1986 Toronto International Film Festival
Festival poster by Voytek Gorczynski
Opening filmThe Decline of the American Empire
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 4, 1986 (1986-09-04)–September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13)
LanguageEnglish
Websitetiff.net

The 11th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1986. The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand was selected as the opening film. It won People's Choice Award at the festival and later got nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars.[1][2]

Awards

Award[3][4] Film Director
People's Choice Award The Decline of the American Empire Denys Arcand
Best Canadian Feature Film The Decline of the American Empire Denys Arcand
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Sitting in Limbo John N. Smith
Best Canadian Feature Film - Special Jury Citation Dancing in the Dark Martha Henry (for acting)
International Critics' Award Man Facing Southeast Eliseo Subiela

Programme

Gala Presentation

Canadian Perspective

Documentaries

References

  1. ^ "Fun facts about TIFF". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 18, 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

External links

Toronto International Film Festival
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