1982 Toronto International Film Festival Explained

1982 Toronto International Film Festival
Host:	Toronto International Film Festival Group
Location:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language:	English
Date:	–

The 7th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 18, 1982. The festival paid tribute to Martin Scorsese, who attended along with Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall and Harvey Keitel.^[1] Scorsese also participated in Q&A at the festival, with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.^[2]

Atom Egoyan and Bruce McDonald screened their short films Open House and Let Me See respectively outside University theatre, which was the main theatre of the festival, after their films were rejected from 1982 festival.^{[3] [4]}

Awards

Award^[5] ^[6]	Film	Director
People's Choice	Tempest	Paul Mazursky
CFTO International Critics' Award	Veronika Voss	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
	The Hes Case	Orlow Seunke

Programme

Gala Presentation

• • Angel by Neil Jordan Bad Blood by Mike Newell
• Hammett by Wim Wenders
• Identification of a Woman by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Moonlighting by Jerzy Skolimowski
• Pinkel by Dick Rijneke
• A Question of Silence by Marleen Gorris
• Starstruck by Gillian Armstrong^[7]
• The Hes Case by Orlow Seunke
• Tempest by Paul Mazursky
• Toute une nuit by Chantal Akerman
• Veronika Voss by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• We of the Never Never by Igor Auzins

Canadian cinema

• The Grey Fox by Phillip Borsos
• by David Acomba
• Wild Flowers by Jean Pierre Lefebvre

External links

• Official site
• TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012
• 1982 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taking a look back at TIFF. October 16, 2013. https://archive.today/20131012155556/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/. 2013-10-12. usurped.
2. News: Fun facts about TIFF. October 16, 2013 . CBC News.
3. Web site: From the Archives: a look back on TIFF's most memorable moments. October 16, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017181040/http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2010/08/26/from-the-archives-a-look-back-on-tiff%E2%80%99s-most-memorable-moments/. 2013-10-17. dead.
4. Web site: A brief history of TIFF. October 16, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014145209/http://thetfs.ca/2012/09/04/a-brief-history-of-tiff/. October 14, 2013. dead.
5. http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "TIFF Awards"
6. News: TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos. October 16, 2013 . CBC News.
7. Web site: 1982 Toronto International Film Festival. October 16, 2013. November 11, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131111162249/http://www.indiepixfilms.com/festival/4/1982. dead.