The 20th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1995.Leonard Klady and Harvey Enchin, "Toronto at 20: Bountiful, beleaguered". Variety, September 4, 1995. The Confessional by Robert Lepage was selected as the opening film and Devil in a Blue Dress by Carl Franklin was selected as the closing film.
The 1995 festival notably marked the first time that TIFF published its film schedule to the World Wide Web in addition to the conventional paper calendar.Peter Howell and Susan Walker, "Filmfest '95 Buzz". Toronto Star, September 7, 1995.
Awards Award"TIFF Awards" . tiff.net, October 19, 2013. Film Director People's Choice Award Antonia's Line Marleen Gorris Metro Media Award La Cérémonie Claude Chabrol Best Canadian Feature Film Live Bait Bruce Sweeney Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Curtis's Charm John L'Ecuyer Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Rude Clement Virgo Best Canadian Short Film Reconstruction Laurence Green Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity Guy Maddin Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Use Once and Destroy John L'Ecuyer FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Desolation Angels Tim McCann FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Eggs Bent Hamer
Programme
Gala Presentations English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country The Confessional Le Confessionnal Robert Lepage Canada The Crossing Guard Sean Penn United States Cry, the Beloved Country Darrell Roodt South Africa, United States Devil in a Blue Dress Carl Franklin United States The Grass Harp Charles Matthau United States Guantanamera Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío Cuba Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis United States Margaret's Museum Mort Ransen Canada Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen United States My Mother's Courage Michael Verhoeven Germany, United Kingdom Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Nelly et M. Arnaud Claude Sautet France Nobody Loves Me Keiner liebt mich Doris Dörrie Germany The Run of the Country Peter Yates United States The Stars Fell on Henrietta James Keach United States Steal Big Steal Little Andrew Davis United States To Die For Gus Van Sant United States Unstrung Heroes Diane Keaton United States
Special Presentations Michelangelo Antonioni's film Beyond the Clouds had been slated to premiere in the Special Presentations program, but was withdrawn from the festival due to not being complete."Italian film bows out". Montreal Gazette, September 8, 1995.
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAngels and Insects Philip HaasUnited Kingdom, United StatesBlue in the Face Paul Auster, Wayne Wang & Harvey WangUnited States Carrington Christopher Hampton United Kingdom Fallen Angels Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong Flirt Hal Hartley United States Four Rooms Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Alexandre Rockwell, Allison Anders United StatesThe Freethinker Peter WatkinsSwedenGeorgia Ulu GrosbardUnited States, France The Grotesque John-Paul Davidson United Kingdom In the Bleak Midwinter Kenneth Branagh United KingdomThe Journey of August King John DuiganUnited StatesKristin Lavransdatter Liv UllmannNorwayA Month by the Lake John IrvinUnited Kingdom Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Gary Fleder United StatesUlysses' Gaze Το βλέμμα του ΟδυσσέαTheodoros AngelopoulosGreece, France, ItalyVoices Malcolm ClarkeUnited StatesWar of the Buttons John RobertsUnited Kingdom, France Wings of Courage Jean-Jacques Annaud United States, France
Contemporary World Cinema English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Antonia's Line Marleen Gorris Netherlands The Blue Veiled Rūsarī-Ābī Rakhshān Banietemad Iran Canadian Bacon Michael Moore United States The Celluloid Closet Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman United States Cold Fever Á köldum klaka Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Iceland Frankie Starlight Michael Lindsay-Hogg United States, Ireland Flamenco Carlos Saura Spain French Twist Gazon maudit Josiane Balasko France Land and Freedom Ken Loach United Kingdom, Spain, Germany Lisbon Story Wim Wenders Portugal, Germany The Neon Bible Terence Davies United Kingdom The Monster Il Mostro Roberto Benigni Italy Notes from Underground Gary Alan Walkow United States The Promise Das Versprechen Margarethe von Trotta Germany, France, Switzerland Total Eclipse Agnieszka Holland United Kingdom The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer United States Who Killed Pasolini? Pasolini, un delitto italiano Marco Tullio Giordana Italy
Perspective Canada: Features English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Black List Liste noire Jean-Marc Vallée Canada Blood and Donuts Holly Dale The Champagne Safari George Ungar Curtis's Charm John L'Ecuyer House Laurie Lynd House of Pain Mike Hoolboom If Only I Were an Indian John Paskievich Live Bait Bruce Sweeney The Michelle Apartments John Pozer Once in a Blue Moon Philip Spink Reconstruction Laurence Green Rude Clement Virgo Skin Deep Midi Onodera Soul Survivor Stephen Williams The Suburbanators Gary Burns Voices of Change Barbara Doran, Lyn Wright The War Between Us Anne Wheeler Use Once and Destroy John L'Ecuyer Water Child L'Enfant d'eau Robert Ménard Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics Terre Nash Zigrail André Turpin
Perspective Canada: Shorts English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Al Tasmim Selwyn Jacob Canada Cramps Penny Gay Movements of the Body: "1st Movement: The Gesture" Wayne Traudt My Name is Kahentiiosta Alanis Obomsawin Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity Guy Maddin Picoti Picota Manon Briand Pleasure Film (Ahmed's Story) Ann Marie Fleming A Portrait of Arshile Atom Egoyan Prey Helen Lee Reconstruction Laurence Green
