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1998 Toronto International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
The Red Violin

Number of films
  
311 films

Closing film
  
Antz


Location
  
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hosted by
  
Toronto International Film Festival Group

Festival date
  
September 10, 1998 (1998-09-10)–September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)

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.

Contents

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

    • References

    1998 Toronto International Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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