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1997 Toronto International Film Festival
Annual Canadian film festival
Annual Canadian film festival
Field Value name 1997 Toronto International Film Festival image 1997 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg caption Festival poster host Toronto International Film Festival Group number 279 films opening The Sweet Hereafter closing Seven Years in Tibet location Toronto, Ontario, Canada language English date – previous 1996 next 1998 website
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.
Awards
Award 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
Programme
Gala Opening Night
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Canada
Gala Closing Night
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Seven Years in Tibet Jean-Jacques Annaud United States
Gala Presentations
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Apostle Robert Duvall United States Artemisia Agnès Merlet France, Italy, Germany The Assignment Christian Duguay Canada Chinese Box Wayne Wang France, Japan, United States The Edge Lee Tamahori United States Eve's Bayou Kasi Lemmons United States FairyTale: A True Story Charles Sturridge United Kingdom, United States Gattaca Andrew Niccol United States In & Out Frank Oz United States L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson United States Marquise Véra Belmont France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland Men with Guns John Sayles United States, Mexico Mrs Dalloway Marleen Gorris Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States Regeneration Gillies MacKinnon United Kingdom, Canada Swept from the Sea Beeban Kidron United Kingdom, United States Washington Square Agnieszka Holland United States The Wings of the Dove Iain Softley United States, United Kingdom
Special Presentations
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Afterglow Alan Rudolph United States The Hips of J.W. Le Bassin de J.W. João César Monteiro Portugal, France The Big One Michael Moore United States, United Kingdom The Blackout Abel Ferrara United States, France The Blood Oranges Philip Haas United States Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson United States Face Antonia Bird United Kingdom Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris United States Hana-bi Takeshi Kitano Japan 4 Little Girls Spike Lee United States Henry Fool Hal Hartley United States The House of Yes Mark Waters United States The Informant Jim McBride Ireland, United States Inspirations Michael Apted Israel, United States The Alarmist Evan Dunsky United States Loved Erin Dignam United States Mr. Jealousy Noah Baumbach United States My Best Girl Sam Taylor United States Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman United Kingdom, France One Night Stand Mike Figgis United States Pronto Jim McBride United States The Spanish Prisoner David Mamet United States Suicide Kings Peter O'Fallon United States The Tango Lesson Sally Potter United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina Two Girls and a Guy James Toback United States Welcome to Sarajevo Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom, United States Year of the Horse Jim Jarmusch United States
Masters
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Castle Das Schloß Michael Haneke Austria, Germany, France The Eel うなぎ Shōhei Imamura Japan Esmeralda Comes by Night De noche vienes, Esmeralda Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Mexico Funny Games Michael Haneke Austria Iruvar Mani Ratnam India Keep Cool 有话好好说 Zhang Yimou Hong Kong, China Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra Canada Moon Over Broadway Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker United States Mother and Son Мать и сын Alexander Sokurov Russia, Germany The Scar Blizna Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland Voyage to the Beginning of the World Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Perspective Canada
