2003 Toronto International Film Festival

2003 film festival edition
2003 Toronto International Film Festival
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
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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 David M. Hartford
  • A Bear, a Boy and a Dog directed by Bert Van Tuyle
  • The Grub Stake directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman
  • The Light on Lookout directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman
  • Something New directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman
  • The Story of Mr. Hobbs directed by Lorenzo Alagio
  • The Trail of the North Wind directed by Nell Shipman
  • White Water directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman

Contemporary World Cinema

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

Spotlight

Discovery

Masters

Midnight Madness

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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 Jesse McKeown
  • The Bread Maker directed by Anita McGee
  • The Corporation directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
  • Déformation Personnelle directed by Jean-François Asselin
  • 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 Louise Bourque
  • 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 Nathaniel Geary
  • 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

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 Jim Jennings
  • 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 Lotte Schreiber
  • Rolling in My Ears directed by Barry Gerson
  • 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

Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, its national critics and festival programmers poll of the ten best feature and short films of the year, was released in December 2003.[9]

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.
  9. ^ "Canada's Top 10 films". Peterborough Examiner, December 18, 2003.

External links

  • Official site
  • 2003 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb