1984 Toronto International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
No. of films | 225 feature films |
| Festival date | September 6, 1984 (1984-09-06)–September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15) |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff.net |
The 9th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 15, 1984. The festival introduced Perspective Canada programme, devoted to Canadian films.[1][2] The festival screened 225 feature films and more than half of them were Canadian films.[3]
In 1984 Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time list was released. It was created by the votes of film critics, professors, fans and festival staff.[3][4]
Contents
1 Awards
2 Programme
2.1 Gala Presentation
2.2 Canadian Perspective
2.3 Front & Centre
2.4 Documentaries
3 Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time
4 References
5 External links
Awards
| Award[5][6] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Places in the Heart | Robert Benton |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) | Léa Pool |
| International Critics' Award | Choose Me | Alan Rudolph |
Programme
Gala Presentation
Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
Places in the Heart by Robert Benton
Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch
Blood Simple by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Where the Green Ants Dream by Werner Herzog
Boy Meets Girl by Leos Carax
Another Country by Marek Kanievska
Funny Dirty Little War by Héctor Olivera
Diary for My Children by Márta Mészáros
The Gold Diggers by Sally Potter
Wildrose by John Hanson
Choose Me by Alan Rudolph
The Company of Wolves by Neil Jordan
Canadian Perspective
Abortion: Stories from North and South, Gail Singer
Les Années de rêve, Jean-Claude Labrecque
Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair, Paul Cowan
Le jour S..., Jean-Pierre Lefebvre
Low Visibility, Patricia Gruben
Mario, Jean Beaudin
The Masculine Mystique, Giles Walker and John N. Smith
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh, Demitrios Estdelacropolis
Next of Kin, Atom Egoyan
Revolutions, Jean-Marc Larivière
Sonatine, Micheline Lanctôt
Trilogy by John Paisz, John Paisz
Unfinished Business, Don Owen
Walls, Tom Shandel
A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel), Léa Pool
Front & Centre
Back to God's Country, David Hartford
Lucky Corrigan, Lewis D. Collins
Convicted, Leon Barsha
Whispering City, Fedor Ozep
The Bitter Ash, Larry Kent
The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac). Gilles Groulx
When Tomorrow Dies, Larry Kent
Winter Kept Us Warm, David Secter
The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour), Pierre Perrault
Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça), Jean Pierre Lefebvre
High, Larry Kent
A Married Couple, Allan King
The River Schooners (Les Voitures d'eau), Pierre Perrault
The Only Thing You Know, Clarke Mackey
The Rowdyman, Peter Carter
The Time of the Hunt (Le Temps d'une chasse), Francis Mankiewicz
Wedding in White, William Fruet
Dream Life (La Vie rêvée), Mireille Dansereau
Dirty Money (La Maudite galette), Denys Arcand
Réjeanne Padovani, Denys Arcand
The Last Betrothal (Les Dernières fiançailles), Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Paperback Hero, Peter Pearson
Skip Tracer, Zale Dalen
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays ou Rimbaud est mort), Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Why Shoot the Teacher?, Silvio Narizzano
L'Hiver bleu, André Blanchard
A Scream from Silence (Mourir a tue-tête), Anne Claire Poirier
Stations, William D. MacGillivray
Documentaries
In Heaven There Is No Beer? by Les Blank
Before Stonewall by Robert Rosenberg, Greta Schiller and John Scagliotti
Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time
| Rank | Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon oncle Antoine | 1971 | Claude Jutra |
| 2 | Goin' Down the Road | 1970 | Don Shebib |
| 3 | Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | 1980 | Francis Mankiewicz |
| 4 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 | Ted Kotcheff |
| 5 | The Grey Fox | 1983 | Phillip Borsos |
| 6 | Les Ordres | 1974 | Michel Brault |
| 7 | J.A. Martin Photographer | 1977 | Jean Beaudin |
| 8 | Pour la suite du monde | 1963 | Pierre Perrault |
| 9 | Nobody Waved Goodbye | 1964 | Don Owen |
| 10 | The True Nature of Bernadette | 1972 | Gilles Carle |
References
^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 18, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
^ ab "Toronto film fest spotlights early greats of Canadian cinema". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
^ "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed October 18, 2013.
^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.. tiff.net, October 16, 2013.
^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
External links
- Official site
- TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012
1984 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDB
