1986 Toronto International Film Festival
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Annual Canadian film festival
Opening filmThe Decline of the American Empire
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 4, 1986 (1986-09-04)–September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13)
 Festival poster by Voytek Gorczynski | |
| Opening film | The Decline of the American Empire |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Festival date | September 4, 1986 (1986-09-04)–September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13) |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
The 11th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1986.[1]
The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand was selected as the opening film.[2] It won both the People's Choice and Best Canadian Film awards at the festival.[3] It was the first film ever to win both prizes, and the first Canadian film ever to win People's Choice.
| Award | Film | Director | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Choice | The Decline of the American Empire | Denys Arcand | [3] |
| Best Canadian Film | The Decline of the American Empire | Denys Arcand | |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Sitting in Limbo | John N. Smith | |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Dancing in the Dark | Martha Henry (for acting) | |
| International Critics' Award | Man Facing Southeast | Eliseo Subiela |
Programme
Gala Presentations
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children of a Lesser God | Randa Haines | United States | |
| The Decline of the American Empire | Le Déclin de l'empire américain | Denys Arcand | Canada |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | United States | |
| Kangaroo | Tim Burstall | Australia | |
| Malandro | Ópera do Malandro | Ruy Guerra | Brazil, France |
| 'night, Mother | Tom Moore | United States | |
| Shtei Etzbaot MiTzidon | Eli Cohen | Israel | |
| Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | United States | |
| That's Life | Blake Edwards | United States | |
| Where the River Runs Black | Christopher Cain | United States | |
Canadian Perspective
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-87 | Arthur Lipsett | Canada | |
| The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood | Andy Jones, Michael Jones | ||
| Along the Road to Altamira | David Rimmer | ||
| Anne Trister | Léa Pool | ||
| As Seen on TV | David Rimmer | ||
| The Big Adventure | Colin Strayer | ||
| Birds at Sunrise | Joyce Wieland | ||
| The Climb | Donald Shebib | ||
| Close to Home | Rick Beairsto | ||
| Confidential | Bruce Pittman | ||
| Dancing in the Dark | Leon Marr | ||
| The Dead Father | Guy Maddin | ||
| Divine Solitude | Jean-Marc Larivière | ||
| L'Élue | Louise Lamarre | ||
| Evixion | Bashar Shbib | ||
| The Final Battle | Donald Brittain | ||
| Fluxes | Arthur Lipsett | ||
| La Fuite | Robert Cornellier | ||
| Garbagemen | Les Vidangeurs | Camille Coudari | |
| Henri | François Labonté | ||
| Her Soil Is Gold | Annette Mangaard | ||
| Intimate Power | Pouvoir intime | Yves Simoneau | |
| It's a Party! | Peg Campbell | ||
| A Judgement in Stone | Ousama Rawi | Canada, United Kingdom | |
| Knock! Knock! | Bruce McDonald | Canada | |
| Linda Joy | Linda Joy Busby, William D. MacGillivray | ||
| Little Brother Watches Back | Tom Thibault | ||
| Loyalties | Anne Wheeler | ||
| Memory Lapse at the Waterfront | Carol McBride | ||
| Men: A Passion Playground | Atom Egoyan | ||
| N-Zone | Arthur Lipsett | ||
| Nion in the Kabaret de La Vita | Jeremy Podeswa | ||
| O, Dad! | Jonathan Amitay | ||
| ?O, Zoo!: The Making of a Fiction Film | Philip Hoffman | ||
| Overnight | Jack Darcus | ||
| Passiflora | Fernand Bélanger, Dagmar Teufal | ||
| Passion and Gasoline | Mark Forler | ||
