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1993 Toronto International Film Festival

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1993 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmM. Butterfly
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 9, 1993 (1993-09-09)–September 18, 1993 (1993-09-18)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 18th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 18, 1993. M. Butterfly by David Cronenberg was selected as the opening film.[1][2][3]

Forest Whitaker won FIPRESCI International Critics' Award for Strapped.

Awards

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Award[4][5] Film Director
People's Choice Award The Snapper Stephen Frears
Metro Media Award Naked Mike Leigh
Best Canadian Feature Film Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance Alanis Obomsawin
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Zero Patience John Greyson
Best Canadian Short Film Save My Lost Nigga Soul Clement Virgo
Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation Me, Mom and Mona Mina Shum
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Strapped Forest Whitaker

Programme

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Gala presentations

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Special presentations

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World Cinema

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Italian Section

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Latin American Panorama

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The Edge

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Spotlight

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Canadian Perspective

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10 x 10

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First Cinema

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Midnight Madness

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Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time

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In 1993 a new Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time list was made, an exercise previously carried out in 1984 and later repeated in 2004.[8]

Rank Title Year Director
1 Mon oncle Antoine 1971 Claude Jutra
2 Jesus of Montreal 1989 Denys Arcand
3 Goin' Down the Road 1970 Don Shebib
4 The Decline of the American Empire 1986 Denys Arcand
5 Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) 1980 Francis Mankiewicz
6 Orders (Les Ordres) 1974 Michel Brault
7 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1974 Ted Kotcheff
8 The Grey Fox 1983 Phillip Borsos
9 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing 1987 Patricia Rozema
10 The Adjuster 1991 Atom Egoyan

References

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  1. ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 19, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Toronto International Film Festival". Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  7. ^ "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  8. ^ "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed 28 April 2013.
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