2002 Toronto International Film Festival

The 2002 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's Ararat and closed with Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale. [http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_020821_briefs.html]

Galas

* "11'9"01 September 11" (France) Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shohei Imamura, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic
* "Antwone Fisher" (USA) Denzel Washington
* "Ararat" (Canada) Atom Egoyan
* "Chihwaseon" (South Korea) Im Kwon-Taek
* "Far From Heaven" (USA) Todd Haynes
* "Femme Fatale" (France/USA) Brian De Palma
* "The Four Feathers" (USA) Shekhar Kapur
* "Frida" (USA) Julie Taymor
* "The Good Thief" (United Kingdom/France/Ireland) Neil Jordan
* "The Guys" (USA) Jim Simpson
* "L'homme du train" (France) Patrice Leconte
* "In America" (Ireland/United Kingdom) Jim Sheridan
* "Jet Lag" (France) Daniele Thompson
* "Moonlight Mile" (USA) Brad Silberling
* "The Other Side of the Bed" (Spain) Emilio Martínez Lázaro
* "Phone Booth" (USA) Joel Schumacher
* "Spider" (Canada/United Kingdom/France) David Cronenberg
* "White Oleander" (USA) Peter Kosminsky

Masters

* "10" (Iran/France) Abbas Kiarostami
* "All or Nothing" (United Kingdom) Mike Leigh
* "La Dernière Lettre" (France) Frederick Wiseman
* "Dirty Pretty Things" (United Kingdom) Stephen Frears
* "The Man Without a Past" (Finland/Germany/France) Aki Kaurismaki
* "My Mother's Smile" (Italy) Marco Bellocchio
* "A Peck on the Cheek" (India) Mani Ratnam
* "Sex Is Comedy" (France) Catherine Breillat
* "Shadow Kill" (India/France) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
* "Sweet Sixteen" (United Kingdom/Germany/Spain) Ken Loach
* "A Tale Of A Naughty Girl" (India) Buddhadev Dasgupta
* "" (Germany) Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jiri Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlondorff, István Szabó
* "Together" (China) Chen Kaige

Visions

* "Blissfully Yours" (Thailand/France) Apichatpong Weerasethakul
* "City Of God" (Brazil) Fernando Meirelles
* "Dolls" (Japan/France) Takeshi Kitano
* "Le Fils" (Belgium/France) Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
* "Gerry" (USA) Gus Van Sant
* "Happy Here And Now" (USA) Michael Almereyda
* "Irreversible" (France) Gaspar Noe
* "Japon" (Mexico/Spain) Carlos Reygadas
* "Ken Park" (USA/The Netherlands/France) Larry Clark and Ed Lachman
* "Lilya 4-ever" (Sweden) Lukas Moodysson
* "Morvern Callar" (United Kingdom) Lynne Ramsay
* "Music For Weddings And Funerals" (Norway) Unni Straume
* "Novo" (France/Spain/Switzerland) Jean-Pierre Limosin
* "" (USA) Rebecca Miller
* "Public Toilet" (Hong Kong/China/South Korea) Fruit Chan
* "Russian Ark" (Russia/Germany) Alexandr Sokurov
* "A Snake Of June" (Japan) Shinya Tsukamoto
* "Teknolust" (USA) Lynn Hershman Leeson
* "La Trilogie: Après la vie" (France/Belgium) Lucas Belvaux
* "La Trilogie: Cavale" (France/Belgium) Lucas Belvaux
* "La Trilogie: Un couple épatant" (France/Belgium) Lucas Belvaux
* "Vendredi soir" (France) Claire Denis
* "La Vie Nouvelle" (France) Philippe Grandrieux
* "A World Of Love" (Italy) Aurelio Grimaldi

