1998 Toronto International Film Festival

The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, The Red Violin.

Galas

* "Antz" directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
* "Un 32 août sur terre" directed by Denis Villeneuve
* "Central Station" directed by Walter Salles
* "Dancing at Lughnasa" directed by Pat O'Connor
* "Dog Park" directed by Bruce McCulloch
* "Elizabeth" directed by Shekhar Kapur
* "Hilary and Jackie" directed by Anand Tucker
* "Judas Kiss" directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
* "L'École de la chair" directed by Benoît Jacquot
* "L.A. Without a Map" directed by Mika Kaurismäki
* "Lautrec" directed by Roger Planchon
* "Little Voice" directed by Mark Herman
* "Living Out Loud" directed by Richard LaGravenese
* "Pleasantville" directed by Gary Ross
* "The Red Violin" directed by François Girard
* "A Simple Plan" directed by Sam Raimi
* "A Soldier's Sweetheart" directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly
* "Without Limits" directed by Robert Towne

pecial Presentations

* "Am I Beautiful?" directed by Doris Dörrie
* "Another Day in Paradise" directed by Larry Clark
* "Apt Pupil" directed by Bryan Singer
* "At Sachem Farm" directed by John Huddles
* "Down in the Delta" directed by Maya Angelou
* "Earth" directed by Deepa Mehta
* "Finding Graceland" directed by David Winkler
* "Goin' Down the Road" directed by Donald Shebib
* "Life Is Beautiful" directed by Roberto Benigni
* "Pecker" directed by John Waters
* "Permanent Midnight" directed by David Veloz
* "Rushmore" directed by Wes Anderson
* "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" directed by James Ivory
* "Such a Long Journey" directed by Sturla Gunnarsson
* "Summer of the Monkeys" directed by Michael Anderson
* "The Giraffe" directed by Dani Levy
* "The Mighty" directed by Peter Chelsom
* "The Theory of Flight" directed by Paul Greengrass
* "Touch of Evil" directed by Orson Welles
* "Voleur de vie" directed by Yves Angelo
* "Wide Prairie" directed by Oscar Grillo

The Masters

* "Aprile" directed by Nanni Moretti
* "Clouds" directed by Fernando E. Solanas
* "Conte d'automne" directed by Eric Rohmer
* "Divine" directed by Arturo Ripstein
* "Dr. Akagi" directed by Shohei Imamura
* "Eternity and a Day" directed by Theo Angelopoulos
* "Flowers of Shanghai" directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
* "The General" directed by John Boorman
* "Inquiétude" directed by Manoel de Oliveira
* "My Name Is Joe" directed by Ken Loach
* "The Powder Keg" directed by Goran Paskaljevic
* "The Silence" directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
* "Tango" directed by Carlos Saura
* "Tu Ridi" directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Perspective Canada

