1998 Toronto International Film Festival

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 (1998-09-10)–September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)
Language	English
Website	tiff.net

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.

Awards

Award	Film	Director
People's Choice Award	Life Is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni
Metro Media Award	Happiness	Todd Solondz
Best Canadian Feature Film	Nô	Robert Lepage
Best Canadian First Feature Film	Last Night	Don McKellar
Best Canadian Short Film	When Ponds Freeze Over	Mary Lewis
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award	West Beirut	Ziad Doueiri
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award	Praise	John Curran

Programmes

Galas

• Antz by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
• August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) 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
• The Red Violin by François Girard
• A Simple Plan by Sam Raimi
• A Soldier's Sweetheart by Thomas Michael Donnelly
• Without Limits by Robert Towne

Special Presentations

• 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
• Goin' Down the Road by Donald Shebib
• 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

The Masters

• Aprile 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
• Inquiétude by Manoel de Oliveira
• My Name Is Joe by Ken Loach
• The Powder Keg by Goran Paskaljević
• The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Tango by Carlos Saura
• Tu Ridi by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Perspective Canada

• 2 secondes by Manon Briand
• A Place Called Chiapas by Nettie Wild
• Angel Walk by Mitchell Gabourie
• Aujourd'hui Ou Jamais by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
• 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 Jim Allodi
• Le Coeur au poing by Charles Binamé
• Crickets by Jane Eun-Hee Kim
• Cupid by Wrik Mead
• Death Threat by Zarqa Nawaz
• La Déroute by Paul Tana
• Destroying Angel by Wayne Salazar and 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
• L'Âge de braise by Jacques Leduc
• L'Amour L'Amour Shut the Door Por Favor by Valerie Buhagiar
• Last Night by Don McKellar
• Leda and the Swan by Alexandra Gill
• Le Lépidoptère by Chloë Mercier
• Les Dames du 9 by Catherine Martin
• Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles by Jennifer Baichwal
• Michel in the Suête by Neal Livingston
• Moving Day by Chris Deacon
• Nô by Robert Lepage
• Phil Touches Flo by David Birdsell
• 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
• 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 Ponds Freeze Over by Mary Lewis

Contemporary World Cinema

• À la Place du Coeur by Robert Guédiguian
• À Vendre (For Sale) by Laetitia Masson
• All The Little Animals by Jeremy Thomas
• The Apple by Samira Makhmalbaf
• Beauty by Bishonen 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
• Ceux Qui M'aiment Prendront Le 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 and 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 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 and 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 and Daniela Thomas
• Motel Erotica by Ho Ping
• My Rice Noodle Shop by Yang Xie
• Night Train by John Lynch Antonio Urrutia
• No Support by Martinez and Rene Castillo Rivera
• 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
• The Wounds by Srdjan Dragojevic

Discovery

• 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

• 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

• Angel On My Shoulder by Donna Deitch
• The Cruise by Bennett Miller
• Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance by Kevin Macdonald and 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 and Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

• 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 and Emeric Pressburger
• Nazarín by Luis Buñuel
• Othello by Orson Welles

New Beat of Japan

• 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 and 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

Directors' Spotlight: Darezhan Omirbaev

• 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

• Blood & Donuts by Holly Dale
• Blue by Don McKellar
• Dead Meat by Holly Dale
• The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore by Laurie Lynd
• The Feeler by Colleen Murphy
• House by Laurie Lynd
• The Making of Monsters by John Greyson
• Rude by Clement Virgo
• 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

Midnight Madness

• 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 and 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

External links

• Official site
• 1998 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDB