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Opening film | Ararat |
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Closing film | Femme Fatale |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
No. of films | 343 films |
Festival date | September 5, 2002 | –September 17, 2002
Language | English |
Website |
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The 27th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's Ararat and closed with Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale. [1] [2]
Award [3] | Film | Director |
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People's Choice Award | Whale Rider | Niki Caro |
Discovery Award | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan |
Visions Award | Russian Ark | Aleksandr Sokurov |
Visions Award - Special Citation | City of God | Fernando Meirelles |
Visions Award - Special Citation | Gerry | Gus Van Sant |
Best Canadian Feature Film | Spider | David Cronenberg |
Best Canadian First Feature Film | Marion Bridge | Wiebke von Carolsfeld |
Best Canadian Short Film | Blue Skies | Ann Marie Fleming |
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award | Under Another Sky (Les chemins de l'oued) | Gaël Morel |
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award - Special Mention | Open Hearts | Susanne Bier |
TIFF named its annual Canada's Top Ten list in early 2003. [5]