The 24th

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...

ran from September 9 to September 18, 1999. The festival opened with

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Felicia's Journey ''Felicia's Journey'' is a novel written by Irish author William Trevor, first published by Viking Press in 1994. The novel was made into a 1999 film of the same name. The book won the Whitbread Prize and ''The Sunday Express'' Book of the Ye ...

'' and closed with '' Onegin'' by

Martha Fiennes Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes () is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film '' Onegin'' (1999), which starred her elder brother, Ralph, and her subsequent film ''Chromophobia'' (2005). Career ...

. A total of 318 films were screened in the 13 programmes.

Awards

Programmes

Gala Opening Night

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Gala Closing Night

* '' Onegin'' by

Gala Presentations

* '' American Beauty'' by

Sam Mendes Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honour ...

* '' Anywhere But Here'' by

Wayne Wang Wayne Wang (; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong Americans, Hong Kong–American Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese Americans, ...

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The Cider House Rules ''The Cider House Rules'' (1985) is a novel by American writer John Irving, a ''Bildungsroman'' that was later adapted into a 1999 The Cider House Rules (film), film and a stage play by Peter Parnell. The story, set in the pre– and post–Wor ...

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Lasse Hallstrom Lasse is a common masculine given name in Nordic countries. It is also often a nickname for people named Lars or Lauri. People Notable people named Lasse include: * Lasse Aasland (1926–2001), Norwegian politician *Lasse Åberg (born 1940), Sw ...

* '' Est-ouest'' by Regis Wargnier * ''

Jakob the Liar ''Jakob the Liar'' is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jurek Becker ...

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Peter Kassovitz Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father ...

* '' Love in the Mirror (Amor nello specchio)'' by

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Me Myself I ''Me Myself I'' is the sixth studio album by British recording artist Joan Armatrading. Released in May 1980, the album was Armatrading's highest ever chart placing both in the UK (number 5) and in the US (number 28). In Australia, the album ...

'' by Pip Karmel * '' Mumford'' by

Lawrence Kasdan Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the ''Star Wars'' films ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), ''The Force Awakens'' (2015), and ''Solo: A Star Wars Stor ...

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Music of the Heart ''Music of the Heart'' is a 1999 American biographical film, biographical musical film, musical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray, based on the 1995 documentary ''Small Wonders''. The film i ...

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Wes Craven Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor. Craven has commonly been recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre due to the cultural imp ...

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La niña de tus ojos ''The Girl of Your Dreams'' ( es, La niña de tus ojos) is a 1998 Spanish drama film produced and directed by Fernando Trueba that stars Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Johannes Silberschneider and Hanna Schygulla. Set during the Spanish Civil Wa ...

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Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País' ...

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Orfeu ''Orfeu'' is a 1999 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, based on the play ''Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Moraes. It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during ...

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Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues (born May 19, 1940), is a Brazilian film director. He was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement. He is popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing ...

* '' Ride with the Devil'' by

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popula ...

* '' Simpatico'' by

Matthew Warchus Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is a British theatre director, filmmaker, lyricist, and playwright. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015. Personal life Warchus is married to American actress Lau ...

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Snow Falling on Cedars ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' is a 1994 novel by David Guterson. Guterson, a teacher, wrote the book in the early morning hours over ten years then quit his job to write full-time. Plot Set on the fictional San Piedro Island in the Strait of Jua ...

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István Szabó István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the la ...

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Sweet and Lowdown ''Sweet and Lowdown'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen. Loosely based on Federico Fellini's film ''La Strada'', the film tells the fictional story, set in the 1930s, of self-confident jazz guit ...

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Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

Special Presentations

* '' Children of the Century'' by

Diane Kurys Diane Kurys (; born 3 December 1948) is a French director, producer, filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are semi-autobiographical. Personal life Kurys was born in Lyon, Rhône, France, the younger of two daughters. She is a ...

* '' All the Rage'' by

James D. Stern James D. Stern is an American film and Broadway producer. He won a 2003 Tony Award for ''Hairspray'', has been nominated for other awards, and was a Drama Desk Award Winner for ''Stomp''. Life and career Early life Before starting Endgame, S ...

* '' Annaluise & Anton'' by

Caroline Link Caroline Link (born 2 June 1964) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), and then wo ...

* '' The Best Man'' by Malcolm D. Lee * '' The Big Kahuna'' by John Swanbeck * ''

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James Toback James Toback (; born November 23, 1944) is an American film director and screenwriter. His screenplay for '' Bugsy'' won the 1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for best screenplay of the year and was nominated for both the Academy Aw ...

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Breakfast of Champions ''Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday'' is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut. His seventh novel, it is set predominantly in the fictional town of Midland City, Ohio, and focuses on two characters: Dwayne Hoover, a Midl ...

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Alan Rudolph Alan Steven Rudolph (born December 18, 1943) is an American film director and screenwriter. Early life Rudolph was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Oscar Rudolph (1911–1991), a television director and actor, and his wife. He be ...

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Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film ''Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, co ...

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Forever Mine ''Forever Mine'' is a 1999 British–Canadian romantic drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Joseph Fiennes, Gretchen Mol and Ray Liotta. Synopsis In an airplane in 1987, two men, Alan Riply (Fiennes) and Javier are ...

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Ron Mann Ronald Mann (born June 13, 1958), credited professionally as Ron Mann, is a Canadian documentary film director. His work includes the films ''Imagine the Sound'' (1981); ''Comic Book Confidential'' (1988); ''Grass'' (1999) and ''Go Further'' ( ...

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Gregory's Two Girls ''Gregory's Two Girls'' is a 1999 Scottish film, set in Cumbernauld and also in various locations in Edinburgh. It is the sequel to ''Gregory's Girl'' (1981), which also starred John Gordon Sinclair and Kennie Pullen and was written and directed ...

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Bill Forsyth William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946). known as Bill Forsyth, is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films ''Gregory's Girl'' (1981), '' Local Hero'' (1983) and '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Ma ...

* '' History is Made at Night'' by Ilkka Jarvilaturi * '' The Hurricane'' by

Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best D ...

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Joe the King ''Joe the King'' is a 1999 drama film, written and directed by Frank Whaley, based largely on his own childhood and the childhood of his brother. It stars Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Austin Pendleton, Camryn ...

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Frank Whaley Frank Joseph Whaley (born July 20, 1963) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and comedian. His roles include Brett in ''Pulp Fiction'', Robby Krieger in ''The Doors'', young Archie "Moonlight" Graham in ''Field of Dreams'', and Guy ...

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The Limey ''The Limey'' is a 1999 American crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Barry Newman, Nicky Katt, and Peter Fonda. The plot concerns an English career ...

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* '' The Luck of Ginger Coffey'' by

Irvin Kershner Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner; April 29, 1923November 27, 2010) was an American film director, actor, and producer of film and television. He gained notice early in his career as a filmmaker for directing quirky, independent drama films ...

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Patricia Rozema Patricia Rozema (born 20 August 1958) is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Early life Rozema was born in King ...

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A Map of the World ''A Map of the World'' (1994) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It was the Oprah's Book Club selection for December 1999. It was made into a movie released in 1999 starring Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Chloë Sevigny, Louise F ...

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Errol Morris Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of its subjects. In 2003, his documentary film '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara ...

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Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. Life and career Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, inclu ...

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Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida ...

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The Third Miracle ''The Third Miracle'' is a 1999 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Plot In Bystrica, Slovakia in 1944, near the end of World War II, an Allied bombing ra ...

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Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland (born 28 November 1948) is a Poles, Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej ...

* '' To Walk with Lions'' by

Carl Schultz Carl Schultz (born 1939) is a Hungarian-Australian film director. Early life and works He left his native Budapest during the uprising of 1956 with his brother Otto Schultz. They fled to England, and after arriving in London they moved to Man ...

