1996 Toronto International Film Festival

Annual Canadian film festival 1996 Toronto International Film Festival 1996 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg Festival poster Toronto International Film Festival Group Fly Away Home That Thing You Do! Toronto, Ontario, Canada English 1996 09 05–1996 09 14 tiff.net 1995 1997 The 21st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1996. The festival opened with the film Fly Away Home,Marc Horton, "Toronto film festival ready to roll". Hamilton Spectator, September 3, 1996. and closed with That Thing You Do!.Brian D. Johnson, "Starry, starry nights". Maclean's, September 23, 1996. This year's festival marked significant changes in the programming streams, including The Edge, Asian Horizons and Latin American Panorama being merged into Contemporary World Cinema, and First Cinema being discontinued with first films instead appearing under Contemporary World Cinema, Real to Reel and Discovery.Rob Salem, "Hoffman, Jewison films at fest Vietnam cinema and Portuguese director will also be featured". Toronto Star, July 3, 1996. The Dialogues series, which had been introduced the previous year as a special event, was turned into a permanent program. Awards Award Film Director Ref People's Choice Award Shine Scott Hicks "Toronto director scoops top film prize". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 17, 1996. Metro Media Award Shine Scott Hicks Best Canadian Feature Film Long Day's Journey into Night David Wellington Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Kissed Lynne Stopkewich Best Canadian Short Film Letters from Home Mike Hoolboom Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Sin Cycle Jack Cocker & Ben Famiglietti Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Lodela Philippe Baylaucq FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Life Lawrence Johnston FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention The Daytrippers Greg Mottola Programme Galas English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country 2 Days in the Valley John Herzfeld United States American Buffalo Michael Corrente United States, United Kingdom Bogus Norman Jewison United States Extreme Measures Michael Apted United Kingdom, United States Fly Away Home Carroll Ballard United States Infinity Matthew Broderick United States Jerusalem Bille August Sweden, Denmark, Norway Jude Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Mira Nair India, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan Long Day's Journey into Night David Wellington Canada Michael Collins Neil Jordan Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Mother Albert Brooks United States Ridicule Patrice Leconte France Shadow Play Portraits chinois Martine Dugowson France Shine Scott Hicks Australia Swann Anna Benson Gyles Canada That Thing You Do! Tom Hanks United States The Van Stephen Frears Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Special Presentations English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Albino Alligator Kevin Spacey United States Bastard Out of Carolina Anjelica Huston United States Beyond the Clouds Al di là delle nuvole Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, France, Germany Big Night Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci United States Breaking the Waves Lars von Trier Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands Deep Crimson Profundo Carmesí Arturo Ripstein Mexico Drifting Clouds Kauas pilvet karkaavat Aki Kaurismäki Finland For Ever Mozart Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland The Funeral Abel Ferrara United States Goodbye South, Goodbye Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Gray's Anatomy Steven Soderbergh United Kingdom, United States If These Walls Could Talk Cher, Nancy Savoca United States Inside Arthur Penn United States The Leading Man John Duigan United Kingdom Looking for Richard Al Pacino United States Losing Chase Kevin Bacon United States Lust and Revenge Paul Cox Australia Microcosmos Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany France, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom The Ogre Der Unhold Volker Schlöndorff France, Germany, United Kingdom The Pillow Book Peter Greenaway Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg Schizopolis Steven Soderbergh United States The Secret Agent Christopher Hampton United Kingdom The Substance of Fire Daniel J. Sullivan United States A Summer's Tale Conte d'été Eric Rohmer France Taxi Carlos Saura Spain Tieta of Agreste Tieta do Agreste Carlos Diegues Brazil Twelfth Night Trevor Nunn United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Unhook the Stars Nick Cassavetes United States The War at Home Emilio Estevez United States Contemporary World Cinema English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country The Come-On El Anzuelo Ernesto Rimoch Mexico Corisco and Dada Rosemberg Cariry Brazil How Angels Are Born Como Nascem os Anjos Murilo Salles Brazil Melodrama Rolando Díaz Cuba My Last Man Mi último hombre Tatiana Gaviola Chile Oedipus Mayor Jorge Alí Triana Colombia Discovery