2002 Toronto International Film Festival

2002 Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film Ararat
Closing film Femme Fatale
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by Toronto International Film Festival Group
Number of films 343 films
Festival date September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)–September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)
Language English
Website tiff.net

The 27th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's Ararat and closed with Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale.[1][2]

Awards

Award[3] Film Director
People's Choice Award Whale Rider Niki Caro
Discovery Award The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan
Visions Award Russian Ark Aleksandr Sokurov
Visions Award - Special Citation City of God Fernando Meirelles
Visions Award - Special Citation Gerry Gus Van Sant
Best Canadian Feature Film Spider David Cronenberg
Best Canadian First Feature Film Marion Bridge Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Best Canadian Short Film Blue Skies Ann Marie Fleming
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Les chemins de l'oued Gaël Morel
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention Open Hearts Susanne Bier

Programmes

Galas

Masters

Visions

Special Presentations

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

Discovery

Real To Reel

Midnight Madness[4]

Wavelengths

Canadian Open Vault

Perspective Canada

Contemporary World Cinema

Planet Africa

National Cinema Lineup -- Harvest: South Korean Renaissance

Canadian Retrospective -- Allan King

Director's Spotlight -- Robert Guédiguian

Two Feet, One Angel: A Tribute To Ramiro Puerta

References

External links

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