The 22nd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 1997. This festival was notable for the introduction of the Masters programme to TIFF.
Awards Award"Awards" . tiff.net, October 11, 2013. Film Director People's Choice Award The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald Metro Media Award Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson Metro Media Award L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson Best Canadian Feature Film The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald Best Canadian Feature Film The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Best Canadian First Feature Film Cube Vincenzo Natali Best Canadian Short Film Cotton Candy Roshell Bissett Best Canadian Short Film - Special Mention bp: pushing the boundaries Brian Nash FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Under the Skin Carine Adler
Programme
Gala Opening Night English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Canada
Gala Closing Night English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Seven Years in Tibet Jean-Jacques Annaud United States
Gala Presentations English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Apostle Robert Duvall United States Artemisia Agnès Merlet France, Italy, Germany The Assignment Christian Duguay Canada Chinese Box Wayne Wang France, Japan, United States The Edge Lee Tamahori United States Eve's Bayou Kasi Lemmons United States FairyTale: A True Story Charles Sturridge United Kingdom, United States Gattaca Andrew Niccol United States In & Out Frank Oz United States L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson United States Marquise Véra Belmont France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland Men with Guns John Sayles United States, Mexico Mrs Dalloway Marleen Gorris Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States Regeneration Gillies MacKinnon United Kingdom, Canada Swept from the Sea Beeban Kidron United Kingdom, United States Washington Square Agnieszka Holland United States The Wings of the Dove Iain Softley United States, United Kingdom
Special Presentations English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 4 Little Girls Spike Lee United States Afterglow Alan Rudolph United States The Alarmist Evan Dunsky United States The Big One Michael Moore United States, United Kingdom The Blackout Abel Ferrara United States, France The Blood Oranges Philip Haas United States Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson United States Face Antonia Bird United Kingdom Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris United States Hana-bi Takeshi Kitano Japan Henry Fool Hal Hartley United States The Hips of J.W. Le Bassin de J.W. João César Monteiro Portugal, France The House of Yes Mark Waters United States The Informant Jim McBride Ireland, United States Inspirations Michael Apted Israel, United States Loved Erin Dignam United States Mr. Jealousy Noah Baumbach United States My Best Girl Sam Taylor United States Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman United Kingdom, France One Night Stand Mike Figgis United States Pronto Jim McBride United States The Spanish Prisoner David Mamet United States Suicide Kings Peter O'Fallon United States The Tango Lesson Sally Potter United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina Two Girls and a Guy James Toback United States Welcome to Sarajevo Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom, United States Year of the Horse Jim Jarmusch United States
Masters English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Castle Das Schloß Michael Haneke Austria, Germany, France The Eel うなぎ Shōhei Imamura Japan Esmeralda Comes by Night De noche vienes, Esmeralda Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Mexico Funny Games Michael Haneke Austria Iruvar Mani Ratnam India Keep Cool 有话好好说 Zhang Yimou Hong Kong, China Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra Canada Moon Over Broadway Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker United States Mother and Son Мать и сын Alexander Sokurov Russia, Germany The Scar Blizna Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland Voyage to the Beginning of the World Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Perspective Canada English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 1919 Noam Gonick Canada The Absent One L'absent Céline Baril Canada Across Cara Morton Canada Anna à la lettre C Hugo Brochu Canada The Big Pickle Gary Yates Canada bp: pushing the boundaries Brian Nash Canada Breakfast with Gus Siobhan Devine Canada Bury Me Happy Brian McPhail Canada City of Dark Bruno Lazaro Canada Cosmos Manon Briand, André Turpin, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Denis Villeneuve, Jennifer Alleyn, Arto Paragamian Canada Cotton Candy Roshell Bissett Canada, Japan The Countess of Baton Rouge La comtesse de Bâton Rouge André Forcier Canada Cube Vincenzo Natali Canada Dance with Me Cassandra Nicolaou Canada Drive, She Said Mina Shum Canada Drowning in Dreams Tim Southam Canada Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality Maya Gallus Canada Fresh Off the Boat Peter Demas Canada Gerrie & Louise Sturla Gunnarsson Canada Grace Eternal Neil Burns Canada Guise Wrik Mead Canada Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight Noam Gonick Canada The Hanging Garden Thom Fitzgerald Canada, United Kingdom Hayseed Josh Levy, Andrew Hayes Canada The Hazards of Falling Glass John Martins-Manteiga Canada Incantation Cara Morton Canada Kid Nerd Shereen Jerrett Canada Kitchen Party Gary Burns Canada Linear Dreams Richard Reeves Canada The Mao Lounge Chad Derrick Canada Men with Guns Kari Skogland Canada Museum Chris Walsh Canada Permission Daniel MacIvor Canada Pitch Spencer Rice, Kenny Hotz Canada The Planet of Junior Brown Clement Virgo Canada Question of Reality Barry Gibson Canada The Seat of the Soul Le siège de l'âme Olivier Asselin Canada Shift Shaun Cathcart Canada Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeffrey Thomas Ali Kazimi Canada Shopping for Fangs Quentin Lee, Justin Lin Canada, United States The Skating Party Marcia Connolly, Janet Hawkwood Canada The Swimming Lesson La lección de natación Sheri Elwood Canada, Mexico Tu as crié LET ME GO Anne Claire Poirier Canada Twilight of the Ice Nymphs Guy Maddin Canada Two Feet, One Angel Ramiro Puerta Canada Uncut John Greyson Canada La vie arrêtée Martine Allard Canada We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Regular Programming Will Resume Momentarily John Kneller Canada What Goes Around Lloyd Surdi Canada White Cloud, Blue Mountain Keith Behrman Canada Zie 37 Stagen Sylvain Guy Canada
Contemporary World Cinema English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country After Sex Post coïtum animal triste Brigitte Roüan France Ashes of Paradise Cenizas del paraíso Marcelo Piñeyro Argentina The Assistant Daniel Petrie Canada, United Kingdom Bird Watching バードウォッチング Shinobu Yaguchi Japan Blinded A ciegas Daniel Calparsoro Spain Brain Holiday 脳の休日 Hineki Mito Japan A Brother... Un frère... Sylvie Verheyde France Brother Брат Aleksei Balabanov Russia Character Karakter Mike van Diem Netherlands, Belgium Close To David Ottenhouse United States Conceiving Ada Lynn Hershman Leeson United States, Germany Delirium Diliryo Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes Philippines Devil's Island Djöflaeyjan Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Iceland, Germany, Norway, Denmark The Diagonal Thief Le Voleur de diagonale Jean Darrigol France Doing Time for Patsy Cline Chris Kennedy Australia Dry Cleaning Nettoyage à sec Anne Fontaine France, Spain East Palace, West Palace 東宮西宮 Zhang Yuan China, France Four Days in September O Que É Isso, Companheiro? Bruno Barreto Brazil, United States A Friend of the Deceased Приятель небіжчика Viacheslav Kryshtofovych France, Ukraine The Girl with Brains in Her Feet Roberto Bangura United Kingdom Gummo Harmony Korine United States Hanoi-Winter 1946 Hà Nội mùa đông năm 46 Đặng Nhật Minh Vietnam Happy Together 春光乍洩 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan Heaven's Burning Craig Lahiff Australia Homesick Eyes 望鄉 Hsu Hsiao-ming Taiwan I Think I Do Brian Sloan United States Inside/Out Rob Tregenza United States Insomnia Erik Skjoldbjærg Norway The James Gang Mike Barker United Kingdom Junk Food ジャンクフード Masashi Yamamoto Japan Junk Mail Budbringeren Pål Sletaune Norway Keep the Aspidistra Flying Robert Bierman United Kingdom Kiss or Kill Bill Bennett Australia Labyrinth of Dreams ユメノ銀河 Gakuryū Ishii Japan The Leading Hand 手の話 Masahiro Muramatsu Japan The Life of Jesus La Vie de Jésus Bruno Dumont France Long Twilight Hosszú alkony Attila Janisch Hungary Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski United Kingdom, Canada, Italy Love, Math and Sex C'est la tangente que je préfère Charlotte Silvera Switzerland, France, Belgium Ma vie en rose Alain Berliner Belgium, France, United Kingdom Majorettes in Space Des majorettes dans l'espace David Fourier France The Maker Tim Hunter United States The Man in Selya's Life Ang Lalaki sa Buhay ni Selya Carlos Siguion-Reyna Philippines Marius and Jeannette Marius et Jeannette Robert Guédiguian France Metroland Philip Saville Spain, France, United Kingdom The Mirror آینه Jafar Panahi Iran Misfortune's End Giải hạn Vũ Xuân Hưng Vietnam Murmur of Youth 美麗在唱歌 Lin Cheng-sheng Taiwan The Myth of Fingerprints Bart Freundlich United States No Child of Mine Peter Kosminsky United Kingdom Obsession Peter Sehr France, Germany Okke-ke Bibirobos おっけっ毛ビビロボス Takuji Suzuki Japan Onibi: The Fire Within 鬼火 Rokurō Mochizuki Japan Our Boy David Evans United Kingdom The Oyster and the Wind A Ostra e o Vento Walter Lima Jr. Brazil Passage Pasáž Juraj Herz Czech Republic, France, Belgium Port Djema Eric Heumann France, Italy, Greece Private Confessions Enskilda samtal Liv Ullmann Sweden Rizal in Dapitan Rizal sa Dapitan Tikoy Aguiluz Philippines The Rocking Horse Winner Michael Almereyda United States Silvester Countdown Oskar Roehler Germany The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝 Mabel Cheung Hong Kong, Japan, China Stolen Moments Momentos robados Oscar Barney Finn Argentina Stowaways Clandestins Denis Chouinard, Nicolas Wadimoff Switzerland, Canada, France, Belgium Sue Amos Kollek United States Suzaku 萌の朱雀 Naomi Kawase Japan Telling Lies in America Guy Ferland United States Their Last Love Affair 지독한 사랑 Lee Myung-se South Korea They Call Me Joy Ligaya ang Itawag Mo sa Akin Carlos Siguion-Reyna Philippines Thirteen David D. Williams United States Touch Me H. Gordon Boos United States Touch Me Not Μη μου άπτου Dimitrios Yatzouzakis Greece Vertical Love Amor vertical Arturo Sotto Díaz Cuba We All Fall Down Tutti giù per terra Davide Ferrario Italy Western Manuel Poirier France Winter Sleepers Winterschläfer Tom Tykwer Germany The Witman Boys Witman fiúk János Szász Poland, France, Hungary Wolves Cry Under the Moon 國道封閉 Ho Ping Taiwan Would I Lie to You? La Vérité si je mens ! Thomas Gilou France Yours and Mine 我的神经病 Wang Shaudi Taiwan
Discovery English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Bandits Katja von Garnier Germany, France Belly Up Os Matadores Beto Brant Brazil Clockwatchers Jill Sprecher United Kingdom, United States First Love, Last Rites Jesse Peretz United States Guilt Free Libre de culpas Marcel Sisniega Campbell Mexico The Impostor El impostor Alejandro Maci Argentina In Praise of Older Women En brazos de la mujer madura Manuel Lombardero Spain Life According to Muriel La vida según Muriel Eduardo Milewicz Argentina The Life of Stuff Simon Donald United Kingdom Lover Girl Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse United States Marie from the Bay of Angels Marie Baie des Anges Manuel Pradal France Martha's Garden Marthas Garten Peter Liechti Switzerland, Germany Perfumed Ball Baile Perfumado Lírio Ferreira, Paulo Caldas Brazil Scars James Herbert United States Somersault in a Coffin Tabutta Rövaşata Derviş Zaim Turkey The Sticky Fingers of Time Hilary Brougher United States Stone, Scissors, Paper Stephen Whittaker United Kingdom Traveler from the South مسافر جنوب Parviz Shahbazi Iran TwentyFourSeven Shane Meadows United Kingdom Under the Skin Carine Adler United Kingdom Unmade Beds Nicholas Barker France, United Kingdom, United States Who the Hell Is Juliette? ¿Quién diablos es Juliette? Carlos Marcovich Mexico Words of Wisdom Susanna Fogel United States
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