pecial Presentations

* "8 Femmes/8 Women" (France) Francois Ozon
* "8 Mile" (USA) Curtis Hanson
* "Adolphe" (France) Benoit Jacquot
* "Assassination Tango" (USA) Robert Duvall
* "Auto Focus" (USA) Paul Schrader
* "Between Strangers" (Canada/Italy) Edoardo Ponti
* "Bowling for Columbine" (USA) Michael Moore
* "City of Ghosts" (USA) Matt Dillon
* "Dirty Deeds" (Australia) David Caesar
* "Divine Intervention" (France/Palestine/Morocco/Germany) Elia Suleiman
* "The Emperor's Club" (USA) Michael Hoffman
* "Evelyn" (Ireland) Bruce Beresford
* "Heaven" (France/Germany/USA) Tom Tykwer
* "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" (Canada) Patricia Rozema
* "Laurel Canyon" (USA) Lisa Cholodenko
* "Max" (Canada/Germany/USA) Menno Meyjes
* "Miyazaki's Spirited Away" (Japan/USA) Hayao Miyazaki
* "Punch-Drunk Love" (USA) Paul Thomas Anderson
* "The Quiet American" (Australia/USA) Phillip Noyce
* "Rabbit-Proof Fence" (Australia) Phillip Noyce
* "The Secret Lives of Dentists" (USA) Alan Rudolph
* "Shaolin Soccer" (Hong Kong/China) Stephen Chow
* "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" (USA) Paul Justman
* "" (USA) Charles Chaplin
* "Talk to Her" (Spain) Pedro Almodovar
* "Touching Wild Horses" (Canada/United Kingdom/Germany) Eleanore Lindo
* "La Turbulence Des Fluides" (Canada) Manon Briand
* "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" (USA) Jeff McGrath and Cathy Malkasian

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

* "Billy Jack" (USA) Tom Laughlin
* "The Conversation" (USA) Francis Ford Coppola
* "Days of Heaven" (USA) Terrence Malick
* "Modern Times" (USA) Charles Chaplin
* "Outcast of the Islands" (United Kingdom) Carol Reed
* "Pickpocket" (France) Robert Bresson

Discovery

* "Bellissima" (Poland) Artur Urbanski
* "Chicken Poets" (China) Meng Jinghui
* "Les Diables" (France/Spain) Christophe Ruggia
* "The Exam" (Iran) Nasser Refaie
* "Hard Goodbyes: My Father" (Greece/Germany) Penny Panayotopoulou
* "Hukkle" (Hungary) Gyorgy Palfi
* "The Last Great Wilderness" (United Kingdom) David Mackenzie
* "Leo" (USA/United Kingdom) Mehdi Norowzian
* "Letters in the Wind" (Iran) Ali Reza Amini
* "The Magdalene Sisters" (United Kingdom/Ireland) Peter Mullan
* "Try Seventeen" (USA) Jeffrey Porter
* "Whale Rider" (New Zealand/Germany) Niki Caro
* "Woman Of Water" (Japan) Hidenori Sugimori
* "Women's Prison" (Iran) Manijeh Hekmat
* "Blue" (Japan) Hiroshi Ando

Real To Reel

* "Atlantic Drift" (Austria/France) Michel Daeron
* "" (Austria) André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer
* "Cuban Rafters" (Spain) Carles Bosch and Josep M. Domenech
* "Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story" (USA) Garrett Scott
* "Elsewhere" (Austria) Nikolaus Geyrhalter
* "Family" (Denmark) Sami Saif and Phie Ambo
* "Gabriel Orozco" (Mexico) Juan Carlos Martín
* "Horns and Halos" (USA) Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky
* "Local Angel" (USA/Israel) Udi Aloni
* "Lost in La Mancha" (USA/United Kingdom) Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe
* "My Name Was Sabina Spielrein" (Sweden/Switzerland/Denmark/Finland) Elisabeth Marton
* "The Nazi" (USA) Rod Lurie
* "Neapolitan Heart" (Italy) Paolo Santoni
* "" (USA) Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* "Promise Land" (United Kingdom) Gili Dolev
* "Railroad of Hope" (China) Ning Ying
* "Spellbound" (USA) Jeff Blitz
* "Stevie" (USA) Steve James
* "The Sweatbox" (United Kingdom) John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler
* "This Winter" (China) Zhong Hua
* "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" (USA/United Kingdom) Eugene Jarecki
* "Winged Migration" (France/Germany/Spain/Italy/Switzerland) Jacques Perrin
* "Être et avoir" (France) Nicolas Philibert

Midnight Madness

* "Alive" (Japan) Ryuhei Kitamura
* "Bubba Ho-tep" (USA) Don Coscarelli
* "Cabin Fever" (USA) Eli Roth
* "The Eye" (Hong Kong/Thailand/United Kingdom) Oxide Pang and Danny Pang
* "MC5 * A True Testimonial" (USA) David C. Thomas
* "My Little Eye" (United Kingdom) Marc Evans
* "Spun" (USA) Jonas Akerlund
* "Volcano High" (South Korea) Kim Tae-Kyun

Wavelengths

* "The Aperture Of Ghostings: Catherine Street; Creased Robe Smile; Elsa Kirk" (USA) Lewis Klahr
* "The Art Of Fugue" (Japan) Takashi Ishida
* "Bautismo" (USA) Casey Koehler
* "Counterfeit Film" (USA) Brett Simon
* "Daylight Moon" (USA) Lewis Klahr
* "Endless Obsession" (USA) Glen Fogel
* "Gestalt" (Japan) Takashi Ishida
* "Going Back Home" (Canada) Louise Bourque
* "Gossamer Conglomerate" (USA) Courtney Hoskins
* "Imaginary Light" (USA) Andrew Noren
* "Incense" (Japan) Shiho Kano
* "An Injury To One" (USA) Travis Wilkerson
* "Looking At The Sea" (USA) Peter Hutton
* "The Man We Want To Hang" (USA) Kenneth Anger
* "Manual" (Germany/United Kingdom) Christoph Girardet and Matthias Muller
* "Munkphilm" (USA) Courtney Hoskins
* "National Archive: V.1" (USA) Travis Wilkerson
* "Puce Moment" (USA) Kenneth Anger
* "Scratch" (Germany) Christoph Girardet
* "Self Portrait Post Mortem" (Canada) Louise Bourque
* "Swiss Trip (Aka Rivers And Landscapes)" (Germany) Oskar Fischinger
* "Time Being" (USA) Andrew Noren
* "Ultima Thule" (USA) Janie Geiser
* "Very And Night Mulch" (USA) Stan Brakhage
* "Wien & Mozart And Elvis" (USA) Jonas Mekas

Canadian Open Vault

* "La vraie nature de Bernadette" (Canada) Gilles Carle

Perspective Canada

* "The Baroness And The Pig" (Canada) Michael Mackenzie
* "Blue Skies" (Canada) Ann Marie Fleming
* "Bollywood/Hollywood" (Canada) Deepa Mehta
* "Countdown" (Canada) Nathan Morlando
* "Culture" (Canada) Donigan Cumming
* "La Derniere Voix" (Canada) Julien Fonfrède and Karim Hussain
* "" (Canada) Brad Peyton
* "Fix: The Story Of An Addicted City" (Canada) Nettie Wild
* "Flower & Garnet" (Canada) Keith Behrman
* "Flux" (Canada) Chris Hinton
* "Folk" (Canada) Ryan Feldman
* "Gambling, Gods And LSD" (Canada/Switzerland) Peter Mettler
* "Heatscore" (Canada) Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany
* "Is The Crown At War With Us?" (Canada) Alanis Obomsawin
* "Islands" (Canada) Richard Fung
* "Lighthead" (Canada) Daniel Sadler
* "Little Dickie" (Canada) Anita McGee
* "Lonesome Joe" (Canada) Mark Sawers
* "Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity" (Canada) Mina Shum
* "Le Marais" (Canada) Kim Nguyen
* "Marion Bridge" (Canada) Wiebke Von Carolsfeld
* "Moon In The Afternoon" (Canada) Simon Davidson
* "Die Mutter" (Canada) Cliff Caines
* "Le Neg'" (Canada) Robert Morin
* "Ocean" (Canada) Catherine Martin
* "Once Upon A Time On The Beach" (Canada) Byron Lamarque
* "Past Perfect" (Canada) Daniel MacIvor
* "Perfect Pie" (Canada) Barbara Willis Sweete
* "Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story" (Canada) Larry Peloso
* "Punch" (Canada) Guy Bennett
* "Rondo Pour Trompette" (Canada) Jean-Sebastien Baillat
* "Les Rossy" (Canada) Jennifer Alleyn
* "Rub & Tug" (Canada) Soo Lyu
* "S.P.C.E." (Canada) Marc Bisaillon
* "Saint Monica" (Canada) Terrance Odette
* "Saskatchewan" (Canada) Brian Stockton
* "Shadowy Encounters" (Canada) Gariné Torossian
* "Short Hymn_Silent War 03" (Canada) Charles Officer
* "Song Of The Firefly" (Canada) Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
* "Spring Chickens" (Canada) Matthew Holm
* "The Stone of Folly" (Canada) Jesse Rosensweet
* "Straight in the Face" (Canada) Peter Demas
* "Tom" (Canada) Mike Hoolboom
* "The True Meaning Of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia" (Canada) Jennifer Baichwal
* "Why Don't You Dance?" (Canada) Michael Downing
* "The Wild Dogs" (Canada) Thom Fitzgerald
* "Yellowknife" (Canada) Rodrigue Jean
* "Deadend.Com" (Canada) S. Wyeth Clarkson
* "Snooze" (Canada) Stephane LaFleur

