1984 Toronto International Film Festival

The 9th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 15, 1984. The festival introduced Perspective Canada programme, devoted to Canadian films.[1][2] The festival screened 225 feature films and more than half of them were Canadian films.[3]

1984 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films225 feature films
Festival dateSeptember 6, 1984 (1984-09-06)–September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15)
LanguageEnglish
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In 1984 Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time list was released. It was created by the votes of film critics, professors, fans and festival staff.[3][4]

Awards
Award[5][6] Film Director
People's Choice Award Places in the Heart Robert Benton
Best Canadian Feature Film A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) Léa Pool
International Critics' Award Choose Me Alan Rudolph

Programme

Gala Presentation

Canadian Perspective

Front & Centre

Front & Centre was a special one-off program, which screened culturally and artistically important films from throughout the entire history of Canadian cinema.[7]

Documentaries

Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time
RankTitleYearDirector
1Mon oncle Antoine1971Claude Jutra
2Goin' Down the Road1970Don Shebib
3Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras)1980Francis Mankiewicz
4The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1974Ted Kotcheff
5The Grey Fox1983Phillip Borsos
6Les Ordres1974Michel Brault
7J.A. Martin Photographer1977Jean Beaudin
8Pour la suite du monde1963Pierre Perrault
9Nobody Waved Goodbye1964Don Owen
10The True Nature of Bernadette1972Gilles Carle
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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.
  3. "Toronto film fest spotlights early greats of Canadian cinema". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  4. "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed October 18, 2013.
  5. "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 16, 2013.
  6. "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  7. Jay Scott, "Mon Oncle Antoine No. 1 with critics". The Globe and Mail, August 2, 1984.
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