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Women Talking Dirty ''Women Talking Dirty'' is a 1999 British comedy film directed by Coky Giedroyc and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Gina McKee and James Nesbitt. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Women Talking Dirty'' written by Isla Dewar, who also wrote the ...

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Coky Giedroyc Mary Rose Helen "Coky" Giedroyc (; born 6 February 1963) is an English director known for her work on ''Women Talking Dirty'', '' The Virgin Queen'', ''The Nativity'', and ''Penny Dreadful''. Early life Giedroyc was born in Kowloon on 6 Februar ...

* '' Wonderland'' by

Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', '' Wonderland'' and '' 24 Hour Party People''� ...

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8½ Women '' Women'' is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway and starring John Standing, Matthew Delamere, and Vivian Wu. An international co-production of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany, it was en ...

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* '' L'Autre'' by

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twel ...

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The Emperor and the Assassin ''The Emperor and the Assassin'', also known as ''The First Emperor'', is a 1998 - 1999 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian's ''Records of the Grand Histo ...

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Chen Kaige Chen Kaige (; born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema.Berry, Michael (2002). "Chen Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion" in Speaking in Images: Interviews wit ...

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Goya in Bordeaux ''Goya en Burdeos'' (English: ''Goya in Bordeaux'') is a 1999 Spanish historical drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura about the life of Francisco de Goya, the influential 19th-century Spanish painter. Awards * 5 Goya Awards, includin ...

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Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career th ...

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Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (20 ...

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Kikujiro ''Kikujiro'' () is a 1999 Japanese road drama film starring, written, and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ''Kikujiro'' tells the story of a young boy sea ...

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The Legend of 1900 ''The Legend of 1900'' ( it, La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, 'The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean') is a 1998 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Mélanie Thierry. It was Tor ...

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Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...

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Alexandr Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

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The Wind Will Carry Us ''The Wind Will Carry Us'' ( fa, باد ما را خواهد برد, ''Bād mā rā khāhad bord'') is a 1999 Iranian film written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The title is a reference to a poem written by the modern Iranian poet Forough Fa ...

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Memories Unlocked ''Memories Unlocked'' (french: Souvenirs intimes) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Beaudin and released in 1999. Based on the novel ''Homme invisible à la fenêtre'' by Monique Proulx, the film stars James Hyndman as Max, a paraplegic a ...

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'' by Gariné Torossian * '' Subterranean Passage'' by Michael Crochetière * ''

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* '' Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism'' by Cristine Richey * '' Touched'' by

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'' by Jackie May * '' Tuba Girl'' by Michèle Muzzi * '' Undertow'' by Sarah Bachinski * '' Wedding Knives'' by Johanna Mercer * ''When the Day Breaks'' by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis * ''Where Lies the Homo?'' by Jean-François Monette (director), Jean-François Monette * ''Zyklon Portrait'' by Elida Schogt

Contemporary World Cinema

* ''1999 Madeleine'' by Laurent Bouhnik * ''Adrenaline Drive'' by Shinobu Yaguchi * ''After the Truth (film), After the Truth'' by Roland Suso Richter * ''Criminal Lovers'' by François Ozon * ''Andares in Time of War'' by Alejandra Jimenez Lopez * ''The Annihilation of Fish'' by Charles Burnett (director), Charles Burnett * ''Augustin, roi du Kung-fu'' by Anne Fontaine (filmmaker), Anne Fontaine * ''Away with Words'' by Christopher Doyle * ''Beau travail'' by Claire Denis * ''Beautiful People (film), Beautiful People'' by Jasmin Dizdar * ''The Big Brass Ring'' by George Hickenlooper * ''Le bleu des villes'' by Stephane Brize * ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'' by Kimberly Peirce * ''Buddy Boy'' by Mark Hanlon * ''Bullets Over Summer'' by Wilson Yip * ''Burlesk King'' by Mel Chionglo * ''C'est quoi la vie?'' by François Dupeyron * ''Himalaya (film), Caravan'' by Eric Valli * ''The Color of Heaven'' by Majid Majidi * ''Les convoyeurs attendent'' by Benoit Mariage * ''Crane World'' by Pablo Trapero * ''The Cup (1999 film), The Cup'' by Khyentse Norbu * ''Dancing with Hydra'' by Takuji Suzuki * ''Darkness and Light (film), Darkness and Light'' by Chang Tso-chi * ''Un derangement considerable'' by Bernard Stora * ''Deterrence (film), Deterrence'' by Rod Lurie * ''East Is East (1999 film), East is East'' by Damien O'Donnell * ''Enthusiasm'' by Ricardo Larrain * ''Feeling Sexy'' by Davida Allen * ''From the Edge of the City'' by Constantinos Giannaris * ''Olympic Garage, Garage Olimpo'' by Marco Bechis * ''Gemini (1999 film), Gemini'' by Shinya Tsukamoto * ''Guinevere (1999 film), Guinevere'' by Audrey Wells * ''Hans Warns - My 20th Century, Hans Warns – My 20th Century'' by Gordian Maugg * ''Happy, Texas (film), Happy, Texas'' by Mark Illsley * ''Harem Suare'' by Ferzan Özpetek * ''High Expectations'' by Evi Quaid * ''Humanité, L'humanite'' by Bruno Dumont * ''Jesus' Son (film), Jesus' Son'' by Alison Maclean * ''Journey to the Sun'' by Yeşim Ustaoğlu * ''Judy Berlin'' by Eric Mendelsohn * ''Julien Donkey-Boy, julien donkey-boy'' by Harmony Korine * ''Kadosh'' by Amos Gitai, Amos Gitaï * ''The Last September#Film version, The Last September'' by Deborah Warner * ''Lies (1999 film), Lies'' by Jang Sun-woo * ''Luna Papa'' by Bakhityar Khudojnazarov * ''M/Other'' by Nobuhiro Suwa * ''Malli (film), Malli'' by Santosh Sivan * ''The Man-Eater (film), The Man-Eater'' by Aurelio Grimaldi * ''March of Happiness'' by Lin Cheng-Sheng * ''Mifune's Last Song, Mifune – Dogme 3'' by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen * ''Miss Julie (1999 film), Miss Julie'' by Mike Figgis * ' by Fred Kelemen * ''One Piece!'' by Shinobu Yaguchi and Takuji Suzuki * ''Peau neuve'' by Emilie Deleuze * ''The Personals (1998 Taiwanese film), The Personals'' by Chen Kuo-fu * ''Le petit voleur'' by Eric Zonca * ''Ratcatcher (film), Ratcatcher'' by Lynne Ramsay * ''Revenge (1999 film), Revenge'' by Andrés Wood * ''Rien a faire'' by Marion Vernoux * ''Romance (1999 film), Romance'' by Catherine Breillat * ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' by Shane Meadows * ''Rosetta (film), Rosetta'' by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne * ''Show Me Love (film), Show Me Love'' by Lukas Moodysson * ''Shower (film), Shower'' by Zhang Yang (director), Zhang Yang * ''Simon, The Magician'' by Ildiko Enyedi * ''So Close to Paradise'' by Wang Xiaoshuai * ''Soft Hearts'' by Joel Lamangan and Eric Quizon * ''Speedy Boys'' by James Herbert * ''Splendor (1999 film), Splendor'' by Gregg Araki * ''Split Wide Open'' by Dev Benegal * ''Sunburn (1999 film), Sunburn'' by Nelson Hume * ''Tempting Heart'' by Sylvia Chang * ''Throne of Death'' by Murali Nair * ''Time Out (1998 film), Time Out'' by Sergio Cabrera (director), Sergio Cabrera * ''A Time to Love (1999 film), A Time to Love'' by Giacomo Campiotti * ''Two Streams'' by Carlos Reichenbach * ''Urban Feel'' by Jonathan Sagall * ''The Virgin (1999 film), The Virgin'' by Diego Donnhofer * ''The War Zone'' by Tim Roth * ''Yesterday Children'' by Carlos Siguion-Reyna