Contemporary World Cinema

* "24 Heures De La Vie D'Une Femme" (France) Laurent Bouhnik
* "Aiki" (Japan) Daisuke Tengan
* "Angela" (Italy) Roberta Torre
* "Autumn Spring" (Czech Republic) Vladimír Michálek
* "Baadasssss Cinema" (USA/United Kingdom) Isaac Julien
* "Bear's Kiss" (Germany) Sergei Bodrov
* "Bend It Like Beckham" (United Kingdom) Gurinder Chadha
* "The Best of Times" (Taiwan) Chang Tso-Chi
* "Better Luck Tomorrow" (USA) Justin Lin
* "Big Shot's Funeral" (China) Feng Xiaogang
* "Black and White" (Australia) Craig Lahiff
* "Blue Car" (USA) Karen Moncrieff
* "Blue Gate Crossing" (Taiwan/France) Yee Chin-yen
* "El Bonaerense" (Argentina) Pablo Trapero
* "The Crime of Father Amaro" (Mexico/Spain/Argentina/France) Carlos Carrera
* "Cry Woman" (China/South Korea/France/Canada) Liu Bingjian
* "The Cuckoo" (Russia) Aleksandr Rogozhkin
* "Every Day God Kisses Us On The Mouth" (Romania) Sinisa Dragin
* "Falcons" (Iceland/United Kingdom/Norway/Germany/France) Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
* "Fuehrer Ex" (Germany/Italy) Winfried Bonengel
* "Gasoline" (Italy) Monica Stambrini
* "The Ghost Of F. Scott Fitzgerald" (USA) Charles Lyons
* "The Heart of Me" (United Kingdom) Thaddeus O'Sullivan
* "L' Idole" (France) Samantha Lang
* "Intacto" (Spain) Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
* "The Intended" (United Kingdom/Denmark) Kristian Levring
* "Julie Walking Home" (Canada/Germany/Poland) Agnieszka Holland
* "Kedma" (France/Israel/Italy) Amos Gitai
* "The Kite" (Russia) Alexei Muradov
* "Love Liza" (USA) Todd Louiso
* "The Lover" (Russia) Valeriy Todorovskiy
* "A Lucky Day" (Argentina/Italy) Sandra Gugliotta
* "Ma vraie vie à Rouen" (France) Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
* "Madame Sata" (Brazil) Karim Ainouz
* "Never Get Outta The Boat" (USA) Paul Quinn
* "Nothing More" (Cuba/Spain/France/Italy) Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
* "Nowhere in Africa" (Germany) Caroline Link
* "The Nugget" (Australia) Bill Bennett
* "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands" (United Kingdom/Germany) Shane Meadows
* "One Night the Moon" (Australia) Rachel Perkins
* "Open Hearts (Dogme)" (Denmark) Susanne Bier
* "Une part du ciel" (France/Belgium/Luxembourg) Benedicte Lienard
* "Pleasant Days" (Hungary) Kornél Mundruczó
* "Poniente" (Spain) Chus Gutierrez
* "Prayer" (USA) Jay Rosenblatt
* "Pure" (United Kingdom) Gillies Mackinnon
* "Raising Victor Vargas" (USA) Peter Sollett
* "Real Women Have Curves" (USA) Patricia Cardoso
* "Reno: Rebel Without A Pause" (USA) Nancy Savoca
* "Respiro" (Italy/France) Emanuele Crialese
* "Roger Dodger" (USA) Dylan Kidd
* "Rosa La China" (Portugal/Spain/Cuba/France) Valeria Sarmiento
* "The Sea" (Iceland/France/Norway) Baltasar Kormákur
* "Secretary" (USA) Steven Shainberg
* "Small Voices" (The Philippines) Gil M. Portes
* "The Space Between" (USA/Canada) Chad Lowe
* "Springtime in a Small Town" (China) Tian Zhuangzhuang
* "Step On It" (Austria) Sabine Derflinger
* "Suddenly" (Argentina) Diego Lerman
* "Sur Le Bout Des Doigts" (France) Yves Angelo
* "The Three Marias" (Brazil/Italy) Aluízio Abranches
* "Ticket To Jerusalem" (The Netherlands/Palestine/France) Rashid Masharawi
* "A Transistor Love Story" (Thailand) Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
* "Tuck Everlasting" (USA) Jay Russell
* "Tycoon" (France/Russia/Germany) Pavel Lounguine
* "Unknown Pleasures" (Japan/France/South Korea/China) Jia Zhang-Ke
* "The Voice Of The Prophet" (USA) Robert Edwards
* "Warriors" (Spain) Daniel Calparsoro
* "Welcome to Collinwood" (USA) Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
* "Wretched Lives" (The Philippines) Joel Lamangan

