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TIFF 2003 Programming Guide In Perpetuity Last Updated: 9/1/03

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Program Title Director
Perspective Canada A PROBLEM WITH FEAR Gary Burns
20H 17, RUE DARLING Bernard Émond
THE BREAD MAKER Anita McGee
THE CORPORATION Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
EMILE Carl Bessai
FALLING ANGELS Scott Smith
FLYERMAN Jeff Stephenson and Jason Tan
GAZ BAR BLUES Louis Bélanger
HOLLYWOOD NORTH Peter O'Brian
IMITATIONS OF LIFE Mike Hoolboom
LOVE, SEX, AND EATING THE BONES Sudz Sutherland
THE MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM Ann Marie Fleming
NOTHING Vincenzo Natali
ON THE CORNER Nathaniel Geary
PROTEUS John Greyson
TOTEM Gil Cardinal
TWIST Jacob Tierney
TODD AND THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL Craig D. Wallace
THE TRUTH ABOUT HEAD Dale Heslip
EXPOSURES Matt Sinclair-Foreman
SONG OF WRECKAGE Ryan Redford
POP SONG Charles Officer
THE LAST NIGHT Mathieu Guez
THE BIG CHARADE Jesse McKeown
BAGER Tomi Grgicevíc
THE SCHOOL Ezra Krybus, Matthew Miller
ASPIRATION Constant Mentzas
SASKATCHEWAN PART 2 Brian Stockton
NOËL BLANK Jean-François Rivard
GUEST ROOM Skander Halim
ANIMAL NIGHTMARES Peter Lynch
TERMINAL VENUS Alexandre Franchi
PERFECT Boris Rodriguez
WILDFLOWERS Geoffrey Uloth
DNA Jack Blum
DEFILE IN VEIL deco dawson
GROTESQUE Wrik Mead
SHE WAS CUBA Ho Tam
THE FEVER OF THE WESTERN NILE deco dawson
IN THE DARK Mike Hoolboom
PASSAGES John Price
SHOOTING STAR Jason Britski
HER CARNAL LONGINGS Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
JOURS EN FLEURS Louise Bourque
NOT A FISH STORY Anita Doron
WHY THE ANDERSON CHILDREN DIDN'T COME TO DINNER Jamie Travis
THE GARDEN Jason Buxton
A LITTLE LIFE Elizabeth Murray
THE DOG WALKER James Genn
DÉFORMATION PERSONNELLE Jean-François Asselin
AN EYE FOR AN EYE David Rimmer
Canadian Open Vault THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ Ted Kotcheff
Canadian Retrospective: Nell Shipman BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY
A BEAR, A BOY, AND A DOG
THE GRUB STAKE
THE LIGHT ON LOOKOUT
SOMETHING NEW
THE STORY OF MR. HOBBS
TRAIL OF THE NORTH WIND
WHITE WATER
Gala THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (LES INVASIONS BARBARES) Denys Arcand
THE COMPANY Robert Altman
DOGVILLE Lars von Trier
MAMBO ITALIANO Émile Gaudreault
THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE Deepa Mehta
ROSENSTRASSE Margarethe von Trotta
IN THE CUT Jane Campion
THE HUMAN STAIN Robert Benton
VERONICA GUERIN Joel Schumacher
OUT OF TIME Carl Franklin
NATHALIE Anne Fontaine
MATCHSTICK MEN Sir Ridley Scott
CODE 46 Michael Winterbottom
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Peter Webber
THE SCHOOL OF ROCK Richard Linklater
BON VOYAGE Jean Paul Rappeneau
GOOD MORNING, NIGHT Marco Bellocchio
THE BOYS FROM COUNTY CLARE John Irvin
DANNY DECKCHAIR Jeff Balsymeyer
Masters CASA DE LOS BABYS John Sayles
DYING AT GRACE Allan King
ZATOICHI Takeshi Kitano
COME AND GO João César Monteiro
