1995 Toronto International Film Festival

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Opening filmThe Confessional
Closing filmDevil in a Blue Dress
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
1995 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Confessional
Closing filmDevil in a Blue Dress
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)–September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 20th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1995.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Award[4][5] 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 title[6] Original title Director(s) Production country
The ConfessionalLe ConfessionnalRobert LepageCanada
The Crossing GuardSean PennUnited States
Cry, the Beloved CountryDarrell RoodtSouth Africa, United States
Devil in a Blue DressCarl FranklinUnited States
The Grass HarpCharles MatthauUnited States
GuantanameraTomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos TabíoCuba
Leaving Las VegasMike FiggisUnited States
Margaret's MuseumMort RansenCanada
Mighty AphroditeWoody AllenUnited States
My Mother's CourageMichael VerhoevenGermany, United Kingdom
Nelly and Mr. ArnaudNelly et M. ArnaudClaude SautetFrance
Nobody Loves MeKeiner liebt michDoris DörrieGermany
The Run of the CountryPeter YatesUnited States
The Stars Fell on HenriettaJames KeachUnited States
Steal Big Steal LittleAndrew DavisUnited States
To Die ForGus Van SantUnited States
Unstrung HeroesDiane KeatonUnited 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.[7]

English title[8] Original title Director(s) Production country
Angels and InsectsPhilip HaasUnited Kingdom, United States
Blue in the FacePaul Auster, Wayne Wang & Harvey WangUnited States
CarringtonChristopher HamptonUnited Kingdom
Fallen AngelsWong Kar-waiHong Kong
FlirtHal HartleyUnited States
Four RoomsQuentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Alexandre Rockwell, Allison AndersUnited States
The FreethinkerPeter WatkinsSweden
GeorgiaUlu GrosbardUnited States, France
The GrotesqueJohn-Paul DavidsonUnited Kingdom
In the Bleak MidwinterKenneth BranaghUnited Kingdom
The Journey of August KingJohn DuiganUnited States
Kristin LavransdatterLiv UllmannNorway
A Month by the LakeJohn IrvinUnited Kingdom
Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadGary FlederUnited States
Ulysses' GazeΤο βλέμμα του ΟδυσσέαTheodoros AngelopoulosGreece, France, Italy
VoicesMalcolm ClarkeUnited States
War of the ButtonsJohn RobertsUnited Kingdom, France
Wings of CourageJean-Jacques AnnaudUnited States, France

Contemporary World Cinema

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Antonia's LineMarleen GorrisNetherlands
The Blue VeiledRūsarī-ĀbīRakhshān BanietemadIran
Canadian BaconMichael MooreUnited States
The Celluloid ClosetRob Epstein, Jeffrey FriedmanUnited States
Cold FeverÁ köldum klakaFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonIceland
Frankie StarlightMichael Lindsay-HoggUnited States, Ireland
FlamencoCarlos SauraSpain
French TwistGazon mauditJosiane BalaskoFrance
Land and FreedomKen LoachUnited Kingdom, Spain, Germany
Lisbon StoryWim WendersPortugal, Germany
The Neon BibleTerence DaviesUnited Kingdom
The MonsterIl MostroRoberto BenigniItaly
Notes from UndergroundGary Alan WalkowUnited States
The PromiseDas VersprechenMargarethe von TrottaGermany, France, Switzerland
Total EclipseAgnieszka HollandUnited Kingdom
The Usual SuspectsBryan SingerUnited States
Who Killed Pasolini?Pasolini, un delitto italianoMarco Tullio GiordanaItaly

Perspective Canada: Features

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Black ListListe noireJean-Marc ValléeCanada
Blood and DonutsHolly Dale
The Champagne SafariGeorge Ungar
Curtis's CharmJohn L'Ecuyer
HouseLaurie Lynd
House of PainMike Hoolboom
If Only I Were an IndianJohn Paskievich
Live BaitBruce Sweeney
The Michelle ApartmentsJohn Pozer
Once in a Blue MoonPhilip Spink
ReconstructionLaurence Green
RudeClement Virgo
Skin DeepMidi Onodera
Soul SurvivorStephen Williams
The SuburbanatorsGary Burns
Voices of ChangeBarbara Doran, Lyn Wright
The War Between UsAnne Wheeler
Use Once and DestroyJohn L'Ecuyer
Water ChildL'Enfant d'eauRobert Ménard
Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global EconomicsTerre Nash
ZigrailAndré Turpin

