1992 Toronto International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Léolo |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Twist |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Festival date | September 10, 1992–September 19, 1992 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
The 17th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 1992. Léolo was selected as the opening film.[1][2][3]
Quentin Tarantino's debut film Reservoir Dogs premiered at the festival and won FIPRESCI International Critics' Award.[4]
Awards[edit]
| Award[5][6] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann |
| Metro Media Award | Man Bites Dog | Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux & André Bonzel |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur) | Robert Morin |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Léolo | Jean-Claude Lauzon |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Peter Wintonick & Mark Achbar |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Letters of Transit (Les sauf-conduits) | Manon Briand |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Blue | Don McKellar |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore | Laurie Lynd |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Moose Jaw: There's a Future in Our Past | Rick Hancox |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | My Niagara | Helen Lee |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino |
Programme[edit]
Gala Presentation[edit]
- Bad Lieutenant by Abel Ferrara
- Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
- The Crying Game by Neil Jordan
- The Dark Side of the Heart by Eliseo Subiela
- Glengarry Glen Ross by James Foley
- Hard Boiled by John Woo
- Husbands and Wives by Woody Allen
- Laws of Gravity by Nick Gomez
- Léolo by Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Like Water for Chocolate by Alfonso Aráu
- El mariachi by Robert Rodriguez
- Mr. Saturday Night by Billy Crystal
- Of Mice and Men by Gary Sinise
- Passion Fish by John Sayles
- Peter's Friends by Kenneth Branagh
- The Public Eye by Howard Franklin
- Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino
- A River Runs Through It by Robert Redford
- Sarafina! by Darrell Roodt
- Simple Men by Hal Hartley
- Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
- Zebrahead by Anthony Drazan
Canadian Perspective[edit]
- Being at Home with Claude by Jean Beaudin
- Blue by Don McKellar
- Buried on Sunday by Paul Donovan
- Careful by Guy Maddin
- Coleslaw Warehouse by Bruce McCulloch
- The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore by Laurie Lynd
- Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives by Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman
- Gerda by Brenda Longfellow
- Giant Steps by Richard Rose
- Hurt Penguins by Robert Bergman and Myra Fried
- Impolite by David Hauka
- Letters of Transit (Les sauf-conduits) by Manon Briand
- Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...) by Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Jacques Leduc, Léa Pool and Patricia Rozema
- Manufacturing Consent by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick
- Moose Jaw: There's a Future in Our Past by Rick Hancox
- My Niagara by Helen Lee
- Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur) by Robert Morin
- La Sarrasine by Paul Tana
- Stepping Razor: Red X by Nicholas Campbell
- Tectonic Plates by Peter Mettler
- The Twist by Ron Mann
Midnight Madness[edit]
- Back to the USSR - takaisin Ryssiin by Jari Halonen
- Braindead by Peter Jackson
- Candyman by Bernard Rose
- Man Bites Dog by Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux and André Bonzel
- Romper Stomper by Geoffrey Wright
- Swordsman II by Ching Siu-tung
- Tetsuo II: Body Hammer by Shinya Tsukamoto
- Tokyo Decadence by Ryu Murakami[7]
Documentaries[edit]
- Baraka by Ron Fricke
- Female Misbehavior by Monika Treut
- Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media by Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar
References[edit]
- ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "TIFF 2012: Titles worth talking about". The Star. Toronto. August 23, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 19, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 18, 2013.