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1999 Toronto International Film Festival
The 24th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 to September 18, 1999. The festival opened with Atom Egoyan's ''Felicia's Journey'' and closed with '' Onegin'' by Martha Fiennes. A total of 318 films were screened in the 13 programmes. Awards Programmes Gala Opening Night * ''Felicia's Journey'' by Atom Egoyan Gala Closing Night * '' Onegin'' by Martha Fiennes Gala Presentations * '' American Beauty'' by Sam Mendes * '' Anywhere But Here'' by Wayne Wang * ''The Cider House Rules'' by Lasse Hallstrom * '' Est-ouest'' by Regis Wargnier * ''Jakob the Liar'' by Peter Kassovitz * '' Love in the Mirror (Amor nello specchio)'' by Salvatore Maira * ''Me Myself I'' by Pip Karmel * '' Mumford'' by Lawrence Kasdan * ''Music of the Heart'' by Wes Craven * ''La niña de tus ojos'' by Fernando Trueba * ''Orfeu'' by Carlos Diegues * '' Ride with the Devil'' by Ang Lee * '' Simpatico'' by Matthew Warchus * ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' by Scott Hicks * ''Sunshine'' by István ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicia's Journey (film)
''Felicia's Journey'' is a 1999 British-Canadian psychological thriller, psychological thriller film written and directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Elaine Cassidy and Bob Hoskins. It is based on the prize-winning 1994 Felicia's Journey, novel of the same name by William Trevor. It was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and won four 20th Genie Awards, Genie Awards, including Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay. Plot Felicia is a Northern Irish teenager whose boyfriend, Johnny, has left to join the British Army after impregnating her. Taking a ferry to England, she begins a hopeless search for the lawnmower factory in Birmingham where she believes Johnny now works. Instead, she encounters Joseph Hilditch, a catering manager at a factory who is also the son of an eccentric TV chef of decades past. Hilditch regularly watches the old programmes of his presumably-deceased mother while he cooks her recipes and collects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Annau
Catherine Annau is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and writer. Annau's debut feature '' Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation'' won numerous awards including a Genie Award, and appeared at New York's Lincoln Center, the National Gallery in Washington D.C., at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, and at various film festivals worldwide. Annau's other directing work includes the international co-production ''Sexual Intelligence'' with Kim Cattrall, broadcast on HBO, Channel 4, and Discovery Canada; ''Winning'', a documentary about lottery winners, broadcast by the Sundance Channel U.S and public broadcasters, and ''The Power Refugees'', a half-hour documentary about young Canadians in New York, which was nominated for a Gemini award. She produced and directed for CBC's investigative journalism series '' The Fifth Estate''. Her documentary ''The Good Father'' about one of Canada's worst sexual predators won a Gracie Award (U.S). She has also produced an internationally aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shower (film)
''Shower'' () is a 1999 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin and Jiang Wu. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 1999 and won the FIPRESCI Prize. Though only the second directorial work by Zhang and the third production of Imar Film, ''Shower'' was selected for numerous film festivals, including San Sebastian Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and Seattle International Film Festival, where it received many awards. Written by Zhang and a team of young scriptwriters, the film revolves around a family-run bathhouse in Beijing. An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in Brussels, Belgium. At present it has members in more than 50 countries worldwide. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIPRESCI announced that it will not participate in festivals and other events organized by the Russian government and its offices, and canceled a colloquium in St. Petersburg, that was to make it familiar with new Russian films. FIPRESCI Award The FIPRESCI often gives out awards during film festivals (such as at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Lafleur
Stéphane Lafleur (born 1976) is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician."Director Stéphane Lafleur, at TIFF with Tu Dors Nicole, could be the next big (Canadian) thing" '''', September 12, 2014. Career Lafleur attended the . In 1999, he directed his first short film, '' |
Karaoke (1999 Canadian Film)
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is an instrumental version of a well-known popular song. Lyrics are typically displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol, changing colour, or music video images, to guide the singer. In Chinese-speaking countries and regions such as mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, a karaoke box is called a KTV. The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion. History 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices From 1961 to 1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, ''Sing Along with Mitch'', featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation. The primary differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Demers
Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. Biography Following his graduation from film school at the age of 22, Demers traveled around the world alone over six months with a handheld camera for ''La Course destination monde'' ( Radio-Canada Television) and started shooting. After a few years working as a director in the television and advertising industries, his first short fiction film, ''Discharge (Décharge)'', won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2003 he wrote and directed "Dans un spoutnik", an animated music video for Daniel Bélanger which won several awards in the ADISQ Gala and at the MuchMusic Video Awards that year. His next documentary, ''Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe'', that he co-directed and edited, won Best Canadian Work at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art en 2004. '' Suspicions (Jaloux)'', his first feature film, was released in 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discharge (film)
Discharge may refer to Expel or let go * Discharge, the act of firing a gun * Discharge, or termination of employment, the end of an employee's duration with an employer * Military discharge, the release of a member of the armed forces from service Flow * Discharge (hydrology), the amount of water flowing through the channel ** Effluent released into a river or sea ** Groundwater discharge, the volumetric flow rate of groundwater through an aquifer * Discharging method (discrete mathematics) is a proof technique in discrete mathematics * Electric discharge: ** Corona discharge, a type of electric current ** Direct-current discharge, a plasma ** Discharger, an electrical device that releases stored energy *** Battery discharging *** Static discharger, a device used on airplanes to maintain use of electrical equipment ** Electrostatic discharge, sudden and momentary electric current flows between two objects *** Dielectric barrier discharge, the electrical discharge between two e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karine Vanasse
Karine Vanasse (born 24 November 1983) is a French-Canadian actress, who had roles in the films '' Polytechnique'', '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)'', ''Switch'' and '' Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)''. Internationally she is best known for her roles as Colette Valois in ''Pan Am'', Margaux LeMarchal in ''Revenge'' and Lise Delorme in ''Cardinal''. Life and career Vanasse was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the daughter of Conrad Vanasse, a council worker, and Renée (née Gamache), who was her manager at the beginning of her career. At the age of nine, Vanasse expressed her desire to sing or to act and she fulfilled that wish when she appeared in the teen show ''Club des 100 watts'' after winning a "lip sync" competition. It was then, with the help of her mother, that Vanasse began to audition for, and take part in, TV commercials and to play minor and supporting roles in various French Canadian TV movies. In 1998, the production company now known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Balaban
Liane Balaban (born June 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in ''New Waterford Girl'' (1999) as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie. She has since appeared in the films ''Definitely, Maybe'' (2008), ''Last Chance Harvey'' (2008), and the independent drama ''One Week'' (2008). She has guest-starred on the television series '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', ''Covert Affairs'' and ''Alphas'', and joined the cast of ''Supernatural'' for its eighth season. Early life Balaban was born in North York, Ontario, the daughter of a Catholic mother who worked as a medical secretary, and a Jewish father from the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union, who worked in real estate. She grew up in the Willowdale neighbourhood of North York, now part of Toronto, and went to high school at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, where she was classmates with singer Henry Lau. She majored in journalism at Ryerson University but left to concentrate on acting. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Waterford Girl
''New Waterford Girl'' is a 1999 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, and written by Tricia Fish. It stars Liane Balaban as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie, a teenager in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, who dreams of life beyond her small-town home. She is inspired and fascinated when Lou Benzoa ( Tara Spencer-Nairn), an idiosyncratic girl from New York City, moves into the house next door. Agnes learns Lou has a talent for boxing, leading to her taking Lou in as "muscle" in an attempt to make some changes around town. The film's cast also includes Mary Walsh, Nicholas Campbell, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Mark McKinney, Bette MacDonald, Ashley MacIsaac, Krista MacDonald, Cassie MacDonald, Darren Keay and Patrick Joyce. Plot Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie is a 15-year-old girl and black sheep of her family who is sick of her life in the isolated coastal community of New Waterford. She is considered an exceptional student by her depressive, semi-alcoholic English tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris William Martin
Christopher William Martin (born January 17, 1975), also known as Corky Martin or Chris Martin, is a Canadian actor.Glen Schaefer, "Felicity's hair-raiser: Vancouver actor Chris Martin's job was to stir the pot and divert attention from star Keri Russell's bad crop. The result: more bad hair. `I looked like Eraserhead'". ''The Province'', July 16, 2000. He has appeared on a number of television series, including ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'' and ''The L Word'', as well as leading the 2002 Canadian series, ''Tom Stone (TV series), Tom Stone''. Early life Martin was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, the son of Victoria Kathleen and Chris William Martin. He attended McRoberts Secondary School followed by Richmond Secondary School, Richmond High School in Richmond, British Columbia. He is also an alum of Ideal Mini School in Vancouver. Career His first role was in the 1991 teen drama series ''Fifteen (TV series), Fifteen'', filmed in Vancouver. His performance as Dylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