* "2 secondes" directed by Manon Briand
* "A Place Called Chiapas" directed by Nettie Wild
* "Angel Walk" directed by Mitchell Gabourie
* "Aujourd'hui Ou Jamais" directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
* "beauty crowds me" directed by Julie Trimingham
* "Boy Meets Girl" directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
* "Brakhage" directed by Jim Shedden
* "Bridal Path" directed by Cynthia Roberts
* "Clutch" directed by Chris Grismer
* "Cold Feet" directed by Jim Allodi
* "Le Coeur Au Poing" directed by Charles Binamé
* "Crickets" directed by Jane Eun-Hee Kim
* "Cupid" directed by Wrik Mead
* "Death Threat" directed by Zarqa Nawaz
* "La Déroute" directed by Paul Tana
* "Destroying Angel" directed by Wayne Salazar and Philip Hoffman
* "Dirty" directed by Bruce Sweeney
* "Echoes In The Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story" directed by Errol Williams
* "Elimination Dance" directed by Bruce McDonald
* "Elysian Fields" directed by Leonardo Salvo
* "Eve-Olve!" directed by Sandra Law
* "Extraordinary Visitor" directed by John W. Doyle
* "The Falling" directed by Raul Sanchez Inglis
* "Faultlines" directed by Gary Popovich
* "Fish Bait" directed by Anthony Seck
* "The Fisherman And His Wife" directed by Jochen Schliessler
* "The Fishing Trip" directed by Amnon Buchbinder
* "from morning on I waited yesterday" directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld
* "God Comes As A Child" directed by Jeremiah Hayes
* "Great Expectations (not what you're thinking)" directed by Ann Marie Fleming
* "Harlan And Fiona" directed by Gary Yates
* "The Herd" directed by Peter Lynch
* "Hustle My Crush" directed by Heidi Gerber
* "In The Future" directed by Mike Hoolboom
* "Jack & Jill" directed by John Kalangis
* "John Scott - Art & Justice" directed by Michael McNamara
* "the last split second" directed by Judith Doyle
* "L'âge De Braise" directed by Jacques Leduc
* "L'Amour L'Amour Shut The Door Por Favor" directed by Valerie Buhagiar
* "Last Night" directed by Don McKellar
* "Leda And The Swan" directed by Alexandra Gill
* "Le Lépidoptère" directed by Chloë Mercier
* "Les Dames Du 9E" directed by Catherine Martin
* "Let It Come Down: The Life Of Paul Bowles" directed by Jennifer Baichwal
* "Michel In The Suête" directed by Neal Livingston
* "Moving Day" directed by Chris Deacon
* "Nô" directed by Robert Lepage
* "Phil Touches Flo" directed by David Birdsell
* "Rain, Drizzle And Fog" directed by Rosemary House
* "Reaction Stick" directed by John May
* "The Rogers' Cable" directed by Jennifer Kierans
* "Rupert's Land" directed by Jonathan Tammuz
* "Shoes Off!" directed by Mark Sawers
* "Shrink" directed by Tim Hamilton
* "The Sickroom" directed by Serge Marcotte
* "Sploosh" directed by Nathan Garfinkel
* "Le Succédané" directed by Nicolas Frichot
* "Sway" directed by Paul Carrière
* "swell" directed by Carolynne Hew
* "Under Chad Valley" directed by Jeff Erbach
* "Until I Hear From You" directed by Daniel MacIvor
* "When Ponds Freeze Over" directed by Mary Lewis

