2003 Toronto International Film Festival Explained

2003 Toronto International Film Festival
Host:	Toronto International Film Festival Group
Number:	336 films
Opening:	The Barbarian Invasions^[1]
Closing:	Danny Deckchair^[2]
Location:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language:	English
Date:	–

The 28th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 2003. A total of 336 films (252 feature length and 84 short films) from 55 countries were screened during the festival. Of the feature films, 73% were world, international, or North American premieres.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Awards

Award^[6]	Film	Director
People's Choice Award	Zatōichi	Takeshi Kitano^[7]
Discovery Award	Rhinoceros Eyes	Aaron Woodley
Best Canadian Feature Film	The Barbarian Invasions	Denys Arcand
Best Canadian First Feature Film	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Sudz Sutherland
Best Canadian Short Film	Aspiration	Constant Mentzas
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award	Noviembre	Achero Mañas

Programmes

Viacom Galas

Bon Voyage directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The Boys from County Clare directed by John Irvin
Code 46 directed by Michael Winterbottom
The Company directed by Robert Altman
Danny Deckchair directed by Jeff Balsmeyer
Girl with a Pearl Earring directed by Peter Webber
Good Morning, Night directed by Marco Bellocchio
The Human Stain directed by Robert Benton
In the Cut directed by Jane Campion
The Barbarian Invasions directed by Denys Arcand
Mambo Italiano directed by Émile Gaudreault
Matchstick Men directed by Ridley Scott
Nathalie... directed by Anne Fontaine
Out of Time directed by Carl Franklin
The Republic of Love directed by Deepa Mehta
Rosenstrasse directed by Margarethe von Trotta
School of Rock directed by Richard Linklater
Veronica Guerin directed by Joel Schumacher

Canadian Open Vault

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz directed by Ted Kotcheff

Canadian Retrospective

Back to God's Country directed by David M. Hartford
A Bear, a Boy and a Dog directed by Bert Van Tuyle
The Grub Stake directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman
The Light on Lookout directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman
Something New directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman
The Story of Mr. Hobbs directed by Lorenzo Alagio
The Trail of the North Wind directed by Nell Shipman
White Water directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman

Contemporary World Cinema

Abjad directed by Abolfazl Jalili
Alexandra's Project directed by Rolf de Heer
Antenna directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
At Five in the Afternoon directed by Samira Makhmalbaf
B-Happy directed by Gonzalo Justiniano
Bright Young Things directed by Stephen Fry
Broken Wings directed by Nir Bergman
Crimson Gold directed by Jafar Panahi
Since Otar Left directed by Julie Bertuccelli
Drifters directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Dummy directed by Greg Pritikin
Errance directed by Damien Odoul
The Event directed by Thom Fitzgerald
Evil directed by Mikael Håfström
Facing Windows directed by Ferzan Özpetek
Forest directed by Benedek Fliegauf
Böse Zellen directed by Barbara Albert
Fuse directed by Pjer Žalica
The Galíndez File directed by Gerardo Herrero
Golden Chicken directed by Samson Chiu
Good Bye, Lenin! directed by Wolfgang Becker
A Good Lawyer's Wife directed by Im Sang-soo
Grimm directed by Alex van Warmerdam
Gun-Shy directed by Dito Tsintsadze
Incantato directed by Pupi Avati
The Hours of the Day directed by Jaime Rosales
I'm Not Scared directed by Gabriele Salvatores
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In the City directed by Cesc Gay
Intermission directed by John Crowley
Interview directed by Theo van Gogh
James' Journey to Jerusalem directed by Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Japanese Story directed by Sue Brooks
Kamchatka directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
Kitchen Stories directed by Bent Hamer
Last Life in the Universe directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
The Last Virgin directed by Joel Lamangan
Loving Glances directed by Srđan Karanović
The Magic Gloves directed by Martín Rejtman
Where Is Madame Catherine? directed by Marc Recha
Memories of Murder directed by Bong Joon-ho
Milwaukee, Minnesota directed by Allan Mindel
The Mother directed by Roger Michell
My Life Without Me directed by Isabel Coixet
Noi the Albino directed by Dagur Kári
Nicotina directed by Hugo Rodríguez
Nos enfants chéris directed by Benoît Cohen
Osama directed by Siddiq Barmak
Pieces of April directed by Peter Hedges
Prey for Rock & Roll directed by Alex Steyermark
The Principles of Lust directed by Penny Woolcock
Prosti directed by Erik Matti
PTU directed by Johnnie To
Pupendo directed by Jan Hřebejk
Purple Butterfly directed by Lou Ye
Who Killed Bambi? directed by Gilles Marchand
Ramblers directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita
Remake directed by Dino Mustafić
Remember Me, My Love directed by Gabriele Muccino
The Return directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Secret File directed by Paolo Benvenuti
Shara directed by Naomi Kawase
Silence Between Two Thoughts directed by Babak Payami
So Far Away directed by Juan Carlos Tabío
Al sur de Granada directed by Fernando Colomo
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring directed by Kim Ki-duk
Stander directed by Bronwen Hughes
Stormy Weather directed by Sólveig Anspach
Struggle directed by Ruth Mader
SuperTex directed by Jan Schütte
Testosterone directed by David Moreton
All the Fine Promises directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Travellers and Magicians directed by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Vibrator directed by Ryūichi Hiroki
Vodka Lemon directed by Hiner Saleem
What the Eye Doesn't See directed by Francisco José Lombardi
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself directed by Lone Scherfig
Wonderland directed by James Cox
Young Adam directed by David Mackenzie

