1983 Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster

Opening film| The Big Chill
Location| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by| Toronto International Film Festival Group
Festival date| September 9, 1983 (1983-09-09)–September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17)
Language| English
Website| tiff.net

The 8th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 17, 1983. This year, the festival introduced Contemporary World Cinema programme.[1] The festival also shone light on Paul Verhoeven's work.[2] The festival also held a retrospective in honor of David Cronenberg, first time for a Toronto-reared director. The censor board insisted that the censored version of Cronenberg's film The Brood, approved in 1979 be used.[3]

The Big Chill by Lawrence Kasdan was selected as the opening film. It won the People's Choice Award at the festival,[4] and later got nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTAs and the Golden Globes.[5]

## Awards

[edit]

Award[6][7] | Film  | Director

|
|

People's Choice Award  | The Big Chill | Lawrence Kasdan
International Critics' Award  | The Fourth Man | Paul Verhoeven

## Programme

[edit]

### Gala Presentations

[edit]

* The Big Chill by Lawrence Kasdan[8]
* Carmen by Prosper Mérimée[8]
* Educating Rita by Lewis Gilbert[8]
* Entre Nous by Diane Kurys[8]
* Heart Like a Wheel by Jonathan Kaplan[8]
* Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Nagisa Ōshima[8]
* Moon in the Gutter by Jean-Jacques Beineix[8]
* Streamers by Robert Altman[8]
* The Tin Flute by Claude Fournier[8]
* Vertigo (1983 reissue) by Alfred Hitchcock[8]

### Contemporary World Cinema

[edit]

* Alsino and the Condor by Miguel Littín[8]
* Angelo My Love by Robert Duvall[8]
* L'Argent by Robert Bresson[8]
* Au clair de la lune by André Forcier[8]
* La Balance by Bob Swaim[8]
* The Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei Imamura[8]
* Bella Donna by Peter Keglevic[8]
* Beyond Forty by Anne Claire Poirier[9]
* Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? by Henry Jaglom[8]
* Danton by Andrzej Wajda[8]
* Le Dernier Combat by Luc Besson
* Deserters by Jack Darcus[10]
* Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Mirra Bank, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer[8]
* Eréndira by Ruy Guerra
* Experience Preferred... But Not Essential by Peter Duffell[8]
* The Eyes, the Mouth by Marco Bellocchio[8]
* Fists in the Pocket by Marco Bellocchio[8]
* The Fourth Man by Paul Verhoeven[8]
* The Go Masters by Junya Sato and Jishun Duan[8]
* The Leopard by Luchino Visconti[8]
* My Brother's Wedding by Charles Burnett
* The South by Víctor Erice
* The State of Things by Wim Wenders[8]
* Strangers Kiss by Matthew Chapman[8]

### Documentaries

[edit]

* Comfort and Indifference by Denys Arcand
* Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews by Simcha Jacobovici[8]
* Return Engagement by Alan Rudolph[8]
* The Shimmering Beast by Pierre Perrault[8]
* To the Rhythm of My Heart by Jean Pierre Lefebvre[11]
* We're Not the Jet Set by Robert Duvall[8]

### David Cronenberg retrospective

[edit]

* Stereo (1969)
* Crimes of the Future (1970)
* Shivers (1975)
* Rabid (1977)
* Fast Company (1979)
* The Brood (1979)
* Scanners (1981)
* Videodrome (1983)

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
2. ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
3. ^ "Censoring the Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 18, 2013.
4. ^ Jay Scott, "Festival of Festivals: Big Chill the big winner". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 1983.
5. ^ "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
6. ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 16, 2013.
7. ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Jay Scott, "Comedy, tragedy and a little sex: Rarely seen films may be real stars of Toronto festival". The Globe and Mail, September 9, 1983.
9. ^ Jay Scott, "Passages, or everyone old is new again". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1983.
10. ^ Jay Scott, "Deserters plays a guessing game". The Globe and Mail, August 24, 1983.
11. ^ "World premieres set for festival". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 1983.

## External links

[edit]

* Official site
* TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012
* 1983 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb

* v
* t
* e

Toronto International Film Festival

By year|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Awards|

* People's Choice
* People's Choice: Documentaries
* People's Choice: Midnight Madness
* Best Canadian Film
* Best Canadian Discovery
* Best Canadian Short Film
* Amplify Voices
* Changemaker
* International Critics' (FIPRESCI) Prizes
* Best International Short Film
* NETPAC Prize
* Platform Prize
* Share Her Journey
* TIFF Tribute Awards

Related|

* Canada's Top Ten
* Canada On Screen
* Film Reference Library
* Preludes
* TIFF Lightbox
* TIFF Cinematheque
* TIFF Next Wave
* Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template