This page was created based on the film title list posted on the Toronto International
Film Festival (TIFF) web site on 8/21/2001 (at the time with only the titles
and directors, but with no links to other web pages), and has since been made
mostly obsolete. TIFF later posted an actual schedule.
| Title |
Director |
Comments |
| À ma soeur! |
Catherine Breillat |
French and Italian, 6.9 on IMDb, user review: "I was devastated by
this vicious, brilliant film" |
| Abandoned |
Árpád
Sopsits |
Probably Hungarian |
| Absolument fabuleux |
Gabriel Aghion |
French, director's 1996 film was nominated for France's best film and
writing |
| Address Unknown (a.k.a.
Soochwieen bodmyung) |
Kim Ki-duk |
Korean |
| Adrift (a.k.a. Drift) |
Michiel van
Jaarsveld |
Dutch, 6.9 on IMDb |
| All About Lily Chou-Chou |
Shunji Iwai |
Probably Japanese |
| Après la réconciliation |
Anne-Marie
Miéville |
French, 6.8 on IMDb |
| Asoka |
Santosh Sivan |
Probably Indian, director's 1998 film won best director in Cairo and
was nominated for an Independent Spirit award |
| Ball in the House |
Tanya Wexler |
Probably USA, listed as a 2002 film |
| Baran |
Majid Majidi |
Iranian, director's 1997 film was nominated for a best foreign film
Oscar |
| Beijing Bicycle (a.k.a.
Shiqi sui de dan che) |
Wang Xiaoshuai |
Chinese, 6.9 on IMDb |
| The Believer |
Henry Bean |
USA, 8.8 on IMDb, won Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, see Ebert's discussion
here
and
here
(mixed), see mention here
(3 of 5 stars) |
| Big Bad Love |
Arliss Howard |
USA, listed as still being in production, first-time director (has
been an actor) |
| Birthday Girl |
Jez Butterworth |
UK, with Nicole Kidman |
| Brainstorm |
Laís Bodanzky |
Probably Brazilian, director has won awards in Brazil and Havana |
| Broken Silence (a.k.a.
Silencio roto) |
Montxo Armendáriz |
Spanish, 6.9 on IMDb |
| The Business of Strangers |
Patrick Stettner |
USA, 7.2 on IMDb, user review: "Just about perfect" |
| C'est la vie |
Jean-Pierre
Améris |
Probably French, director's 1999 film won an award in Santa Barbara |
| La Ciénaga |
Lucrecia Martel |
Argentinian, 8.4 on IMDb, won awards in Berlin and Uraguay |
| La Commune (Paris, 1871) |
Peter Watkins |
Probably Swedish, director won an Oscar in 1967 |
| The Daughter of Keltoum |
Mehdi Charef |
Probably French, director has won awards in France and at Cannes |
| The Days Between (a.k.a.
In den Tag hinein) |
Maria Speth |
Not sure film link is correct but if it is the film is German and gets
an 8.5 on IMDb |
| Deathrow |
Joel Lamangan |
Probably from the Philippines, director has twice won Philippines Academy
Awards for Best Director |
| Delbaran |
Abolfazl Jalili |
Probably Iranian, director has won various awards and been nominated
for the Golden Palm at Cannes |
| Distance |
Hirokazu Kore-Eda |
Japanese, 7.7 on IMDb, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes, see review
here,
see mention here
(2 of 5 stars) |
| A Dog's Day (a.k.a.
Pattiyude Divasam) |
Murali Nair |
Indian, director won an award at Cannes |
| Dust |
Milcho Manchevski |
UK, listed as still being in production, with Joseph
Fiennes |
| Eden |
Amos Gitaï |
In English, with Samantha
Morton (who was very good in Sweet
and Lowdown) |
| L' Emploi du temps |
Laurent Cantet |
Probably French, director won for France's best new director |
| The Fluffer |
Richard Glatzer,
Wash
West |
USA, 5.5 on IMDb, see review here |
| Get a Life (a.k.a.
Ganhar a Vida) |
João Canijo |
Portuguese |
| The Grey Zone |
Tim Blake Nelson |
USA, with many known actors such as Steve
Buscemi, director was one of the main actors in O
Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Harmful Insect |
Akihiko Shiota |
Probably Japanese |
| Hi, Tereska (a.k.a.
Czesc Tereska) |
Robert Glinski |
Polish, won some awards in the Czech Republic |
| The Hired Hand |
Peter Fonda |
USA, 5.7 on IMDb, from 1971 (this is contemporary?), user review: "Fonda's
overlooked masterpiece" |
| Honey For Oshún
(a.k.a. Miel para Oshún) |
Humberto Solás |
Cuban/Spanish, director was nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes in
1982 |
| How Harry Became a Tree |
Goran Paskaljevic |
In English, listed as still being in production, with Colm
Meaney (from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine) |
| Hush! |
Ryosuke Hashiguchi |
Probably Japanese |
| Ignorant Fairies (a.k.a.
Fate ignoranti, Le) |
Ferzan Ozpetek |
Italian, 7.7 on IMDb, nominated and won some awards in Italy and Berlin |
| Jan Dara |
Nonzee Nimibutr |
Thai, listed as still being in production, director won main award
at the Bangkok Film Festival |
| The Jimmy Show |
Frank Whaley |
USA, listed as still being in production, director nominated for an
award at Sundance |
| Kissing Jessica Stein |
Charles
Herman-Wurmfeld |
USA, user review: "Brilliant Acting, Sharp Writing, Funny and Touching" |
| Lagaan |
Ashutosh Gowariker |
Indian, 9.5 on IMDb (151 votes), almost 4 hours, user review: "A must
see for all Indian cricket fans!" |
| Le Lait de la tendresse
humaine |
Dominique Cabréra |
French |
| Lan Yu |
Stanley Kwan |
Possibly from Hong Kong, nominated and won some awards in Berlin, director
won an award at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival |
| Late Marriage (a.k.a.
Hatouna Mehuheret) |
Dover Kosashvili |
Israeli/French, director won awards in Jerusalem |
| Latitude Zero |
Toni Venturi |
Brazilian, 9.3 on IMDb |
| Light of My Eyes (a.k.a.
Luce dei miei occhi) |
Giuseppe Piccioni |
Not sure film link is correct but if it is the film is Italian and
it was nominated for the Golden Lion in Venice |
| Loco Fever |
Andrés Wood |
Probably Chilean, film may have won an award in Havana for best unpublished
screenplay (now published, I guess) |
| Loin |
André
Téchiné |
French/Spanish, nominated for the Golden Lion in Venice |
| Lovely & Amazing
(a.k.a. Untitled Nicole Holofcener) |
Nicole Holofcener |
Not sure film link is correct but if it is the film is listed as a
2002 film, is in English and has Brenda
Blethyn (very good in Secrets
and Lies), director has directed "Sex
and the City" |
| Lovely Rita |
Jessica Hausner |
Austrian, 5.8 on IMDb, see mention here
(3 of 5 stars) |
| The Man from Elysian Fields |
George Hickenlooper |
USA, listed as still being in production, with many known actors including
James
Coburn and Anjelica
Huston, director has won an Emmy |
| Manic |
Jordan Melamed |
USA, 8.2 on IMDb, with Don
Cheadle, user review: "raw drama, digital filmmaking, Sundance hit" |
| Margarita Happy Hour |
Ilya Chaiken |
USA, 7.3 on IMDb, user review: "Fine Piece of Independent Film Making",
see review here |
| Markova: Comfort Gay |
Gil M. Portes |
Probably from the Philippines, director (if this is even the right
director) won best director twice at the metro Manila Film Festival |
| Maya |
Digvijay Singh |
No data |
| Mirror Image (a.k.a.
Ming dai ahui zhu) |
Hsiao Ya-chuan |
Taiwanese |
| Musa - The Warrior |
Kim Sung-su |
Korean |
| My Kingdom |
Don Boyd |
UK, with Richard
Harris and Lynn Redgrave |
| Nine Queens (a.k.a.
