The 21st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1996. The festival opened with the film Fly Away Home,[1] and closed with That Thing You Do!.[2]
1996 Toronto International Film Festival Festival poster |
| Opening film | Fly Away Home |
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| Closing film | That Thing You Do! |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
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| Festival date | September 5, 1996 (1996-09-05)–September 14, 1996 (1996-09-14) |
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| Language | English |
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| Website | tiff.net |
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This year's festival marked significant changes in the programming streams, including The Edge, Asian Horizons and Latin American Panorama being merged into Contemporary World Cinema, and First Cinema being discontinued with first films instead appearing under Contemporary World Cinema, Real to Reel and Discovery.[3] The Dialogues series, which had been introduced the previous year as a special event, was turned into a permanent program.
| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| 2 Days in the Valley |
John Herzfeld |
United States
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| American Buffalo |
Michael Corrente |
United States, United Kingdom
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| Bogus |
Norman Jewison |
United States
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| Extreme Measures |
Michael Apted |
United Kingdom, United States
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| Fly Away Home |
Carroll Ballard |
United States
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| Infinity |
Matthew Broderick |
United States
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| Jerusalem |
Bille August |
Sweden, Denmark, Norway
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| Jude |
Michael Winterbottom |
United Kingdom
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| Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love |
Mira Nair |
India, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
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| Long Day's Journey into Night |
David Wellington |
Canada
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| Michael Collins |
Neil Jordan |
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
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| Mother |
Albert Brooks |
United States
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| Ridicule |
Patrice Leconte |
France
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| Shadow Play |
Portraits chinois |
Martine Dugowson |
France
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| Shine |
Scott Hicks |
Australia
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| Swann |
Anna Benson Gyles |
Canada
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| That Thing You Do! |
Tom Hanks |
United States
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| The Van |
Stephen Frears |
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
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Special Presentations
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| Albino Alligator |
Kevin Spacey |
United States
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| Bastard Out of Carolina |
Anjelica Huston |
United States
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| Beyond the Clouds |
Al di là delle nuvole |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
Italy, France, Germany
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| Big Night |
Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci |
United States
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| Breaking the Waves |
Lars von Trier |
Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands
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| Deep Crimson |
Profundo Carmesí |
Arturo Ripstein |
Mexico
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| Drifting Clouds |
Kauas pilvet karkaavat |
Aki Kaurismäki |
Finland
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| For Ever Mozart |
Jean-Luc Godard |
France, Switzerland
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| The Funeral |
Abel Ferrara |
United States
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| Goodbye South, Goodbye |
Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Taiwan
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| Gray's Anatomy |
Steven Soderbergh |
United Kingdom, United States
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| If These Walls Could Talk |
Cher, Nancy Savoca |
United States
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| Inside |
Arthur Penn |
United States
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| The Leading Man |
John Duigan |
United Kingdom
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| Looking for Richard |
Al Pacino |
United States
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| Losing Chase |
Kevin Bacon |
United States
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| Lust and Revenge |
Paul Cox |
Australia
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| Microcosmos |
Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe |
Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany |
France, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
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| The Ogre |
Der Unhold |
Volker Schlöndorff |
France, Germany, United Kingdom
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| The Pillow Book |
Peter Greenaway |
Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg
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| Schizopolis |
Steven Soderbergh |
United States
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| The Secret Agent |
Christopher Hampton |
United Kingdom
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| The Substance of Fire |
Daniel J. Sullivan |
United States
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| A Summer's Tale |
Conte d'été |
Eric Rohmer |
France
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| Taxi |
Carlos Saura |
Spain
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| Tieta of Agreste |
Tieta do Agreste |
Carlos Diegues |
Brazil
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| Twelfth Night |
Trevor Nunn |
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
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| Unhook the Stars |
Nick Cassavetes |
United States
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| The War at Home |
Emilio Estevez |
United States
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Contemporary World Cinema
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| The Come-On |
El Anzuelo |
Ernesto Rimoch |
Mexico
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| Corisco and Dada |
Rosemberg Cariry |
Brazil
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| How Angels Are Born |
Como Nascem os Anjos |
Murilo Salles |
Brazil
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| Melodrama |
Rolando Díaz |
Cuba
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| My Last Man |
Mi último hombre |
Tatiana Gaviola |
Chile
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| Oedipus Mayor |
Jorge Alí Triana |
Colombia
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| English title
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Original title
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Director(s)
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Production country
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| The Daytrippers |
Greg Mottola |
United States
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| Driven |
Michael Shoob |
United States
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| Landscapes of Memory |
O Sertão das Memórias |
José Araújo |
Brazil
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| The Riddle |
Evan Brenner |
Russia, United States
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| The Salt in the Wound |
El Dedo en la Llaga |
Alberto Lecchi |
Argentina
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| Sotto Voce |
Mario Levin |
Argentina
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| A Starry Sky |
Um Céu de Estrelas |
Tata Amaral |
Brazil
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Perspective Canada: Features
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Perspective Canada: Shorts
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A special program highlighting films from Vietnam.[5]
- ^ Marc Horton, "Toronto film festival ready to roll". Hamilton Spectator, September 3, 1996.
- ^ Brian D. Johnson, "Starry, starry nights". Maclean's, September 23, 1996.
- ^ Rob Salem, "Hoffman, Jewison films at fest Vietnam cinema and Portuguese director will also be featured". Toronto Star, July 3, 1996.
- ^ "Toronto director scoops top film prize". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 17, 1996.
- ^ Mydans, Seth (September 1, 1996). "In Hanoi, an Austere Film Diet". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
