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. The festival also shone light on Paul Verhoeven's work. 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.
The Big Chill by Lawrence Kasdan was selected as the opening film. It won the People's Choice Award at the festival,Jay Scott, "Festival of Festivals: Big Chill the big winner". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 1983. and later got nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTAs and the Golden Globes.
Awards Award Film Director People's Choice Award The Big Chill Lawrence Kasdan International Critics' Award The Fourth Man Paul Verhoeven
Programme
Gala Presentations The Big Chill by Lawrence KasdanJay Scott, "Comedy, tragedy and a little sex: Rarely seen films may be real stars of Toronto festival". The Globe and Mail, September 9, 1983. Carmen by Prosper Mérimée Educating Rita by Lewis Gilbert Entre Nous by Diane Kurys Heart Like a Wheel by Jonathan Kaplan Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Nagisa Ōshima Moon in the Gutter by Jean-Jacques Beineix Streamers by Robert Altman The Tin Flute by Claude Fournier Vertigo (1983 reissue) by Alfred Hitchcock
Contemporary World Cinema Alsino and the Condor by Miguel Littín Angelo My Love by Robert Duvall L'Argent by Robert Bresson Au clair de la lune by André Forcier La Balance by Bob Swaim The Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei Imamura Bella Donna by Peter Keglevic Beyond Forty by Anne Claire PoirierJay Scott, "Passages, or everyone old is new again". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1983. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? by Henry Jaglom Danton by Andrzej Wajda Le Dernier Combat by Luc Besson Deserters by Jack DarcusJay Scott, "Deserters plays a guessing game". The Globe and Mail, August 24, 1983. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Mirra Bank, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer Eréndira by Ruy Guerra Experience Preferred... But Not Essential by Peter Duffell The Eyes, the Mouth by Marco Bellocchio Fists in the Pocket by Marco Bellocchio The Fourth Man by Paul Verhoeven The Go Masters by Junya Sato and Jishun Duan The Leopard by Luchino Visconti My Brother's Wedding by Charles Burnett The South by Víctor Erice The State of Things by Wim Wenders Strangers Kiss by Matthew Chapman
Documentaries Comfort and Indifference by Denys Arcand Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews by Simcha Jacobovici Return Engagement by Alan Rudolph The Shimmering Beast by Pierre Perrault To the Rhythm of My Heart by Jean Pierre Lefebvre"World premieres set for festival". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 1983. We're Not the Jet Set by Robert Duvall
David Cronenberg retrospective Stereo (1969) Crimes of the Future (1970) Shivers (1975) Rabid (1977) Fast Company (1979) The Brood (1979) Scanners (1981) Videodrome (1983)
References
External links Official site TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012 1983 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb