1985 Toronto International Film Festival Explained

1985 Toronto International Film Festival
Host:	Toronto International Film Festival Group
Number:	460 feature films
Opening:	My American Cousin
Location:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language:	English
Date:	–

The 10th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1985. The festival featured 460 feature films, the highest number of films in festival.^[1]

My American Cousin by Sandy Wilson was selected as the opening film.^[2]

Awards

Award^[3] ^[4]	Film	Director
People's Choice Award	The Official Story	Luis Puenzo
Best Canadian Feature Film		Donald Brittain
International Critics' Award	My American Cousin	Sandy Wilson
	No Surrender	Alan Bleasdale

Programme

Gala Presentation

• When Father Was Away on Business by Emir Kusturica
• My Beautiful Laundrette by Stephen Frears
• The Official Story by Luis Puenzo
• Desert Hearts by Donna Deitch
• The Funeral by Juzo Itami
• Singleton's Pluck by Richard Eyre
• Lieber Karl by Maria Knilli
• Chain Letters by Mark Rappaport
• by Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut
• Colonel Redl by István Szabó
• Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels) by Marleen Gorris
• A Strange Love Affair by Eric de Kuyper and Paul Verstaten
• Oriana by Fina Torres
• Death of a Salesman by Volker Schlöndorff

Canadian Perspective

• 90 Days by Giles Walker
• The Alley Cat by Jean Beaudin
• by Brigitte Berman
• by Donald Brittain
• Crime Wave by John Paizs
• The Dame in Colour by Claude Jutra
• Eastern Avenue by Peter Mettler
• Jacques and November by Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier
• The Last Glacier by Jacques Leduc and Roger Frappier
• My American Cousin by Sandy Wilson
• No Sad Songs by Nik Sheehan
• On Land Over Water (Six Stories) by Richard Kerr
• Pale Face by Claude Gagnon
• Samuel Lount by Laurence Keane
• Transylvania 1917 by Peter Dudar
• A Trilogy by Barbara Sternberg

External links

• Official site
• TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012
• 1985 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb

Notes and References

1. The TIFF 35th Anniversary Facts and Figures. Economia della Cultura . 2011 . 2 . 10.1446/35425 . October 18, 2013.
2. Web site: Taking a look back at TIFF. October 18, 2013. https://archive.today/20131012155556/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/. 2013-10-12. usurped.
3. http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "TIFF Awards"
4. News: TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos. October 16, 2013 . CBC News.