1998 Toronto International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Red Violin |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Antz |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| No. of films | 311 films |
| Festival date | September 10, 1998–September 19, 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, The Red Violin.[1][2][3][4]
Awards
[edit]Programmes
[edit]Gala Opening Night
[edit]Gala Closing Night
[edit]Gala Presentations
[edit]- August 32nd on Earth by Denis Villeneuve
- Central Station by Walter Salles
- Dancing at Lughnasa by Pat O'Connor
- Dog Park by Bruce McCulloch
- Elizabeth by Shekhar Kapur
- Hilary and Jackie by Anand Tucker
- Judas Kiss by Sebastian Gutierrez
- The School of Flesh by Benoît Jacquot
- L.A. Without a Map by Mika Kaurismäki
- Lautrec by Roger Planchon
- Little Voice by Mark Herman
- Living Out Loud by Richard LaGravenese
- Pleasantville by Gary Ross
- A Simple Plan by Sam Raimi
- A Soldier's Sweetheart by Thomas Michael Donnelly
- Without Limits by Robert Towne
Special Presentations
[edit]- The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio
- Am I Beautiful? by Doris Dörrie
- Another Day in Paradise by Larry Clark
- Apt Pupil by Bryan Singer
- At Sachem Farm by John Huddles
- Down in the Delta by Maya Angelou
- Earth by Deepa Mehta
- Finding Graceland by David Winkler
- Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
- Pecker by John Waters
- Permanent Midnight by David Veloz
- Rushmore by Wes Anderson
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries by James Ivory
- Such a Long Journey by Sturla Gunnarsson
- Summer of the Monkeys by Michael Anderson
- The Giraffe by Dani Levy
- The Mighty by Peter Chelsom
- The Theory of Flight by Paul Greengrass
- Touch of Evil by Orson Welles
- Voleur de vie by Yves Angelo
- Wide Prairie by Oscar Grillo
Masters
[edit]- Besieged by Bernardo Bertolucci
- April by Nanni Moretti
- Clouds by Fernando E. Solanas
- Conte d'automne by Éric Rohmer
- Divine by Arturo Ripstein
- Dr. Akagi by Shōhei Imamura
- Eternity and a Day by Theo Angelopoulos
- Flowers of Shanghai by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- The General by John Boorman
- Anxiety by Manoel de Oliveira
- My Name Is Joe by Ken Loach
- Cabaret Balkan by Goran Paskaljević
- The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Tango by Carlos Saura
- You Laugh by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Perspective Canada
[edit]- 2 secondes by Manon Briand
- L'Amour L'Amour Shut the Door Por Favor by Valerie Buhagiar
- Angel Walk by Mitchell Gabourie
- Beauty Crowds Me by Julie Trimingham
- Boy Meets Girl by Jerry Ciccoritti
- Brakhage by Jim Shedden
- Bridal Path by Cynthia Roberts
- Clutch by Chris Grismer
- Cold Feet by James Allodi
- Crickets by Jane Eun-Hee Kim
- Cupid by Wrik Mead
- Les Dames du 9 by Catherine Martin
- Death Threat by Zarqa Nawaz
- Destroying Angel by Wayne Salazar, Philip Hoffman
- Dirty by Bruce Sweeney
- Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story by Errol Williams
- Elimination Dance by Bruce McDonald
- Elysian Fields by Leonardo Salvo
- Eve-Olve! by Sandra Law
- Extraordinary Visitor by John W. Doyle
- The Falling by Raul Sanchez Inglis
- Faultlines by Gary Popovich
- Fish Bait by Anthony Seck
- The Fisherman and His Wife by Jochen Schliessler
- The Fishing Trip by Amnon Buchbinder
- From Morning on I Waited Yesterday by Wiebke von Carolsfeld
- God Comes as a Child by Jeremiah Hayes
- Great Expectations (Not What You're Thinking) by Ann Marie Fleming
- Harlan and Fiona by Gary Yates
- The Herd by Peter Lynch
- Hustle My Crush by Heidi Gerber
- In the Future by Mike Hoolboom
- Jack and Jill by John Kalangis
- John Scott - Art & Justice by Michael McNamara
- The Last Split Second by Judith Doyle
- Last Night by Don McKellar
- Leda and the Swan by Alexandra Gill
- Le Lépidoptère by Chloë Mercier
- Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles by Jennifer Baichwal
- Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) by Paul Tana
- Michel in the Suête by Neal Livingston
- Moving Day by Chris Deacon
- Nô by Robert Lepage
- Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Phil Touches Flo by David Birdsell
- A Place Called Chiapas by Nettie Wild
