunikku, Shinobu Yaguchi
- Madadayo, Akira Kurosawa
- The Puppetmaster, Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Romeo Is Bleeding, Peter Medak
- The Saint of Fort Washington by Tim Hunter
- Three Colors: Blue, Krzysztof Kieślowski
World Cinema
- 1, 2, 3, Sun (Un, deux, trois, soleil), Bertrand Blier
- The Ballad of Little Jo, Maggie Greenwald
- The Cement Garden, Andrew Birkin
- La Crise, Coline Serreau
- Daens, Stijn Coninx
- Darkness in Tallinn, Ilkka Järvi-Laturi
- Gorilla Bathes at Noon, Dusan Makavejev
- Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King, Jeff Feuerzeig
- Hélas pour moi, Jean-Luc Godard[6]
- Household Saints, Nancy Savoca
- Le journal de Lady M., Alain Tanner[6]
- Kaspar Hauser, Peter Sehr
- Lessons of Darkness, Werner Herzog
- Naked by Mike Leigh
- A New Life (Une nouvelle vie), Olivier Assayas
- Raining Stones, Ken Loach
- Samba Traoré, Idrissa Ouedraogo
- Sankofa, Haile Gerima
- Shadow of a Doubt (L'ombre du doute), Aline Issermann
- These Hands, Flora M’mbugu-Schelling
- The Wedding Banquet, Ang Lee
- Wendemi, l'enfant du bon Dieu, S. Pierre Yameogo
- The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, Ray Müller
Italian Section
- L'aria serena dell'ovest by Silvio Soldini[6]
- Un'anima divisa in due by Silvio Soldini[6]
Latin American Panorama
- Cronos, Guillermo del Toro
- I Don't Want to Talk About It, Marcello Mastroianni
- Unexpected Encounter (Encuentro Inesperado), Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
The Edge
Spotlight
- Roi blanc, dame rouge by Sergei Bodrov[6]
Canadian Perspective
- Because Why, Arto Paragamian
- Blockade, Nettie Wild
- The Burning Season, Harvey Crossland
- Cap Tourmente, Michel Langlois
- Crad Kilodney, Peter F. Glen
- I Love a Man in Uniform, David Wellington
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Alanis Obomsawin
- Ley Lines, Patricia Gruben
- The Lotus Eaters, Paul Shapiro
- Me, Mom and Mona, Mina Shum
- Moving the Mountain, William Ging Wee Dere and Malcolm Guy
- Mustard Bath, Darrell Wasyk
- Paris, France, Jerry Ciccoritti
- Picture of Light, Peter Mettler
- Save My Lost Nigga Soul, Clement Virgo
- The Sex of the Stars (Le sexe des étoiles), Paule Baillargeon
- Small Pleasures, Keith Lock
- Telewhore, Spencer Rice
- Two Brothers, a Girl and a Gun, William Hornecker
- Zero Patience, John Greyson
10 x 10
- The Dead Father, Guy Maddin
- The Forgotten War (La Guerre oubliée), Richard Boutet
- The Grocer's Wife, John Pozer
- Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime), Yves Simoneau
- Life Classes, William D. MacGillivray
- Pissoir, John Greyson
- Sonatine, Micheline Lanctôt
First Cinema
- Boxing Helena, Jennifer Lynch
- Don't Call Me Frankie, Thomas Fucci
- Kalifornia, Dominic Sena
- Menace II Society, Allen and Albert Hughes
- The Scent of Green Papaya, Tran Anh Hung
- Suture, Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Midnight Madness
- Acción mutante by Álex de la Iglesia
- Dazed and Confused by Richard Linklater
- Freaked by Alex Winter & Tom Stern
- Frauds by Stephan Elliott
- Jack Be Nimble by Garth Maxwell
- The Last Border by Mika Kaurismäki
- The Making of And God Spoke by Arthur Borman
- Trauma by Dario Argento
- Wicked City by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- The Wicked City by Tsui Hark, Peter Mak
Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time
In 1993 a new Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time list was made, an exercise previously carried out in 1984 and later repeated in 2004.[8]
| Rank | Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon oncle Antoine | 1971 | Claude Jutra |
| 2 | Jesus of Montreal | 1989 | Denys Arcand |
| 3 | Goin' Down the Road | 1970 | Don Shebib |
| 4 | The Decline of the American Empire | 1986 | Denys Arcand |
| 5 | Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | 1980 | Francis Mankiewicz |
| 6 | Les Ordres | 1974 | Michel Brault |
| 7 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 | Ted Kotcheff |
| 8 | The Grey Fox | 1983 | Phillip Borsos |
| 9 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | 1987 | Patricia Rozema |
| 10 | The Adjuster | 1991 | Atom Egoyan |
References
- "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 19, 2013.
- "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- "Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed 28 April 2013.
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