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Absent One L'Absent Céline Baril Canada Across Cara Morton Canada Anna à la lettre C Hugo Brochu Canada The Big Pickle Gary Yates Canada bp: pushing the boundaries Brian Nash Canada Breakfast with Gus Siobhan Devine Canada Bury Me Happy Brian McPhail Canada City of Dark Bruno Lazaro Canada The Countess of Baton Rouge La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge André Forcier Canada Cosmos Manon Briand, André Turpin, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Denis Villeneuve, Jennifer Alleyn, Arto Paragamian Canada Cotton Candy Roshell Bissett Canada, Japan Cube Vincenzo Natali Canada Dance with Me Cassandra Nicolaou Canada Drive, She Said Mina Shum Canada Drowning in Dreams Tim Southam Canada Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality Maya Gallus Canada Fresh Off the Boat Peter Demas Canada Gerrie & Louise Sturla Gunnarsson Canada Grace Eternal Neil Burns Canada Guise Wrik Mead Canada Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight Noam Gonick Canada The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald Canada, United Kingdom Hayseed Josh Levy, Andrew Hayes Canada The Hazards of Falling Glass John Martins-Manteiga Canada Incantation Cara Morton Canada Kid Nerd Shereen Jerrett Canada Kitchen Party Gary Burns Canada Linear Dreams Richard Reeves Canada The Mao Lounge Chad Derrick Canada Men with Guns Kari Skogland Canada Museum Chris Walsh Canada 1919 Noam Gonick Canada Permission Daniel MacIvor Canada Pitch Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz Canada The Planet of Junior Brown Clement Virgo Canada Question of Reality Barry Gibson Canada The Seat of the Soul Le Siège de l'âme Olivier Asselin Canada Shift Shaun Cathcart Canada Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas Ali Kazimi Canada Shopping for Fangs Quentin Lee, Justin Lin Canada, United States The Skating Party Marcia Connolly, Janet Hawkwood Canada The Swimming Lesson La lección de natación Sheri Elwood Canada, Mexico Tu as crié LET ME GO Anne Claire Poirier Canada Twilight of the Ice Nymphs Guy Maddin Canada Two Feet, One Angel Ramiro Puerta Canada Uncut John Greyson Canada La Vie arrêtée Martine Allard Canada We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Regular Programming Will Resume Momentarily John Kneller Canada What Goes Around Lloyd Surdi Canada White Cloud, Blue Mountain Keith Behrman Canada Zie 37 Stagen Sylvain Guy Canada
Contemporary World Cinema
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Assistant Daniel Petrie Canada, United Kingdom Bird Watching バードウォッチング Shinobu Yaguchi Japan Blinded A ciegas Daniel Calparsoro Spain Brain Holiday 脳の休日 Hineki Mito Japan Brother Брат Aleksei Balabanov Russia Love, Math and Sex C'est la tangente que je préfère Charlotte Silvera Switzerland, France, Belgium Character Karakter Mike van Diem Netherlands, Belgium Stowaways Clandestins Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff Switzerland, Canada, France, Belgium Close To David Ottenhouse United States Conceiving Ada Lynn Hershman Leeson United States, Germany Delirium Diliryo Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes Philippines Devil's Island Djöflaeyjan Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Iceland, Germany, Norway, Denmark Doing Time for Patsy Cline Chris Kennedy Australia East Palace, West Palace 東宮西宮 Zhang Yuan China, France Four Days in September O Que É Isso, Companheiro? Bruno Barreto Brazil, United States A Friend of the Deceased Приятель небіжчика Viacheslav Kryshtofovych France, Ukraine A Brother... Un frère... Sylvie Verheyde France The Girl with Brains in Her Feet Roberto Bangura United Kingdom Gummo Harmony Korine United States Hanoi-Winter 1946 Hà Nội mùa đông năm 46 Đặng Nhật Minh Vietnam Happy Together 春光乍洩 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan Heaven's Burning Craig Lahiff Australia Homesick Eyes 望鄉 Hsu Hsiao-ming Taiwan I Think I Do Brian Sloan United States Silvester Countdown Oskar Roehler Germany Inside/Out Rob Tregenza United States Insomnia Erik Skjoldbjærg Norway The James Gang Mike Barker United Kingdom Junk Food ジャンクフード Masashi Yamamoto Japan Junk Mail Budbringeren Pål Sletaune Norway Keep the Aspidistra Flying Robert Bierman United Kingdom Kiss or Kill Bill Bennett Australia Labyrinth of Dreams ユメノ銀河 Gakuryū Ishii Japan The Leading Hand 手の話 Masahiro Muramatsu Japan Long Twilight Hosszú alkony Attila Janisch Hungary Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski United Kingdom, Canada, Italy Ma vie en rose Alain Berliner Belgium, France, United