1996 Toronto International Film Festival

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1996 Toronto International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Fly Away Home
Closing film That Thing You Do!
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 5, 1996 (1996-09-05)–September 14, 1996 (1996-09-14)
LanguageEnglish
Website tiff.net

The 21st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1996. The festival opened with the film Fly Away Home , [1] and closed with That Thing You Do! . [2]

Contents

This year's festival marked significant changes in the programming streams, including The Edge, Asian Horizons and Latin American Panorama being merged into Contemporary World Cinema, and First Cinema being discontinued with first films instead appearing under Contemporary World Cinema, Real to Reel and Discovery. [3] The Dialogues series, which had been introduced the previous year as a special event, was turned into a permanent program.

Awards

AwardFilmDirectorRef
People's Choice Award Shine Scott Hicks [4]
Metro Media Award Shine Scott Hicks
Best Canadian Feature Film Long Day's Journey into Night David Wellington
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Kissed Lynne Stopkewich
Best Canadian Short Film Letters from Home Mike Hoolboom
Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Sin Cycle Jack Cocker & Ben Famiglietti
Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Lodela Philippe Baylaucq
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Life Lawrence Johnston
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention The Daytrippers Greg Mottola

Programme

Galas

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
2 Days in the Valley John Herzfeld United States
American Buffalo Michael Corrente United States, United Kingdom
Bogus Norman Jewison United States
Extreme Measures Michael Apted United Kingdom, United States
Fly Away Home Carroll Ballard United States
Infinity Matthew Broderick United States
Jerusalem Bille August Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Jude Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Mira Nair India, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
Long Day's Journey into Night David Wellington Canada
Michael Collins Neil Jordan Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Mother Albert Brooks United States
Ridicule Patrice Leconte France
Shadow Play Portraits chinoisMartine DugowsonFrance
Shine Scott Hicks Australia
Swann Anna Benson GylesCanada
That Thing You Do! Tom Hanks United States
The Van Stephen Frears Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Special Presentations

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Albino Alligator Kevin Spacey United States
Bastard Out of Carolina Anjelica Huston United States
Beyond the Clouds Al di là delle nuvole Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, France, Germany
Big Night Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci United States
Breaking the Waves Lars von Trier Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands
Deep Crimson Profundo Carmesí Arturo Ripstein Mexico
Drifting Clouds Kauas pilvet karkaavat Aki Kaurismäki Finland
For Ever Mozart Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland
The Funeral Abel Ferrara United States
Goodbye South, Goodbye Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
Gray's Anatomy Steven Soderbergh United Kingdom, United States
If These Walls Could Talk Cher, Nancy Savoca United States
Inside Arthur Penn United States
The Leading Man John Duigan United Kingdom
Looking for Richard Al Pacino United States
Losing Chase Kevin Bacon United States
Lust and Revenge Paul Cox Australia
Microcosmos Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbeMarie Pérennou, Claude NuridsanyFrance, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
The Ogre Der Unhold Volker Schlöndorff France, Germany, United Kingdom
The Pillow Book Peter Greenaway Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg
Schizopolis Steven Soderbergh United States
The Secret Agent Christopher Hampton United Kingdom
The Substance of Fire Daniel J. Sullivan United States
A Summer's Tale Conte d'été Eric Rohmer France
Taxi Carlos Saura Spain
Tieta of Agreste Tieta do Agreste Carlos Diegues Brazil
Twelfth Night Trevor Nunn United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Unhook the Stars Nick Cassavetes United States
The War at Home Emilio Estevez United States

Contemporary World Cinema

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Come-OnEl AnzueloErnesto RimochMexico
Corisco and DadaRosemberg CariryBrazil
How Angels Are Born Como Nascem os AnjosMurilo SallesBrazil
Melodrama Rolando Díaz Cuba
My Last ManMi último hombreTatiana GaviolaChile
Oedipus Mayor Jorge Alí Triana Colombia

Discovery

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Daytrippers Greg Mottola United States
Driven Michael ShoobUnited States
Landscapes of Memory O Sertão das MemóriasJosé AraújoBrazil
The RiddleEvan BrennerRussia, United States
The Salt in the WoundEl Dedo en la Llaga Alberto Lecchi Argentina
Sotto VoceMario LevinArgentina
A Starry SkyUm Céu de Estrelas Tata Amaral Brazil

Perspective Canada: Features

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! Ileana Pietrobruno Canada
The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati Michael McNamara
The Escort L'Escorte Denis Langlois
Fire Deepa Mehta
The Human Plant La Plante humaine Pierre Hébert
Hustler White Bruce LaBruce
Kissed Lynne Stopkewich
Lilies John Greyson
Lulu Srinivas Krishna
Not Me! Sous-sol Pierre Gang
Power Magnus Isacsson
Project Grizzly Peter Lynch
Shoemaker Colleen Murphy

Perspective Canada: Shorts

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Can I Get a Witness? Kris Lefcoe Canada
Letters from Home Mike Hoolboom
Lodela Philippe Baylaucq
Moscow SummerRobin Schlaht
Sin Cycle Jack Cocker, Ben Famiglietti
Soft Like MeJeffrey Erbach
TroublePaul diStefano

Planet Africa

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Aristotle's PlotLe Complot d'Aristotle Jean-Pierre Bekolo Zimbabwe, France
Everyone's Child Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk St. Clair Bourne United States
Macadam Tribe Macadam Tribu Zeka Laplaine France, Zaire, Mali
A Summer in La Goulette Un été à La Goulette Férid Boughedir Tunisia
The Watermelon Woman Cheryl Dunye United States
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices Louis Massiah United States
When the Stars Meet the SeaQuand les Étoiles rencontrent la mer Raymond Rajaonarivelo Madagascar

Midnight Madness

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
All of Them Witches SobrenaturalDaniel GruenerMexico
Attack of Legion Gamera Tsū: Region Shūrai Shusuke Kaneko Japan
Curdled Reb BraddockUnited States
Killer Tongue La lengua asesinaAlberto SciammaSpain
Organ Orugan Kei Fujiwara Japan
RatchetJohn JohnsonUnited States
Road Movie Peter Care United States
ScrewedAlexander CrawfordUnited States
The Stendhal Syndrome La Sindrome di Stendhal Dario Argento Italy

Vietnam Perspective

A special program highlighting films from Vietnam. [5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Black CactusXuong rong denLê DânVietnam
Gone, Gone Forever Gone Bụi Hồng Hồ Quang Minh
Nostalgia for the CountrysideThương nhớ đồng quê Đặng Nhật Minh
The Retired GeneralTướng về hưuNguyễn Khắc Lợi
When the Tenth Month Comes Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười Đặng Nhật Minh

Dialogues

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Selected by
The Battle of Algiers La battaglia di Algeri Gillo Pontecorvo Mira Nair
Blinkity Blank Norman McLaren Jean-Luc Godard
Cries and Whispers Viskningar och rop Ingmar Bergman Bille August
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz Ensayo de un crimen Luis Buñuel Atom Egoyan
Jules and Jim Jules et Jim François Truffaut Arthur Penn
Last Year at Marienbad L'Année dernière à Marienbad Alain Resnais Peter Greenaway
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Melvin Van Peebles Claire Denis
Talking to Strangers Rob Tregenza Jean-Luc Godard
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands

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  2. Brian D. Johnson, "Starry, starry nights". Maclean's , September 23, 1996.
  3. Rob Salem, "Hoffman, Jewison films at fest Vietnam cinema and Portuguese director will also be featured". Toronto Star , July 3, 1996.
  4. "Toronto director scoops top film prize". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , September 17, 1996.
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