1983 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe Big Chill
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 9, 1983 (1983-09-09)–September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17)
LanguageEnglish
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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

Award[6][7] Film Director
People's Choice Award The Big Chill Lawrence Kasdan
International Critics' Award The Fourth Man Paul Verhoeven

Programme

Gala Presentations

Contemporary World Cinema

Documentaries

David Cronenberg retrospective

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 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.
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