2000 Toronto International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Stardom[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| No. of films | 330 films and 25 shorts |
| Festival date | September 7, 2000–September 16, 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Website | web |
The 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, the 25th annual festival, ran from September 7 to September 16, 2000. Along with special events to commemorate the anniversary, there were a total of 330 films screened. There was a special screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky featuring musical accompaniment by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Also, 25 digital video shorts were made by attending filmmakers.[2][3][4]
Awards
[edit]| Award[5][6][7][8] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee |
| Discovery Award (tie) | George Washington | David Gordon Green |
| Discovery Award (tie) | 101 Reykjavík | Baltasar Kormákur |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Waydowntown | Gary Burns |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Maelström | Denis Villeneuve |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Ginger Snaps | Karen Walton (writer) |
| Best Canadian First Feature Film | The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge | Philippe Falardeau |
| Best Canadian First Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Red Deer | Anthony Couture |
| Best Canadian Short Film | The Hat (Le Chapeau) | Michèle Cournoyer |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Mention | Ernest | Keith Behrman |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Bangkok Dangerous | Pang Fat & Oxide Pang Chun |
Programmes
[edit]Gala Presentations
[edit]- Almost Famous by Cameron Crowe
- Best In Show by Christopher Guest
- Bread and Tulips by Silvio Soldini
- The Contender by Rod Lurie
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee
- The Dish by Rob Sitch
- Dr. T and the Women by Robert Altman
- The House of Mirth by Terence Davies
- How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog by Michael Kalesniko
- In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-wai
- The Luzhin Defence by Marleen Gorris
- Men of Honor by George Tillman Jr.
- Pandaemonium by Julien Temple
- Sexy Beast by Jonathan Glazer
- Stardom by Denys Arcand
- La Veuve de Saint-Pierre by Patrice Leconte
- The Weight of Water by Kathryn Bigelow
Special Presentations
[edit]- Beautiful by Sally Field
- Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel
- Chinese Coffee by Al Pacino
- Dancing at the Blue Iguana by Michael Radford
- Duets by Bruce Paltrow
- Faithless by Liv Ullmann
- Greenfingers by Joel Hershman
- Innocence by Paul Cox
- ivansxtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood) by Bernard Rose
- Liam by Stephen Frears
- Lumumba by Raoul Peck
- Pollock by Ed Harris
- Possible Worlds by Robert Lepage
- Princes et princesses by Michel Ocelot
- The Princess and the Warrior by Tom Tykwer
- Shadow of the Vampire by E. Elias Merhige
- A Shot at Glory by Michael Corrente
- Sous le sable by François Ozon
- State and Main by David Mamet
- Tigerland by Joel Schumacher
- The Yards by James Gray
- You Can Count on Me by Kenneth Lonergan
Masters
[edit]- Bread and Roses by Ken Loach
- Brother by Takeshi Kitano
- La Captive by Chantal Akerman
- Chunhyang by Im Kwontaek
- Code Inconnu by Michael Haneke
- Comédie de l'innocence by Raoul Ruiz
- Gohatto by Nagisa Oshima
- The Legends of Rita by Volker Schlöndorff
- Merci pour le chocolat by Claude Chabrol
- My Generation by Barbara Kopple
- Such is Life by Arturo Ripstein
- Turbulence by Ruy Guerra
- Werckmeister Harmonies by Béla Tarr
- The Wrestlers by Buddhadeb Dasgupta
- Yi Yi (A One and a Two) by Edward Yang
Perspective Canada
[edit]- Abe's Manhood by Aubrey Nealon
- After Eden by John Price
- Atomic Saké by Louise Archambault
- The Basement Girl by Midi Onodera
- Bowie: One in a Million by Janis Cole
- Clean Rite Cowboy by Michael Downing
- De l'art et la manière chez Denys Arcand by Georges Dufaux
- Deeply by Sheri Elwood
- Desire by Colleen Murphy