| Ranch: The Alan Wood Ranch Project | Steven DeNure, Chris Lowry | ||
| Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child | Alanis Obomsawin | ||
| Sitting in Limbo | John N. Smith | ||
| Sonia | Paule Baillargeon | ||
| There Is a Rally | Keith Hlady | ||
| A Trip Down Memory Lane | Arthur Lipsett | ||
| Triptych | Bev Brigham | ||
| Turbo Concerto | Martin Barry | ||
| Up Against the Looking Glass | Bruce Worrall | ||
| Urban Menace | Patricia Rozema | ||
| Very Nice, Very Nice | Arthur Lipsett | ||
| The Wake | Carolyn McLuskie | ||
| Welcome to the Parade | Stuart Clarfield | ||
| White Museum | Mike Hoolboom | ||
Contemporary World Cinema
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Square Meters of Germany | 40 Quadratmeter Deutschland | Tevfik Başer | West Germany |
| Abel | Alex van Warmerdam | Netherlands | |
| Almacita, Soul of Desolato | Almacita di desolato | Felix de Rooy | Netherlands |
| Amorosa | Mai Zetterling | Sweden | |
| Black and White | Noir et Blanc | Claire Devers | France |
| The Blind Director | Alexander Kluge | West Germany | |
| Beautiful Weather, but Storms in the Afternoon | Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée | Gérard Frot-Coutaz | France |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States | |
| Butterfly and Flowers | Phisuea Lae Dokmai | Euthana Mukdasanit | Thailand |
| Cactus | Paul Cox | Australia | |
| Caravaggio | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | |
| Desert of Love | Die Liebeswüste | Lothar Lambert | West Germany |
| Devil in the Flesh | Il diavolo in corpo | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Eat the Peach | Peter Ormrod | Ireland | |
| Evening Dress | Tenue de soirée | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Fatherland | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
| Flight North | Flucht in den Norden | Ingemo Engström | West Germany, Finland |
| Genesis | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| Golden Eighties | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France, Switzerland | |
| Gonza the Spearman | Yari no gonza | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
| How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot | Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota | Slobodan Šijan | Yugoslavia, France |
| In the Wild Mountains | Ye Shan | Xueshu Yan | China |
| Infatuation | 1/2 Duan qing | Louis Tan | Hong Kong |
| Jumping | Springen | Jean-Pierre De Decker | Belgium |
| The Last Emperor | Huo long | Li Han-hsiang | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| The Last Rendezvous | Das letze rendezvous | İsmet Elçi | West Germany |
| The Legend of Suram Fortress | Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze | Soviet Union (Georgia) | |
| Love Brewed in the African Pot | Kwaw Ansah | Ghana | |
| Max Havelaar | Fons Rademakers | Netherlands | |
| Mulberry | Ppong | Lee Doo-yong | South Korea |
| My Sweet Little Village | Vesničko má středisková | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| Nanou | Conny Templeman | France, United Kingdom | |
| Noisy Martha | Nicht nichts ohne Dich | Pia Frankenberg | West Germany |
| Now or Never | Auf immer und Ewig | Christel Buschmann | West Germany |
| N'tturudu | Umbañ U Kset | Guinea-Bissau | |
| On Valentine's Day | Ken Harrison | United States | |
| Place of Weeping | Afrika - Land der Hoffnung | Darrell Roodt | South Africa |
| A Portuguese Goodbye | Um Adeus Português | João Botelho | Portugal |
| The Ppperformer | De kKKomediant | Casper Verbrugge | Netherlands |
| Red Kiss | Rouge baiser | Véra Belmont | France |
| River's Edge | Tim Hunter | United States | |
| Rosa the Rose, Streetwalker | Rosa la rose, fille publique | Paul Vecchiali | France |
| The Sacrifice | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Sweden, United Kingdom, France |
| Scene of the Crime | Le lieu du crime | André Téchiné | France |
| Sexmission | Seksmisja | Juliusz Machulski | Poland |
| Shadey | Philip Saville | United Kingdom | |
| Shadow of Victory | In de schaduw van de overwinning | Ate de Jong | Netherlands |
| Sharp Like a Stone | Kerikil-Kerikil Tajam | Sjumandjaja | Indonesia |
| Shoot for the Sun | Ian Knox | United Kingdom | |
| Sid and Nancy | Alex Cox | United Kingdom | |
| Sleepwalk | Sara Driver | United States | |
| The Smile of the Lamb | Hiuch HaGdi | Shimon Dotan | Israel |
| Steaming | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Summer | Le Rayon vert | Éric Rohmer | France |
| Super Citizen | 超級市民 | Wan Jen | Taiwan |
| Tampopo | Juzo Itami | Japan | |
| Thérèse | Alain Cavalier | France | |
| Time of Silence | Tiempo de Silencio | Vicente Aranda | Spain |
| The Unknown Soldier | Tuntematon sotilas | Rauni Mollberg | Finland |
| Welcome in Vienna | Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna | Axel Corti | Austria |
| What Can I Do with a Male Nude? | Ron Peck | United States | |
| Who Kisses Too Much | Qui trop embrasse | Jacques Davila | France |
| Wives – Ten Years After | Hustruer – ti år etter | Anja Breien | Norway |
| The Wolf Girl | Die Wolfsbraut | Dagmar Beiersdorf | West Germany |
| Working Girls | Lizzie Borden | United States | |
| A Zed & Two Noughts | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom, Netherlands | |
| Zina | Ken McMullen | United Kingdom | |
Documentaries
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 Man | 1/2 Mensch | Gakuryu Ishii | Japan |
| And the Pursuit of Happiness | La poursuite du bonheur | Louis Malle | United States |
| Are We Winning, Mommy? America and the Cold War | Barbara Margolis | United States | |
| China: The Arts – The People | China. Die Künste – der Alltag | Ulrike Ottinger | West Germany |
| Dead End Kids | JoAnne Akalaitis | United States | |
| Father Balweg, Rebel Priest | Tikoy Aguiluz | Philippines | |
| Film Before Film | Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bildern? | Werner Nekes | West Germany |
| Forest of Bliss | Robert Gardner | United States | |
| Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age | Dennis O'Rourke | Australia | |
| Hitchcock: The Thrill of Genius | Hitchcock: Il Brivido Del Genio | Francesco Bortolini, Claudio Masenza | Italy |
| Jimi Plays Monterey | D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus | United States | |
| Krebs | Bruce Krebs | United States | |
| Lily Tomlin | Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | United States | |
| Mix-Up | Mix-Up ou Méli-mélo | Françoise Romand | France |
| Mother Teresa | Ann Petrie, Jeanette Petrie | United States | |
| My Life for Zarah Leander | Christian Blackwood | United States | |
| Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis | Christian Blackwood | United States | |
| Partisans of Vilna | Joshua Waletzky | United States | |
| Routine Pleasures | Jean-Pierre Gorin | United Kingdom, France, West Germany | |
| Sera Posible El Sur | Stefan Paul | West Germany | |
| Sherman's March | Ross McElwee | United States | |
| Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | France | |
| The Thousand and One Daisies | Les mille et une marguerites | Pierre Philippe | France |
| Tosca's Kiss | Il Bacio di Tosca | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland |
20/20
Latin America: Winds of Change
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acta General de Chile | Miguel Littín | Chile | |
| The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin | Las aventuras de Juan Quin Quin | Julio García Espinosa | Cuba |
| ...And God Created Them | Díos los Cría... | Jacobo Morales | Puerto Rico |
| Avaete, Seed of Revenge | Avaeté: Semente da Vingança | Zelito Viana | Brazil |
| Barren Lives | Vidas secas | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| The Battle of Chile | La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas | Patricio Guzmán | Chile |
| Black God, White Devil | Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol | Glauber Rocha | Brazil |
| Blood of the Condor | Sangre de cóndor | Jorge Sanjinés | Bolivia |
| The Brickmakers | Chiracles | Marta Rodriguez, Jorge Silva | Colombia |
| Canoa: A Shameful Memory | Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso | Felipe Cazals | Mexico |
| Carlos | Mario Handler | Uruguay | |
| The Center Fielder | El center fielder | Ramiro Lacayo-Deshon | Nicaragua |
| Children of the Cold War | Hijos de la guerra fría | Gonzalo Justiniano | Chile |
| Chronicle of a Boy Alone | Crónica de un niño solo | Leonardo Favio | Argentina |
| Chuquiago | Antonio Eguino | Bolivia | |
| The City and the Dogs | La ciudad y los perros | Francisco José Lombardi | Peru |
| The Conspirators | Os Inconfidentes | Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Brazil |
| The Courage of the People | El coraje del pueblo | Jorge Sanjinés | Bolivia |
| The Days of June | Los dias de junio | Alberto Fischerman | Argentina |
| Death of a Bureaucrat | La muerte de un burócrata | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| Diamond | Diamante | Gerardo Lara | Mexico |
| Dona Herlinda and Her Son | Doña Herlinda y su hijo | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Mexico |
| El Salvador: The People Will Win | El Salvador: El pueblo vencerá | Diego de la Texera | El Salvador |
| Elecciones | Mario Handler | Uruguay | |
| Entranced Earth | Terra em Transe | Glauber Rocha | Brazil |
| The Fall | A Queda | Ruy Guerra, Nelson Xavier | Brazil |
| The First Charge of the Machete | La primera carga al machete | Manuel Octavio Gómez | Cuba |
| Flooded Out | Los inundados | Fernando Birri | Argentina |
| For the First Time | Por Primera Vez | Octavio Cortazar | Cuba |
| Frida Still Life | Frida, naturaleza viva | Paul Leduc | Mexico |
| Gaijin: Roads to Freedom | Gaijin – Caminhos da Liberdade | Tizuka Yamasaki | Brazil |
| Gamín | Ciro Durán | Colombia | |
| Ganga Zumba | Carlos Diegues | Brazil | |
| The General's Daughter | De todos modos Juan te llamas | Marcela Fernandez Violante | Mexico |
| Gregorio | Fernando Espinoza | Peru | |
| The Guns | Os Fuzis | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| Hanoi: Tuesday the 13th | Hanoi, Martes 13 | Santiago Alvarez | Cuba |
| The Hour of the Furnaces | La hora de los hornos | Octavio Getino, Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| Hour of the Star | A Hora da Estrela | Suzana Amaral | Brazil |
| The House of Water | La casa de agua | Jacobo Penzo | Venezuela |
| In the Jungle There Is Much to Do | En la selva hay mucho por hacer | Walter Tournier | Uruguay |
| An Island for Miguel | Una isla para Miguel | Sara Gómez | Cuba |
| Jackal of Nahueltoro | El Chacal de Nahueltoro | Miguel Littín | Chile |
| Julio Begins in July | Julio comienza en julio | Silvio Caiozzi | Chile |
| LBJ | Santiago Alvarez | Cuba | |
| Little Revenge | Pequeña revancha | Olegario Barrera Monteverde | Venezuela |
| Love Around the Corner | Amor a la vuelta de la esquina | Alberto Cortés | Mexico |
| Love Me Forever or Never | Eu sei que vou te amar | Arnaldo Jabor | Brazil |
| Lucía | Humberto Solás | Cuba | |
| Macario | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico | |
| Malabrigo | Alberto Durant | Peru | |
| Man Facing Southeast | Hombre mirando al sudeste | Eliseo Subiela | Argentina |
| A Man of Principle | Cóndores no entierran todos los días | Francisco Norden | Colombia |
| Mary My Dearest | María de mi corazón | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Mexico |
| Memoirs of Prison | Memórias do Cárcere | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| Memories of Underdevelopment | Memorias del Subdesarrollo | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| Mexican Bus Ride | Subida al cielo | Luis Buñuel | Mexico |
