2000 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, the 25th annual festival, ran from September 7 to September 16, 2000. Along with special events to commemorate the anniversary, there were a total of 330 films screened. There was a special screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky featuring musical accompaniment by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Also, 25 digital video shorts were made by attending filmmakers.[1]
Galas
25th Anniversary Special Events
The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears
Year 1
Canadian Open Vault
Contemporary World Cinema
Dialogues: Talking With Pictures
Discovery
Masters
Midnight Madness
Perspective Canada
- 3 Stories From the End of Everything directed by Semi Chellas
- Abe's Manhood directed by Aubrey Nealon
- After Eden directed by John Price
- Atomic Saké directed by Louise Archambault
- The Basement Girl directed by Midi Onodera
- Bowie: One in a Million directed by Janis Cole
- Le Chapeau directed by Michèle Cournoyer
- Clean Rite Cowboy directed by Michael Downing
- De l'art et la manière chez Denys Arcand directed by Georges Dufaux
- Deeply directed by Sheri Elwood
- Desire directed by Colleen Murphy
- Dinky Menace directed by Robert Kennedy
- Ernest directed by Keith Behrman
- FILM(lode) directed by deco dawson
- Foxy Lady, Wild Cherry directed by Ines Buchli
- Ginger Snaps directed by John Fawcett
- Hindsight directed by Susan Shipton
- Landscaping directed by Paul Carrière
- The Law of Enclosures directed by John Greyson
- Like a Dream that Vanishes directed by Barbara Sternberg
- The Lost Bundefjord Expedition directed by Matt Holm
- Love Come Down directed by Clement Virgo
- Low Self Esteem Girl directed by Blaine Thurier
- Maelström directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Marine Life directed by Anne Wheeler
- La Moitié gauche du frigo directed by Philippe Falardeau
- Monday with the Martins directed by Jeffery Erbach
- Moon Palace directed by David Weaver
- New Neighbours directed by Anita McGee
- Parsley Days directed by Andrea Dorfman
- Passengers directed by Francine Zuckerman
- The Perfect Son directed by Leonard Farlinger
- Poe directed by Gregory Nixon
- red deer directed by Anthony Couture
- Rocks at Whiskey Trench directed by Alanis Obomsawin
- Saint Jude directed by John L'Ecuyer
- Sea in the Blood directed by Richard Fung
- Subrosa directed by Helen Lee
- Suspicious River directed by Lynne Stopkewich
- Take-Out directed by Jean-François Monette
- Traces dans le rocher du lontain directed by Majdi El-Omari
- Two Thousand and None directed by Arto Paragamian
- The Uncles directed by Jim Allodi
- Via Crucis directed by Serge Denoncourt
- The Walnut Tree directed by Elida Schogt
- waydowntown directed by Gary Burns
- We All Fall Down directed by Martin Cummins
- What About Me: The Rise of the Nihilist Spasm Band directed by Zev Asher
- When Morning Comes directed by Charles Officer
Planet Africa
- Adanggaman directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala
- Ali Zaoua directed by Nabil Ayouch
- Are You Cinderella? directed by Charles Hall
- Auguy directed by Munga Tunda Djo
- Bàttu directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
- Bye Bye Africa directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
- Christmas With Granny directed by Dumisani Phakathi
- The Elevator directed by Alrick Riley
- En Face directed by Zina Modiano and Mehdi Ben Attia
- Hijack Stories directed by Oliver Schmitz
- El Medina (La Ville) directed by Yousry Nasrallah
- One Week directed by Carl Seaton
- Passage du milieu directed by Guy Deslauriers
- La saison des hommes directed by Moufida Tlatli
- La Squale directed by Fabrice Genestal
- The Station directed by Aaron Woolfolk
- Tourbillons directed by Alain Gomis
- Vacances Au Pays directed by Jean-Marie Teno
Preludes
Real to Reel
Robert Beavers Spotlight
- Amor directed by Robert Beavers
- From the Notebook of... directed by Robert Beavers
- The Painting directed by Robert Beavers
- Ruskin directed by Robert Beavers
- Sotiros directed by Robert Beavers
- The Stoas directed by Robert Beavers
- Wingseed directed by Robert Beavers
- Work Done directed by Robert Beavers
Special Presentations