Contemporary World Cinema

* "À la Place du Coeur" directed by Robert Guédiguian
* "À Vendre (For Sale)" directed by Laetitia Masson
* "All The Little Animals" directed by Jeremy Thomas
* "The Apple" directed by Samira Makhmalbaf
* "Beauty" directed by Bishonen Yonfan
* "Bedrooms and Hallways" directed by Rose Troche
* "The Book Of Life" directed by Hal Hartley
* "Buttoners" directed by Petr Zelenka
* "Caresses" directed by Ventura Pons
* "The Celebration" directed by Thomas Vinterberg
* "Ceux Qui M'aiment Prendront Le Train" directed by Patrice Chéreau
* "Christmas in August" directed by Hur Jin-ho
* "The City" directed by David Riker
* "Claire Dolan" directed by Lodge Kerrigan
* "Clay Pigeons" directed by David Dobkin
* "Curacha - A Woman Without Rest" directed by Chito S. Roño
* "The Dance" directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson
* "Dance Of Dust" directed by Abolfazl Jalili
* "Delivery Of A Nation" directed by Momir Matovic
* "Desert Blue" directed by Morgan J. Freeman
* "Le Dîner de cons" directed by Francis Veber
* "F. Est Un Salaud" directed by Marcel Gisler
* "Fated Vocation" directed by Nguyen Vu Chau
* "fin août, début septembre" directed by Olivier Assayas
* "Fiona" directed by Amos Kollek
* "Fire-Eater" directed by Pirjo Honkasalo
* "Full Moon Den" directed by Karen Shakhnazarovr
* "Gangland" directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes
* "Happiness" directed by Todd Solondz
* "Home Fries" directed by Dean Parisot
* "The Hole" directed by Tsai Ming-liang
* "I'm Losing You" directed by Bruce Wagner
* "The Impostors" directed by Stanley Tucci
* "In That Land" directed by Lidia Bobrova
* "In The Navel Of The Sea" directed by Diaz-Abaya
* "island, alicia" directed by Ken Yunome
* "The Inheritors" directed by Stefan Ruzowit
* "J'Aimerais Pas Crever Un Dimanche" directed by Didier Le Pêcheur
* "Jeanne Et Le Garçon Formidable" directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
* "Jerry And Tom" directed by Saul Rubinek
* "Just One Time" directed by Lane Janger
* "The Last Contract" directed by Kjell Sundvall
* "Little Thieves, Big Thieves" directed by Alejandro Saderman
* "Little Tropikana" directed by Daniel Díaz Torres
* "Love Go Go" directed by Chen Yu-hsun
* "" directed by John Maybury
* "The Lovers Of The Arctic Circle" directed by Julio Medem
* "Lucia" directed by Don Boyd
* "Luminous Motion" directed by Bette Gordon
* "The Man with Rain in His Shoes" directed by María Ripoll
* "Midnight" directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
* "Motel Erotica" directed by Ho Ping
* "My Rice Noodle Shop" directed by Yang Xie
* "Night Train" directed by John Lynch Antonio Urrutia
* "No Support" directed by Martinez and Rene Castillo Rivera
* "Notes Of Love" directed by Mimmo Calopresti
* "Our Troubles Will Soon Be Over" directed by Jorge Ramírez-Suárez
* "Passion" directed by György Fehér
* "The Patriot" directed by Paulo Thiago
* "The Poet" directed by Casey L.Y. Chan
* "Rehearsal For War" directed by Mario Martone
* "The Rose Seller" directed by Victor Gaviria
* "Run Lola Run" directed by Tom Tykwer
* "Seul Contre Tous" directed by Gaspar Noé
* "Shattered Image" directed by Raul Ruiz
* "Snow" directed by Eric Tretbar
* "Spanish Fly" directed by Daphna Kastner
* "The Stolen Years" directed by Fernando Colomo
* "Sweet Degeneration" directed by Lin Cheng-sheng
* "This Is My Father" directed by Paul Quinn
* "Three" directed by Carlos Siguion-Reyna
* "Thursday" directed by Skip Woods
* "Titanic Town" directed by Roger Michell
* "Traffic" directed by João Botelho
* "Trance" directed by Michael Almereyda
* "Un Grand Cri D'amour" directed by Josiane Balasko
* "Under A Spell" directed by Carlos Carrera
* "Very Bad Things" directed by Peter Berg
* "La Vie Rêvée Des Anges" directed by Erick Zonca
* "Vigo" directed by Julien Temple
* "Waking Ned Devine" directed by Kirk Jones
* "Water Easy Reach" directed by Bent Hamer
* "What Farocki Taught" directed by Jill Godmilow
* "When Love Comes" directed by Garth Maxwell
* "The Wounds" directed by Srdjan Dragojevic

Discovery

* "23" directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
* "The Adopted Son" directed by Aktan Abdikalikov
* "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole" directed by Tod Williams
* "Bombay Boys" directed by Kaizad Gustad
* "Broken Vessels" directed by Scott Ziehl
* "Following" directed by Christopher Nolan
* "Georgica" directed by Sulev Keedus
* "Get Real" directed by Simon Shore
* "Getting Off" directed by Julie A. Lynch
* "Hair Shirt" directed by Dean Paras
* "Hell's Kitchen" directed by Tony Cinciripini
* "In The Winter Dark" directed by James Bogle
* "Kenoma" directed by Eliane Caffé
* "L'arrière Pays" directed by Jacques Nolot
* "Long Time Since" directed by Jay Anania
* "Mensaka" directed by Salvador García Ruiz
* "The Pianist" directed by Mario Gas
* "Porkkalam" directed by Cheran
* "Praise" directed by John Curran
* "Radiance" directed by Rachel Perkins
* "" directed by Patrice Toye
* "The Shoe" directed by Laila Pakalnina
* "The Sleepwalker" directed by Fernando Spiner
* "Sombre" directed by Philippe Grandrieux
* "Sweety Barrett" directed by Stephen Bradley
* "The Terrorist" directed by Santosh Sivan
* "Trans" directed by Julian L. Goldberger
* "Une Minute De Silence" directed by Florent Emilio Siri
* "West Beirut" directed by Ziad Doueiri
* "Windhorse" directed by Paul Wagner

