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2000 Toronto International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
Stardom

Language
  
English


Location
  
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hosted by
  
Toronto International Film Festival Group

Number of films
  
330 films and 25 shorts

Festival date
  
September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)–September 16, 2000 (2000-09-16)

The 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, the 25th annual festival, ran from September 7 to September 16, 2000. Along with special events to commemorate the anniversary, there were a total of 330 films screened. There was a special screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky featuring musical accompaniment by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Also, 25 digital video shorts were made by attending filmmakers.

Contents

Galas

  • Almost Famous directed by Cameron Crowe
  • Best In Show directed by Christopher Guest
  • Bread and Tulips directed by Silvio Soldini
  • The Contender directed by Rod Lurie
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee
  • The Dish directed by Rob Sitch
  • Dr. T and the Women directed by Robert Altman
  • The House of Mirth directed by Terence Davies
  • How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog directed by Michael Kalesniko
  • In the Mood for Love directed by Wong Kar-wai
  • The Luzhin Defence directed by Marleen Gorris
  • Men of Honor directed by George Tillman Jr.
  • Pandaemonium directed by Julien Temple
  • Sexy Beast directed by Jonathan Glazer
  • Stardom directed by Denys Arcand
  • La Veuve de Saint-Pierre directed by Patrice Leconte
  • The Weight of Water directed by Kathryn Bigelow

    • 25th Anniversary Special Events

  • 25 x 25 (twenty-five digital video shorts made by attending filmmakers)
  • Alexander Nevsky directed by Sergei Eisenstein

    • The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears

  • Dangerous Liaisons directed by Stephen Frears
  • The Grifters directed by Stephen Frears
  • The Hit directed by Stephen Frears
  • My Beautiful Laundrette directed by Stephen Frears
  • Prick Up Your Ears directed by Stephen Frears
  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid directed by Stephen Frears

    • Year 1

  • The Context directed by Francesco Rosi
  • Cousin, cousine directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella
  • Dersu Uzala directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • The Devil's Playground directed by Fred Schepisi
  • L' eau chaude l'eau frette directed by André Forcier
  • Grey Gardens directed by Albert Maysles and David Maysles
  • Harlan County, USA directed by Barbara Kopple
  • Kings of the Road directed by Wim Wenders

    • Beckett on Film

  • Act Without Words 1 directed by Karel Reisz
  • Catastrophe directed by David Mamet
  • Endgame directed by Conor McPherson
  • Happy Days directed by Patricia Rozema
  • Krapp's Last Tape directed by Atom Egoyan
  • Not I directed by Neil Jordan
  • Play directed by Anthony Minghella
  • Rockaby directed by Sir Richard Eyre
  • Rough For Theatre 1 directed by Kieron J. Walsh
  • What Where directed by Damien O'Donnell

    • Canadian Open Vault

  • Tit-Coq directed by Gratien Gélinas and René Delacroix

    • Contemporary World Cinema

  • Aberdeen directed by Hans Petter Moland
  • Amores Perros directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Angels of the Universe directed by Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
  • April Captains directed by Maria de Medeiros
  • Attraction directed by Russell DeGrazier
  • Better Than Sex directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
  • Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry
  • Blackboards directed by Samira Makhmalbaf
  • Born Romantic directed by David Kane
  • Brave New Land directed by Lúcia Murat
  • Burnt Money directed by Marcelo Piñeyro
  • Chasing Sleep directed by Michael Walker
  • The Circle directed by Jafar Panahi
  • Clouds of May directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Collision Course directed by Roberval Duarte
  • Daily Bread directed by Ane Muñoz Mitxelena
  • The Debt directed by Krzysztof Krauze
  • Les Destinées Sentimentales directed by Olivier Assayas
  • Djomeh directed by Hassan Yektapanah
  • Dog Food directed by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
  • Durian Durian directed by Fruit Chan
  • Eisenstein directed by Renny Bartlett
  • Eureka directed by Shinji Aoyama
  • Face directed by Junji Sakamoto
  • Farewell directed by Jan Schütte
  • Fast Food, Fast Women directed by Amos Kollek
  • The Film Biker directed by Mel Chionglo
  • Flower of Manila directed by Joel Lamangan
  • Freedom directed by Sharunas Bartas
  • Friends Have Reasons directed by Gerardo Herrero
  • Girlfight directed by Karyn Kusama
  • The Goddess of 1967 directed by Clara Law
  • Gojoe directed by Sogo Ishii
  • Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien directed by Dominik Moll
  • Hey! Ram directed by Kamal Haasan
  • Holdup directed by Florian Flicker
  • Hunters in the Snow directed by Michael Kreihsl
  • The Isle directed by Kim Ki-duk
  • Juliet in Love directed by Wilson Yip
  • kaza-hana directed by Shinji Somai
  • Kimono directed by Hal Hartley
  • The King is Alive directed by Kristian Levring
  • Kippur directed by Amos Gitaï
  • Krámpack directed by Cesc Gay
  • À la verticale de l'été directed by Tran Anh Hung
  • Landscape directed by Martin Sulík
  • The Last Resort directed by Paul Pawlikowski
  • Little Cheung directed by Fruit Chan
  • Lockdown directed by John Luessenhop
  • Manila directed by Romuald Karmakar
  • Me, You, Them directed by Andrucha Waddington
  • The Mechanism directed by Djordje Milosavljevic
  • Memento directed by Christopher Nolan
  • La moitié du ciel directed by Alain Mazars
  • The Monkey's Mask directed by Samantha Lang
  • The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz directed by Ben Hopkins
  • No Place to Go directed by Oskar Roehler
  • Nuts for Love directed by Alberto Lecchi
  • Peppermint directed by Costas Kapakas
  • Petite chérie directed by Anne Villacèque
  • Placido Rizzotto directed by Pasquale Scimeca
  • Platform directed by Jia Zhangke
  • The Price of Milk directed by Harry Sinclair
  • Requiem for a Dream directed by Darren Aronofsky
  • Risk directed by Alan White
  • A Rumor of Angels directed by Peter O'Fallon
  • Sade directed by Benoît Jacquot
  • Samia directed by Philippe Faucon
  • Seance directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Seven Songs From the Tundra directed by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio
  • Shadow Magic directed by Ann Hu
  • Signs & Wonders directed by Jonathan Nossiter
  • Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine directed by Bahman Farmanara
  • Songs from the Second Floor directed by Roy Andersson
  • The Stranger directed by Götz Spielmann
  • Suzhou River directed by Lou Ye
  • Swedish Beauty directed by Daniel Fridell
  • Teeth directed by Gabriele Salvatores
  • Thomas est amoureux directed by Pierre-Paul Renders
  • A Time for Drunken Horses directed by Bahman Ghobadi
  • To Die (Or Not) directed by Ventura Pons
  • The Truth About Tully directed by Hilary Birmingham
  • Two Family House directed by Raymond De Felitta
  • Urbania directed by Jon Shear
  • Vengo directed by Tony Gatlif
  • La ville est tranquille directed by Robert Guédiguian
  • Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors directed by Hong Sang-soo
  • Une vraie jeune fille directed by Catherine Breillat
  • Waiting for the Messiah directed by Daniel Burman
  • Waiting List directed by Juan Carlos Tabío
  • Walk the Talk directed by Shirley Barrett
  • The Wedding directed by Pavel Lounguine
  • When Brendan Met Trudy directed by Kieron J. Walsh
  • When the Sky Falls directed by John Mackenzie
  • Wild Blue: Notes for Several Voices directed by Thierry Knauff
  • With Closed Eyes directed by Mansur Madavi

    • Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

  • The Bicycle Thief directed by Vittorio de Sica
  • Blue Velvet directed by David Lynch
  • Do The Right Thing directed by Spike Lee
  • Performance directed by Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell
  • Raven's End directed by Bo Widerberg
  • The Sacrifice directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

    • Discovery

  • 10 Minutes directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo
  • 101 Reykjavík directed by Baltasar Kormákur
  • 19 directed by Kazushi Watanabe
  • Aïe directed by Sophie Fillières
  • alaska.de directed by Esther Gronenborn
  • Baise-moi directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi
  • Bangkok Dangerous directed by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang
  • Bunny directed by Mia Trachinger
  • Chill Out directed by Andreas Struck
  • Chopper directed by Andrew Dominik
  • City Loop directed by Belinda Chayko
  • Compassionate Sex directed by Laura Mañá
  • The Day I Became A Woman directed by Marziyeh Meshkini
  • Dust to Dust directed by Juan Carlos de Llaca
  • Les filles ne savent pas nager directed by Anne-Sophie Birot
  • George Washington directed by David Gordon Green
  • The Girl directed by Sande Zeig
  • In God We Trust directed by Jason Reitman
  • Interstate 84 directed by Ross Partridge
  • The Iron Ladies directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
  • Loners directed by David Ondrícek
  • The Low Down directed by Jamie Thraves
  • The Most Fertile Man in Ireland directed by Dudi Appleton
  • Night Kiss directed by Boris Rodriguez Arroyo
  • The Red One: Triumph directed by Oleg Pogodin and Vladimir Alenikov
  • Scarlet Diva directed by Asia Argento
  • Scoutman directed by Masato Ishioka
  • Vulgar directed by Bryan Johnson
  • The Young Unknowns directed by Catherine Jelski

    • Masters

  • Bread and Roses directed by Ken Loach
  • Brother directed by Takeshi Kitano
  • La Captive directed by Chantal Akerman
  • Chunhyang directed by Im Kwontaek
  • Code Inconnu directed by Michael Haneke
  • Comédie de l'innocence directed by Raoul Ruiz
  • Gohatto directed by Nagisa Oshima
  • The Legends of Rita directed by Volker Schlöndorff
  • Merci pour le chocolat directed by Claude Chabrol
  • My Generation directed by Barbara Kopple
  • Such is Life directed by Arturo Ripstein
  • Turbulence directed by Ruy Guerra
  • Werckmeister Harmonies directed by Béla Tarr
  • The Wrestlers directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta
  • Yi Yi (A One and a Two) directed by Edward Yang

    • Midnight Madness

  • 6ixtynin9 directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
  • The American Nightmare directed by Adam Simon
  • The City of Lost Souls directed by Miike Takashi
  • The Foul King directed by Kim Jeewoon
  • The Irrefutable Truth about Demons directed by Glenn Standring
  • The Mission directed by Johnnie To Kei-Fung
  • Quartered at Dawn directed by Norbert Keil
  • Tell Me Something directed by Chang Youn hyun
  • Time and Tide directed by Tsui Hark
  • Wild Zero directed by Tetsuro Takeuchi

    • Perspective Canada

  • 3 Stories From the End of Everything directed by Semi Chellas
  • Abe's Manhood directed by Aubrey Nealon
  • After Eden directed by John Price
  • Atomic Saké directed by Louise Archambault
  • The Basement Girl directed by Midi Onodera
  • Bowie: One in a Million directed by Janis Cole
  • Le Chapeau directed by Michèle Cournoyer
  • Clean Rite Cowboy directed by Michael Downing
  • De l'art et la manière chez Denys Arcand directed by Georges Dufaux
  • Deeply directed by Sheri Elwood
  • Desire directed by Colleen Murphy
  • Dinky Menace directed by Robert Kennedy
  • Ernest directed by Keith Behrman
  • FILM(lode) directed by deco dawson
  • Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry directed by Ines Buchli
  • Ginger Snaps directed by John Fawcett
  • Hindsight directed by Susan Shipton
  • Landscaping directed by Paul Carrière
  • The Law of Enclosures directed by John Greyson
  • Like a Dream that Vanishes directed by Barbara Sternberg
  • The Lost Bundefjord Expedition directed by Matt Holm
  • Love Come Down directed by Clement Virgo
  • Low Self Esteem Girl directed by Blaine Thurier
  • Maelström directed by Denis Villeneuve
  • Marine Life directed by Anne Wheeler
  • The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) directed by Philippe Falardeau
  • Monday with the Martins directed by Jeffery Erbach
  • Moon Palace directed by David Weaver
  • New Neighbours directed by Anita McGee
  • Parsley Days directed by Andrea Dorfman
  • Passengers directed by Francine Zuckerman
  • The Perfect Son directed by Leonard Farlinger
  • Poe directed by Gregory Nixon
  • red deer directed by Anthony Couture
  • Rocks at Whiskey Trench directed by Alanis Obomsawin
  • Saint Jude directed by John L'Ecuyer
  • Sea in the Blood directed by Richard Fung
  • Subrosa directed by Helen Lee
  • Suspicious River directed by Lynne Stopkewich
  • Take-Out directed by Jean-François Monette
  • Traces dans le rocher du lontain directed by Majdi El-Omari
  • Two Thousand and None directed by Arto Paragamian
  • The Uncles directed by Jim Allodi
  • Via Crucis directed by Serge Denoncourt
  • The Walnut Tree directed by Elida Schogt
  • waydowntown directed by Gary Burns
  • We All Fall Down directed by Martin Cummins
  • What About Me: The Rise of the Nihilist Spasm Band directed by Zev Asher
  • When Morning Comes directed by Charles Officer