- Rain, Drizzle and Fog by Rosemary House
- Reaction Stick by John May
- The Rogers' Cable by Jennifer Kierans
- Rupert's Land by Jonathan Tammuz
- Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers
- Shrink by Tim Hamilton
- The Sickroom by Serge Marcotte
- Sploosh by Nathan Garfinkel
- Streetheart (Le cœur au poing) by Charles Binamé
- Le Succédané by Nicolas Frichot
- Sway by Paul Carrière
- Swell by Carolynne Hew
- Under Chad Valley by Jeff Erbach
- Until I Hear From You by Daniel MacIvor
- When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) by Jacques Leduc
- When Ponds Freeze Over by Mary Lewis
Contemporary World Cinema
[edit]- À Vendre by Laetitia Masson
- All the Little Animals by Jeremy Thomas
- Bishonen by Yonfan
- Bedrooms and Hallways by Rose Troche
- The Book Of Life by Hal Hartley
- Buttoners by Petr Zelenka
- Caresses by Ventura Pons
- The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg
- Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train by Patrice Chéreau
- Christmas in August by Hur Jin-ho
- The City by David Riker
- Claire Dolan by Lodge Kerrigan
- Clay Pigeons by David Dobkin
- Curacha - A Woman Without Rest by Chito S. Roño
- The Dance by Ágúst Guðmundsson
- Dance of Dust by Abolfazl Jalili
- Delivery of a Nation by Momir Matovic
- Desert Blue by Morgan J. Freeman
- Le Dîner de Cons by Francis Veber
- F. est un salaud by Marcel Gisler
- Fated Vocation by Nguyen Vu Chau
- Fin août, début septembre by Olivier Assayas
- Fiona by Amos Kollek
- Fire-Eater by Pirjo Honkasalo
- Full Moon Den by Karen Shakhnazarov
- Gangland by Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes
- Happiness by Todd Solondz
- Home Fries by Dean Parisot
- The Hole by Tsai Ming-liang
- I'm Losing You by Bruce Wagner
- The Impostors by Stanley Tucci
- In That Land by Lidia Bobrova
- In the Navel of the Sea by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
- Island, Alicia by Ken Yunome
- The Inheritors by Stefan Ruzowitzky
- J'Aimerais Pas Crever Un Dimanche by Didier Le Pêcheur
- Jeanne Et Le Garçon Formidable by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
- Jerry and Tom by Saul Rubinek
- Just One Time by Lane Janger
- The Last Contract by Kjell Sundvall
- Little Thieves, Big Thieves by Alejandro Saderman
- Little Tropikana by Daniel Díaz Torres
- Love Go Go by Chen Yu-hsun
- Love Is the Devil by John Maybury
- The Lovers of the Arctic Circle by Julio Médem
- Lucia by Don Boyd
- Luminous Motion by Bette Gordon
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes by María Ripoll
- Midnight by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
- Motel Erotica by Ho Ping
- My Rice Noodle Shop by Yang Xie
- Night Train by John Lynch
- No Support by Rene Castillo Rivera, Antonio Urrutia
- Notes of Love by Mimmo Calopresti
- Our Troubles Will Soon Be Over by Jorge Ramírez-Suárez
- Passion by György Fehér
- The Patriot by Paulo Thiago
- The Poet by Casey L.Y. Chan
- Rehearsal For War by Mario Martone
- The Rose Seller by Víctor Gaviria
- Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer
- Seul Contre Tous by Gaspar Noé
- Shattered Image by Raúl Ruiz
- Snow by Eric Tretbar
- Spanish Fly by Daphna Kastner
- The Stolen Years by Fernando Colomo
- Sweet Degeneration by Lin Cheng-sheng
- This Is My Father by Paul Quinn
- Three by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
- Thursday by Skip Woods
- Titanic Town by Roger Michell
- Traffic by João Botelho
- Trance by Michael Almereyda
- Un Grand Cri D'amour by Josiane Balasko
- Under A Spell by Carlos Carrera
- Very Bad Things by Peter Berg
- La Vie Rêvée Des Anges by Erick Zonca
- Vigo by Julien Temple
- Waking Ned Devine by Kirk Jones
- Water Easy Reach by Bent Hamer
- What Farocki Taught by Jill Godmilow
- When Love Comes by Garth Maxwell
- Where the Heart Is (À la place du cœur) by Robert Guédiguian
- The Wounds by Srdjan Dragojevic
Discovery
[edit]- The Apple by Samira Makhmalbaf
- 23 by Hans-Christian Schmid
- The Adopted Son by Aktan Abdikalikov
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole by Tod Williams
- Bombay Boys by Kaizad Gustad
- Broken Vessels by Scott Ziehl
- Following by Christopher Nolan
- Georgica by Sulev Keedus
- Get Real by Simon Shore
- Getting Off by Julie A. Lynch
- Hair Shirt by Dean Paras