Discovery

* ''30 Days (1999 film), 30 Days'' by Aaron Harnick * ''Bloody Angels'' by Karin Julsrud * ''But Forever in My Mind'' by Gabriele Muccino * ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' by Jamie Babbit * ''Civilisees'' by Randa Chahal * ''The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion'' by Lav Diaz * ''Envy'' by Julie Money * ''Freak Weather'' by Mary Kuryla * ''Girls' Night Out (film), Girls' Night Out'' by Im Sang-soo * ''A Glass of Rage'' by Aluízio Abranches * ''Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish'' by Kevin Jordan (filmmaker), Kevin Jordan * ''Guts'' by Ron Termaat * ''Hidden River'' by Mercedes García Guevara * ''Human Traffic'' by Justin Kerrigan * ''I Could Read the Sky'' by Nichola Bruce * ''Idle Running'' by Janez Burger * ''Janice Beard: 45 WPM'' by Clare Kilner * ''The Joys of Smoking'' by Nick Katsapetses * ''The Junction'' by Urszula Urbaniak * ''Just One Time (film), Just One Time'' by Lane Janger * ''Kill by Inches (film), Kill by Inches'' by Diane Doniol-Valcroze and Arthur Flam * ''Moonlight Whispers'' by Akihiko Shiota * ''Mr. I and Mrs. O'' by Valentina Leduc * ''Northern Skirts'' by Barbara Albert * ''Pictures and Butterfly'' by Yanko Del Pino * ''Return of the Idiot'' by Saša Gedeon * ''Rodents'' by Sebastián Cordero * ''Shadows in the Dark'' by Pankaj Butalia * ''Spring Forward'' by Tom Gilroy * ''This Year's Love'' by David Kane (director), David Kane * ''Under California - The Limit of Time, Under California – The Limit of Time'' by Carlos Bolado * ''The Wall'' by Sergio Arau * ''Wheels'' by Djordje Milosavljevic * ''Yana's Friends'' by Arik Kaplun

Planet Africa

* ''After the Rain (film), After the Rain'' by Ross Kettle * ''Chef! (film), Chef!'' by Jean-Marie Teno * ''Compensation (film), Compensation'' by Zeinabu irene Davis * ''Cry Me a Baby'' by Tamsin MacCarthy * ''La genèse'' by Cheick Oumar Sissoko * ''Harlem Aria'' by William Jennings (filmmaker), William Jennings * ''Hot-Irons'' by Andrew Dosunmu * ''Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100'' by Yvonne Welbon * ''Love and Action In Chicago'' by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran * ''Olivia's Story'' by Charles Burnett (director), Charles Burnett * ''La petite vendeuse de soleil'' by Djibril Diop Mambety * ''Portrait of a Young Man Drowning (film), Portrait of a Young Man Drowning'' by Teboho Mahlatsi * ''Rage (1999 film), Rage'' by Newton I. Aduaka * ''Rituals (film), Rituals'' by Carol Mayes * ''Third World Cop'' by Chris Browne