Planet Africa

* "Abouna" (France/Chad) Mahamat Saleh Haroun
* "Ataklan -- Naked Walk" (Trinidad And Tobago) Walt Lovelace
* "Black Attack" (Trinidad And Tobago) Walt Lovelace
* "Les Chemins de l'Oued" (France) Gaël Morel
* "G" (USA) Christopher Scott Cherot
* "George and the Bicycle Pump" (Cuba) Asha Lovelace
* "I Have a Dream" (USA) Zak Ove
* "Khorma, Enfant Du Cimetiere" (France/Belgium/Tunisia) Jilani Saadi
* "Mud Madness" (Trinidad And Tobago) Walt Lovelace
* "Now Jimmy!" (Jamaica) Mary Wells
* "Promised Land" (South Africa) Jason Xenopoulos
* "Rendez-Vous" (USA) Mariette Monpierre
* "Royal Bonbon" (France/Canada/Haiti) Charles Najman
* "Shottas" (USA/Jamaica) Cess Silvera
* "A String of Pearls" (USA) Camille Billops and James V. Hatch
* "Ubuntu's Wounds" (USA/South Africa) Sechaba Morojele
* "Waiting for Happiness" (France/Mauritania) Abderrahmane Sissako
* "Alexei and the Spring" (Japan) Seiichi Motohashi

National Cinema Lineup -- Harvest: South Korean Renaissance

* "Bad Guy" (South Korea) Kim Ki-duk
* "Camel(s)" (South Korea) Park Ki-yong
* "Champion" (South Korea) Kwak Kyung-taek
* "Desire" (South Korea) Kim Eung-su
* "Oasis" (South Korea) Lee Chang-dong
* "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (South Korea) Park Chan-wook
* "Take Care of My Cat" (South Korea) Jeong Jae-eun
* "Too Young to Die" (South Korea) Park Jin-pyo
* "Turning Gate" (South Korea) Hong Sang-soo
* "The Way Home" (South Korea) Lee Jeong-hyang

Canadian Retrospective -- Allan King

* "Children In Conflict Episode: A Talk With Irene" (Canada) Allan King
* "Come On Children" (Canada) Allan King
* "The Dragon's Egg" (Canada) Allan King
* "Dreams" (Canada) Allan King
* "Epilogue" (Canada) Allan King
* "The Field Day" (Canada) Allan King
* "Interview with Orson Welles" (Canada) Allan King
* "Joshua, A Nigerian Portrait" (Canada) Allan King
* "Maria" (Canada) Allan King
* "A Married Couple" (Canada) Allan King
* "A Matter of Pride" (Canada) Allan King
* "Red Emma" (Canada) Allan King and Martin Kinch
* "Rickshaw" (Canada) Allan King
* "Running Away Backwards" (Canada) Allan King
* "Skidrow" (Canada) Allan King
* "Warrendale" (Canada) Allan King
* "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Canada) Allan King
* "Who's in Charge?" (Canada) Sig Gerber

Director's Spotlight -- Robert Guédiguian

* "Dernier Été" (France) Robert Guédiguian and Frank Le Wita
* "Dieu vomit les tièdes" (France) Robert Guédiguian
* "Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours" (France) Robert Guédiguian
* "Marius et Jeannette" (France) Robert Guédiguian
* "La ville est tranquille" (France) Robert Guédiguian
* "À l'attaque!" (France) Robert Guédiguian
* "À la Place du Coeur" (France) Robert Guédiguian
* "À la vie, à la mort!" (France) Robert Guédiguian

Two Feet, One Angel: A Tribute To Ramiro Puerta

* "Contradanza No. 2" (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
* "Crucero/Crossroads" (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
* "The Lovers of the Arctic Circle" (Spain) Julio Medem
* "Strawberry and Chocolate" (Cuba/Mexico/Spain) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío
* "The Topic of Cancer" (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
* "Two Feet, One Angel" (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
* "Exxxorcisms" (Mexico) Jaime Humberto Hermosillo