1981 Toronto International Film Festival

Annual Canadian film festival 1981 Toronto International Film Festival 1981 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg Festival poster Toronto International Film Festival Group Ticket to Heaven Threshold Toronto, Ontario, Canada English 1981 09 10–1981 09 19 tiff.net 1980 1982 The 6th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 1981. The festival screened films from more than twenty countries. Ticket to Heaven, a Canadian film, was selected as the opening film.Jay Scott, "Festival takes Ticket to Heaven: World premiere of Canadian film will open Toronto's annual cinematic orgy". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1981. Another Canadian film, Threshold, was chosen as the closing film.http://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/Arts+and+Entertainment/Film/Toronto+International+Film+Festival/ID/1613395359/ Toronto's film festival: international and Canadians - Digital Archives CBC October 16, 2013 The People's Choice Award was awarded to Chariots of Fire, directed by Hugh Hudson; the film later won an Oscar for Best Picture.http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160126145058/http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/ dead January 26, 2016 Taking a look back at TIFF Canoe October 16, 2013 The Canadian documentary Not a Love Story, about the pornography industry, was also featured at the festival. Initially it was banned by the Ontario Censor Board, but later they allowed a single screening of film during the festival. With all the media attention surrounding this decision, public interest in the film increased. However, the Censor Board refused to permit a second screening of the film.http://torontoist.com/2013/09/censoring-the-toronto-international-film-festival/ Censoring the Toronto International Film Festival Torontoist Jamie Bradburn 2013-09-09 October 16, 2013http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bonnie-sherr-klein/ Bonnie Sherr Klein Janis Cole The Canadian Encyclopedia Historica-Dominion 2013-11-12 2014-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20141204231935/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bonnie-sherr-klein/ dead Wyndham Wise Wyndham Wise Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film https://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&pg=PA154 2001-09-08 University of Toronto Press 978-0802083982 154 Not a Love Story Awards Award"TIFF Awards" https://web.archive.org/web/20120927032100/http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive 2012-09-27 . tiff.net. Toronto International Film Festival Inc. Retrieved October 16, 2013.http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/tiff-peoples-choice-2012/ TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos CBC 2013-09-16 October 16, 2013 Film Director People's Choice Award Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson Programme Gala Chariots of Fire by Hugh Hudson Cutter's Way by Ivan Passer Cutting It Short by Jiří Menzel"Czech, Swedish film at Toronto festival". Toronto Star, August 25, 1981. Heartaches by Donald Shebib"Seven Days of Entertainment: Festival of Festivals". Toronto Star, September 10, 1981. Man of Iron by Andrzej Wajda Montenegro by Dusan Makavejev Neige by Jean-Henri Roger and Juliet Berto Only When I Laugh by Glenn Jordan Threshold by Richard Pearce Ticket to Heaven by Ralph L. Thomas Buried Treasures An Actor's Revenge by Kon Ichikawa An Affair to Remember by Leo McCarey Bird of Paradise Glen or Glenda by Ed Wood The Indian Tomb by Fritz Lang Lumière d'été by Jean Grémillon Mikey and Nicky by Elaine May Some Call It Loving by James B. Harris The Tiger of Eschnapur by Fritz Lang Track of the Cat by William A. Wellman Critic's Choice L'Altra donna by Peter Del Monte Angels of Iron by Thomas BraschRon Base, "Our man at the movies picks his festival favourites". Toronto Star, September 5, 1981. Asphalt Night by Peter Fratzscher Beads of One Rosary by Kazimierz Kutz Céleste by Percy Adlon Charlotte by Frans Weisz Desperado City by Vadim Glowna Diva by Jean-Jacques Beineixhttp://thetfs.ca/2013/09/04/the-tfs-list-tiffs-greatest-success-stories/ The TFS List: TIFF's greatest success stories Toronto Film Scene Indira Balkissoon 2013-09-04 October 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131111162752/http://thetfs.ca/2013/09/04/the-tfs-list-tiffs-greatest-success-stories/ 2013-11-11 dead In Search of Famine by Mrinal Sen Jaguar by Lino Brocka Killer of Sheep by Charles Burnett Looping by Rolf Bührmann and Walter Bockmayer Malou by Jeanine Meerapfel The Mark of the Beast by Pieter Verhoeff Pixote by Héctor Babenco The Pretenders by Jos Stelling Short Circuit by Patrick Grandperret Squeeze by Richard TurnerPhil Shaw, "Not the gay film". The Body Politic, November 1981. p. 35. Culture Under Pressure A curated program of films about minority groups under cultural pressure from the majority.Adele Freedman, "Minorities are major topic at the Festival of Festivals". The Globe and Mail, August 22, 1981. Aziza by Abdellatif Ben Ammar Babylon by Franco Rosso Chuquiago by Antonio Eguino Far from Home by Sohrab Shahid-Saless Gaijin: Roads to Freedom by Tizuka Yamasaki Hazal by Ali Özgentürk Magic in the Sky by Peter Raymont Palermo or Wolfsburg by Werner Schroeter Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out by Mahmoud Zemmouri Where Dollars Grow on Trees by Tahani Rached Laughing Matters A program of classic comedy or comedy-drama films from throughout cinematic history. 10 by Blake Edwards À Nous la Liberté by René Clair The Americanization of Emily by Arthur Hiller Annie Hall by Woody Allen The Apartment by Billy Wilder The Awful Truth by Leo McCarey Baby Doll by Elia Kazan The Baker's Wife by Marcel Pagnol The Bed Sitting Room by Richard Lester Boudu Saved from Drowning by Jean Renoir Bringing Up Baby by Howard Hawks The Chess Players by Satyajit Ray Dr. Strangelove by Stanley Kubrick Duck Soup by Leo McCarey Fanfare by Bert Haanstra The Fireman's Ball by Miloš Forman Five Day Lover by Philippe de Broca The General by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton The Gold Rush by Charlie Chaplin Hail the Conquering Hero by Preston Sturges Happiness by King Vidor The Heartbreak Kid by Elaine May Hellzapoppin' by H. C. Potter Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 by Alain Tanner Laurel and Hardy Shorts by various directors Lolita by Stanley Kubrick Lord Love a Duck by George Axelrod M. Hulot's Holiday by Jacques Tati Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Mickey One by Arthur Penn Il minestrone by Sergio Citti Modern Times by Charlie Chaplin Nashville by Robert Altman Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini The Nutty Professor by Jerry Lewis A Pacemaker and a Sidecar by André Forcier The Paleface by Norman Z. McLeod Pat and Mike by George Cukor Polyester by John Waters A Report on the Party and the Guests by Jan Němec Seduced and Abandoned by Pietro Germi Shampoo by Hal Ashby Shoot the Piano Player by François Truffaut The Sheep Has Five Legs by Henri Verneuil Simon of the Desert by Luis Buñuel Taking Off by Miloš Forman Twentieth Century by Howard Hawks W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism by Dušan Makavejev Whiskey Galore! by Alexander Mackendrick Zazie dans le Métro by Louis Malle Less Is More Films from independent studios. The Dark End of the Street by Jan EglesonSid Adilman, "Isaac Stern's China a prize for festival". Toronto Star, August 27, 1981. Day by Day by Paul Tana A Flight of Rainbirds by Ate de Jong The Grass Is Singing by Michael Raeburn Jet Lag by Gonzalo Herralde Looks and Smiles by Ken Loach She Dances Alone by Robert Dornhelm Street Music by Jenny Bowen The Vulture by Yaky Yosha Real to Reel Documentary films. Being Different by Harry Rasky Blood Wedding by Carlos Saura The Followers (Les Adeptes) by Gilles Blais A Free Life From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China by Murray Lerner Image Before My Eyes by Joshua Waletzky Mur Murs by Agnès Varda P4W: Prison for Women by Holly Dale and Janis Cole Soldier Girls by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill Special Presentations The Contract by Krzysztof Zanussi The Crime of Cuenca by Pilar Miró Fårö Document by Ingmar Bergman Fool's Gold Gamin The Gardener The Heiresses by Márta Mészáros Imagine the Sound by Ron Mann In Defense of People by Rafigh Pooya Krieghoff by Kevin Sullivan Malevil by Christian de Chalonge Not a Love Story by Bonnie Sherr Klein A Time to Rise by Anand Patwardhan 3-D A late-night program of genre and cult films exhibited in 3D film format. Bwana Devil by Arch Oboler Dial M for Murder by Alfred Hitchcock Flesh for Frankenstein by Paul Morrissey Fort Ti by William Castle House of Wax by Andre de Toth Inferno by Dario Argento Miss Sadie Thompson by Curtis Bernhardt Phantom of the Rue Morgue by Roy Del Ruth Yılmaz Güney Retrospective of the films of Turkish director Yılmaz Güney. Elegy The Enemy The Father The Herd Hope World of Animation Several programs of animated short films, presented under the titles Best British Animation, NFB Animation, Independent Animation, Ottawa Festival I & II, Animation & Commercials, Cinémathèque québécoise I & II and Best of Animation. However, sources are not currently available to confirm the titles of individual short films aired within the programs. References External links Official site TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012 1981 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb 1981 Category:1981 film festivals Category:1981 in Toronto Category:1981 in Canadian cinema Category:September 1981 in Canada