Real to Reel

* ''American Movie'' by Chris Smith (filmmaker), Chris Smith * ''Barenaked in America'' by Jason Priestley * ''Berlin-Cinema (Titre Provisoire)'' by Samira Gloor-Fadel * ''Bread Day'' by Sergei Dvortsevoy * ''Coven (1997 film), Coven'' by Mark Borchardt * ''Crazy English (film), Crazy English'' by Zhang Yuan (director), Zhang Yuan * ''Highway'' by Sergei Dvortsevoy * ''Homo Sapiens 1900'' by Peter Cohen (director), Peter Cohen * ''The Humiliated'' by Jesper Jargil * ''If You Only Understood'' by Rolando Diaz * ''Jam Session (1999 film), Jam Session'' by Makoto Shinozaki * ''The Jaundiced Eye'' by Nonny de la Pena * ''Del Olvido al no me Acuerdo, Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember'' by Juan Carlos Rulfo * ''The Making of a New Empire'' by Jos de Putter * ''Me & Isaac Newton'' by Michael Apted * ''My Best Fiend'' by Werner Herzog * ''Negative Space (1999 film), Negative Space'' by Chris Petit * ''Pripyat (film), Pripyat'' by Nikolaus Geyrhalter * ''Shadow Boxers'' by Katya Bankowsky * ''The Specialist'' by Eyal Sivan * ''Sud (1999 film), Sud'' by Chantal Akerman * ''Three (1999 film), Three'' by Issac Julien * ''Work and Progress'' by Vivian Ostrovsky and Yann Beauvais

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

* ''The Awful Truth'' by Leo McCarey * ''Elephant (Alan Clarke film), Elephant'' by Alan Clarke * ''Hiroshima 28'' by Patrick Lung Kong * ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' by Ingmar Bergman * ''Shadows (1959 film), Shadows'' by John Cassavetes * ''The Tales of Hoffmann (film), The Tales of Hoffmann'' by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger * ''Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'' by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Michael Fengler * ''Yojimbo (film), Yojimbo'' by Akira Kurosawa

Indiscreet Charms: New Spanish Cinema

* ''Solas (film), Solas'' by Benito Zambrano * ''Beloved/Friend'' by Ventura Pons * ''Between Your Legs'' by Manuel Gomez Pereira * ''Do You Really Wanna Know?'' by Jurdao Faemino, Blanco Faemino, Javier Jurdao and Pedro Blanco (filmmaker), Pedro Blanco * ''Dying of Laughter'' by Álex de la Iglesia * ''Fading Memories'' by Enrique Gabriel * ''Flesh (1999 film), Flesh'' by Begona Vicario * ''Flores de otro mundo, Flowers from Another World'' by Icíar Bollaín * ''Frivolinas'' by Arturo Carballo * ''Golden Whore'' by Miquel Crespi * ''Havana Quartet (film), Havana Quartet'' by Fernando Colomo * ''Jealousy (1999 film), Jealousy'' by Vicente Aranda * ''Lisbon (1999 film), Lisbon'' by Antonio Hernández (director), Antonio Hernández * ''The Mole and the Fairy'' by Grojo * ''Arrebato, Rapture'' by Iván Zulueta * ''Roulette (1999 film), Roulette'' by Roberto Santiago * ''Washington Wolves'' by Mariano Barroso

Spotlight: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

* ''Barren Illusion'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Charisma (film), Charisma'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Cure (film), Cure'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Eyes of the Spider'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''License to Live'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Serpent's Path'' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Tribute: The Story of David Overbey

* ''A Better Tomorrow'' by John Woo * ''Beyond Gravity'' by Garth Maxwell * ''Carne (1991 film), Carne'' by Gaspar Noé * ''Distant Voices, Still Lives'' by Terence Davies * ''Dust in the Wind (film), Dust in the Wind'' by Hou Hsiao-hsien * ''Insiang'' by Lino Brocka * ''Killer of Sheep'' by Charles Burnett (director), Charles Burnett * ''Tragedy of an Indian Farmer'' by Murali Nair

Midnight Madness

* ''Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie'' by Lech Kowalski * ''Fever (1999 film), Fever'' by Alex Winter * ''Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby'' by Matthew Bright * ''Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'' by Shusuke Kaneko * ''George Lucas in Love'' by Joe Nussbaum * ''The Item'' by Dan Clark * ''Komodo (film), Komodo'' by Michael Lantieri * ''Possessed (1999 film), Possessed'' by Anders Rønnow Klarlund * ''Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes'' by Cass Paley * ''The Wisdom of Crocodiles'' by Po Chih Leong

References

External links

Official site

1999 Toronto International Film Festival
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