# 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

| Award | Film | Recipient |
| People's Choice Award | American Beauty | Sam Mendes |
| Discovery Award | Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish | Kevin Jordan |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | The Five Senses | Jeremy Podeswa |
| Best Canadian Feature Film – Special Jury Citation | Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) | Léa Pool |
| Best Canadian First Feature Film | Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation | Catherine Annau |
| Best Canadian First Feature Film – Special Jury Citation | Full Blast | Rodrigue Jean |
| Canadian Film Jury Special Citations for Acting | Johnny | Chris Martin |
| Canadian Film Jury Special Citations for Acting | New Waterford Girl | Liane Balaban |
| Canadian Film Jury Special Citations for Acting | Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) | Karine Vanasse |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Discharge (Décharge) | Patrick Demers |
| Best Canadian Short Film – Special Mention | Karaoke | Stéphane Lafleur |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Shower | Zhang Yang |

## 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 Szabó
* Sweet and Lowdown by Woody Allen

### Special Presentations

* Children of the Century by Diane Kurys
* All the Rage by James D. Stern
* Annaluise & Anton by Caroline Link
* The Best Man by Malcolm D. Lee
* The Big Kahuna by John Swanbeck
* Black and White by James Toback
* Breakfast of Champions by Alan Rudolph
* Dogma by Kevin Smith
* Forever Mine by Paul Schrader
* Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai by Jim Jarmusch
* Grass by Ron Mann
* Gregory's Two Girls by Bill Forsyth
* History is Made at Night by Ilkka Jarvilaturi
* The Hurricane by Norman Jewison
* Joe the King by Frank Whaley
* Une liaison pornographique by Frederic Fonteyne
* The Limey by Steven Soderbergh
* The Luck of Ginger Coffey by Irvin Kershner
* Mansfield Park by Patricia Rozema
* A Map of the World by Scott Elliott
* Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. by Errol Morris
* Pas de scandale by Benoît Jacquot
* Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki
* The Third Miracle by Agnieszka Holland
* To Walk with Lions by Carl Schultz
* Tumbleweeds by Gavin O'Connor
* Wayward Son by Randall Harris
* Women Talking Dirty by Coky Giedroyc
* Wonderland by Michael Winterbottom

### Masters

* 8½ Women by Peter Greenaway
* L'Autre by Youssef Chahine
* The Emperor and the Assassin by Chen Kaige
* Goya in Bordeaux by Carlos Saura
* Juha by Aki Kaurismäki
* Kikujiro by Takeshi Kitano
* The Legend of 1900 by Giuseppe Tornatore
* La lettre by Manoel de Oliveira
* Moloch by Alexandr Sokurov
* Molokai: The Story of Father Damien by Paul Cox
* No One Writes to the Colonel by Arturo Ripstein
* The Wet-Nurse by Marco Bellocchio
* The Wind Will Carry Us by Abbas Kiarostami

### Perspective Canada

* Babette's Feet by Harry Killas
* Below the Belt by Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona
* The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand serpent du monde) by Yves Dion
* By This Parting by Mieko Ouchi
* La Casa del Nonno by Lisa Sfriso
* Discharge (Décharge) by Patrick Demers
* Don't Think Twice by Sarah Polley
* Dreamtrips by Kal Ng
* Ecstasy by Mark Wihak
* Eva Meets Felix by Heidi B. Gerber
* Exhuming Tyler by Merlin Dervisevic
* Fit by David Christensen
* The Five Senses by Jeremy Podeswa
* Fly by Jigar Talati
* Four Days by Curtis Wehrfritz
* Fries with That by Christopher McKay
* Frog Pond by Bradley Walsh
* Full Blast by Rodrigue Jean
* A Girl is a Girl by Reginald Harkema
* Here am I by Joshua Dorsey and Douglas Naimer
* Hi, I'm Steve by Robert Kennedy
* Je te salue by Hugo Brochu
* Johnny by Carl Bessai
* Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation by Catherine Annau
* Karaoke by Stéphane Lafleur
* Kokoro is for Heart by Philip Hoffman
* The Life Before This by Jerry Ciccoritti
* The Long Winter (Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore) by Michel Brault
* Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) by Jean Beaudin
* Mothers of Me by Alexandra Grimanis
* My Father's Angel by Davor Marjanovic
* My Father's Hands by David Sutherland
* New Waterford Girl by Allan Moyle
* The Offering by Paul Lee
* Pamplemousse by Tink
* Quiver by Scott Beveridge
* Remembrance Dance by Chris Gilpin
* Rollercoaster by Scott Smith
* Sea Song by Richard Reeves
* Second Date by James Genn
* Set Me Free (Emporte-moi) by Léa Pool
* So Beautiful by Jacob Wren
* Soul Cages by Phillip Barker
* Sparklehorse by Gariné Torossian
* Subterranean Passage by Michael Crochetière
* Switch by Hope Thompson
* Top of the Food Chain by John Paizs
* Tops & Bottoms: Sex, Power and Sadomasochism by Cristine Richey
* Touched by Mort Ransen
* Toy Soldiers 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
* Zyklon Portrait by Elida Schogt

