| 1995 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Host: | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Opening: | The Confessional |
| Closing: | Devil in a Blue Dress |
| Location: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | – |
The 20th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1995.[1] The Confessional by Robert Lepage was selected as the opening film and Devil in a Blue Dress by Carl Franklin was selected as the closing film.[2]
The 1995 festival notably marked the first time that TIFF published its film schedule to the World Wide Web in addition to the conventional paper calendar.[3]
| Award[4] [5] | Film | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Antonia's Line | Marleen Gorris | |
| Metro Media Award | La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol | |
| Best Canadian Feature Film | Live Bait | Bruce Sweeney | |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Curtis's Charm | John L'Ecuyer | |
| Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation | Rude | Clement Virgo | |
| Best Canadian Short Film | Reconstruction | Laurence Green | |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity | Guy Maddin | |
| Best Canadian Short Film - Special Jury Citation | Use Once and Destroy | John L'Ecuyer | |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Desolation Angels | Tim McCann | |
| FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Eggs | Bent Hamer |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Confessional | Le Confessionnal | Canada | ||
| The Crossing Guard | United States | |||
| Cry, the Beloved Country | South Africa, United States | |||
| Devil in a Blue Dress | United States | |||
| The Grass Harp | United States | |||
| Guantanamera | Cuba | |||
| Leaving Las Vegas | United States | |||
| Margaret's Museum | Canada | |||
| Mighty Aphrodite | United States | |||
| Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | Nelly et M. Arnaud | France | ||
| Nobody Loves Me | Keiner liebt mich | Germany | ||
| The Run of the Country | United States | |||
| The Stars Fell on Henrietta | United States | |||
| Steal Big Steal Little | United States | |||
| To Die For | United States | |||
| Unstrung Heroes | United States | |||
Michelangelo Antonioni's film Beyond the Clouds had been slated to premiere in the Special Presentations program, but was withdrawn from the festival due to not being complete.[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington | United Kingdom | |||
| Fallen Angels | Hong Kong | |||
| Flirt | United States | |||
| Four Rooms | United States | |||
| The Grotesque | United Kingdom | |||
| In the Bleak Midwinter | United Kingdom | |||
| Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | United States | |||
| Wings of Courage | United States, France | |||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonia's Line | Netherlands | |||
| The Blue Veiled | Rūsarī-Ābī | Iran | ||
| Canadian Bacon | United States | |||
| The Celluloid Closet | United States | |||
| Cold Fever | Á köldum klaka | Iceland | ||
| Frankie Starlight | United States, Ireland | |||
| Flamenco | Spain | |||
| French Twist | Gazon maudit | France | ||
| Land and Freedom | United Kingdom, Spain, Germany | |||
| Lisbon Story | Portugal, Germany | |||
| The Neon Bible | United Kingdom | |||
| The Monster | Il Mostro | Italy | ||
| Notes from Underground | Gary Alan Walkow | United States | ||
| The Promise | Das Versprechen | Germany, France, Switzerland | ||
| Total Eclipse | United Kingdom | |||
| The Usual Suspects | United States | |||
| Who Killed Pasolini? | Pasolini, un delitto italiano | Italy | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black List | Liste noire | Canada | |
| Blood and Donuts | Holly Dale | ||
| The Champagne Safari | George Ungar | ||
| Curtis's Charm | John L'Ecuyer | ||
| House | Laurie Lynd | ||
| House of Pain | Mike Hoolboom | ||
| If Only I Were an Indian | John Paskievich | ||
| Live Bait | Bruce Sweeney | ||
| The Michelle Apartments | John Pozer | ||
| Once in a Blue Moon | Philip Spink | ||
| Reconstruction | Laurence Green | ||
| Rude | Clement Virgo | ||
| Skin Deep | Midi Onodera | ||
| Soul Survivor | Stephen Williams | ||
| The Suburbanators | Gary Burns | ||
| Voices of Change | Barbara Doran, Lyn Wright | ||
| The War Between Us | Anne Wheeler | ||
| Use Once and Destroy | John L'Ecuyer | ||
| Water Child | L'Enfant d'eau | Robert Ménard | |
| Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics | Terre Nash | ||
| Zigrail | André Turpin | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Tasmim | Canada | ||
| Cramps | Penny Gay | ||
| Movements of the Body "1st Movement: The Gesture" | Wayne Traudt | ||
| My Name is Kahentiiosta | Alanis Obomsawin | ||
| Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity | Guy Maddin | ||
| Picoti Picota | |||
| Pleasure Film (Ahmed's Story) | Ann Marie Fleming | ||
| A Portrait of Arshile | Atom Egoyan | ||
| Prey | Helen Lee | ||
| Reconstruction | Laurence Green | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | United States | |||
| Loaded | Anna Campion | New Zealand | ||
| The White Balloon | Badkonake sefid | Iran | ||
| The Young Poisoner's Handbook | United Kingdom, Germany, France | |||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa, My Africa | Afrique, mon Afrique | Burkina Faso, France | ||
| Le Franc | Switzerland, France, Senegal | |||
| Guimba the Tyrant | Guimba, un tyrant, une époque | Mali, Burkina Faso, France | ||
| Haramuya | Drissa Toure | Burkina Faso, France | ||
| The Keeper | United States | |||
| The Killers | United States | |||
| Sidney's Chair | Roberto Bangura | United Kingdom | ||
| Vintage: Families of Value | United States | |||
| What My Mother Told Me | United Kingdom | |||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil | Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil | Brazil | |
| Brazil | |||
| Cinema of Tears | Cinema de Lágrimas | Brazil | |
| Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going | No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas | Argentina | |
| The Eyes of the Scissors | El Censor | Eduardo Calcagno | Argentina |
| Jonah and the Pink Whale | Jonás y la ballena rosada | Mexico, Bolivia | |
| No Return Address | Sin remitente | Mexico | |
| Two Crimes | Dos crímenes | Roberto Sneider | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbirds at Bangpleng | Ka Wao Thi Bang Phleng | Niratisai Kanjareuk | Thailand | |
| Cyclo | Xích Lô | Vietnam | ||
| Maiden Rose | Xie Yang | China | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countdown | Visszaszámlálás | Pál Erdöss | Hungary |
| A Light-Sensitive Story | Fényérzékeny történet | Pál Erdöss | |
| The Princess | Adj király katonát | Pál Erdöss | |
| Tolerance | Gondviselés | Pál Erdöss | |
| Twilight | Szürkület | Gyorgy Feher | |
| The Wondrous Voyage of Kornel Esti | Esti Kornél csodálatos utazása | Jozsef Pacskovszky |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almanac of Fall | Őszi almanach | Hungary | |
| Damnation | Kárhozat | ||
| Family Nest | Családi tűzfészek | ||
| The Outsider | Szabadgyalog | ||
| The Prefab People | Panelkapcsolat | ||
| Satan's Tango | Sátántangó |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crying Freeman | France, Canada, Japan | |||
| The Day of the Beast | El día de la bestia | Spain, Italy | ||
| Japan | ||||
| An Evil Town | Richard Sears | United States | ||
| Gamera: Daikaijū Kūchū Kessen | Japan | |||
| Mute Witness | Stumme Zeugin | United Kingdom, Germany, Russia | ||
| Screamers | Canada, United States, Japan | |||
| Synthetic Pleasures | United States | |||
| To Kill a Dead Man | Alexander Hemming | United Kingdom | ||
| Tokyo Fist | Japan | |||
| Trailer Camp | United States | |||
A program which asked nine prominent filmmakers to select a film that had been a key influence on their own filmmaking career.[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Selected by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio das Mortes | Jonathan Demme | |||
| Five Easy Pieces | Doris Dörrie | |||
| Freaks | David Cronenberg | |||
| A Hard Day's Night | Hal Hartley | |||
| Late Spring | Banshun | Hou Hsiao-hsien | ||
| Limelight | Liv Ullmann | |||
| A Man Escaped | Un condamné à mort s'est échappé | Agnieszka Holland | ||
| Le Samourai | John Woo | |||
| Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors | Tini zabutykh predkiv | Paul Cox | ||
Films that are known to have screened, but have not yet been verified which program they were in.