2000 Toronto International Film Festival

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2000 Toronto International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Stardom [1]
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films330 films and 25 shorts
Festival dateSeptember 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)–September 16, 2000 (2000-09-16)
LanguageEnglish
Website web.archive.org/web/20010203223900/http://e.bell.ca/filmfest/2000/index.asp

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]

Contents

Awards

Award [5] [6] [7] [8] FilmDirector
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 MentionErnest Keith Behrman
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Bangkok Dangerous Pang Fat & Oxide Pang Chun

Programmes

Gala Presentations

Special Presentations

Masters

Perspective Canada

Contemporary World Cinema

Discovery

Planet Africa

Real to Reel

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

25th Anniversary Special Events

The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears

Year 1

Beckett on Film

Preludes

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]

Spotlight: Robert Beavers

Canadian Open Vault

Midnight Madness

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