1995 Toronto International Film Festival Explained
The 20th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1995.[1] The Confessional by Robert Lepage was selected as the opening film and Devil in a Blue Dress by Carl Franklin was selected as the closing film.[2]
The 1995 festival notably marked the first time that TIFF published its film schedule to the World Wide Web in addition to the conventional paper calendar.[3]
Awards
Programme
Gala Presentations
Special Presentations
Michelangelo Antonioni's film Beyond the Clouds had been slated to premiere in the Special Presentations program, but was withdrawn from the festival due to not being complete.[6]
Contemporary World Cinema
Perspective Canada: Features
Perspective Canada: Shorts
First Cinema
Planet Africa
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Africa, My Africa | Afrique, mon Afrique | | Burkina Faso, France |
| Le Franc | | Switzerland, France, Senegal |
| Guimba the Tyrant | Guimba, un tyrant, une époque | | Mali, Burkina Faso, France |
| Haramuya | Drissa Toure | Burkina Faso, France |
| The Keeper | | United States |
| The Killers | | United States |
| Sidney's Chair | Roberto Bangura | United Kingdom |
| Vintage: Families of Value | | United States |
| What My Mother Told Me | | United Kingdom | |
Latin American Panorama
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil | Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil | | Brazil |
| | | Brazil |
| Cinema of Tears | Cinema de Lágrimas | | Brazil |
| Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going | No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas | | Argentina |
| The Eyes of the Scissors | El Censor | Eduardo Calcagno | Argentina |
| Jonah and the Pink Whale | Jonás y la ballena rosada | | Mexico, Bolivia |
| No Return Address | Sin remitente | | Mexico |
| Two Crimes | Dos crímenes | Roberto Sneider | |
Asian Horizons
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Blackbirds at Bangpleng | Ka Wao Thi Bang Phleng | Niratisai Kanjareuk | Thailand |
| Cyclo | Xích Lô | | Vietnam |
| Maiden Rose | Xie Yang | China | |
Hungarian Rhapsodies
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Countdown | Visszaszámlálás | Pál Erdöss | Hungary |
| A Light-Sensitive Story | Fényérzékeny történet | Pál Erdöss |
| The Princess | Adj király katonát | Pál Erdöss |
| Tolerance | Gondviselés | Pál Erdöss |
| Twilight | Szürkület | Gyorgy Feher |
| The Wondrous Voyage of Kornel Esti | Esti Kornél csodálatos utazása | Jozsef Pacskovszky | |
Director's Spotlight
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Almanac of Fall | Őszi almanach | | Hungary |
| Damnation | Kárhozat |
| Family Nest | Családi tűzfészek |
| The Outsider | Szabadgyalog |
| The Prefab People | Panelkapcsolat |
| Satan's Tango | Sátántangó | |
Midnight Madness
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|
| Crying Freeman | | France, Canada, Japan |
| The Day of the Beast | El día de la bestia | | Spain, Italy |
| | | Japan |
| An Evil Town | Richard Sears | United States |
| | Gamera: Daikaijū Kūchū Kessen | | Japan |
| Mute Witness | Stumme Zeugin | | United Kingdom, Germany, Russia |
| Screamers | | Canada, United States, Japan |
| Synthetic Pleasures | | United States |
| To Kill a Dead Man | Alexander Hemming | United Kingdom |
| Tokyo Fist | | Japan |
| Trailer Camp | | United States | |
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
A program which asked nine prominent filmmakers to select a film that had been a key influence on their own filmmaking career.[7]
Unverified program
Films that are known to have screened, but have not yet been verified which program they were in.
External links
Notes and References
- Leonard Klady and Harvey Enchin, "Toronto at 20: Bountiful, beleaguered". Variety, September 4, 1995.
- Web site: Taking a look back at TIFF. October 19, 2013. https://archive.today/20131012155556/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/. 2013-10-12. usurped.
- Peter Howell and Susan Walker, "Filmfest '95 Buzz". Toronto Star, September 7, 1995.
- http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "TIFF Awards"
- News: TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos. October 19, 2013 . CBC News.
- "Italian film bows out". Montreal Gazette, September 8, 1995.
- Rob Salem, "Film fest's 20th full of stars, premieres Dozen Canadian features will have their world debut in Toronto". Toronto Star, August 23, 1995.