- Hell's Kitchen by Tony Cinciripini
- In the Winter Dark by James Bogle
- Kenoma by Eliane Caffé
- L'arrière Pays by Jacques Nolot
- Long Time Since by Jay Anania
- Mensaka by Salvador García Ruiz
- The Pianist by Mario Gas
- Porkkaalam by Cheran
- Praise by John Curran
- Radiance by Rachel Perkins
- Rosie: The Devil In My Head by Patrice Toye
- The Shoe by Laila Pakalniņa
- The Sleepwalker by Fernando Spiner
- Sombre by Philippe Grandrieux
- Sweety Barrett by Stephen Bradley
- The Terrorist by Santosh Sivan
- Trans by Julian L. Goldberger
- Une Minute De Silence by Florent Emilio Siri
- West Beirut by Ziad Doueiri
- Windhorse by Paul Wagner
Planet Africa
[edit]- Ainsi Soit Il So Be It by Joseph Gaye Ramaka
- Babymother by Julian Henriques
- Bent Familia by Nouri Bouzid
- Corps Plongés by Raoul Peck
- Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland by Charles Burnett
- La Vie Sur Terre by Abderrahmane Sissako
- L'Onzième Commandement by Mama Keïta
- Mixing Nia by Alison Swan
- On The Edge by Newton I. Aduaka
- Pièces D'indentités by Mwezé Ngangura
- Secrets by Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Silmande Tourbillon by S. Pierre Yameogo
- Slam by Marc Levin
- Souko Camera Box by Issiaka Konaté
- Speak Like A Child by John Akomfrah
- Take Your Bags by Camille Billops
Real to Reel
[edit]- Angel On My Shoulder by Donna Deitch
- The Cruise by Bennett Miller
- Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance by Kevin Macdonald, Chris Rodley
- The Filmmaker Of The Amazon by Aurélio Michiles
- Fragments*Jerusalem by Ron Havilio
- God Said, "Ha!" by Julia Sweeney
- Megacities by Michael Glawogger
- Richard Lester! by Stacy Cochran
- State of Dogs by Peter Brosens, Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
[edit]- Gone with the Wind by Victor Fleming
- Boom! by Joseph Losey
- Charulata by Satyajit Ray
- Forty Guns by Samuel Fuller
- The Four Feathers by Zoltan Korda
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Nazarín by Luis Buñuel
- Othello by Orson Welles
New Beat of Japan
[edit]- After Life by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
- April Story by Shunji Iwai
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity by Kinji Fukasaku
- Beautiful Sunday by Tetsuya Nakashima
- Bullet Ballet by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Detective Riko by Satoshi Isaka
- Hadashi no pikunikku by Shinobu Yaguchi
- The Goofball by Junji Sakamoto
- Happy Go Lucky by Tetsuya Nakashima
- Ikinai by Hiroshi Shimizu
- Kichiku by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
- Muscle Influenza by Keiji Ichikawa, Ken Arima
- Paradise Sea by Koji Hagiuda
- Ping Pong Bath Station by Gen Yamakawa
- Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl by Katsuhito Ishii
- Sunday Drive by Hisashi Saito
- Unlucky Monkey by Sabu
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald by Kōki Mitani
Spotlight: Darezhan Omirbaev
[edit]- Cardiogram by Darezhan Omirbaev
- July by Darezhan Omirbaev
- Kairat by Darezhan Omirbaev
- Killer by Darezhan Omirbaev
- Life by Darezhan Omirbaev
Canadian Film Centre at 10
[edit]- Blood & Donuts by Holly Dale
- Dead Meat by Holly Dale
- The Feeler by Colleen Murphy
- House by Laurie Lynd
- The Making of Monsters by John Greyson
- Save My Lost Nigga Soul by Clement Virgo
- Shoemaker by Colleen Murphy
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould by François Girard
- Zero Patience by John Greyson
Canadian Open Vault
[edit]Midnight Madness
[edit]- The Acid House by Paul McGuigan
- The Bystander From Hell by Matthew Harrison
- Cascadeur - The Amber Chamber by Hardy Martins
- Hang the DJ by Marco La Villa, Mauro La Villa
- Heaven by Scott Reynolds
- I Woke Up Early The Day I Died by Arlis Iliopulos
- Mighty Peking Man by Ho Meng Hua
- Night Time by Peter Fratzscher
- Perdita Durango by Álex de la Iglesia
- Six-String Samurai by Lance Mungia
References
[edit]- ^ "23rd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "TORONTO '98: Archive of Coverage of the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "23rd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "David Walsh reviews the 23rd Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
- ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.