- Dinky Menace by Robert Kennedy
- Ernest by Keith Behrman
- FILM(lode) by Deco Dawson
- Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry by Ines Buchli
- Ginger Snaps by John Fawcett
- The Hat (Le Chapeau) by Michèle Cournoyer
- Hindsight by Susan Shipton
- Landscaping by Paul Carrière
- The Law of Enclosures by John Greyson
- The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge by Philippe Falardeau
- Like a Dream that Vanishes by Barbara Sternberg
- The Lost Bundefjord Expedition by Matt Holm
- Love Come Down by Clement Virgo
- Low Self-Esteem Girl by Blaine Thurier
- Maelström by Denis Villeneuve
- Marine Life by Anne Wheeler
- Monday with the Martins by Jeffery Erbach
- Moon Palace by David Weaver
- New Neighbours by Anita McGee
- Parsley Days by Andrea Dorfman
- Passengers by Francine Zuckerman
- The Perfect Son by Leonard Farlinger
- Poe by Gregory Nixon
- Red Deer by Anthony Couture
- Rocks at Whiskey Trench by Alanis Obomsawin
- Saint Jude by John L'Ecuyer
- Sea in the Blood by Richard Fung
- Subrosa by Helen Lee
- Suspicious River by Lynne Stopkewich
- Take-Out by Jean-François Monette
- Three Stories from the End of Everything by Semi Chellas
- Traces on the Rock of Elsewhere (Traces dans le rocher du lointain) by Majdi El-Omari
- Two Thousand and None by Arto Paragamian
- The Uncles by James Allodi
- Via Crucis by Serge Denoncourt
- The Walnut Tree by Elida Schogt
- Waydowntown by Gary Burns
- We All Fall Down by Martin Cummins
- What About Me: The Rise of the Nihilist Spasm Band by Zev Asher
- When Morning Comes by Charles Officer
Contemporary World Cinema
[edit]- Aberdeen by Hans Petter Moland
- Amores Perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Angels of the Universe by Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
- April Captains by Maria de Medeiros
- Attraction by Russell DeGrazier
- Better Than Sex by Jonathan Teplitzky
- Billy Elliot by Stephen Daldry
- Blackboards by Samira Makhmalbaf
- Born Romantic by David Kane
- Brave New Land by Lúcia Murat
- Burnt Money by Marcelo Piñeyro
- Chasing Sleep by Michael Walker
- The Circle by Jafar Panahi
- Clouds of May by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Collision Course by Roberval Duarte
- Daily Bread by Ane Muñoz Mitxelena
- The Debt by Krzysztof Krauze
- Les Destinées Sentimentales by Olivier Assayas
- Djomeh by Hassan Yektapanah
- Dog Food by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
- Durian Durian by Fruit Chan
- Eistenstein by Renny Bartlett
- Eureka by Shinji Aoyama
- Face by Junji Sakamoto
- Farewell by Jan Schütte
- Fast Food, Fast Women by Amos Kollek
- The Film Biker by Mel Chionglo
- Flower of Manila by Joel Lamangan
- Freedom by Sharunas Bartas
- Friends Have Reasons by Gerardo Herrero
- Girlfight by Karyn Kusama
- The Goddess of 1967 by Clara Law
- Gojoe by Sogo Ishii
- Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien by Dominik Moll
- Hey Ram by Kamal Haasan
- Holdup by Florian Flicker
- Hunters in the Snow by Michael Kreihsl
- The Isle by Kim Ki-duk
- Juliet in Love by Wilson Yip
- Kaza-hana by Shinji Somai
- Kimono by Hal Hartley
- The King is Alive by Kristian Levring
- Kippur by Amos Gitaï
- Krámpack by Cesc Gay
- À la verticale de l'été by Tran Anh Hung
- Landscape by Martin Sulík
- The Last Resort by Paul Pawlikowski
- Little Cheung by Fruit Chan
- Lockdown by John Luessenhop
- Manila by Romuald Karmakar
- Me, You, Them by Andrucha Waddington
- The Mechanism by Djordje Milosavljevic
- Memento by Christopher Nolan
- La moitié du ciel by Alain Mazars
- The Monkey's Mask by Samantha Lang
- The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz by Ben Hopkins
- No Place to Go by Oskar Roehler
- Nuts for Love by Alberto Lecchi
- Peppermint by Costas Kapakas
- Petite chérie by Anne Villacèque
- Placido Rizzotto by Pasquale Scimeca
- Platform by Jia Zhangke
- The Price of Milk by Harry Sinclair
- Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky
- Risk by Alan White
- A Rumor of Angels by Peter O'Fallon
- Sade by Benoît Jacquot
- Samia by Philippe Faucon
- Seance by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Seven Songs From the Tundra by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio
- Shadow Magic by Ann Hu
- Signs & Wonders by Jonathan Nossiter
- Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine by Bahman Farmanara
- Songs from the Second Floor by Roy Andersson
- The Stranger by Götz Spielmann
- Suzhou River by Lou Ye
- Swedish Beauty by Daniel Fridell
- Teeth by Gabriele Salvatores
- Thomas est amoureux by Pierre-Paul Renders
- A Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi
- To Die (Or Not) by Ventura Pons
- The Truth About Tully by Hilary Birmingham
- Two Family House by Raymond De Felitta
- Urbania by Jon Shear
- Vengo by Tony Gatlif
- La ville est tranquille by Robert Guédiguian
- Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors by Hong Sang-soo
- Une vraie jeune fille by Catherine Breillat
- Waiting for the Messiah by Daniel Burman
- Waiting List by Juan Carlos Tabío
- Walk the Talk by Shirley Barrett
- The Wedding by Pavel Lounguine
- When Brendan Met Trudy by Kieron J. Walsh
- When the Sky Falls by John Mackenzie
- Wild Blue: Notes for Several Voices by Thierry Knauff
- With Closed Eyes by Mansur Madavi
Discovery
[edit]- 10 Minutes by Juan Carlos Rulfo
- 101 Reykjavík by Baltasar Kormákur
- 19 by Kazushi Watanabe
- Aïe by Sophie Fillières
- alaska.de by Esther Gronenborn
- Baise-moi by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi
- Bangkok Dangerous by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang
- Bunny by Mia Trachinger
- Chill Out by Andreas Struck
- Chopper by Andrew Dominik
- City Loop by Belinda Chayko
- Compassionate Sex by Laura Mañá
- The Day I Became A Woman by Marziyeh Meshkini
- Dust to Dust by Juan Carlos de Llaca
- Les filles ne savent pas nager by Anne-Sophie Birot
- George Washington by David Gordon Green
- The Girl by Sande Zeig
- In God We Trust by Jason Reitman
- Interstate 84 by Ross Partridge
- The Iron Ladies by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
- Loners by David Ondrícek
- The Low Down by Jamie Thraves
- The Most Fertile Man in Ireland by Dudi Appleton
- Night Kiss by Boris Rodriguez Arroyo
- The Red One: Triumph by Oleg Pogodin and Vladimir Alenikov
- Scarlet Diva by Asia Argento
- Scoutman by Masato Ishioka
- Vulgar by Bryan Johnson
- The Young Unknowns by Catherine Jelski
Planet Africa
[edit]- Adanggaman by Roger Gnoan M'Bala
- Ali Zaoua by Nabil Ayouch
- Are You Cinderella? by Charles Hall
- Auguy by Munga Tunda Djo
- Bàttu by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
- Bye Bye Africa by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
- Christmas With Granny by Dumisani Phakathi
- The Elevator by Alrick Riley
- En Face by Zina Modiano and Mehdi Ben Attia
- Hijack Stories by Oliver Schmitz
- El Medina by Yousry Nasrallah
- One Week by Carl Seaton
- Passage du milieu by Guy Deslauriers
- La saison des hommes by Moufida Tlatli
- La Squale by Fabrice Genestal
- The Station by Aaron Woolfolk
- Tourbillons by Alain Gomis
- Vacances Au Pays by Jean-Marie Teno
Real to Reel
[edit]- Asylum by Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair
- Breathe In/Breathe Out by Beth Billingsly
- Calle 54 by Fernando Trueba
- Crazy by Heddy Honigmann
- Erik Bruhn: I'm the Same- Only More by Lennart Pasborg
- Fighter by Amir Bar-Lev
- The First and the Last... by Momir Matovic
- Gaea Girls by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams
- Les glaneurs et la glaneuse by Agnès Varda
- Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport by Mark Jonathan Harris
- Jour de nuit by Dieter Fahrer and Bernhard Nick
- One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich by Chris Marker
- Kalamandalam Gopi by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale by Laurie Gwen Shapiro and David Shapiro
- The Long Holiday by Johan van der Keuken
- The Man Who Bought Mustique by Joseph Bullman
- The Natural History of the Chicken by Mark Lewis
- Paragraph 175 by Rob Epstein and Jeffery Friedman
- The Prince is Back by Marina Goldovskaya
- La règle du je by Françoise Romand
- Soldiers in the Army of God by Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson
- The Turandot Project by Allan Miller
