2001 Toronto International Film Festival

2001 Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film Last Wedding
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by Toronto International Film Festival Group
Number of films 326 films
Festival date September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)–September 15, 2001 (2001-09-15)
Language English
Website tiff.net

The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival. During a hastily arranged press conference on September 11, Festival Director Piers Handling and Managing Director Michelle Maheuxa announced that 30 public screenings and 20 press screenings would be cancelled during the sixth day of the festival due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The festival resumed for the final four days though some films were cancelled because the film prints could not reach Toronto due to flight restrictions.[1][2][3][4][5]

Awards

Award[6] Film Director
People's Choice Award Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Discovery Award Chicken Rice War Chee Kong Cheah
Best Canadian Feature Film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk
Best Canadian First Feature Film Inertia Sean Garrity
Best Canadian Short Film Film(dzama) Deco Dawson
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award Inch'Allah Dimanche Yamina Benguigui
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention Mein Stern Valeska Grisebach
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention Khaled Asghar Massombagi

Programmes

Viacom Galas

Canadian Open Vault

Contemporary World Cinema

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

Director's Spotlight

Discovery

Jean Pierre Lefebvre: Vidéaste

Masters

Midnight Madness[7]

National Cinema Programme

Perspective Canada

Planet Africa

Real to Reel

Special Presentations

Wavelengths

References

External links

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