1995 Toronto International Film Festival

1995 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Confessional
Closing filmDevil in a Blue Dress
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)–September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

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

Award[4][5] Film Director
People's Choice Award Antonia's Line Marleen Gorris
Metro Media Award La Cérémonie Claude Chabrol
Best Canadian Feature Film Live Bait Bruce Sweeney
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Curtis's Charm John L'Ecuyer
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Rude Clement Virgo
Best Canadian Short Film Reconstruction Laurence Green
Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity Guy Maddin
Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Use Once and Destroy John L'Ecuyer
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Desolation Angels Tim McCann
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Eggs Bent Hamer

Programme

Gala Presentations

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Confessional Le Confessionnal Robert Lepage Canada
The Crossing Guard Sean Penn United States
Cry, the Beloved Country Darrell Roodt South Africa, United States
Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin United States
The Grass Harp Charles Matthau United States
Guantanamera Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío Cuba
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis United States
Margaret's Museum Mort Ransen Canada
Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen United States
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Nelly et M. Arnaud Claude Sautet France
Nobody Loves Me Keiner liebt mich Doris Dörrie Germany
The Run of the Country Peter Yates United States
The Stars Fell on Henrietta James Keach United States
Steal Big Steal Little Andrew Davis United States
To Die For Gus Van Sant United States
Unstrung Heroes Diane Keaton United States

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]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Carrington Christopher Hampton United Kingdom
Fallen Angels Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong
Flirt Hal Hartley United States
Four Rooms Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Alexandre Rockwell, Allison Anders United States
The Grotesque John-Paul Davidson United Kingdom
In the Bleak Midwinter Kenneth Branagh United Kingdom
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Gary Fleder United States
Wings of Courage Jean-Jacques Annaud United States, France

Contemporary World Cinema

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Antonia's Line Marleen Gorris Netherlands
The Blue Veiled Rūsarī-Ābī Rakhshān Banietemad Iran
Canadian Bacon Michael Moore United States
The Celluloid Closet Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman United States
Cold Fever Á köldum klaka Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Iceland
Frankie Starlight Michael Lindsay-Hogg United States, Ireland
Flamenco Carlos Saura Spain
French Twist Gazon maudit Josiane Balasko France
Land and Freedom Ken Loach United Kingdom, Spain, Germany
Lisbon Story Wim Wenders Portugal, Germany
The Neon Bible Terence Davies United Kingdom
The Monster Il Mostro Roberto Benigni Italy
Notes from Underground Gary Alan Walkow United States
The Promise Das Versprechen Margarethe von Trotta Germany, France, Switzerland
Total Eclipse Agnieszka Holland United Kingdom
The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer United States
Who Killed Pasolini? Pasolini, un delitto italiano Marco Tullio Giordana Italy

Perspective Canada: Features

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Black List Liste noire Jean-Marc Vallée Canada
Blood and Donuts Holly Dale
The Champagne Safari George Ungar
Curtis's Charm John L'Ecuyer
House Laurie Lynd
House of Pain Mike Hoolboom
If Only I Were an Indian John Paskievich
Live Bait Bruce Sweeney
The Michelle Apartments John Pozer
Once in a Blue Moon Philip Spink
Reconstruction Laurence Green
Rude Clement Virgo
Skin Deep Midi Onodera
Soul Survivor Stephen Williams
The Suburbanators Gary Burns
Voices of Change Barbara Doran, Lyn Wright
The War Between Us Anne Wheeler
Use Once and Destroy John L'Ecuyer
Water Child L'Enfant d'eau Robert Ménard
Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics Terre Nash
Zigrail André Turpin

Perspective Canada: Shorts

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Al Tasmim Selwyn Jacob Canada
Cramps Penny Gay
Movements of the Body: "1st Movement: The Gesture" Wayne Traudt
My Name is Kahentiiosta Alanis Obomsawin
Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity Guy Maddin
Picoti Picota Manon Briand
Pleasure Film (Ahmed's Story) Ann Marie Fleming
A Portrait of Arshile Atom Egoyan
Prey Helen Lee
Reconstruction Laurence Green

First Cinema

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Heavy James Mangold United States
Loaded Anna Campion New Zealand
The White Balloon Badkonake sefid Jafar Panahi Iran
The Young Poisoner's Handbook Benjamin Ross United Kingdom, Germany, France

Planet Africa

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Africa, My Africa Afrique, mon Afrique Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso, France
Le Franc Djibril Diop Mambéty Switzerland, France, Senegal
Guimba the Tyrant Guimba, un tyrant, une époque Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali, Burkina Faso, France
Haramuya Drissa Toure Burkina Faso, France
The Keeper Joe Brewster United States
The Killers Tanya Hamilton United States
Sidney's Chair Roberto Bangura United Kingdom
Vintage: Families of Value Thomas Allen Harris United States
What My Mother Told Me Frances-Anne Solomon United Kingdom

Latin American Panorama

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil Carla Camurati Brazil
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business Helena Solberg Brazil
Cinema of Tears Cinema de Lágrimas Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil
Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas Eliseo Subiela Argentina
The Eyes of the Scissors El Censor Eduardo Calcagno Argentina
Jonah and the Pink Whale Jonás y la ballena rosada Juan Carlos Valdivia Mexico, Bolivia
No Return Address Sin remitente Carlos Carrera 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 Tran Anh Hung 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 Béla Tarr 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 Christophe Gans France, Canada, Japan
The Day of the Beast El día de la bestia Álex de la Iglesia Spain, Italy
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness Shimako Sato Japan
An Evil Town Richard Sears United States
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Gamera: Daikaijū Kūchū Kessen Shūsuke Kaneko Japan
Mute Witness Stumme Zeugin Anthony Waller United Kingdom, Germany, Russia
Screamers Christian Duguay Canada, United States, Japan
Synthetic Pleasures Iara Lee United States
To Kill a Dead Man Alexander Hemming United Kingdom
Tokyo Fist Shinya Tsukamoto Japan
Trailer Camp Jenni Olson 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]

English title Original title Director(s) Selected by
Antonio das Mortes Glauber Rocha Jonathan Demme
Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson Doris Dörrie
Freaks Tod Browning David Cronenberg
A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester Hal Hartley
Late Spring Banshun Yasujirō Ozu Hou Hsiao-hsien
Limelight Charlie Chaplin Liv Ullmann
A Man Escaped Un condamné à mort s'est échappé Robert Bresson Agnieszka Holland
Le Samourai Jean-Pierre Melville John Woo
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Tini zabutykh predkiv Sergei Parajanov Paul Cox

Unverified program

Films that are known to have screened, but have not yet been verified which program they were in.

References

  1. ^ Leonard Klady and Harvey Enchin, "Toronto at 20: Bountiful, beleaguered". Variety, September 4, 1995.
  2. ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Peter Howell and Susan Walker, "Filmfest '95 Buzz". Toronto Star, September 7, 1995.
  4. ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  6. ^ "Italian film bows out". Montreal Gazette, September 8, 1995.
  7. ^ 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.