    • Planet Africa

  • Adanggaman directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala
  • Ali Zaoua directed by Nabil Ayouch
  • Are You Cinderella? directed by Charles Hall
  • Auguy directed by Munga Tunda Djo
  • Bàttu directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
  • Bye Bye Africa directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
  • Christmas With Granny directed by Dumisani Phakathi
  • The Elevator directed by Alrick Riley
  • En Face directed by Zina Modiano and Mehdi Ben Attia
  • Hijack Stories directed by Oliver Schmitz
  • El Medina (La Ville) directed by Yousry Nasrallah
  • One Week directed by Carl Seaton
  • Passage du milieu directed by Guy Deslauriers
  • La saison des hommes directed by Moufida Tlatli
  • La Squale directed by Fabrice Genestal
  • The Station directed by Aaron Woolfolk
  • Tourbillons directed by Alain Gomis
  • Vacances Au Pays directed by Jean-Marie Teno

    • Preludes

  • Camera directed by David Cronenberg
  • The Line directed by Atom Egoyan
  • Congratulations directed by Mike Jones
  • See You in Toronto directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
  • The Heart of the World directed by Guy Maddin
  • A Word From the Management directed by Don McKellar
  • 24fps directed by Jeremy Podeswa
  • This Might Be Good directed by Patricia Rozema
  • Prelude directed by Michael Snow
  • Legs Apart directed by Anne Wheeler

    • Real to Reel

  • Asylum directed by Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair
  • Breathe In/Breathe Out directed by Beth Billingsly
  • Calle 54 directed by Fernando Trueba
  • Crazy directed by Heddy Honigmann
  • Erik Bruhn: I'm the Same- Only More directed by Lennart Pasborg
  • Fighter directed by Amir Bar-Lev
  • The First and the Last... directed by Momir Matovic
  • Gaea Girls directed by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams
  • Les glaneurs et la glaneuse directed by Agnès Varda
  • Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
  • jour de nuit directed by Dieter Fahrer and Bernhard Nick
  • One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich directed by Chris Marker
  • Kalamandalam Gopi directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
  • Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale directed by Laurie Gwen Shapiro and David Shapiro
  • The Long Holiday directed by Johan van der Keuken
  • The Man Who Bought Mustique directed by Joseph Bullman
  • The Natural History of the Chicken directed by Mark Lewis
  • Paragraph 175 directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman
  • The Prince is Back directed by Marina Goldovskaya
  • La règle du je directed by Françoise Romand
  • Soldiers in the Army of God directed by Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson
  • The Turandot Project directed by Allan Miller
  • Unchain directed by Toyoda Toshiaki

    • Robert Beavers Spotlight

  • Amor directed by Robert Beavers
  • From the Notebook of... directed by Robert Beavers
  • The Painting directed by Robert Beavers
  • Ruskin directed by Robert Beavers
  • Sotiros directed by Robert Beavers
  • The Stoas directed by Robert Beavers
  • Wingseed directed by Robert Beavers
  • Work Done directed by Robert Beavers

    • Special Presentations

  • Beautiful directed by Sally Field
  • Before Night Falls directed by Julian Schnabel
  • Chinese Coffee directed by Al Pacino
  • Dancing at the Blue Iguana directed by Michael Radford
  • Duets directed by Bruce Paltrow
  • Faithless directed by Liv Ullmann
  • Greenfingers directed by Joel Hershman
  • Innocence directed by Paul Cox
  • ivansxtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood) directed by Bernard Rose
  • Liam directed by Stephen Frears
  • Lumumba directed by Raoul Peck
  • Pollock directed by Ed Harris
  • Possible Worlds directed by Robert Lepage
  • Princes et princesses directed by Michel Ocelot
  • The Princess and the Warrior directed by Tom Tykwer
  • Shadow of the Vampire directed by E. Elias Merhige
  • A Shot at Glory directed by Michael Corrente
  • Sous le sable directed by François Ozon
  • State and Main directed by David Mamet
  • Tigerland directed by Joel Schumacher
  • The Yards directed by James Gray
  • You Can Count on Me directed by Kenneth Lonergan

    • References

    2000 Toronto International Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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