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

Alien directed by Ridley Scott
Bad Timing directed by Nicolas Roeg
Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa
Nashville directed by Robert Altman
One from the Heart directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Twenty Years Later directed by Eduardo Coutinho

Spotlight

Clouds of May directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Confession directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
Uzak directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Encounter directed by Ömer Kavur
Fate directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
Anayurt Oteli directed by Ömer Kavur
The Secret Face directed by Ömer Kavur
Kasaba directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The Third Page directed by Zeki Demirkubuz

Discovery

directed by Greg Marcks
16 Years of Alcohol directed by Richard Jobson
Ana and the Others directed by Celina Murga
Christmas directed by Gregory King
Les corps impatients directed by Xavier Giannoli
Dallas 362 directed by Scott Caan
Easy directed by Jane Weinstock
The Green Butchers directed by Anders Thomas Jensen
I Love Your Work directed by Adam Goldberg
Love Me If You Dare directed by Yann Samuell
Koktebel directed by Boris Khlebnikov and Alexei Popogrebski
The Last Customer directed by Nanni Moretti
Madness and Genius directed by Ryan Eslinger
Maqbool directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
My Father and I directed by Xu Jinglei
My Town directed by Marek Lechki
Matrubhoomi directed by Manish Jha
Noviembre directed by Achero Mañas
Rhinoceros Eyes directed by Aaron Woodley
Rick directed by Curtiss Clayton
Sexual Dependency directed by Rodrigo Bellott
A Smile directed by Park Kyung-hee
Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini directed by Srđan Vuletić
This Little Life directed by Sarah Gavron
The Triggerstreet.com Project

Masters

Casa de los Babys directed by John Sayles
Chokher Bali, A Passion Play directed by Rituparno Ghosh
Come and Go directed by João César Monteiro
Dying at Grace directed by Allan King
Elephant directed by Gus Van Sant
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead directed by Mike Hodges
A Talking Picture directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Le Temps du Loup directed by Michael Haneke
Zatoichi directed by Takeshi Kitano

Midnight Madness

Cypher directed by Vincenzo Natali
directed by Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia
Gozu directed by Takashi Miike
The Grudge directed by Takashi Shimizu
Haute Tension directed by Alexandre Aja
directed by Prachya Pinkaew
Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan
Undead directed by Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig
Underworld directed by Len Wiseman

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National Cinema

Bus 174 directed by José Padilha
Carandiru directed by Hector Babenco
God Is Brazilian directed by Carlos Diegues
The Man of the Year directed by José Henrique Fonseca
Margarette's Feast directed by Renato Falcão
The Middle of the World directed by Vicente Amorim
The Storytellers directed by Eliane Caffé

Perspective Canada

(20h17, rue Darling) directed by Bernard Émond
Animal Nightmares directed by Peter Lynch
Aspiration directed by Constant Mentzas
Bager directed by Tomi Grgicevic
The Big Charade directed by Jesse McKeown
The Bread Maker directed by Anita McGee
The Corporation directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
Déformation Personnelle directed by Jean-François Asselin
Defile in Veil directed by Deco Dawson
DNA directed by Jack Blum
The Dog Walker directed by James Genn
Emile directed by Carl Bessai
Exposures directed by Matt Sinclair-Foreman
An Eye for an Eye directed by David Rimmer
Falling Angels directed by Scott Smith
The Fever of the Western Nile directed by Deco Dawson
Flyerman directed by Jeff Stephenson and Jason Tan
The Garden directed by Jason Buxton
Gaz Bar Blues directed by Louis Bélanger
Grotesque directed by Wrik Mead
Guest Room directed by Skander Halim
her carnal longings directed by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
Hollywood North directed by Peter O'Brian
Imitations of Life directed by Mike Hoolboom
In the Dark directed by Mike Hoolboom
Jours en fleurs directed by Louise Bourque
The Last Night directed by Mathieu Guez
A Little Life directed by Elizabeth Murray
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones directed by Sudz Sutherland
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam directed by Ann Marie Fleming
Mardi (Quel jour était-ce?) directed by Lyne Charlebois
Moccasin Flats directed by Randy Redroad
Noël Blank directed by Jean-François Rivard
Not a Fish Story directed by Anita Doron
Nothing directed by Vincenzo Natali
On the Corner directed by Nathaniel Geary
Passages directed by John Price
Perfect directed by Boris Rodriguez
Pop Song directed by Charles Officer
A Problem with Fear directed by Gary Burns
Proteus directed by John Greyson
Saskatchewan Part 2 directed by Brian Stockton
The School directed by Ezra Krybus and Matthew Miller
She Was Cuba directed by Ho Tam
Shooting Star directed by Jason Britski
Sometimes a Voice directed by Simon Davidson
Song of Wreckage directed by Ryan Redford
Terminal Venus directed by Alexandre Franchi
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil directed by Craig D. Wallace
Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole directed by Gil Cardinal
The Truth about Head directed by Dale Heslip
Twist directed by Jacob Tierney
Why the Anderson Children Didn't Come to Dinner directed by Jamie Travis
Wildflowers directed by Geoffrey Uloth
X Man directed by Christopher Hinton

Planet Africa

Afropunk: The "Rock n Roll Nigger" Experience directed by James Spooner
Dark directed by D.A. Bullock
His/Her Story directed by Nzinga Kemp
Histoire de Tresses directed by Jacqueline Kalimunda
How to Get the Man's Foot Out of Your Ass directed by Mario Van Peebles
Mille Mois directed by Faouzi Bensaïdi
Moi et mon blanc directed by S. Pierre Yameogo
One Love directed by Rick Elgood and Don Letts
Outcry directed by Destau Damtou
Short on Sugar directed by Joseph Anaya
Le silence de la forêt directed by Didier Ouénangaré and Bassek ba Kobhio
The Sky in Her Eyes directed by Ouida Smit and Madoda Ncayiyana
Soldiers of the Rock directed by Norman Maake
Strange & Charmed directed by Shari Frilot
Valley of the Innocent directed by Branwen Okpako
Les Yeux secs directed by Narjiss Nejjar

Real to Reel

The Agronomist directed by Jonathan Demme
directed by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill
The Blonds directed by Albertina Carri
Bright Leaves directed by Ross McElwee
Destiny's Children directed by Pimmi Pândé
Dream Cuisine directed by Li Ying
Investigation into the Invisible World directed by Jean-Michel Roux
Festival Express directed by Bob Smeaton
The Five Obstructions directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth
directed by Vikram Jayanti
Jesus, You Know directed by Ulrich Seidl
Los Angeles Plays Itself directed by Thom Andersen
Mayor of the Sunset Strip directed by George Hickenlooper
Molly & Mobarak directed by Tom Zubrycki
The Passion of María Elena directed by Mercedes Moncada
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised directed by Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain
S21, La Machine de mort Khmère Rouge directed by Rithy Panh
The Story of the Weeping Camel directed by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni
directed by Tom Peosay
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music directed by Mark Moormann
West of the Tracks, Part I: Rust directed by Wang Bing
West of the Tracks, Part II: Remnants directed by Wang Bing
West of the Tracks, Part III: Rails directed by Wang Bing
The Yes Men directed by Dan Ollman, Sarah Price and Chris Smith

Special Presentations

21 Grams directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alila directed by Amos Gitaï
The Best of Youth directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
Cheeky directed by David Thewlis
Coffee and Cigarettes directed by Jim Jarmusch
The Cooler directed by Wayne Kramer
Dogville directed by Lars von Trier
Far Side of the Moon directed by Robert Lepage
The Fog of War directed by Errol Morris
Go Further directed by Ron Mann
The Gospel of John directed by Philip Saville
La Grande Séduction directed by Jean-François Pouliot
L' Histoire de Marie et Julien directed by Jacques Rivette
Lost in Translation directed by Sofia Coppola
Love Actually directed by Richard Curtis
The Merry Widow directed by Erich von Stroheim
Monsieur Ibrahim directed by François Dupeyron
Père et fils directed by Michel Boujenah
Raja directed by Jacques Doillon
The Saddest Music in the World directed by Guy Maddin
Les Sentiments directed by Noémie Lvovsky
Shattered Glass directed by Billy Ray
The Singing Detective directed by Keith Gordon
The Snow Walker directed by Charles Martin Smith
The Station Agent directed by Tom McCarthy
Touching the Void directed by Kevin Macdonald
Valentín directed by Alejandro Agresti
Zhou Yu's Train directed by Sun Zhou

Visions

Bright Future directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Brown Bunny directed by Vincent Gallo
Cremaster 3 directed by Matthew Barney
Good Bye, Dragon Inn directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Greendale directed by Bernard Shakey a.k.a. Neil Young
In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom
Nine Souls directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Des Plumes dans la tête directed by Thomas de Thier
Sansa directed by Siegfried
The Tesseract directed by Oxide Pang
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) directed by Sylvain Chomet
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Episode 3. Antwerp directed by Peter Greenaway
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1. The Moab Story directed by Peter Greenaway
Twentynine Palms directed by Bruno Dumont

Wavelengths

Bouquet 25 directed by Rose Lowder
Chinese Series directed by Stan Brakhage
Cocteau Cento directed by Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino
Early Monthly Segments directed by Robert Beavers
Fear of Blushing directed by Jennifer Reeves
The Ground directed by Robert Beavers
He Walked Away directed by Jennifer Reeves
The Hedge Theater directed by Robert Beavers
Horizontal Boundaries Second Projection directed by Pat O'Neill
In the Garden directed by Ute Aurand and Bärbel Freund
Interior directed by Jim Jennings
Let's Make a Sandwich directed by Pat O'Neill
Meditations on Revolution, Part V: Foreign City directed by Robert Fenz
Megalopolis directed by Jim Jennings
No directed by Sharon Lockhart
Noor directed by Deborah Phillips
Outline directed by Sandra Gibson
Psalm III: "Night of the Meek" directed by Phil Solomon
Quadro directed by Lotte Schreiber
Rolling in My Ears directed by Barry Gerson
Seasons directed by Phil Solomon and Stan Brakhage
Stan's Window and Work in Progress directed by Stan Brakhage
System of Transitions directed by Johannes Hammel
Translucent Appearances directed by Barry Gerson
The Visitation directed by Nathaniel Dorsky

Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released in December 2003.^[9]

(20h17 rue Darling) - Bernard Émond
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasion barbares) — Denys Arcand
The Corporation — Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Dying at Grace — Allan King
Falling Angels — Scott Smith
Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) — Robert Lepage
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones — Sudz Sutherland
My Life Without Me — Isabel Coixet
On the Corner — Nathaniel Geary
The Saddest Music in the World — Guy Maddin

External links

Notes and References

News: TIFF: A history of opening nights. October 19, 2013 . CBC News.
Web site: 2003 TIFF Update #10: "Last Rites". October 19, 2013.
Web site: 2003 Toronto International Film Festival Annual report. October 11, 2013.
Web site: 28th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films (TIFF 2003) . DigitalHit.com . 2003-08-19 . 2011-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104654/http://www.digitalhit.com/fest/tiff/2003/2003films.shtml. September 28, 2007. live.
Web site: 2003 Toronto International Film Festival Selects 252 Feature Films. October 11, 2013.
http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "Awards"
Web site: SILVER SCREEN SUCCESS. October 11, 2013. January 22, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122152501/http://web-jpn.org/trends/arts/art031111.html. dead.
Web site: History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme. October 19, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019173241/http://www.ultra8.ca/content2/mmhistory.html. 2013-10-19. dead.
"Canada's Top 10 films". Peterborough Examiner, December 18, 2003.