- Unchain by Toyoda Toshiaki
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
[edit]- The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio de Sica
- Blue Velvet by David Lynch
- Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee
- Performance by Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell
- Raven's End by Bo Widerberg
- The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky
25th Anniversary Special Events
[edit]- 25 x 25 (twenty-five digital video shorts made by attending filmmakers)
- Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Eisenstein
The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears
- Dangerous Liaisons by Stephen Frears
- The Grifters by Stephen Frears
- The Hit by Stephen Frears
- My Beautiful Laundrette by Stephen Frears
- Prick Up Your Ears by Stephen Frears
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid by Stephen Frears
Year 1
[edit]- The Context by Francesco Rosi
- Cousin, cousine by Jean-Charles Tacchella
- Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa
- The Devil's Playground by Fred Schepisi
- L'eau chaude l'eau frette by André Forcier
- Grey Gardens by Albert Maysles and David Maysles
- Harlan County, USA by Barbara Kopple
- Kings of the Road by Wim Wenders
- Act Without Words 1 by Karel Reisz
- Catastrophe by David Mamet
- Endgame by Conor McPherson
- Happy Days by Patricia Rozema
- Krapp's Last Tape by Atom Egoyan
- Not I by Neil Jordan
- Play by Anthony Minghella
- Rockaby by Sir Richard Eyre
- Rough For Theatre 1 by Kieron J. Walsh
- What Where by Damien O'Donnell
Preludes
[edit]Preludes was a special one-off program of ten short films by Canadian film directors, commissioned by TIFF to celebrate its 25th anniversary.[9] The Preludes films were also subsequently screened on the web separately from their screenings at TIFF, on a platform funded by Bell Canada.[10]
- Camera by David Cronenberg
- The Line by Atom Egoyan
- Congratulations by Mike Jones
- See You in Toronto by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- The Heart of the World by Guy Maddin
- A Word from the Management by Don McKellar
- 24fps by Jeremy Podeswa
- This Might Be Good by Patricia Rozema
- Prelude by Michael Snow
- Legs Apart by Anne Wheeler
Spotlight: Robert Beavers
[edit]- Amor by Robert Beavers
- From the Notebook of... by Robert Beavers
- The Painting by Robert Beavers
- Ruskin by Robert Beavers
- Sotiros by Robert Beavers
- The Stoas by Robert Beavers
- Wingseed by Robert Beavers
- Work Done by Robert Beavers
Canadian Open Vault
[edit]- Tit-Coq by Gratien Gélinas and René Delacroix
Midnight Madness
[edit]- 6ixtynin9 by Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- The American Nightmare by Adam Simon
- The City of Lost Souls by Miike Takashi
- The Foul King by Kim Jeewoon
- The Irrefutable Truth about Demons by Glenn Standring
- The Mission by Johnnie To Kei-Fung
- Quartered at Dawn by Norbert Keil
- Tell Me Something by Chang Youn hyun
- Time and Tide by Tsui Hark
- Wild Zero by Tetsuro Takeuchi
References
[edit]- ^ "2000 TIFF Festival Daily Update #1: "The Fall Through Summer's Back Door: An Overview of the 2000 TIFF"". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "TORONTO 2000: 25th Toronto Fest Announces Lineup: Bigger, Longer and Uncut". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "25th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "25th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "2000 Awards" (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival. 2000-09-17. Archived from the original on 2001-05-28. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
- ^ Tamsen Tillson (2000-09-18). "'Tiger' takes Toronto aud kudos". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "TORONTO 2000 UPDATE: 25th Toronto International Film Festival Award Winners". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ Marc Glassman, "Preludes". Take One, Vol. 30 (Winter 2001). pp. 43-44.
- ^ Peter Howell, "Downstreaming without a paddle; Fest shorts on the Web ain't nothing like the real thing". Toronto Star, November 15, 2000.
- ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.