# 1998 Toronto International Film Festival

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.

## Awards

| Award | Film | Director |
| People's Choice | Life Is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni |
| Metro Media Award | Happiness | Todd Solondz |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Nô | 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 |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Praise | John Curran |

## Programmes
### Gala Opening Night

* The Red Violin by François Girard

### Gala Closing Night

* Antz by Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson

### Gala Presentations

* August 32nd on Earth by Denis Villeneuve
* Central Station by Walter Salles
* Dancing at Lughnasa by Pat O'Connor
* Dog Park by Bruce McCulloch
* Elizabeth by Shekhar Kapur
* Hilary and Jackie by Anand Tucker
* Judas Kiss by Sebastian Gutierrez
* The School of Flesh by Benoît Jacquot
* L.A. Without a Map by Mika Kaurismäki
* Lautrec by Roger Planchon
* Little Voice by Mark Herman
* Living Out Loud by Richard LaGravenese
* Pleasantville by Gary Ross
* A Simple Plan by Sam Raimi
* A Soldier's Sweetheart by Thomas Michael Donnelly
* Without Limits by Robert Towne

### Special Presentations

* The Way We Laughed by Gianni Amelio
* Am I Beautiful? by Doris Dörrie
* Another Day in Paradise by Larry Clark
* Apt Pupil by Bryan Singer
* At Sachem Farm by John Huddles
* Down in the Delta by Maya Angelou
* Earth by Deepa Mehta
* Finding Graceland by David Winkler
* Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni
* Pecker by John Waters
* Permanent Midnight by David Veloz
* Rushmore by Wes Anderson
* A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries by James Ivory
* Such a Long Journey by Sturla Gunnarsson
* Summer of the Monkeys by Michael Anderson
* The Giraffe by Dani Levy
* The Mighty by Peter Chelsom
* The Theory of Flight by Paul Greengrass
* Touch of Evil by Orson Welles
* Voleur de vie by Yves Angelo
* Wide Prairie by Oscar Grillo

### Masters

* Besieged by Bernardo Bertolucci
* April by Nanni Moretti
* Clouds by Fernando E. Solanas
* Conte d'automne by Éric Rohmer
* Divine by Arturo Ripstein
* Dr. Akagi by Shōhei Imamura
* Eternity and a Day by Theo Angelopoulos
* Flowers of Shanghai by Hou Hsiao-hsien
* The General by John Boorman
* Anxiety by Manoel de Oliveira
* My Name Is Joe by Ken Loach
* Cabaret Balkan by Goran Paskaljević
* The Silence by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
* Tango by Carlos Saura
* You Laugh by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

### Perspective Canada

* 2 secondes by Manon Briand
* L'Amour L'Amour Shut the Door Por Favor by Valerie Buhagiar
* Angel Walk by Mitchell Gabourie
* Beauty Crowds Me by Julie Trimingham
* Boy Meets Girl by Jerry Ciccoritti
* Brakhage by Jim Shedden
* Bridal Path by Cynthia Roberts
* Clutch by Chris Grismer
* Cold Feet by James Allodi
* Crickets by Jane Eun-Hee Kim
* Cupid by Wrik Mead
* Les Dames du 9 by Catherine Martin
* Death Threat by Zarqa Nawaz
* Destroying Angel by Wayne Salazar, Philip Hoffman
* Dirty by Bruce Sweeney
* Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story by Errol Williams
* Elimination Dance by Bruce McDonald
* Elysian Fields by Leonardo Salvo
* Eve-Olve! by Sandra Law
* Extraordinary Visitor by John W. Doyle
* The Falling by Raul Sanchez Inglis
* Faultlines by Gary Popovich
* Fish Bait by Anthony Seck
* The Fisherman and His Wife by Jochen Schliessler
* The Fishing Trip by Amnon Buchbinder
* From Morning on I Waited Yesterday by Wiebke von Carolsfeld
* God Comes as a Child by Jeremiah Hayes
* Great Expectations (Not What You're Thinking) by Ann Marie Fleming
* Harlan and Fiona by Gary Yates
* The Herd by Peter Lynch
* Hustle My Crush by Heidi Gerber
* In the Future by Mike Hoolboom
* Jack and Jill by John Kalangis
* John Scott - Art & Justice by Michael McNamara
* The Last Split Second by Judith Doyle
* Last Night by Don McKellar
* Leda and the Swan by Alexandra Gill
* Le Lépidoptère by Chloë Mercier
* Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles by Jennifer Baichwal
* Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) by Paul Tana
* Michel in the Suête by Neal Livingston
* Moving Day by Chris Deacon
* Nô by Robert Lepage
* Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
* Phil Touches Flo by David Birdsell
* A Place Called Chiapas by Nettie Wild
* Rain, Drizzle and Fog by Rosemary House
* Reaction Stick by John May
* The Rogers' Cable by Jennifer Kierans
* Rupert's Land by Jonathan Tammuz
* Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers
* Shrink by Tim Hamilton
* The Sickroom by Serge Marcotte
* Sploosh by Nathan Garfinkel
* Streetheart (Le cœur au poing) by Charles Binamé
* Le Succédané by Nicolas Frichot
* Sway by Paul Carrière
* Swell by Carolynne Hew
* Under Chad Valley by Jeff Erbach
* Until I Hear From You by Daniel MacIvor
* When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) by Jacques Leduc
* When Ponds Freeze Over by Mary Lewis