### Contemporary World Cinema

* 1999 Madeleine by Laurent Bouhnik
* Adrenaline Drive by Shinobu Yaguchi
* 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
* Augustin, roi du Kung-fu by Anne Fontaine
* Away with Words by Christopher Doyle
* Beau travail by Claire Denis
* Beautiful People by Jasmin Dizdar
* The Big Brass Ring by George Hickenlooper
* Le bleu des villes by Stephane Brize
* 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
* Caravan by Eric Valli
* The Color of Heaven by Majid Majidi
* Les convoyeurs attendent by Benoit Mariage
* Crane World by Pablo Trapero
* The Cup by Khyentse Norbu
* Dancing with Hydra by Takuji Suzuki
* Darkness and Light by Chang Tso-chi
* Un derangement considerable by Bernard Stora
* Deterrence by Rod Lurie
* 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
* Garage Olimpo by Marco Bechis
* Gemini by Shinya Tsukamoto
* Guinevere by Audrey Wells
* Hans Warns – My 20th Century by Gordian Maugg
* Happy, Texas by Mark Illsley
* Harem Suare by Ferzan Özpetek
* High Expectations by Evi Quaid
* L'humanite by Bruno Dumont
* Jesus' Son by Alison Maclean
* Journey to the Sun by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
* Judy Berlin by Eric Mendelsohn
* julien donkey-boy by Harmony Korine
* Kadosh by Amos Gitaï
* The Last September by Deborah Warner
* Lies by Jang Sun-woo
* Luna Papa by Bakhityar Khudojnazarov
* M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa
* Malli by Santosh Sivan
* The Man-Eater by Aurelio Grimaldi
* March of Happiness by Lin Cheng-Sheng
* Mifune – Dogme 3 by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
* Miss Julie by Mike Figgis
* Nightfall [de] by Fred Kelemen
* One Piece! by Shinobu Yaguchi and Takuji Suzuki
* Peau neuve by Emilie Deleuze
* The Personals by Chen Kuo-fu
* Le petit voleur by Eric Zonca
* Ratcatcher by Lynne Ramsay
* Revenge by Andrés Wood
* Rien a faire by Marion Vernoux
* Romance by Catherine Breillat
* A Room for Romeo Brass by Shane Meadows
* Rosetta by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
* Show Me Love by Lukas Moodysson
* Shower by 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 by Gregg Araki
* Split Wide Open by Dev Benegal
* Sunburn by Nelson Hume
* Tempting Heart by Sylvia Chang
* Throne of Death by Murali Nair
* Time Out by Sergio Cabrera
* A Time to Love by Giacomo Campiotti
* Two Streams by Carlos Reichenbach
* Urban Feel by Jonathan Sagall
* The Virgin by Diego Donnhofer
* The War Zone by Tim Roth
* Yesterday Children by Carlos Siguion-Reyna

### Discovery

* 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 by Im Sang-soo
* A Glass of Rage by Aluízio Abranches
* Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish by 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 by Lane Janger
* 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
* 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 by Ross Kettle
* Chef! by Jean-Marie Teno
* Compensation by Zeinabu irene Davis
* Cry Me a Baby by Tamsin MacCarthy
* La genèse by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
* Harlem Aria by 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
* La petite vendeuse de soleil by Djibril Diop Mambety
* Portrait of a Young Man Drowning by Teboho Mahlatsi
* Rage by Newton I. Aduaka
* Rituals by Carol Mayes
* Third World Cop by Chris Browne

### Real to Reel

* American Movie by Chris Smith
* Barenaked in America by Jason Priestley
* Berlin-Cinema (Titre Provisoire) by Samira Gloor-Fadel
* Bread Day by Sergei Dvortsevoy
* Coven by Mark Borchardt
* Crazy English by Zhang Yuan
* Highway by Sergei Dvortsevoy
* Homo Sapiens 1900 by Peter Cohen
* The Humiliated by Jesper Jargil
* If You Only Understood by Rolando Diaz
* Jam Session by Makoto Shinozaki
* The Jaundiced Eye by Nonny de la Pena
* 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 by Chris Petit
* Pripyat by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
* Shadow Boxers by Katya Bankowsky
* The Specialist by Eyal Sivan
* Sud by Chantal Akerman
* Three by Issac Julien
* Work and Progress by Vivian Ostrovsky and Yann Beauvais

### Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

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

### Indiscreet Charms: New Spanish Cinema

* 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
* Dying of Laughter by Álex de la Iglesia
* Fading Memories by Enrique Gabriel
* Flesh by Begona Vicario
* Flowers from Another World by Icíar Bollaín
* Frivolinas by Arturo Carballo
* Golden Whore by Miquel Crespi
* Havana Quartet by Fernando Colomo
* Jealousy by Vicente Aranda
* Lisbon by Antonio Hernández
* The Mole and the Fairy by Grojo
* Rapture by Iván Zulueta
* Roulette by Roberto Santiago
* Washington Wolves by Mariano Barroso

### Spotlight: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

* Barren Illusion by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
* Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
* 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 by Gaspar Noé
* Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies
* Dust in the Wind by Hou Hsiao-hsien
* Insiang by Lino Brocka
* Killer of Sheep by 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 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 by Michael Lantieri
* 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