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]
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| No. of films | 225 feature films |
| Festival date | September 6, 1984–September 15, 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
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]
Awards
edit| Award[5][6] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Places in the Heart | Robert Benton |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | A Woman in Transit | Léa Pool |
| International Critics' Award | Choose Me | Alan Rudolph |
Programme
editGala Presentation
edit- Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- Places in the Heart by Robert Benton
- Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch
- Blood Simple by Joel Coen and 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
edit- Abortion: Stories From North and South by Gail Singer
- Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair by Paul Cowan
- Le jour S... by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Low Visibility by Patricia Gruben
- Mario by Jean Beaudin
- The Masculine Mystique by Giles Walker and John N. Smith
- Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh by Demitrios Estdelacropolis
- Next of Kin by Atom Egoyan
- The Obsession of Billy Botski by John Paizs
- The International Style by John Paizs
- Springtime in Greenland by John Paizs
- Revolution by Jean-Marc Larivière
- Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
- Unfinished Business by Don Owen
- Walls by Tom Shandel
- A Woman in Transit by Léa Pool
- The Years of Dreams and Revolt by Jean-Claude Labrecque
Front & Centre
editFront & Centre was a special one-off program, which screened culturally and artistically important films from throughout the entire history of Canadian cinema.[7]
- Back to God's Country by David Hartford (1919)
- Lucky Corrigan by Lewis D. Collins (1936)
- Convicted by Leon Barsha (1937)
- Whispering City by Fedor Ozep (1947)
- The Bitter Ash by Larry Kent (1963)
- The Cat in the Bag by Gilles Groulx (1964)
- When Tomorrow Dies by Larry Kent (1965)
- Winter Kept Us Warm by David Secter (1965)
- The Times That Are by Pierre Perrault (1966)
- Don't Let It Kill You by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (1967)
- High by Larry Kent (1967)
- The River Schooners by Pierre Perrault (1968)
- A Married Couple by Allan King (1969)
- The Only Thing You Know by Clarke Mackey (1971)
- Proxyhawks by Jack Darcus (1971)
- The Rowdyman by Peter Carter (1971)
- The Time of the Hunt by Francis Mankiewicz (1972)
- Wedding in White by William Fruet (1972)
- Dream Life by Mireille Dansereau (1972)
- Dirty Money by Denys Arcand (1972)
- Réjeanne Padovani by Denys Arcand (1973)
- The Last Betrothal by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (1973)
- Paperback Hero by Peter Pearson (1973)
- Skip Tracer by Zale Dalen (1977)
- The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (1977)
- Why Shoot the Teacher? by Silvio Narizzano (1977)
- Blue Winter by André Blanchard (1979)
- A Scream from Silence by Anne Claire Poirier (1979)
- Stations by William D. MacGillivray (1983)
Documentaries
edit- 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
edit| Rank | Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon oncle Antoine | 1971 | Claude Jutra |
| 2 | Goin' Down the Road | 1970 | Don Shebib |
| 3 | Good Riddance | 1980 | Francis Mankiewicz |
| 4 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 | Ted Kotcheff |
| 5 | The Grey Fox | 1983 | Phillip Borsos |
| 6 | Orders | 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
edit- ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ a b "Toronto film fest spotlights early greats of Canadian cinema". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine," 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.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Mon Oncle Antoine No. 1 with critics". The Globe and Mail, August 2, 1984.