CHOKHER BALI, A PASSION PLAY Rituparno Ghosh
LE TEMPS DU LOUP Michael Haneke
ELEPHANT Gus Van Sant
A TALKING PICTURE Manoel de Oliveira
I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD Mike Hodges
Contemporary World Cinema OSAMA Sedigh Barmak
PROSTI Erik Matti
KITCHEN STORIES Bent Hamer
THE MOTHER Roger Michell
YOUNG ADAM David Mackenzie
DEPUIS QU’OTAR EST PARTI Julie Bertuccelli
THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST Penny Woolcock
STORMY WEATHER Solveig Anspach
SHARA Naomi Kawase
NÓI ALBINOI Dagur Kari
SANSA Siegfried
INTERMISSION John Crowley III
AT 5 IN THE AFTERNOON Samira Makhmalbaf
PURPLE BUTTERFLY Lou Ye
THE EVENT Thom Fitzgerald
WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF Lone Scherfig
FREE RADICALS Barbara Albert
FACING WINDOW Ferzan Ozpetek
LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
RAMBLERS Nobuhiro Yamashita
SO FAR AWAY Juan Carlos Tabío
PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL Alex Steyermark
A GOOD LAWYER'S WIFE Im Sang-soo
MY LIFE WITHOUT ME Isabel Coixet
CRIMSON GOLD Jafar Panahi
PTU Johnnie To
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING Kim Ki-duk
WONDERLAND James Cox
LOVING GLANCES Srdjan Karanovic
PUPENDO Jan Hebejk
NICOTINA Hugo Rodríguez
VIBRATOR Ryuichi Hiroki
IDENTITY KILLS Sören Voigt
STRUGGLE Ruth Mader
ABJAD Abolfazl Jalili
DRIFTERS Wang Xiaoshuai
FOREST Benedek Fliegauf
WHAT THE EYE DOESN'T SEE Francisco Lombardi
TOUTES CES BELLES PROMESSES Jean Paul Civeyrac
QUI A TUÉ BAMBI? Gilles Marchand
PIECES OF APRIL Peter Hedges
LES MAINS VIDES Marc Recha
GUN-SHY Dito Tsintsadze
ALEXANDRA'S PROJECT Rolf de Heer
MEMORIES OF MURDER Bong Joon-ho
B-HAPPY Gonzalo Justiniano
SUPERTEX Jan Schütte
A HEART ELSEWHERE Pupi Avati
MILWAUKEE, MINNESOTA Allan Mindel
STANDER Bronwen Hughes
JAMES' JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
IN THE CITY Cesc Gay
NOS ENFANTS CHÉRIS Benoît Cohen
THE GALÍNDEZ FILE Gerardo Herrero
FUSE Pjer Žalica
BROKEN WINGS Nir Bergman
ERRANCE Damien Odoul
JAPANESE STORY Sue Brooks
I'M NOT SCARED Gabriele Salvatores
SOUTH FROM GRANADA Fernando Colomo
THE MAGIC GLOVES Martín Rejtman
EVIL Mikael Håfström
KAMCHATKA Marcelo Piñeyro
GRIMM Alex van Warmerdam
TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS Khyentse Norbu
TESTOSTERONE David Moreton
THE HOURS OF THE DAY Jaime Rosales
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS Stephen Fry
THE RETURN Andrey Zvyagintsev
REMEMBER ME Gabriele Muccino
ANTENNA Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
SECRET FILE Paolo Benvenuti
VODKA LEMON Hiner Saleem
SILENCE BETWEEN TWO THOUGHTS Babak Payami
National Cinema Spotlight (Vida Novo: The New Brazilian Cinema) CARANDIRU Hector Babenco
THE STORY TELLERS Eliane Caffé
BUS 174 José Padilha
THE MAN OF THE YEAR José Henrique Fonseca
MARGARETTE’S FEAST Renato Falcão
GOD IS BRAZILIAN Carlos Diegues
THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD Vicente Amorim
Special Presentations THE MERRY WIDOW Erich von Stroheim (featuring a live score conducted by Berndt Heller)
THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD Guy Maddin
LOST IN TRANSLATION Sofia Coppola
21 GRAMS Alejandro González Iñárritu
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES Jim Jarmusch
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN Philip Saville
LOVE ACTUALLY (work-in-progress) Richard Curtis
THE FOG OF WAR Errol Morris
GO FURTHER Ron Mann
LA FACE CACHÉE DE LA LUNE Robert Lepage
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM ET LES FLEURS DU CORAN François Dupeyron
ALILA Amos Gitaï
THE SNOW WALKER Charles Martin Smith
SHATTERED GLASS Billy Ray
RAJA Jacques Doillon
CHEEKY David Thewlis
LA GRANDE SÉDUCTION Jean-François Pouliot
LES SENTIMENTS Noémie Lvovsky
PÈRE ET FILS Michel Boujenah
THE SINGING DETECTIVE Keith Gordon
THE STATION AGENT Tom McCarthy
THE COOLER Wayne Kramer
TOUCHING THE VOID Kevin Macdonald
ZHOU YU'S TRAIN Sun Zhou
L'HISTOIRE DE MARIE ET JULIEN Jacques Rivette
THE BEST OF YOUTH Marco Tullio Giordana
VALENTIN Alejandro Agresti
Real to Reel THE AGRONOMIST Jonathan Demme
S21, LA MACHINE DE MORT KHMÈRE ROUGE Rithy Panh
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain
THE YES MEN Chris Smith and Sarah Price
MOLLY AND MOBARAK Tom Zubrycki
THE MAYOR OF SUNSET STRIP George Hickenlooper
FESTIVAL EXPRESS Bob Smeaton
TOM DOWD AND THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC Mark Moormann
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF Thom Anderson
JESUS, YOU KNOW Ulrich Seidl
BRIGHT LEAVES Ross McElwee
ENQUÊTE SUR LE MONDE INVISIBLE Jean Michel Roux
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier
GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE Vikram Jayanti
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni
DREAM CUISINE Li Ying
AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER Nick Broomfield
THE BLONDES Albertina Carri
THE PASSION OF MARÍA ELENA Mercedes Moncada
TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION Tom Peosay
DESTINY'S CHILDREN Pimmi Pândé
WEST OF THE TRACKS Wang Bing
BUS 174 Jose Padilha
Planet Africa HOW TO GET THE MAN'S FOOT OUTTA YOUR ASS Mario Van Peebles
VALLEY OF THE INNOCENT Branwen Okpako
DARK D.A. Bullock
SOLDIERS OF THE ROCK Norman Maake
AFRO-PUNK: THE "ROCK N ROLL NIGGER" EXPERIENCE James Spooner
MILLE MOIS Faouzi Bensaïdi
LE SILENCE DE LA FORÊT Didier Ouénangaré and Bassek ba Kobhio
LES YEUX SECS Narjiss Nejjar
MOI ET MON BLANC S. Pierre Yaméogo
ONE LOVE Rick Elgood and Don Letts
HIS/HER STORY Nzinga Kemp
HISTOIRE DE TRESSES Jacqueline Kalimunda
SHORT ON SUGAR Joseph Anaya
STRANGE AND CHARMED Shari Frilot
OUTCRY Destau Damtou
THE SKY IN HER EYES Ouida Smit and Madoda Ncayiyana
Visions DES PLUMES DANS LA TÊTE Thomas de Thier
SANSA Siegfried
LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE Sylvain Chomet
IN THIS WORLD Michael Winterbottom
CREMASTER 3 Matthew Barney
THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES, PART I. THE MOAB STORY Peter Greenaway
THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES, EPISODE 3. ANTWERP Peter Greenaway
