1989 Toronto International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film	In Country
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by	Toronto International Film Festival Group
Festival date	September 7, 1989 (1989-09-07)–September 16, 1989 (1989-09-16)
Language	English
Website	tiff.net

The 14th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1989. In Country by Norman Jewison was selected as the opening film.^[1]

Awards

Programme

Gala Presentation

• In Country by Norman Jewison
• Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant
• Life and Nothing But by Bertrand Tavernier
• Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch
• The Killer by John Woo
• The Seventh Continent by Michael Haneke
• My Left Foot by Jim Sheridan
• Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover by Peter Greenaway
• Sweetie by Jane Campion
• Apartment Zero by Martin Donovan
• Under the Glacier by Guðný Halldórsdóttir
• Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
• Aviya's Summer by Eli Cohen
• A Dry White Season by Euzhan Palcy
• Needle by Rashid Nugmanov
• Chattahoochee by Mick Jackson

Canadian Perspectives

• American Boyfriends by Sandy Wilson
• Black Mother, Black Daughter by Sylvia Hamilton and Claire Prieto
• Brown Bread Sandwiches by Carlo Liconti
• Bye Bye Blues by Anne Wheeler
• Cold Comfort by Vic Sarin
• Foreign Nights by Izidore K. Musallam
• In the Belly of the Dragon by Yves Simoneau
• Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand
• Justice Denied by Paul Cowan
• Lessons on Life by Jacques Leduc
• Roadkill by Bruce McDonald
• Sous les draps, les étoiles by Jean-Pierre Gariépy
• Speaking Parts by Atom Egoyan
• Stealing Images by Alan Zweig
• Strand: Under the Dark Cloth by John Walker
• Tending Towards the Horizontal by Barbara Sternberg
• Termini Station by Allan King
• The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler
• The Traveller by Bruno Lazaro
• Unfaithful Mornings by François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry
• The Vacant Lot by William D. MacGillivray
• Welcome to Canada by John N. Smith
• Where the Spirit Lives by Bruce Pittman

Midnight Madness

• Dr. Caligari by Stephen Sayadian
• Lenny Live and Unleashed by Andy Harries
• Opera by Dario Argento
• Carnival of Souls by Herk Harvey
• Alien Space Avenger by Richard W. Haines
• Funny by Bran Ferren
• Over Easy by Ignacio Valero
• Shimmelsteen by Michael Wolfe
• No Such Thing As Gravity by Alyce Wittenstein
• Whoregasm by Nick Zedd
• Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Over-Fiend by Hideki Takayama
• Heavy Petting by Obie Benz

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Documentaries

• The Big Bang by James Toback
• Eat the Kimono by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams
• Roger & Me by Michael Moore
• White Lake by Colin Browne