Planet Africa

* "Ainsi Soit Il So Be It" directed by Joseph Gaye Ramaka
* "Babymother" directed by Julian Henriques
* "Bent Familia" directed by Nouri Bouzid
* "Corps Plongés" directed by Raoul Peck
* "Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland" directed by Charles Burnett
* "La Vie Sur Terre" directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
* "L'Onzième Commandement" directed by Mama Keïta
* "Mixing Nia" directed by Alison Swan
* "On The Edge" directed by Newton I. Aduaka
* "Pièces D'indentités" directed by Mweze Ngangura
* "Secrets" directed by Sheryl Lee Ralph
* "Silmande Tourbillon" directed by S. Pierre Yameogo
* "Slam" directed by Marc Levin
* "Souko Camera Box" directed by Issiaka Konaté
* "Speak Like A Child" directed by John Akomfrah
* "Take Your Bags" directed by Camille Billops

Real To Reel

* "Angel On My Shoulder" directed by Donna Deitch
* "The Cruise" directed by Bennett Miller
* "Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance" directed by Kevin MacDonald and Chris Rodley
* "The Filmmaker Of The Amazon" directed by Aurélio Michiles
* "Fragments*Jerusalem" directed by Ron Havilio
* "God Said, "Ha!" directed by Julia Sweeney
* "Megacities" directed by Michael Glawogger
* "Richard Lester!" directed by Stacy Cochran
* "State of Dogs" directed by Peter Brosens and Dorjkhandyn Turmunkh

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

* "Boom!" directed by Joseph Losey
* "Charulata" directed by Satyajit Ray
* "Forty Guns" directed by Samuel Fuller
* "The Four Feathers" directed by Zoltan Korda
* "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
* "Nazarín" directed by Luis Buñuel
* "Othello" directed by Orson Welles

New Beat of Japan

* "After Life" directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
* "April Story" directed by Shunji Iwai
* "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" directed by Kinji Fukasaku
* "Beautiful Sunday" directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
* "Bullet Ballet" directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
* "Cure" directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
* "Detective Riko" directed by Satoshi Isaka
* "Down The Drain" directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
* "The Goofball" directed by Junji Sakamoto
* "Happy Go Lucky" directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
* "Ikinai" directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
* "Kichiku" directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
* "Muscle Influenza" directed by Keiji Ichikawa and Ken Arima
* "Paradise Sea" directed by Koji Hagiuda
* "Ping Pong Bath Station" directed by Gen Yamakawa
* "Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl" directed by Katsuhito Ishii
* "Sunday Drive" directed by Hisashi Saito
* "Unlucky Monkey" directed by Sabu
* "Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald" directed by Koki Mitani

Directors' Spotlight: Darezhan Omirbaev

* "Cardiogram" directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
* "July" directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
* "Kairat" directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
* "Killer" directed by Darezhan Omirbaev
* "Life" directed by Darezhan Omirbaev

Canadian Film Centre At 10

* "Blood & Donuts" directed by Holly Dale
* "Blue" directed by Don McKellar
* "Dead Meat" directed by Holly Dale
* "The Fairy Who Didn't Want To Be A Fairy Anymore" directed by Laurie Lynd
* "The Feeler" directed by Colleen Murphy
* "House" directed by Laurie Lynd
* "The Making Of Monsters" directed by John Greyson
* "Rude" directed by Clement Virgo
* "Save My Lost Nigga' Soul" directed by Clement Virgo
* "Shoemaker" directed by Colleen Murphy
* "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould" directed by François Girard
* "Zero Patience" directed by John Greyson

Midnight Madness

* "The Acid House" directed by Paul McGuigan
* "The Bystander From Hell" directed by Matthew Harrison
* "Cascadeur - The Amber Chamber" directed by Hardy Martins
* "Hang The DJ" directed by Marco La Villa and Mauro La Villa
* "Heaven" directed by Scott Reynolds
* "I Woke Up Early The Day I Died" directed by Arlis Iliopulos
* "Mighty Peking Man" directed by Ho Meng-Hua
* "Night Time" directed by Peter Fratzscher
* "Perdita Durango" directed by Alex de la Iglesia
* "Six-String Samurai" directed by Lance Mungia