1988 Toronto International Film Festival

1988 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster by Marie-Louise Cusack
Opening filmDead Ringers
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films300 films
Festival dateSeptember 8, 1988 (1988-09-08)–September 17, 1988 (1988-09-17)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 13th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 17, 1988. Midnight Madness programme was introduced at the festival.[1][2] The festival screened more than 300 films from all over the world.[3] Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Pedro Almodóvar won the People's Choice Award at the festival, which later nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Academy Award.

Dead Ringers by David Cronenberg was selected as the opening film.[4]

Awards

Award[5][6] Film Director
People's Choice Award Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar
Best Canadian Feature Film The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Allan A. Goldstein
International Critics' Award Distant Voices, Still Lives Terence Davies

Programme

Gala Presentation

Canadian Perspective

Midnight Madness

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References

  1. ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "Lineups for the lineups at Toronto's film festival". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  7. ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 18, 2013.