Perspective Canada: Shorts

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Al TasmimSelwyn JacobCanada
CrampsPenny Gay
Movements of the Body: "1st Movement: The Gesture"Wayne Traudt
My Name is KahentiiostaAlanis Obomsawin
Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward InfinityGuy Maddin
Picoti PicotaManon Briand
Pleasure Film (Ahmed's Story)Ann Marie Fleming
A Portrait of ArshileAtom Egoyan
PreyHelen Lee
ReconstructionLaurence Green

First Cinema

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
HeavyJames MangoldUnited States
LoadedAnna CampionNew Zealand
The White BalloonBadkonake sefidJafar PanahiIran
The Young Poisoner's HandbookBenjamin RossUnited Kingdom, Germany, France

Planet Africa

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Africa, My AfricaAfrique, mon AfriqueIdrissa OuédraogoBurkina Faso, France
Le FrancDjibril Diop MambétySwitzerland, France, Senegal
Guimba the TyrantGuimba, un tyrant, une époqueCheick Oumar SissokoMali, Burkina Faso, France
HaramuyaDrissa ToureBurkina Faso, France
The KeeperJoe BrewsterUnited States
The KillersTanya HamiltonUnited States
Sidney's ChairRoberto BanguraUnited Kingdom
Vintage: Families of ValueThomas Allen HarrisUnited States
What My Mother Told MeFrances-Anne SolomonUnited Kingdom

Latin American Panorama

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Carlota Joaquina, Princess of BrazilCarlota Joaquina, Princesa do BrazilCarla CamuratiBrazil
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My BusinessHelena SolbergBrazil
Cinema of TearsCinema de LágrimasNelson Pereira dos SantosBrazil
Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're GoingNo te mueras sin decirme adónde vasEliseo SubielaArgentina
The Eyes of the ScissorsEl CensorEduardo CalcagnoArgentina
Jonah and the Pink WhaleJonás y la ballena rosadaJuan Carlos ValdiviaMexico, Bolivia
No Return AddressSin remitenteCarlos CarreraMexico
Two CrimesDos crímenesRoberto Sneider

Asian Horizons

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Blackbirds at BangplengKa Wao Thi Bang PhlengNiratisai KanjareukThailand
CycloXích LôTran Anh HungVietnam
Maiden RoseXie YangChina

Hungarian Rhapsodies

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
CountdownVisszaszámlálás Pál ErdössHungary
A Light-Sensitive StoryFényérzékeny történetPál Erdöss
The PrincessAdj király katonátPál Erdöss
ToleranceGondviselésPál Erdöss
TwilightSzürkületGyorgy Feher
The Wondrous Voyage of Kornel EstiEsti Kornél csodálatos utazásaJozsef Pacskovszky

Director's Spotlight

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Almanac of FallŐszi almanachBéla TarrHungary
DamnationKárhozat
Family NestCsaládi tűzfészek
The OutsiderSzabadgyalog
The Prefab PeoplePanelkapcsolat
Satan's TangoSátántangó

Midnight Madness

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Crying FreemanChristophe GansFrance, Canada, Japan
The Day of the BeastEl día de la bestiaÁlex de la IglesiaSpain, Italy
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of DarknessShimako SatoJapan
An Evil TownRichard SearsUnited States
Gamera: Guardian of the UniverseGamera: Daikaijū Kūchū KessenShūsuke KanekoJapan
Mute WitnessStumme ZeuginAnthony WallerUnited Kingdom, Germany, Russia
ScreamersChristian DuguayCanada, United States, Japan
Synthetic PleasuresIara LeeUnited States
To Kill a Dead ManAlexander HemmingUnited Kingdom
Tokyo FistShinya TsukamotoJapan
Trailer CampJenni OlsonUnited 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.[9]

English title Original title Director(s) Selected by
Antonio das MortesGlauber RochaJonathan Demme
Five Easy PiecesBob RafelsonDoris Dörrie
FreaksTod BrowningDavid Cronenberg
A Hard Day's NightRichard LesterHal Hartley
Late SpringBanshunYasujirō OzuHou Hsiao-hsien
LimelightCharlie ChaplinLiv Ullmann
A Man EscapedUn condamné à mort s'est échappéRobert BressonAgnieszka Holland
Le SamouraiJean-Pierre MelvilleJohn Woo
Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsTini zabutykh predkivSergei ParajanovPaul Cox

Unverified program

Films that are known to have screened, but have not yet been verified which program they were in.

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