2003 Toronto International Film Festival

2003 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Barbarian Invasions[1]
Closing filmDanny Deckchair[2]
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films336 films
Festival dateSeptember 4, 2003 (2003-09-04)–September 13, 2003 (2003-09-13)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

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

Canadian Open Vault

Canadian Retrospective

Contemporary World Cinema

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

Spotlight

Discovery

Masters

Midnight Madness

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National Cinema

Perspective Canada

Planet Africa

Real to Reel

Special Presentations

Visions

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]

References

  1. ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "2003 TIFF Update #10: "Last Rites"". Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "2003 Toronto International Film Festival Annual report" (PDF). Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "28th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films (TIFF 2003)". DigitalHit.com. 2003-08-19. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  5. ^ "2003 Toronto International Film Festival Selects 252 Feature Films". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
  7. ^ "SILVER SCREEN SUCCESS". Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  9. ^ "Canada's Top 10 films". Peterborough Examiner, December 18, 2003.