2003 Toronto International Film Festival

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2003 Toronto International Film Festival
2003 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Barbarian Invasions[1]
Closing filmDanny Deckchair[2]
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films336 films
Festival dateSeptember 4, 2003 (2003-09-04)–September 13, 2003 (2003-09-13)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 28th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 2003. A total of 336 films (252 feature length and 84 short films) from 55 countries were screened during the festival. Of the feature films, 73% were world, international, or North American premieres.[3][4][5]

Awards[]

Award[6] Film Director
People's Choice Award Zatōichi Takeshi Kitano[7]
Discovery Award Rhinoceros Eyes Aaron Woodley
Best Canadian Feature Film The Barbarian Invasions Denys Arcand
Best Canadian First Feature Film Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Sudz Sutherland
Best Canadian Short Film Aspiration Constant Mentzas
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Noviembre Achero Mañas

Programmes[]

Viacom Galas[]

Canadian Open Vault[]

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz directed by Ted Kotcheff

Canadian Retrospective[]

  • Back to God's Country directed by
  • directed by
  • The Grub Stake directed by and Nell Shipman
  • directed by and Nell Shipman
  • directed by and Nell Shipman
  • directed by
  • directed by Nell Shipman
  • directed by and Nell Shipman

Contemporary World Cinema[]

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures[]

  • Alien directed by Ridley Scott
  • Bad Timing directed by Nicolas Roeg
  • Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa
  • Nashville directed by Robert Altman
  • One from the Heart directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  • Twenty Years Later directed by Eduardo Coutinho

Spotlight[]

Discovery[]

Masters[]

Midnight Madness[]

  • Cypher directed by Vincenzo Natali
  • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones directed by Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia
  • Gozu directed by Takashi Miike
  • The Grudge directed by Takashi Shimizu
  • Haute Tension directed by Alexandre Aja
  • Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior directed by Prachya Pinkaew
  • Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan
  • Undead directed by Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig
  • Underworld directed by Len Wiseman

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National Cinema[]

Perspective Canada[]

  • 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17, rue Darling) directed by Bernard Émond
  • Animal Nightmares directed by Peter Lynch
  • Aspiration directed by Constant Mentzas
  • Bager directed by Tomi Grgicevic
  • The Big Charade directed by
  • The Bread Maker directed by Anita McGee
  • The Corporation directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
  • Déformation Personnelle directed by
  • Defile in Veil directed by Deco Dawson
  • DNA directed by Jack Blum
  • The Dog Walker directed by James Genn
  • Emile directed by Carl Bessai
  • Exposures directed by Matt Sinclair-Foreman
  • An Eye for an Eye directed by David Rimmer
  • Falling Angels directed by Scott Smith
  • The Fever of the Western Nile directed by Deco Dawson
  • Flyerman directed by Jeff Stephenson and Jason Tan
  • The Garden directed by Jason Buxton
  • Gaz Bar Blues directed by Louis Bélanger
  • Grotesque directed by Wrik Mead
  • Guest Room directed by Skander Halim
  • her carnal longings directed by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
  • Hollywood North directed by Peter O'Brian
  • Imitations of Life directed by Mike Hoolboom
  • In the Dark directed by Mike Hoolboom
  • Jours en fleurs directed by
  • The Last Night directed by Mathieu Guez
  • A Little Life directed by Elizabeth Murray
  • Love, Sex and Eating the Bones directed by Sudz Sutherland
  • The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam directed by Ann Marie Fleming
  • Mardi (Quel jour était-ce?) directed by Lyne Charlebois
  • Moccasin Flats directed by Randy Redroad
  • Noël Blank directed by Jean-François Rivard
  • Not a Fish Story directed by Anita Doron
  • Nothing directed by Vincenzo Natali
  • On the Corner directed by
  • Passages directed by John Price
  • Perfect directed by Boris Rodriguez
  • Pop Song directed by Charles Officer
  • A Problem with Fear directed by Gary Burns
  • Proteus directed by John Greyson
  • Saskatchewan Part 2 directed by Brian Stockton
  • The School directed by Ezra Krybus and Matthew Miller
  • She Was Cuba directed by Ho Tam
  • Shooting Star directed by Jason Britski
  • Sometimes a Voice directed by Simon Davidson
  • Song of Wreckage directed by Ryan Redford
  • Terminal Venus directed by Alexandre Franchi
  • Todd and the Book of Pure Evil directed by Craig D. Wallace
  • Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole directed by Gil Cardinal
  • The Truth about Head directed by Dale Heslip
  • Twist directed by Jacob Tierney
  • Why the Anderson Children Didn't Come to Dinner directed by Jamie Travis
  • Wildflowers directed by Geoffrey Uloth
  • X Man directed by Christopher Hinton

Planet Africa[]

  • Afropunk: The "Rock n Roll Nigger" Experience directed by James Spooner
  • Dark directed by D.A. Bullock
  • His/Her Story directed by Nzinga Kemp
  • Histoire de Tresses directed by Jacqueline Kalimunda
  • How to Get the Man's Foot Out of Your Ass directed by Mario Van Peebles
  • Mille Mois directed by Faouzi Bensaïdi
  • Moi et mon blanc directed by S. Pierre Yameogo
  • One Love directed by and Don Letts
  • Outcry directed by Destau Damtou
  • Short on Sugar directed by Joseph Anaya
  • Le silence de la forêt directed by Didier Ouénangaré and Bassek ba Kobhio
  • The Sky in Her Eyes directed by Ouida Smit and Madoda Ncayiyana
  • Soldiers of the Rock directed by Norman Maake
  • Strange & Charmed directed by Shari Frilot
  • Valley of the Innocent directed by Branwen Okpako
  • directed by Narjiss Nejjar

Real to Reel[]

Special Presentations[]

Visions[]

Wavelengths[]

  • Bouquet 25 directed by Rose Lowder
  • Chinese Series directed by Stan Brakhage
  • Cocteau Cento directed by Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino
  • Early Monthly Segments directed by Robert Beavers
  • Fear of Blushing directed by Jennifer Reeves
  • The Ground directed by Robert Beavers
  • He Walked Away directed by Jennifer Reeves
  • The Hedge Theater directed by Robert Beavers
  • Horizontal Boundaries Second Projection directed by Pat O'Neill
  • In the Garden directed by Ute Aurand and Bärbel Freund
  • Interior directed by
  • Let's Make a Sandwich directed by Pat O'Neill
  • Meditations on Revolution, Part V: Foreign City directed by Robert Fenz
  • Megalopolis directed by Jim Jennings
  • No directed by Sharon Lockhart
  • Noor directed by Deborah Phillips
  • Outline directed by Sandra Gibson
  • Psalm III: "Night of the Meek" directed by Phil Solomon
  • Quadro directed by
  • Rolling in My Ears directed by
  • Seasons directed by Phil Solomon and Stan Brakhage
  • Stan's Window and Work in Progress directed by Stan Brakhage
  • System of Transitions directed by Johannes Hammel
  • Translucent Appearances directed by Barry Gerson
  • The Visitation directed by Nathaniel Dorsky

References[]

  1. ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "2003 TIFF Update #10: "Last Rites"". Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "2003 Toronto International Film Festival Annual report" (PDF). Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "28th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films (TIFF 2003)". DigitalHit.com. 2003-08-19. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  5. ^ "2003 Toronto International Film Festival Selects 252 Feature Films". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
  7. ^ "SILVER SCREEN SUCCESS". Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.

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