1998 Toronto International Film Festival

Official poster for the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival

The 1998 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.

Galas

• Antz directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
• Un 32 août sur terre directed by Denis Villeneuve
• Central Station directed by Walter Salles
• Dancing at Lughnasa directed by Pat O'Connor
• Dog Park directed by Bruce McCulloch
• Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur
• Hilary and Jackie directed by Anand Tucker
• Judas Kiss directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
• L'École de la chair directed by Benoît Jacquot
• L.A. Without a Map directed by Mika Kaurismäki
• Lautrec directed by Roger Planchon
• Little Voice directed by Mark Herman
• Living Out Loud directed by Richard LaGravenese
• Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross
• The Red Violin directed by François Girard
• A Simple Plan directed by Sam Raimi
• A Soldier's Sweetheart directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly
• Without Limits directed by Robert Towne

Special Presentations

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

The Masters

• Aprile directed by Nanni Moretti
• Clouds directed by Fernando E. Solanas
• Conte d'automne directed by Eric Rohmer
• Divine directed by Arturo Ripstein
• Dr. Akagi directed by Shohei Imamura
• Eternity and a Day directed by Theo Angelopoulos
• Flowers of Shanghai directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• The General directed by John Boorman
• Inquiétude directed by Manoel de Oliveira
• My Name Is Joe directed by Ken Loach
• The Powder Keg directed by Goran Paskaljevic
• The Silence directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Tango directed by Carlos Saura
• Tu Ridi directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Perspective Canada

• 2 secondes directed by Manon Briand
• A Place Called Chiapas directed by Nettie Wild
• Angel Walk directed by Mitchell Gabourie
• Aujourd'hui Ou Jamais directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
• beauty crowds me directed by Julie Trimingham
• Boy Meets Girl directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
• Brakhage directed by Jim Shedden
• Bridal Path directed by Cynthia Roberts
• Clutch directed by Chris Grismer
• Cold Feet directed by Jim Allodi
• Le Coeur Au Poing directed by Charles Binamé
• Crickets directed by Jane Eun-Hee Kim
• Cupid directed by Wrik Mead
• Death Threat directed by Zarqa Nawaz
• La Déroute directed by Paul Tana
• Destroying Angel directed by Wayne Salazar and Philip Hoffman
• Dirty directed by Bruce Sweeney
• Echoes In The Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story directed by Errol Williams
• Elimination Dance directed by Bruce McDonald
• Elysian Fields directed by Leonardo Salvo
• Eve-Olve! directed by Sandra Law
• Extraordinary Visitor directed by John W. Doyle
• The Falling directed by Raul Sanchez Inglis
• Faultlines directed by Gary Popovich
• Fish Bait directed by Anthony Seck
• The Fisherman And His Wife directed by Jochen Schliessler
• The Fishing Trip directed by Amnon Buchbinder
• from morning on I waited yesterday directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld
• God Comes As A Child directed by Jeremiah Hayes
• Great Expectations (not what you're thinking) directed by Ann Marie Fleming
• Harlan And Fiona directed by Gary Yates
• The Herd directed by Peter Lynch
• Hustle My Crush directed by Heidi Gerber
• In The Future directed by Mike Hoolboom
• Jack & Jill directed by John Kalangis
• John Scott - Art & Justice directed by Michael McNamara
• the last split second directed by Judith Doyle
• L'âge De Braise directed by Jacques Leduc
• L'Amour L'Amour Shut The Door Por Favor directed by Valerie Buhagiar
• Last Night directed by Don McKellar
• Leda And The Swan directed by Alexandra Gill
• Le Lépidoptère directed by Chloë Mercier
• Les Dames Du 9E directed by Catherine Martin
• Let It Come Down: The Life Of Paul Bowles directed by Jennifer Baichwal
• Michel In The Suête directed by Neal Livingston
• Moving Day directed by Chris Deacon
• Nô directed by Robert Lepage
• Phil Touches Flo directed by David Birdsell
• Rain, Drizzle And Fog directed by Rosemary House
• Reaction Stick directed by John May
• The Rogers' Cable directed by Jennifer Kierans
• Rupert's Land directed by Jonathan Tammuz
• Shoes Off! directed by Mark Sawers
• Shrink directed by Tim Hamilton
• The Sickroom directed by Serge Marcotte
• Sploosh directed by Nathan Garfinkel
• Le Succédané directed by Nicolas Frichot
• Sway directed by Paul Carrière
• swell directed by Carolynne Hew
• Under Chad Valley directed by Jeff Erbach
• Until I Hear From You directed by Daniel MacIvor
• When Ponds Freeze Over directed by Mary Lewis

Contemporary World Cinema

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

Discovery

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

Planet Africa

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

Real To Reel

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

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

• Boom! directed by Joseph Losey
• Charulata directed by Satyajit Ray
• Forty Guns directed by Samuel Fuller
• The Four Feathers directed by Zoltan Korda
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
• Nazarín directed by Luis Buñuel
• Othello directed by Orson Welles

New Beat of Japan

• After Life directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
• April Story directed by Shunji Iwai
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity directed by Kinji Fukasaku
• Beautiful Sunday directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
• Bullet Ballet directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
• Cure directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Detective Riko directed by Satoshi Isaka
• Down The Drain directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
• The Goofball directed by Junji Sakamoto
• Happy Go Lucky directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
• Ikinai directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
• Kichiku directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
• Muscle Influenza directed by Keiji Ichikawa and Ken Arima
• Paradise Sea directed by Koji Hagiuda
• Ping Pong Bath Station directed by Gen Yamakawa
• Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl directed by Katsuhito Ishii
• Sunday Drive directed by Hisashi Saito
• Unlucky Monkey directed by Sabu
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald directed by Koki Mitani

Directors' Spotlight: Darezhan Omirbaev

• Cardiogram directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
• July directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
• Kairat directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
• Killer directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
• Life directed by Darezhan Omirbaev

Canadian Film Centre At 10

• Blood & Donuts directed by Holly Dale
• Blue directed by Don McKellar
• Dead Meat directed by Holly Dale
• The Fairy Who Didn't Want To Be A Fairy Anymore directed by Laurie Lynd
• The Feeler directed by Colleen Murphy
• House directed by Laurie Lynd
• The Making Of Monsters directed by John Greyson
• Rude directed by Clement Virgo
• Save My Lost Nigga' Soul directed by Clement Virgo
• Shoemaker directed by Colleen Murphy
• Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould directed by François Girard
• Zero Patience directed by John Greyson

Midnight Madness

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