English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country The Daytrippers Greg Mottola United States Driven Michael Shoob United States Landscapes of Memory O Sertão das Memórias José Araújo Brazil The Riddle Evan Brenner Russia, United States The Salt in the Wound El Dedo en la Llaga Alberto Lecchi Argentina Sotto Voce Mario Levin Argentina A Starry Sky Um Céu de Estrelas Tata Amaral Brazil Perspective Canada: Features English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! Ileana Pietrobruno Canada The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati Michael McNamara The Escort L'Escorte Denis Langlois Fire Deepa Mehta The Human Plant La Plante humaine Pierre Hébert Hustler White Bruce LaBruce Kissed Lynne Stopkewich Lilies John Greyson Lulu Srinivas Krishna Not Me! Sous-sol Pierre Gang Power Magnus Isacsson Project Grizzly Peter Lynch Shoemaker Colleen Murphy Perspective Canada: Shorts English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Can I Get a Witness? Kris Lefcoe Canada Letters from Home Mike Hoolboom Lodela Philippe Baylaucq Moscow Summer Robin Schlaht Sin Cycle Jack Cocker, Ben Famiglietti Soft Like Me Jeffrey Erbach Trouble Paul diStefano Planet Africa English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Aristotle's Plot Le Complot d'Aristotle Jean-Pierre Bekolo Zimbabwe, France Everyone's Child Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk St. Clair Bourne United States Macadam Tribe Macadam Tribu Zeka Laplaine France, Zaire, Mali A Summer in La Goulette Un été à La Goulette Férid Boughedir Tunisia The Watermelon Woman Cheryl Dunye United States W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices Louis Massiah United States When the Stars Meet the Sea Quand les Étoiles rencontrent la mer Raymond Rajaonarivelo Madagascar Midnight Madness English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country All of Them Witches Sobrenatural Daniel Gruener Mexico Attack of Legion Gamera Tsū: Region Shūrai Shusuke Kaneko Japan Curdled Reb Braddock United States Killer Tongue La lengua asesina Alberto Sciamma Spain Organ Orugan Kei Fujiwara Japan Ratchet John Johnson United States Road Movie Peter Care United States Screwed Alexander Crawford United States The Stendhal Syndrome La Sindrome di Stendhal Dario Argento Italy Vietnam Perspective A special program highlighting films from Vietnam.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/01/movies/in-hanoi-an-austere-film-diet.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fToronto%20International%20Film%20Festival In Hanoi, an Austere Film Diet October 19, 2013 The New York Times Seth Mydans September 1, 1996 English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Black Cactus Xuong rong den Lê Dân Vietnam Gone, Gone Forever Gone Bụi Hồng Hồ Quang Minh Nostalgia for the Countryside Thương nhớ đồng quê Đặng Nhật Minh The Retired General Tướng về hưu Nguyễn Khắc Lợi When the Tenth Month Comes Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười Đặng Nhật Minh Dialogues English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Selected by The Battle of Algiers La battaglia di Algeri Gillo Pontecorvo Mira Nair Blinkity Blank Norman McLaren Jean-Luc Godard Cries and Whispers Viskningar och rop Ingmar Bergman Bille August The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz Ensayo de un crimen Luis Buñuel Atom Egoyan Jules and Jim Jules et Jim François Truffaut Arthur Penn Last Year at Marienbad L'Année dernière à Marienbad Alain Resnais Peter Greenaway Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Melvin Van Peebles Claire Denis Talking to Strangers Rob Tregenza Jean-Luc Godard A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Unverified program The Arena of Murder by Amos Gitai Beautiful Thing by Hettie MacDonald La bouche de Jean-Pierre by Lucile Hadžihalilović Bound by Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski Box of Moonlight by Tom DiCillo Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day by Christopher Münch Floating Life by Clara Law Forgotten Silver by Peter Jackson & Costa Botes Gabbeh by Mohsen Makhmalbaf Grace of My Heart by Allison Anders Kolya by Jan Svěrák Life by Lawrence Johnston Little Angel (1996 film) de Engelchen Little Angel by Helke Misselwitz de Ponette by Jacques Doillon Prisoner of the Mountains by Sergei Bodrov The Quiet Room by Rolf de Heer Ripe by Mo Ogrodnik Some Mother's Son by Terry George The Square Circle (Daayraa)) by Amol Palekar Swingers by Doug Liman A Tickle in the Heart by Stefan Schwietert To Speak the Unspeakable: The Message of Elie Wiesel (Mondani a mondhatatlant: Elie Wiesel üzenete) by Judit Elek Trees Lounge by Steve Buscemi Trinity and Beyond by Peter Kuran Vesna Goes Fast (Vesna va veloce) by Carlo Mazzacurati Waiting for Guffman by Christopher Guest The Whole Wide World by Dan Ireland References External links Official site TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012 1996 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb 1996 Category:1996 film festivals Category:1996 in Toronto Category:1996 in Canadian cinema Category:September 1996 in Canada