Kingdom Majorettes in Space Des majorettes dans l'espace David Fourier France The Maker Tim Hunter United States The Man in Selya's Life Ang Lalaki sa Buhay ni Selya Carlos Siguion-Reyna Philippines Marius and Jeannette Marius et Jeannette Robert Guédiguian France Metroland Philip Saville Spain, France, United Kingdom The Mirror آینه Jafar Panahi Iran Misfortune's End Giải hạn Vũ Xuân Hưng Vietnam Murmur of Youth 美麗在唱歌 Lin Cheng-sheng Taiwan The Myth of Fingerprints Bart Freundlich United States Dry Cleaning Nettoyage à sec Anne Fontaine France, Spain No Child of Mine Peter Kosminsky United Kingdom Obsession Peter Sehr France, Germany Okke-ke Bibirobos おっけっ毛ビビロボス Takuji Suzuki Japan Onibi: The Fire Within 鬼火 Rokurō Mochizuki Japan Our Boy David Evans United Kingdom The Oyster and the Wind A Ostra e o Vento Walter Lima Jr. Brazil Ashes of Paradise Cenizas del paraíso Marcelo Piñeyro Argentina Passage Pasáž Juraj Herz Czech Republic, France, Belgium Port Djema Eric Heumann France, Italy, Greece After Sex Post coïtum animal triste Brigitte Roüan France Private Confessions Enskilda samtal Liv Ullmann Sweden Rizal in Dapitan Rizal sa Dapitan Tikoy Aguiluz Philippines The Rocking Horse Winner Michael Almereyda United States The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝 Mabel Cheung Hong Kong, Japan, China Stolen Moments Momentos robados Oscar Barney Finn Argentina Sue Amos Kollek United States Suzaku 萌の朱雀 Naomi Kawase Japan Telling Lies in America Guy Ferland United States Their Last Love Affair 지독한 사랑 Lee Myung-se South Korea They Call Me Joy Ligaya ang Itawag Mo sa Akin Carlos Siguion-Reyna Philippines Thirteen David D. Williams United States Touch Me H. Gordon Boos United States Touch Me Not Μη μου άπτου Dimitrios Yatzouzakis Greece Would I Lie to You? La Vérité si je mens ! Thomas Gilou France Vertical Love Amor vertical Arturo Sotto Díaz Cuba The Life of Jesus La Vie de Jésus Bruno Dumont France The Diagonal Thief Le Voleur de diagonale Jean Darrigol France We All Fall Down Tutti giù per terra Davide Ferrario Italy Western Manuel Poirier France Winter Sleepers Winterschläfer Tom Tykwer Germany The Witman Boys Witman fiúk János Szász Poland, France, Hungary Wolves Cry Under the Moon 國道封閉 Ho Ping Taiwan Yours and Mine 我的神经病 Wang Shaudi Taiwan
Discovery
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Bandits Katja von Garnier Germany, France Belly Up Os Matadores Beto Brant Brazil Clockwatchers Jill Sprecher United Kingdom, United States First Love, Last Rites Jesse Peretz United States Guilt Free Libre de culpas Marcel Sisniega Campbell Mexico The Impostor El impostor Alejandro Maci Argentina In Praise of Older Women En brazos de la mujer madura Manuel Lombardero Spain Life According to Muriel La vida según Muriel Eduardo Milewicz Argentina The Life of Stuff Simon Donald United Kingdom Lover Girl Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse United States Marie from the Bay of Angels Marie Baie des Anges Manuel Pradal France Martha's Garden Marthas Garten Peter Liechti Switzerland, Germany Perfumed Ball Baile Perfumado Lírio Ferreira, Paulo Caldas Brazil Scars James Herbert United States Somersault in a Coffin Tabutta Rövaşata Derviş Zaim Turkey The Sticky Fingers of Time Hilary Brougher United States Stone, Scissors, Paper Stephen Whittaker United Kingdom Traveler from the South مسافر جنوب Parviz Shahbazi Iran TwentyFourSeven Shane Meadows United Kingdom Under the Skin Carine Adler United Kingdom Unmade Beds Nicholas Barker France, United Kingdom, United States Who the Hell Is Juliette? ¿Quién diablos es Juliette? Carlos Marcovich Mexico Words of Wisdom Susanna Fogel United States
Planet Africa
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Breeze Barbara Sanon United States Buud Yam Gaston Kaboré Burkina Faso The Draughtsmen Clash Le Damier - Papa National Oyé ! Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon Dancehall Queen Don Letts, Rick Elgood Jamaica Destiny المصير Youssef Chahine France, Egypt Fools Ramadan Suleman South Africa, France Hav Plenty Christopher Scott Cherot United States Honey and Ashes Miel et cendres Nadia Fares Tunisia, Switzerland, Germany Martin Luther King: Days of Hope John Akomfrah United Kingdom Mossane Safi Faye Germany, Senegal Sabriya Abderrahmane Sissako Tunisia Skirt Power Taafé Fanga Adama Drabo France, Germany, Mali Through the Door of No Return Shirikiana Aina United States To Be a Black Man Nelson George United States