First Cinema English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Heavy James Mangold United States Loaded Anna Campion New Zealand The White Balloon Badkonake sefid Jafar Panahi Iran The Young Poisoner's Handbook Benjamin Ross United Kingdom, Germany, France
Planet Africa English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Africa, My Africa Afrique, mon Afrique Idrissa Ouédraogo Burkina Faso, France Le Franc Djibril Diop Mambéty Switzerland, France, Senegal Guimba the Tyrant Guimba, un tyrant, une époque Cheick Oumar Sissoko Mali, Burkina Faso, France Haramuya Drissa Toure Burkina Faso, France The Keeper Joe Brewster United States The Killers Tanya Hamilton United States Sidney's Chair Roberto Bangura United Kingdom Vintage: Families of Value Thomas Allen Harris United States What My Mother Told Me Frances-Anne Solomon United Kingdom
Latin American Panorama English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil Carla Camurati Brazil Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business Helena Solberg Brazil Cinema of Tears Cinema de Lágrimas Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas Eliseo Subiela Argentina The Eyes of the Scissors El Censor Eduardo Calcagno Argentina Jonah and the Pink Whale Jonás y la ballena rosada Juan Carlos Valdivia Mexico, Bolivia No Return Address Sin remitente Carlos Carrera Mexico Two Crimes Dos crímenes Roberto Sneider
Asian Horizons English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Blackbirds at Bangpleng Ka Wao Thi Bang Phleng Niratisai Kanjareuk Thailand Cyclo Xích Lô Tran Anh Hung Vietnam Maiden Rose Xie Yang China
Hungarian Rhapsodies English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Countdown Visszaszámlálás Pál Erdöss Hungary A Light-Sensitive Story Fényérzékeny történet Pál Erdöss The Princess Adj király katonát Pál Erdöss Tolerance Gondviselés Pál Erdöss Twilight Szürkület Gyorgy Feher The Wondrous Voyage of Kornel Esti Esti Kornél csodálatos utazása Jozsef Pacskovszky
Director's Spotlight English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Almanac of Fall Őszi almanach Béla Tarr Hungary Damnation Kárhozat Family Nest Családi tűzfészek The Outsider Szabadgyalog The Prefab People Panelkapcsolat Satan's Tango Sátántangó
Midnight Madness English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country Crying Freeman Christophe Gans France, Canada, Japan The Day of the Beast El día de la bestia Álex de la Iglesia Spain, Italy Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness Shimako Sato Japan An Evil Town Richard Sears United States Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Gamera: Daikaijū Kūchū Kessen Shūsuke Kaneko Japan Mute Witness Stumme Zeugin Anthony Waller United Kingdom, Germany, Russia Screamers Christian Duguay Canada, United States, Japan Synthetic Pleasures Iara Lee United States To Kill a Dead Man Alexander Hemming United Kingdom Tokyo Fist Shinya Tsukamoto Japan Trailer Camp Jenni Olson United States
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures A program which asked nine prominent filmmakers to select a film that had been a key influence on their own filmmaking career.Rob Salem, "Film fest's 20th full of stars, premieres Dozen Canadian features will have their world debut in Toronto". Toronto Star, August 23, 1995.
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Selected by Antonio das Mortes Glauber Rocha Jonathan Demme Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson Doris Dörrie Freaks Tod Browning David Cronenberg A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester Hal Hartley Late Spring Banshun Yasujirō Ozu Hou Hsiao-hsien Limelight Charlie Chaplin Liv Ullmann A Man Escaped Un condamné à mort s'est échappé Robert Bresson Agnieszka Holland Le Samourai Jean-Pierre Melville John Woo Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Tini zabutykh predkiv Sergei Parajanov Paul Cox
Unverified program Films that are known to have screened, but have not yet been verified which program they were in. The Addiction by Abel Ferrara Angel Baby by Michael Rymer Augustin by Anne Fontaine Bombay by Mani Ratnam Brother of Sleep by Joseph Vilsmaier Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi La Cérémonie by Claude Chabrol Denise Calls Up by Hal Salwen Desolation Angels by Tim McCann Don't Forget You're Going to Die (N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir) by Xavier Beauvois Eggs by Bent Hamer Go Now by Michael Winterbottom Good Men, Good Women by Hou Hsiao-hsien Harvest Home by Carlos Siguion-Reyna Hate (La Haine) by Mathieu Kassovitz Hello Cinema (Salaam Cinema) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf Institute Benjamenta by Brothers Quay It's A Long Way to the Sea (Xagoroloi Bohudoor) by Jahnu Barua The Last Supper by Stacy Title Love Letter by Shunji Iwai Maborosi by Hirokazu Koreeda Madagascar Skin by Chris Newby A Moslem (Musulmanin) by Vladimir Khotinenko Nothing Personal by Thaddeus O'Sullivan On the Beat by Ning Ying Once Upon a Time...This Morning (Kalla khrung nueng... muea chao nee) by Bhandit Rittakol Peculiarities of the National Hunt by Aleksandr Rogozhkin Persuasion by Roger Michell Someone Else's America by Goran Paskaljevic Stonewall by Nigel Finch Time of Love (Nobat-e âšeqi) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf Under the Domim Tree by Eli Cohen Welcome to the Dollhouse by Todd Solondz
References
Pop Culture A portion of the documentary film "American Movie" was filmed at the Sutton Hotel during the festival. The star of the documentary, Mark Borchardt, was attempting to get his script noticed by industry higher-ups. The footage was cut from the final documentary but was made available on the DVD's deleted scenes.
External links Official site TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012 1995 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb