1994 Toronto International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Whale Music |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Festival date | September 8, 1994–September 17, 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
The 19th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 17, 1994. Whale Music by Richard J. Lewis was selected as the opening film. The festival's name changed from Festival of festivals to Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2][3]
Awards[edit]
| Award[4][5] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Priest | Antonia Bird |
| Metro Media Award | Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Exotica | Atom Egoyan |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Double Happiness | Mina Shum |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Windigo | Robert Morin |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Frank's Cock | Mike Hoolboom |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Technilogic Ordering | Philip Hoffman |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Make Some Noise | Andrew Munger |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | The Silences of the Palace | Moufida Tlatli |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Honorable Mention | Fate | Fred Kelemen |
Programme[edit]
Gala Presentation[edit]
- The Ascent — Donald Shebib
- Ashes of Time — Wong Kar-wai
- Blue Sky — Tony Richardson
- Bullets Over Broadway — Woody Allen
- The Burning Season — John Frankenheimer
- Captives — Angela Pope
- Chungking Express — Wong Kar-wai
- Cold Water — Olivier Assayas
- Colonel Chabert — Yves Angelo
- Eat Drink Man Woman — Ang Lee
- Fate (Verhängnis) — Fred Kelemen
- I Like It Like That — Darnell Martin
- Lamerica — Gianni Amelio
- Little Odessa — James Gray
- Muriel's Wedding — P. J. Hogan
- Nadja — Michael Almereyda
- Once Were Warriors — Lee Tamahori
- Il Postino: The Postman — Michael Radford
- Priest — Antonia Bird
- Second Best — Sarah Radclyffe
- The Secret of Roan Inish — John Sayles
- Sleep with Me — Rory Kelly
- The Sum of Us — Kevin Dowling & Geoff Burton
- Swimming with Sharks — George Huang
- Through the Olive Trees — Abbas Kiarostami
- Vanya on 42nd Street — Louis Malle
- Vive L'Amour — Tsai Ming-liang
- Whale Music — Richard J. Lewis
Special Presentations[edit]
- Amateur — Hal Hartley
- Curse of the Starving Class — J. Michael McClary
- Hell (L'Enfer) — Claude Chabrol
- Martha — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle — Alan Rudolph
- Somebody to Love — Alexandre Rockwell
- Three Colors: Red — Krzysztof Kieślowski
- To Live — Zhang Yimou
- Tsahal — Claude Lanzmann
Spotlight[edit]
Perspective Canada[edit]
- The Circle Game — Brigitte Berman
- Dance Me Outside — Bruce McDonald
- Double Happiness — Mina Shum
- Eclipse — Jeremy Podeswa
- Exotica — Atom Egoyan
- Frank's Cock — Mike Hoolboom
- Henry & Verlin — Gary Ledbetter
- A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros) — Micheline Lanctôt
- Highway of Heartache — Gregory Wild
- Max — Charles Wilkinson
- Narmada: A Valley Rises — Ali Kazimi
- Only You — Norman Jewison
- Paint Cans — Paul Donovan
- Picture of Light — Peter Mettler
- Super 8½ — Bruce LaBruce
- Valentine's Day — Mike Hoolboom
- The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming) — André Forcier
- Wasaga — Judith Doyle
- Windigo — Robert Morin
Contemporary World Cinema[edit]
- Dead Tired (Grosse Fatigue) — Michel Blanc
- Glitterbug — Derek Jarman
- Heavenly Creatures — Peter Jackson
- Movie Days — Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
- Moving the Mountain — Michael Apted
First Cinema[edit]
- Clerks — Kevin Smith
- Coming to Terms with the Dead (Petits arrangements avec les morts) — Pascale Ferran
- Killer — Mark Malone
- Mille Bolle Blu — Leone Pompucci
- The Shawshank Redemption — Frank Darabont
- The Silences of the Palace — Moufida Tlatli
Documentaries[edit]
- Atlantis — Luc Besson
- Hoop Dreams — Steve James
- Crumb — Terry Zwigoff
- Destiny in Space — Toni Myers
- Silent Witness — Harriet Wichin
- Tracking Down Maggie — Nick Broomfield
Asian Horizons[edit]
- A Borrowed Life — Wu Nien-jen
- The Red Lotus Society — Stan Lai
India Now[edit]
- Bandit Queen — Shekhar Kapur
- Fearless: The Hunterwali Story — Riyad Vinci Wadia
- The Kite (Patang) — Goutam Ghose
- Roja — Mani Ratnam
Latin American Panorama[edit]
Midnight Madness[edit]
- Cemetery Man — Michele Soavi
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes — Jeffrey Lau
- Love and a .45 — C.M. Talkington
- Naked Killer — Clarence Fok
- Nightwatch — Ole Bornedal
- S.F.W. — Jefery Levy
- Schramm — Jörg Buttgereit
- Tokarefu — Junji Sakamoto
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare - Wes Craven
Short Cuts[edit]
- Leftovers — Janine Fung
- Make Some Noise — Andrew Munger
- Technilogic Ordering — Philip Hoffman
References[edit]
- ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.