Real to Reel
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Best Man: 'Best Boy' and All of Us Twenty Years Later Ira Wohl United States Chile, Obstinate Memory Chile, la memoria obstinada Patricio Guzmán Chile, France, Canada HHH - Un portrait de Hou Hsiao-Hsien Olivier Assayas France Didn't Do It for Love Monika Treut Germany Exile in Sarajevo Tahir Cambis, Alma Sahbaz Australia Exile Shanghai Ulrike Ottinger Germany From Son to Salsa De Cuba Traigo un Son Rigoberto López Cuba Full Tilt Boogie Sarah Kelly United States Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo Anna Maria Tatò Italy, France My House Is on Fire Ariel Dorfman, Rodrigo Dorfman Chile, United States As Time Goes By 去日苦多 Ann Hui, Vincent Chui Hong Kong Still Love You After All These 念你如昔 Stanley Kwan Hong Kong Robinson in Space Patrick Keiller United Kingdom
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
English title Original title Director(s) Presenter Detour Edgar G. Ulmer Errol Morris The Devil-Doll Tod Browning Guy Maddin Dont Look Back D. A. Pennebaker Chris Hegedus F for Fake Orson Welles James Toback The Fireman's Ball Hoří, má panenko Miloš Forman Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Les Girls George Cukor Jaime Humberto Hermosillo One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Miloš Forman Chow Yun-fat The Organizer I compagni Mario Monicelli John Sayles A Matter of Life and Death Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Sally Potter
Balkan Cinema: Home Truths
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Across the Lake Преку езерото Antonio Mitrikeski North Macedonia, Poland The Awkward Age Magareće godine Nenad Dizdarević Bosnia and Herzegovina, France Belated Full Moon Закъсняло пълнолуние Eduard Zahariev Bulgaria The Days on Earth Are Flowing Zemaljski dani teku Goran Paskaljević Yugoslavia (SR Serbia) The End of the War Kraj rata Dragan Kresoja Yugoslavia (SR Serbia) An Unforgettable Summer O vară de neuitat Lucian Pintilie Romania, France Felix Božo Šprajc Croatia The Goat Horn Козият рог Metodi Andonov Bulgaria How the War Started on My Island Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku Vinko Brešan Croatia The Perfect Circle Savršeni krug Ademir Kenović Bosnia and Herzegovina Petria's Wreath Петријин венац Srđan Karanović Yugoslavia (SR Serbia) Pretty Village, Pretty Flame Лепа села лепо горе Srđan Dragojević Yugoslavia (FR Serbia) Thalassa, Thalassa Bogdan Dumitrescu Germany, Romania Tired Companions Müde Weggefährten Zoran Solomun Germany Tito and Me Tito i ja Goran Marković Yugoslavia (SR Serbia) Underground Подземље Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia (FR Serbia), France, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria Vukovar Poste Restante Вуковар, једна прича Boro Drašković Yugoslavia (FR Serbia) Who's Singin' Over There? Ко то тамо пева Slobodan Šijan Yugoslavia (SR Serbia) W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism W.R. - Misterije organizma Dušan Makavejev Yugoslavia (SR Serbia), West Germany
Spotlight: Benoît Jacquot
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Musician Killer L'Assassin musicien Benoît Jacquot France Corps et biens Benoît Jacquot France The Disenchanted La Désenchantée Benoît Jacquot France A Single Girl La Fille seule Benoît Jacquot France Marianne La Vie de Marianne Benoît Jacquot France Seventh Heaven Le Septième Ciel Benoît Jacquot France
Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Screening
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Howard Hawks United States
Midnight Madness
English title Original title Director(s) Production country A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation 小倩 Andrew Chan Hong Kong, Japan Fudoh: The New Generation 極道戦国志 不動 Takashi Miike Japan I Married a Strange Person! Bill Plympton United States Love God Frank Grow United States Office Killer Cindy Sherman United States Orgazmo Trey Parker United States SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Kirby Dick United States The Ugly Scott Reynolds New Zealand
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