2002 Toronto International Film Festival

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]

2002 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmArarat
Closing filmFemme Fatale
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films343 films
Festival dateSeptember 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)–September 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

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

Gala Presentations

Masters

Visions

Special Presentations

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

Discovery

Real to Reel

Midnight Madness

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Wavelengths

Canadian Open Vault

Perspective Canada

Contemporary World Cinema

Planet Africa

National Cinema Lineup - Harvest: South Korean Renaissance

Canadian Retrospective: Allan King

Spotlight: Robert Guédiguian

Two Feet, One Angel: A Tribute to Ramiro Puerta

Canada's Top Ten

TIFF named its annual Canada's Top Ten list in early 2003.[5]

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References

  1. "2002 Toronto International Film Festival Annual report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-07. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. "27th Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: List of Films". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  3. "Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
  4. "History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  5. "Lots to love in Canada's films: Judges select country's top 10". Vancouver Sun, January 22, 2003.
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