### Contemporary World Cinema

* À Vendre by Laetitia Masson
* All the Little Animals by Jeremy Thomas
* Bishonen by Yonfan
* Bedrooms and Hallways by Rose Troche
* The Book Of Life by Hal Hartley
* Buttoners by Petr Zelenka
* Caresses by Ventura Pons
* The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg
* Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train by Patrice Chéreau
* Christmas in August by Hur Jin-ho
* The City by David Riker
* Claire Dolan by Lodge Kerrigan
* Clay Pigeons by David Dobkin
* Curacha - A Woman Without Rest by Chito S. Roño
* The Dance by Ágúst Guðmundsson
* Dance of Dust by Abolfazl Jalili
* Delivery of a Nation by Momir Matovic
* Desert Blue by Morgan J. Freeman
* Le Dîner de Cons by Francis Veber
* F. est un salaud by Marcel Gisler
* Fated Vocation by Nguyen Vu Chau
* Fin août, début septembre by Olivier Assayas
* Fiona by Amos Kollek
* Fire-Eater by Pirjo Honkasalo
* Full Moon Den by Karen Shakhnazarov
* Gangland by Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes
* Happiness by Todd Solondz
* Home Fries by Dean Parisot
* The Hole by Tsai Ming-liang
* I'm Losing You by Bruce Wagner
* The Impostors by Stanley Tucci
* In That Land by Lidia Bobrova
* In the Navel of the Sea by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
* Island, Alicia by Ken Yunome
* The Inheritors by Stefan Ruzowitzky
* J'Aimerais Pas Crever Un Dimanche by Didier Le Pêcheur
* Jeanne Et Le Garçon Formidable by Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
* Jerry and Tom by Saul Rubinek
* Just One Time by Lane Janger
* The Last Contract by Kjell Sundvall
* Little Thieves, Big Thieves by Alejandro Saderman
* Little Tropikana by Daniel Díaz Torres
* Love Go Go by Chen Yu-hsun
* Love Is the Devil by John Maybury
* The Lovers of the Arctic Circle by Julio Médem
* Lucia by Don Boyd
* Luminous Motion by Bette Gordon
* The Man with Rain in His Shoes by María Ripoll
* Midnight by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
* Motel Erotica by Ho Ping
* My Rice Noodle Shop by Yang Xie
* Night Train by John Lynch
* No Support by Rene Castillo Rivera, Antonio Urrutia
* Notes of Love by Mimmo Calopresti
* Our Troubles Will Soon Be Over by Jorge Ramírez-Suárez
* Passion by György Fehér
* The Patriot by Paulo Thiago
* The Poet by Casey L.Y. Chan
* Rehearsal For War by Mario Martone
* The Rose Seller by Víctor Gaviria
* Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer
* Seul Contre Tous by Gaspar Noé
* Shattered Image by Raúl Ruiz
* Snow by Eric Tretbar
* Spanish Fly by Daphna Kastner
* The Stolen Years by Fernando Colomo
* Sweet Degeneration by Lin Cheng-sheng
* This Is My Father by Paul Quinn
* Three by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
* Thursday by Skip Woods
* Titanic Town by Roger Michell
* Traffic by João Botelho
* Trance by Michael Almereyda
* Un Grand Cri D'amour by Josiane Balasko
* Under A Spell by Carlos Carrera
* Very Bad Things by Peter Berg
* La Vie Rêvée Des Anges by Erick Zonca
* Vigo by Julien Temple
* Waking Ned Devine by Kirk Jones
* Water Easy Reach by Bent Hamer
* What Farocki Taught by Jill Godmilow
* When Love Comes by Garth Maxwell
* Where the Heart Is (À la place du cœur) by Robert Guédiguian
* The Wounds by Srdjan Dragojevic

### Discovery

* The Apple by Samira Makhmalbaf
* 23 by Hans-Christian Schmid
* The Adopted Son by Aktan Abdikalikov
* The Adventures of Sebastian Cole by Tod Williams
* Bombay Boys by Kaizad Gustad
* Broken Vessels by Scott Ziehl
* Following by Christopher Nolan
* Georgica by Sulev Keedus
* Get Real by Simon Shore
* Getting Off by Julie A. Lynch
* Hair Shirt by Dean Paras
* Hell's Kitchen by Tony Cinciripini
* In the Winter Dark by James Bogle
* Kenoma by Eliane Caffé
* L'arrière Pays by Jacques Nolot
* Long Time Since by Jay Anania
* Mensaka by Salvador García Ruiz
* The Pianist by Mario Gas
* Porkkaalam by Cheran
* Praise by John Curran
* Radiance by Rachel Perkins
* Rosie: The Devil In My Head by Patrice Toye
* The Shoe by Laila Pakalniņa
* The Sleepwalker by Fernando Spiner
* Sombre by Philippe Grandrieux
* Sweety Barrett by Stephen Bradley
* The Terrorist by Santosh Sivan
* Trans by Julian L. Goldberger
* Une Minute De Silence by Florent Emilio Siri
* West Beirut by Ziad Doueiri
* Windhorse by Paul Wagner

### Planet Africa

* Ainsi Soit Il So Be It by Joseph Gaye Ramaka
* Babymother by Julian Henriques
* Bent Familia by Nouri Bouzid
* Corps Plongés by Raoul Peck
* Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland by Charles Burnett
* La Vie Sur Terre by Abderrahmane Sissako
* L'Onzième Commandement by Mama Keïta
* Mixing Nia by Alison Swan
* On The Edge by Newton I. Aduaka
* Pièces D'indentités by Mwezé Ngangura
* Secrets by Sheryl Lee Ralph
* Silmande Tourbillon by S. Pierre Yameogo
* Slam by Marc Levin
* Souko Camera Box by Issiaka Konaté
* Speak Like A Child by John Akomfrah
* Take Your Bags by Camille Billops

### Real to Reel

* Angel On My Shoulder by Donna Deitch
* The Cruise by Bennett Miller
* Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance by Kevin Macdonald, Chris Rodley
* The Filmmaker Of The Amazon by Aurélio Michiles
* Fragments*Jerusalem by Ron Havilio
* God Said, "Ha!" by Julia Sweeney
* Megacities by Michael Glawogger
* Richard Lester! by Stacy Cochran
* State of Dogs by Peter Brosens, Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh

### Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

* Gone with the Wind by Victor Fleming
* Boom! by Joseph Losey
* Charulata by Satyajit Ray
* Forty Guns by Samuel Fuller
* The Four Feathers by Zoltan Korda
* The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
* Nazarín by Luis Buñuel
* Othello by Orson Welles

### New Beat of Japan

* After Life by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
* April Story by Shunji Iwai
* Battles Without Honor and Humanity by Kinji Fukasaku
* Beautiful Sunday by Tetsuya Nakashima
* Bullet Ballet by Shinya Tsukamoto
* Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
* Detective Riko by Satoshi Isaka
* Hadashi no pikunikku by Shinobu Yaguchi
* The Goofball by Junji Sakamoto
* Happy Go Lucky by Tetsuya Nakashima
* Ikinai by Hiroshi Shimizu
* Kichiku by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
* Muscle Influenza by Keiji Ichikawa, Ken Arima
* Paradise Sea by Koji Hagiuda
* Ping Pong Bath Station by Gen Yamakawa
* Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl by Katsuhito Ishii
* Sunday Drive by Hisashi Saito
* Unlucky Monkey by Sabu
* Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald by Kōki Mitani

### Spotlight: Darezhan Omirbaev

* Cardiogram by Darezhan Omirbaev
* July by Darezhan Omirbaev
* Kairat by Darezhan Omirbaev
* Killer by Darezhan Omirbaev
* Life by Darezhan Omirbaev

### Canadian Film Centre at 10

* Blood & Donuts by Holly Dale
* Dead Meat by Holly Dale
* The Feeler by Colleen Murphy
* House by Laurie Lynd
* The Making of Monsters by John Greyson
* Save My Lost Nigga Soul by Clement Virgo
* Shoemaker by Colleen Murphy
* Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould by François Girard
* Zero Patience by John Greyson

### Canadian Open Vault

* Goin' Down the Road by Donald Shebib

### Midnight Madness

* The Acid House by Paul McGuigan
* The Bystander From Hell by Matthew Harrison
* Cascadeur - The Amber Chamber by Hardy Martins
* Hang the DJ by Marco La Villa, Mauro La Villa
* Heaven by Scott Reynolds
* I Woke Up Early The Day I Died by Arlis Iliopulos
* Mighty Peking Man by Ho Meng Hua
* Night Time [de] by Peter Fratzscher
* Perdita Durango by Álex de la Iglesia
* Six-String Samurai by Lance Mungia