| Miss Mary | María Luisa Bemberg | Argentina | |
| Missing Children | Niños desaparecidos | Estela Bravo | Cuba |
| The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo | Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo | Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo | Argentina |
| Murder in the Senate | Asesinato en el senado de la nación | Juan José Jusid | Argentina |
| Nobody's Wife | Señora de nadie | María Luisa Bemberg | Argentina |
| Now | Santiago Alvarez | Cuba | |
| One Way or Another | De Cierta Manera | Sara Gómez | Cuba |
| An Ordinary Day | Nicolás y los demás | Jacobo Morales | Puerto Rico |
| The Other Francisco | El otro Francisco | Sergio Giral | Cuba |
| Parting of the Ways | Lejania | Jesús Díaz | Cuba |
| The Party Is Over | Fin de fiesta | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina |
| Patakin Means Fable | ¡Patakín! quiere decir ¡fábula! | Manuel Octavio Gómez | Cuba |
| Pedro Páramo | Carlos Velo | Mexico | |
| A Photograph Goes Around the World | Una foto recorre el mundo | Pedro Chaskel | Cuba |
| Poor Butterfly | Pobre mariposa | Raúl de la Torre | Argentina |
| Portrait of Teresa | Retrato de Teresa | Pastor Vega | Cuba |
| The Promised Land | La tierra prometida | Miguel Littín | Chile |
| Rebellion in Patagonia | La Patagonia rebelde | Héctor Olivera | Argentina |
| Reed: Insurgent Mexico | Reed, México insurgente | Paul Leduc | Mexico |
| Revolution | Revolución | Jorge Sanjinés | Bolivia |
| Rio, 100 Degrees F. | Rio, 40 Graus | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| S. Bernardo | São Bernardo | Leon Hirszman | Brazil |
| The Smoking Fish | El Pez que Fuma | Román Chalbaud | Venezuela |
| Story of a Battle | Historia de una batalla | Manuel Octavio Gómez | Cuba |
| Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Tangos, el exilio de Gardel | Fernando Solanas | Argentina, France |
| Those Will Pass | Estós Si Pasarán | Rossana Lacayo | Nicaragua |
| Three Times Ana | Tres veces Ana | David José Kohon | Argentina |
| Time for Revenge | Tiempo de revancha | Adolfo Aristarain | Argentina |
| Time of the Wolves | Tiempo de lobos | Alberto Isaac | Mexico |
| Time to Die | Tiempo de morir | Jorge Alí Triana | Colombia |
| Toss Me a Dime | Tire dié | Fernando Birri | Argentina |
| The Traitors | Los Traidores | Raymundo Gleyzer | Argentina |
| The Twelve Chairs | Las doce sillas | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| We Will Never Surrender | Nunca nos rendiremos | Fernando Somarriba | Nicaragua |
| The Wedding | La Boda | Thaelman Urguelles | Venezuela |
Open Vault
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullfighter and the Lady | Budd Boetticher | United States | |
| The Desert Song | Robert Florey | United States | |
| Doctor X | Michael Curtiz | United States | |
| For the Term of His Natural Life | Norman Dawn | Australia | |
| Lost Horizon | Frank Capra | United States | |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Michael Curtiz | United States | |
| Oedipus Rex | Tyrone Guthrie | Canada | |
| Paid | Sam Wood | United States | |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | F. W. Murnau | United States | |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Sidney Lanfield | United States | |
Close Encounters
A new program introduced this year, which featured talks by filmmakers about their work.[4]
References
- ↑ Sid Adilman, "Cue celebrities — we're ready to roll". Toronto Star, September 5, 1986.
- ↑ Noel Taylor, "Festival lineups announced". Ottawa Citizen, June 28, 1986.
- 1 2 "Quebec film Le declin tops in T.O.; Arcands sex comedy wows public and jury". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 1986.
- ↑ Greg Burliuk, "Toronto festival is a movie buff's dream". Kingston Whig-Standard, August 22, 1986.