Nueve reinas) |
Fabián
Bielinsky |
Argentinian, 9.1 on IMDb (169 votes), won 7 Silver Condors at the Argentinian
Film Critics Association Awards including best film, read review here
(NYTimes, registration required) |
| No Shame (a.k.a. Sin
vergüenza) |
Joaquín
Oristrell |
Not sure film link is correct but if it is the film is Spanish and
is 7.8 on IMDb |
| The Only Journey of His Life |
Lakis Papastathis |
Probably Greek, director was nominated for a Golden Berlin Bear in
1988 |
| The Orphan of Anyang |
Wang Chao |
Chinese, user review: "Unsentimental neo-realism with just a touch
of mystery" |
| Otilia |
Dana Rotberg |
Probably Mexican, film may have won an award at Sundance |
| Passport (a.k.a. Passzport) |
Péter Gothár |
Hungarian, director has won awards in Venice, Tokyo, and at Cannes |
| Pauline et Paulette |
Lieven Debrauwer |
Belgian, 7.2 on IMDb, won a special mention at Cannes |
| Piñero |
Leon Ichaso |
USA, with Benjamin
Bratt, Rita Moreno,
and Mandy Patinkin |
| Le Pornographe |
Bertrand Bonello |
Canadian/French, won an award at Cannes, but see mention here
(0 of 5 stars) |
| The Quickie |
Sergei Bodrov |
Multinational, 7.0 on IMDb, with Jennifer
Jason Leigh |
| Quitting |
Zhang Yang |
No data |
| Rain |
Christine Jeffs |
From New Zealand |
| Reines d'un jour |
Marion Vernoux |
Probably French, director's 1994 film was nominated for France's best
new director |
| Revolution #9 |
Tim McCann |
USA |
| The Road |
Darezhan Omirbaev |
Probably from Kazakhstan |
| Samsara |
Pan Nalin |
Tibetan, listed as still being in production |
| Secret Ballot (a.k.a.
Raye makhfi) |
Babak Payami |
Probably Iranian, not sure film link is correct, director nominated
for a Golden Lion in Venice |
| Sex and Lucia (a.k.a.
Lucía y el sexo) |
Julio Medem |
Spanish, 9.0 on IMDb |
| Silent Partner |
Alkinos Tsilimidos |
Australian, 5.6 on IMDb, see review here |
| Sisters |
Sergei Bodrov,
Jr. |
Russian, 7.2 on IMDb, won an award at the Moscow International Film
Festival |
| Slogans |
Gjergj Xhuvani |
Albanian, 7.4 on IMDb, won an award at Cannes |
| Strumpet |
Danny Boyle |
Probably UK, director also directed Trainspotting |
| To End All Wars |
David L. Cunningham |
USA, with Robert
Carlyle and Kiefer
Sutherland |
| Tuesday |
Geoff Dunbar |
Probably UK, director won some awards for short films |
| Under the Skin of the
City (a.k.a. Zir-e poost-e shahr) |
Rakhshan Bani
Etemad |
Iranian, won a couple of awards in Moscow and the Czech Republic |
| Unfinished Song (a.k.a.
Qateh-ye natamam) |
Maziar Miri |
Iranian, won an award in the Czech Republic |
| Vacuuming Completely Nude
in Paradise |
Danny Boyle |
Probably UK, with Timothy
Spall, director also directed Trainspotting |
| Violet Perfume (Nobody
Hears You) (a.k.a. Perfume de violetas, nadie te
oye) |
Maryse Sistach |
Mexican, 8.9 on IMDb, won several awards at the Mexican Academy Awards |
| Waterboys |
Shinobu Yaguchi |
Probably Japanese |
| What Time Is It There?
(a.k.a. Ni neibian jidian) |
Tsai Ming-liang |
French/Taiwanese, 6.8 on IMDb, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes,
user review: "This darkly humorous minimalist examination of loneliness
and urban despair is a minor masterpiece" |
| Y tu mamá también |
Alfonso Cuarón |
Mexican, 6.8 on IMDb, user review: "Funny... but above all, a really
intelligent motion picture" |
| The Zookeeper |
Ralph Ziman |
Danish |
| Zus & Zo |
Paula van der
Oest |
Dutch, director won various awards from the Nederlands Film Festival |
| Title |
Director |
Comments |
| Éloge de l'amour |
Jean-Luc Godard |
French, 6.3 on IMDb, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes, see article
here |
| L' Anglaise et le duc |
Eric Rohmer |
French, director has won and been nominated for many awards |
| Buñuel and King
Solomon's Table (a.k.a. Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón) |
Carlos Saura |
Probably Spanish, director has won and been nominated for many awards |
| The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky |
Paul Cox |
Probably Australian, not entirely sure this is the right person, but
if so he has won and been nominated for many awards, including 3rd place
for the people's choice award at last year's Toronto International Film
Festival |
| Je rentre à la
maison |
Manoel de Oliveira |
French, 7.8 on IMDb, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes, with Catherine
Deneuve and John
Malkovich |
| Millennium Mambo |
Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Taiwanese, 8.4 on IMDb, won and nominated for a couple of awards at
Cannes, see mention here
(3 of 5 stars) |
| Mulholland Drive |
David Lynch |
USA, 6.9 on IMDb, won best director at Cannes, see reviews here
and mention here
(4.5 of 5 stars) |
| The Navigators |
Ken Loach |
UK, listed as still in production, nominated for a Golden Lion in Venice,
director tends to make socially conscious films |
| La Pianiste |
Michael Haneke |
French, 8.3 on IMDb, won several key awards at Cannes, see mention
here
(3 of 5 stars) |
| The Profession of Arms
(a.k.a. Mestiere delle armi, Il) |
Ermanno Olmi |
Italian, 8.3 on IMDb, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes and won
some awards in Italy |
| Pulse (a.k.a. Kaïro) |
Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
Japanese, user review: "Incredible movie. Don't miss it.", see mention
here
(3.5 of 5 stars) |
| The Son's Room (a.k.a.
Stanza del figlio, La) |
Nanni Moretti |
Italian, 7.5 on IMDb, won Golden Palm (basically best picture) at Cannes |
| The Sun Behind the Moon |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
Probably Iranian, I enjoyed the director's 2000
film which was a runner up for an award at last year's Toronto International
Film Festival |
| Trouble Every Day |
Claire Denis |
French, 6.3 on IMDb, see review here,
see mention here
(3.5 of 5 stars, but also described as "aggressively unpleasant") |
| Warm Water Under a Red
Bridge (a.k.a. Akai hashi noshitano nurui mizu) |
Shohei Imamura |
Probably Japanese, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes |
| Title |
Director |
Comments |
| As White as in Snow
(a.k.a. Så vit som en snö) |
Jan Troell |
Swedish, 7.3 on IMDb, user review: "A masterpiece" |
| Cabin Fever (a.k.a.
Når nettene blir lange) |
Mona J. Hoel |
Norwegian, 6.4 on IMDb, a Dogme95
film |
| Cool and Crazy (a.k.a.
Heftig og begeistret) |
Knut Erik Jensen |
Norwegian, 7.3 on IMDb, user review: "Fantastic movie" |
| Earth (a.k.a. Maa) |
Veikko Aaltonen |
Not sure film link is correct but if it is the film is Finnish |
| Elling |
Petter Næss |
Norwegian, 8.5 on IMDb, user review: "An entertaining movie about two
insane persons trying to live a normal life" |
| Fiasco (a.k.a. Fíaskó) |
Ragnar Bragason |
Icelandic, 6.5 on IMDb, won special mention in Cairo and was also nominated
for the top prize there |
| Gossip |
Colin Nutley |
Swedish, 5.4 on IMDb, user review: "The plot itself isn't really worth
the trouble queueing for tickets, but la crème de la crème
of Swedish actresses in one film are" |
| The Icelandic Dream
(a.k.a. Íslenski draumurinn) |
Róbert
I. Douglas |
Icelandic, 7.9 on IMDb, user review: "A truly brilliant portrayal of
the modern Icelander" |
| Italian for Beginners
(a.k.a. Italiensk for begyndere) |
Lone Scherfig |
Danish, 7.8 on IMDb, won and nominated for various awards in Berlin
and elsewhere, a Dogme95 film, user
review: "Wonderful Dogme film - romantic comedy style" |
| Jalla! Jalla! |
Josef Fares |
Swedish, 7.5 on IMDb, user review: "Fabulous dramatic comedy!" |
| Kira's Reason - A Love Story |
Ole Christian
Madsen |
Probably Danish |
| Ode to a Hunter |
Per Fronth |
Director's only other
film is listed as USA, but this one is presumably not |
| The River |
Jarmo Lampela |
Probably Finnish |
| A Song for Martin
(a.k.a. Sång för Martin, En) |
Bille August |
Swedish, 6.2 on IMDb, won a couple of acting awards in the Czech Republic |
| You Really Got Me |
Pål Sletaune |
Probably Norwegian, director reportedly turned down opportunity to
direct American Beauty |
| Title |
Director |
Comments |
| Carving Out Our Name |
Tony Zierra |
USA, with Wes Bentley
(The Claim, American
Beauty) |
| El Caso Pinochet |
Patricio Guzmán |
Probably in Spanish, director has won various minor awards |
| Chop Suey |
Bruce Weber |
USA, won special mention in Berlin, with Jan-Michael
Vincent |
| Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers: In Public, Digitopia, A
Conversation With God (a.k.a. Fish, Underground) |
Jia Zhang-ke, John
Akomfrah, Tsai Ming-liang |
Probably Chinese, probably UK, and Taiwanese, two of the directors
have won a fair number of awrds |
| Facing the Music |
Bob Connolly,
Robin
Anderson |
Australian, 9.0 on IMDb, see review here |
| Fidel |
Estela Bravo |
Probably Cuban |
| Grateful Dawg |
Gillian Grisman |
USA, won an audience award as best documentary at the Newport International
Film Festival, about "the deeply rooted musical friendship between Jerry
Garcia and David Grisman" |
| Hell House |
George Ratliff |
Probably USA, director has won a couple of minor awards |
| How's Your News? |
Arthur Bradford |
Director only listed as a unit production assistant |
| It's About Time |
Ayelet Menahemi,
Elona Ariel |
Probably Israeli |
| James Ellroy's Feast of Death |
Vikram Jayanti |
Probably UK, director was nominated for one British academy award |
| Japanese Devils |
Minoru Matsui |
Probably Japanese, director won one award this year in Portugal |
| Missing Young Woman |
Lourdes Portillo |
Probably USA, director was nominated for an Oscar in 1986 for best
documentary feature |
| Much Ado About Something |
Michael Rubbo |
Probably Canadian |
| Nazareth 2000 |
Hany Abu-Assad |
Probably Dutch |
| Okie Noodling |
Bradley Beesley |
Probably USA |
| P®ivé (a.k.a.
Privé) |
Heddy Honigmann |
Dutch, director has won various awards in Amsterdam, San Francisco,
etc. |
| Promises |
Justine Shapiro,
B.Z.
Goldberg, Carlos Bolado |
USA, 7.9 on IMDb, see review here,
user review: "A captivating movie that will make you emotional" |
| The Struma |
Simcha Jacobovici |
Probably Canadian, director has won and been nominated for two Genies |
| The Universal Clock - The Resistance of Peter Watkins |
Geoff Bowie |
Probably Canadian |
| Warrior of Light |
Monika Treut |
Probably German |
| Title |
Director |
Comments |
| Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) |
Zacharias Kunuk |
Canadian (in Inuktitut), 8.6 on IMDb, see review here,
won a Golden Camera at Cannes, see mention here
(3 of 5 stars) |
| Buffalo Soldiers |
Gregor Jordan |
In English, listed as still being in production, with Ed
Harris, Anna Paquin,
and Joaquin Phoenix |
| La Chambre des officiers |
François
Dupeyron |
French, nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes, see mention here
(3.5 of 5 stars) |
| Christmas Carol - The
Movie |
Jimmy T. Murakami |
UK, animation with the voices of Nicolas
Cage, Kate Winslet,
and Jane Horrocks
(Little Voice) |
| Comment j'ai tué
mon père |
Anne Fontaine |
French, nominated for the main award at the Locarno International Film
Festival in Switzerland |
| The Devil's Backbone
(a.k.a. Espinazo del Diablo, El) |
Guillermo del
Toro |
Spanish, 7.1 on IMDb, user review: "Good story, great performances,
brilliant direction... an interesting movie; not simply scary" |
| Emil and the Detectives
(a.k.a. Emil und die Detektive) |
Franziska Buch |
German, 7.7 on IMDb |
| Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie
Poulain |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
French, 8.5 on IMDb (1192 votes), won the main prize in the Czech Republic,
see review here |
| Focus |
Neal Slavin |
USA, with William
H. Macy and Laura Dern |
| Heist |
David Mamet |
Canadian, with Gene
Hackman, Danny DeVito,
and others, director's recent film was State
and Main and also has two Oscar nominations for writing |
| Hotel |
Mike Figgis |
USA, with Burt Reynolds
and other known actors, director was nominated for two Oscars for Leaving
Las Vegas |
| In the Bedroom |
Todd Field |
USA, 4.0 on IMDb but Ebert says
"a deep, moving, perfectly observed, heartbreaking film, one of the great
accomplishments unveiled at this year's festival", won and was nominated
for two jury prizes at Sundance, see also mention in here
(4 of 5 stars) |
| Joy Ride |
John Dahl |
USA, with Steve Zahn
and Leelee Sobieski,
see review here |
| Ma femme est une actrice |
Yvan Attal |
French, with Terence
Stamp, director is primarily an actor |
| Nosferatu, A Symphony
of Horror (a.k.a. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) |
F.W. Murnau |
1922, silent, German, 8.2 on IMDb, a huge classic but I already own
the DVD |
| Picture Claire (a.k.a.
Claire's Hat) |
Bruce McDonald |
Not sure film link is correct but if it is the film is Canadian and
has Juliette Lewis,
Gina
Gershon, and Mickey
Rourke, director won best Canadian feature film at the Toronto International
Film Festival in 1989 among other wards |
| Prozac Nation |
Erik Skjoldbjærg |
USA, 6.8 on IMDb, with Christina
Ricci, Anne Heche,
Jessica
Lange, and others, user review: "Riveting Film" |
| The Safety of Objects |
Rose Troche |
In English, listed as still being in production, with Glenn
Close and other recognizable actors |
| Sidewalks of New York |
Edward Burns |
USA, 7.0 on IMDb, with Edward
Burns, Heather Graham,
and Stanley Tucci,
see reviews here |
| Sur mes lèvres |
Jacques Audiard |
French, director has won and been nominated for awards at Cannes, Stockholm,
etc. |
| Tape |
Richard Linklater |
USA, 8.8 on IMDb, with Ethan
Hawke and Uma Thurman,
see review here
and mention here
(3.5 of 5 stars) |
| 13 Conversations About
One Thing |
Jill Sprecher |
USA, listed as still in production, with Alan
Arkin and John Turturro |
| Waking Life |
Richard Linklater |
USA, 9.5 on IMDb, Ebert says
"a technical breakthrough and an amazing film, both in the same package",
user review: "Best of Sundance 2001" |
| Who is Cletis Tout?
(a.k.a. Cletis Tout) |
Chris Ver Wiel |
Canadian, with Richard
Dreyfuss, RuPaul, Tim
Allen, and Billy
Connolly (Mrs. Brown) |
| World Traveler |
Bart Freundlich |
USA, with Julianne
Moore and Billy Crudup |
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