The 10th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1985. The festival featured 460 feature films, the highest number of films in festival.
Joshua Then and Now by Ted Kotcheff was selected as the opening film.
Awards Award"TIFF Awards" . tiff.net, October 16, 2013. Film Director People's Choice Award The Official Story Luis Puenzo Best Canadian Feature Film Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks Donald Brittain International Critics' Award My American Cousin Sandy Wilson No Surrender Alan Bleasdale
Programme
Gala Presentations English title Original title Director(s) Production country Colonel Redl Oberst Redl István Szabó Hungary, West Germany, Austria Death of a Salesman Volker Schlöndorff United States Joshua Then and Now Ted Kotcheff Canada The Journey of Natty Gann Jeremy Paul Kagan United States Jagged Edge Richard Marquand United States Kiss of the Spider Woman Héctor Babenco Brazil, United States Maxie Paul Aaron United States Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Paul Schrader United States, Japan The Official Story La Historia oficial Luis Puenzo Argentina Plenty Fred Schepisi United States Twice in a Lifetime Bud Yorkin United States
Perspective Canada English title Original title Director(s) Production country 90 Days Giles Walker Canada The Alley Cat Le Matou Jean Beaudin Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Brigitte Berman Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks Donald Brittain Crime Wave John Paizs The Dame in Colour La Dame en couleurs Claude Jutra Eastern Avenue Peter Mettler Jacques and November Jacques et novembre Jean Beaudry, François Bouvier The Last Glacier Le dernier glacier Jacques Leduc, Roger Frappier My American Cousin Sandy Wilson No Sad Songs Nik Sheehan On Land Over Water (Six Stories) Richard Kerr Pale Face Visage pâle Claude Gagnon Samuel Lount Laurence Keane Transylvania 1917 Peter Dudar A Trilogy Barbara Sternberg
Contemporary World Cinema Adieu Bonaparte by Youssef Chahine Always by Henry Jaglom Cop au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre) by Claude Chabrol Dance with a Stranger by Mike Newell Deadhead Miles by Vernon Zimmerman Desert Hearts by Donna Deitch Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart by Wayne Wang The Funeral by Juzo Itami Insignificance by Nicolas Roeg Turtle Diary by John Irvin
Open Vault English title Original title Director(s) Production country Back to God's Country David Hartford Canada Becky Sharp Rouben Mamoulian United States I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Mervyn LeRoy United States Way Down East D. W. Griffith United States
Unconfirmed program Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels) by Marleen Gorris Chain Letters by Mark Rappaport Dear Karl (Lieber Karl) by Maria Knilli My Beautiful Laundrette by Stephen Frears No Surrender by Peter Smith Oriana by Fina Torres Seduction: The Cruel Woman by Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut Singleton's Pluck by Richard Eyre A Strange Love Affair by Eric de Kuyper and Paul Verstaten When Father Was Away on Business by Emir Kusturica
References
External links Official site TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012 1985 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb