1991 Toronto International Film Festival

The 16th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1991. Jodie Foster's directorial debut film Little Man Tate, premiered in the Gala Presentation at the festival.^[1][2]

1991 Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by	Toronto International Film Festival Group
Festival date	September 5, 1991 (1991-09-05)–September 14, 1991 (1991-09-14)
Language	English
Website	tiff.net

Awards

Award[3][4]	Film	Director
People's Choice Award	The Fisher King	Terry Gilliam
Best Canadian Feature Film	The Adjuster	Atom Egoyan
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation	The Grocer's Wife	John Pozer
Best Canadian Short Film	The Making of Monsters	John Greyson
International Critics' Award	My Own Private Idaho	Gus Van Sant

Programme

Gala Presentation

• The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
• Life on a String by Chen Kaige
• Days of Being Wild by Wong Kar-wai
• My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant
• Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Singapore Sling by Nikos Nikolaidis
• Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou
• Little Man Tate by Jodie Foster
• Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash
• My Father Is Coming by Monika Treut
• Delicatessen by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro
• The Indian Runner by Sean Penn
• The Double Life of Veronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Hear My Song by Peter Chelsom
• Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway
• The Hours and Times by Christopher Münch
• Black Robe by Bruce Beresford
• Lovers by Vicente Aranda
• Toto the Hero by Jaco Van Dormael
• La stazione by Sergio Rubini
• Homework by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
• Edward II by Derek Jarman
• A Woman's Tale by Paul Cox
• Cold Heaven by Nicolas Roeg
• Paradise by Mary Agnes Donoghue

Canadian Perspective

• The Adjuster by Atom Egoyan
• Clearcut by Ryszard Bugajski
• Connecting Lines by Mary Daniel
• Deadly Currents by Simcha Jacobovici
• Des lumières dans la grande noirceur by Sophie Bissonnette
• Le Diable d'Amérique by Gilles Carle
• Diplomatic Immunity by Sturla Gunnarsson
• The Events Leading Up to My Death by Bill Robertson
• The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (Le Fabuleux voyage de l'ange) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
• The Falls by Kevin McMahon
• Flesh Angels by Bruce Elder
• The Grocer's Wife by John Pozer
• Highway 61 by Bruce McDonald
• The Making of Monsters by John Greyson
• Masala by Srinivas Krishna
• New Shoes by Ann Marie Fleming
• The Quarrel by Eli Cohen
• RSVP by Laurie Lynd
• Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta
• South of Wawa by Robert Boyd
• Talk 16 by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell
• True Confections by Gail Singer
• Understanding Bliss by William D. MacGillivray
• When the Fire Burns: The Life and Music of Manuel De Falla by Larry Weinstein
• Wisecracks by Gail Singer

Midnight Madness

• Children of the Night by Tony Randel
• The Devil's Daughter by Michele Soavi
• The Borrower by John McNaughton
• The Arrival by David Schmoeller
• Motorama by Barry Shils
• Guilty as Charged by Sam Irvin
• The Raid by Tsui Hark
• Blood & Concrete by Jeffrey Reiner
• A Chinese Ghost Story III by Ching Siu-tung

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Documentaries

• Face Value by Johan van der Keuken

References

1. "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
2. "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 18, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 16, 2013.
4. "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
5. Salem, Rob (August 15, 1991). "Midnight Madness Strikes Festival Again". Toronto Star. p. B3.

External links

• Official site
• TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012
• 1991 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb