1998 Toronto International Film Festival

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1998 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Red Violin
Closing filmAntz
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films311 films
Festival dateSeptember 10, 1998 (1998-09-10)–September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, The Red Violin.[1][2][3][4]

Awards

Award[5] Film Director
People's Choice Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni
Metro Media Award
Happiness Todd Solondz
Best Canadian Feature Film Robert Lepage
Best Canadian First Feature Film Last Night Don McKellar
Best Canadian Short Film When Ponds Freeze Over Mary Lewis
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award
West Beirut Ziad Doueiri
Praise John Curran

Programmes

Gala Opening Night

Gala Closing Night

Gala Presentations

Special Presentations

Masters

Perspective Canada

Contemporary World Cinema

Discovery

Planet Africa

Real to Reel

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

New Beat of Japan

Spotlight: Darezhan Omirbaev

Canadian Film Centre at 10

Canadian Open Vault

Midnight Madness

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References

  1. ^ "23rd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "TORONTO '98: Archive of Coverage of the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "23rd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "David Walsh reviews the 23rd Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "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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