THE TESSERACT Oxide Pang
GOOD BYE, DRAGON INN Tsai Ming-liang
BRIGHT FUTURE Kiyoshi Kurosawa
NINE SOULS Toshiaki Toyoda
GREENDALE Neil Young
THE BROWN BUNNY Vincent Gallo
TWENTYNINE PALMS Bruno Dumont
Discovery JEUX D'ENFANTS Yann Samuell
RHINOCEROS EYES Aaron Woodley
A NATION WITHOUT WOMEN Manish Jha
11:14 Greg Marcks
EASY Jane Weinstock
MADNESS AND GENIUS Ryan Eslinger
RICK Curtiss Clayton
NOVEMBER Achero Mañas
SUMMER IN THE GOLDEN VALLEY Srdjan Vuleti
THIS LITTLE LIFE Sarah Gavron
MY FATHER AND I Xu Jinglei
THE GREEN BUTCHERS Anders Thomas Jensen
A NATION WITHOUT WOMEN Manish Jha
SEXUAL DEPENDENCY Rodrigo Bellott
ANA AND THE OTHERS Celina Murga
CHRISTMAS Gregory King
KOKTEBEL Alexei Popogrebsky and Boris Khlebnikov
MY TOWN Marek Lechki
THE LAST CUSTOMER Nanni Moretti
A SMILE Park Kyung-hee
16 YEARS OF ALCOHOL Richard Jobson
LES CORPS IMPATIENTS Xavier Giannoli
DALLAS 362 Scott Caan
I LOVE YOUR WORK Adam Goldberg
THE TRIGGERSTREET.COM PROJECT 10 short films; various directors
Wavelengths THE VISITATION Nathaniel Dorsky
EARLY MONTHLY SEGMENTS Robert Beavers
THE GROUND Robert Beavers
THE HEDGE THEATER Robert Beavers
CHINESE SERIES, STAN'S WINDOW Stan Brakhage
SEASONS Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon
WORK IN PROGRESS Stan Brakhage
HE WALKED AWAY Jennifer Reeves
FEAR OF BLUSHING Jennifer Reeves
HORIZONTAL BOUNDARIES SECOND PROJECTION Pat O'Neill
LET'S MAKE A SANDWICH Pat O'Neill
PSALM III: "NIGHT OF THE MEEK Phil Solomon
MEDITATIONS ON REVOLUTION, PART V: FOREIGN CITY Robert Fenz
IN THE GARDEN Ute Aurand and Bärbel Freund
QUADRO Lotte Schreiber
BOUQUET 25 Rose Lowder
MEGALOPOLIS Jim Jennings
INTERIOR Jim Jennings
OUTLINE Sandra Gibson
SYSTEM OF TRANSITIONS Johannes Hammel
NOOR Deborah Phillips
NO Sharon Lockhart
TRANSLUCENT APPEARANCES Barry Gerson
ROLLING IN MY EARS Barry Gerson
COCTEAU CENTO Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino
Director's Spotlight (Turkey) DISTANT Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CLOUDS OF MAY Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CONFESSION Zeki Demirkubuz
THE THIRD PAGE Zeki Demirkubuz
FATE Zeki Demirkubuz
ENCOUNTER Omer Kavur
THE SECRET FACE Omer Kavur
THE SMALL TOWN Omer Kavur
MOTHERLAND HOTEL Omer Kavur
Dialogues: Talking With Pictures Jane Campion presents BAD TIMING Nicolas Roeg
Hector Babenco presents TWENTY YEARS LATER Eduardo Coutinho
Margarethe von Trotta presents IKIRU Akira Kurosawa
Gary Burns presents NASHVILLE Robert Altman
Francis Ford Coppola presents ONE FROM THE HEART Francis Ford Coppola
Sir Ridley Scott presents his Director's Cut of ALIEN Sir Ridley Scott
Midnight Madness GOZU Takashi Miikie
UNDEAD Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig
THE GRUDGE Takashi Shimizu
HAUTE TENSION Alexandre Aja
END OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES

Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields

CYPHER Vincenzo Natali
SAVE THE GREEN PLANET Jang Jun-hwan
UNDERWORLD Len Wiseman
ONG-BAK MUAY THAI WARRIOR Prachya Pinkaew

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