1999 Toronto International Film Festival

Official poster for the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival

The 1999 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.

Galas

• American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes
• Anywhere But Here directed by Wayne Wang
• The Cider House Rules directed by Lasse Hallström
• Est-Ouest directed by Régis Wargnier
• Felicia's Journey directed by Atom Egoyan
• The Girl of Your Dreams directed by Fernando Trueba
• Jakob the Liar directed by Peter Kassovitz
• Love in the Mirror directed by Salvatore Maira
• Me Myself I directed by Pip Karmel
• Mumford directed by Lawrence Kasdan
• Music of the Heart directed by Wes Craven
• Onegin directed by Martha Fiennes
• Orfeu directed by Carlos Diegues
• Ride with the Devil directed by Ang Lee
• Simpatico directed by Matthew Warchus
• Snow Falling on Cedars directed by Scott Hicks
• Sunshine directed by István Szabó
• Sweet and Lowdown directed by Woody Allen

Masters

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

Special Presentations

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

Perspective Canada

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

Contemporary World Cinema

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

Discovery

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

Planet Africa

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

Real to Reel

• American Movie directed by Chris Smith
• Barenaked in America directed by Jason Priestley
• Berlin-Cinema (Titre Provisoire) directed by Samira Gloor-Fadel
• Bread Day directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy
• Coven directed by Mark Borchardt
• Crazy English directed by Zhang Yuan
• Highway directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy
• Homo Sapiens 1900 directed by Peter Cohen
• The Humiliated directed by Jesper Jargil
• If You Only Understood directed by Rolando Diaz
• Jam Session directed by Makoto Shinozaki
• The Jaundiced Eye directed by Nonny de la Pena
• Juan, I Forgot I Don't Remember directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo
• The Making of a New Empire directed by Jos de Putter
• Me & Isaac Newton directed by Michael Apted
• My Best Fiend directed by Werner Herzog
• negative space directed by Chris Petit
• Pripyat directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
• Shadow Boxers directed by Katya Bankowsky
• The Specialist directed by Eyal Sivan
• Sud directed by Chantal Akerman
• Three directed by Issac Julien
• Work and Progress directed by Vivian Ostrovsky and Yann Beauvais

Indiscreet Charms: New Spanish Cinema

• Alone directed by Benito Zambrano
• Beloved/Friend directed by Ventura Pons
• Between Your Legs directed by Manuel Gomez Pereira
• Do You Really Wanna Know? directed by Jurdao Faemino, Blanco Faemino, Javier Jurdao and Pedro Blanco
• Dying of Laughter directed by Alex de la Iglesia
• Fading Memories directed by Enrique Gabriel
• Flesh directed by Begona Vicario
• Flowers from Another World directed by Icíar Bollaín
• Frivolinas directed by Arturo Carballo
• Golden Whore directed by Miquel Crespi Traveria
• Havana Quartet directed by Fernando Colomo
• Jealousy directed by Vicente Aranda
• Lisbon directed by Antonio Hernández
• The Mole and the Fairy directed by Eduardo Gimenez Rojo
• Rapture directed by Iván Zulueta
• Roulette directed by Roberto Santiago
• Washington Wolves directed by Mariano Barroso

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

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

Spotlight: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

• Barren Illusion directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Charisma directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Cure directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Eyes of the Spider directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• License to Live directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Serpent's Path directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Tribute: The David O. Story

• A Better Tomorrow directed by John Woo
• Beyond Gravity directed by Garth Maxwell
• Carne directed by Gaspar Noé
• Distant Voices, Still Lives directed by Terence Davies
• Dust in the Wind directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• Insiang directed by Lino Brocka
• Killer of Sheep directed by Charles Burnett
• Tragedy of an Indian Farmer directed by Murali Nair

Midnight Madness

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