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2001 Toronto International Film Festival
The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival. During a hastily arranged press conference on September 11, Festival director Piers Handling and managing director Michelle Maheux announced that 30 public screenings and 20 press screenings would be cancelled during the sixth day of the festival due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The festival resumed for the final four days though some films were cancelled because the film prints could not reach Toronto due to flight restrictions. Awards Programmes Viacom Galas * '' Cet Amour-là'' by Josée Dayan * ''Dark Blue World'' by Jan Sverák * ''Enigma'' by Michael Apted * ''From Hell'' by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes * '' Hearts in Atlantis'' by Scott Hicks * ''Lantana'' by Ray Lawrence * '' The Last Kiss'' by Gabriele Muccino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Wedding
''Last Wedding'' is a 2001 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Bruce Sweeney. It opened the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. The film won several awards including the award for Best Canadian Film from the Toronto Film Critics Association. Plot summary Noah, a weatherproofing specialist, is preparing to marry Zipporah, a country music singer. His best friend, Peter, is a Canadian literature professor whose relationship with librarian Leslie is threatened by the arrival of beautiful student Laurel. Meanwhile, Noah's and Peter's other close friend Shane, is an architect who has a seemingly wonderful relationship with Sarah, until she graduates and lands a better job than the one he has. Cast * Benjamin Ratner as Noah * Frida Betrani as Zipporah * Tom Scholte as Peter * Nancy Sivak as Leslie * Vincent Gale as Shane * Molly Parker as Sarah * Marya Delver as Laurel * Jay Brazeau as Noah's father * Kevin McNulty (actor), Kevin McNulty as Rabbi * Jillian Fargey a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FILM(dzama)
''FILM(dzama)'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Deco Dawson and released in 2001. The film is a fictionalized biography of artist Marcel Dzama, as played by Dzama's real-life father Maurice,Robert Enright"Art Deco: The Films of Deco Dawson" ''Border Crossings'', August 2008. shot on Super 8 film in a surrealist manner influenced by the films of Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Man Ray and Guy Maddin. The film was the fifth and last in Dawson's FILM series of experimental short films, following ''FILM(luster)'', ''FILM(emend)'', ''FILM(knout)'' and ''FILM(lode)''. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film."Films from Nunavut, Manitoba big winners at Toronto Film Festival". ''Sudbury Star ''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media company, Postmedia. It is the largest daily paper in Northeastern Ontario by circulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Hell (film)
''From Hell'' is a 2001 gothic period slasher film directed by the Hughes Brothers and written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias. It is loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders. The film stars Johnny Depp as Frederick Abberline, the lead investigator of the murders, and Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, a prostitute targeted by the Ripper. Other cast members include Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson and Jason Flemyng. ''From Hell'' was theatrically released in the United States on October 19, 2001 by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed over $74 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, with many praising the performances (particularly those of Depp and Graham), atmosphere and production values, but was negatively compared to its source material. Plot In 1888, Mary Kelly and a small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. Their friend Ann Crook is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Apted
Michael David Apted, (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was a British television and film director and producer. Apted began working in television and directed the '' Up'' documentary series (1964–2019). He later directed '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980), which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. His subsequent work included '' Gorillas in the Mist'' (1988), ''Nell'' (1994), ''James Bond'' film ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999), and '' Enigma'' (2001). His film '' Amazing Grace'' (2006) premiered at the closing of the Toronto International Film Festival that year. On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors Guild of America, a position he served until 2009. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. Early life Apted was born in 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, as the son of Frances Amelia (née Thomas) and Ronald William Apted. He was educated at City of London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enigma (2001 Film)
''Enigma'' is a 2001 espionage thriller film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. The script was adapted from the 1995 novel ''Enigma'' by Robert Harris, about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in the Second World War. Although the story is highly fictionalised, the process of encrypting German messages during World War II and decrypting them with the Enigma is discussed in detail, and the historical event of the Katyn massacre is highlighted. It was the last film scored by John Barry. Plot The story, loosely based on actual events, takes place in March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height. The cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, have a problem: the Nazi U-boats have changed one of their code reference books used for Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a blackout in the flow of vital naval signals intelligence. The British cryptanalysts have cracked the "Shark" cipher once before, and they need to do it again in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Sverák
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Blue World
''Dark Blue World'' ( cs, Tmavomodrý svět) is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, the Academy Award-winning director of ''Kolya'', about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the director's father. The film stars Czech actors Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek and Oldřich Kaiser. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey. Plot In 1950, during the Cold War, František (Franta) Sláma (Ondřej Vetchý) is incarcerated in Czechoslovakia, because of his prior service in the RAF. His recollections of the war begin in 1939, just days prior to the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. After the invasion, the Czechoslovak Army is disbanded and its Air Force has to surrender its aircraft. However, Franta and his young friend Karel Vojtíšek (Kryštof Hádek), among others, refuse to submit to their occupiers and flee to the United Kingdom to join the RAF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series ''Les Misérables'' with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is '' Balzac: A Passionate Life'' (1999) and '' Cet amour-là'' (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau, and '' Raspoutine'' (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was '' Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (2003) with Catherine Deneuve Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (, , ), is a French actress as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cet Amour-là
CET or cet may refer to: Places * Cet, Albania * Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus * Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England Arts, entertainment, and media * Comcast Entertainment Television, a Denver, Colorado TV station * Community Educational Television, a station ownership arm of the Trinity Broadcasting Network * ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'', a newspaper in Coventry, England * WCET-TV, a PBS station serving Cincinnati, Ohio Education Schools * College of Engineering, Trivandrum, in Kerala, India * College of Engineering and Technology, in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India Tests * College English Test, a national English examination in People's Republic of China * Common Entrance Test, for prospective students seeking entry into institutes of higher education in India Technology * Carrier Ethernet Transport, an ethernet extension * Center for Environmental Technology, a radio receiver designer * Certif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asghar Massombagi
Asghar Massombagi is an Iranian-Canadian film director, most noted for his 2001 film '' Khaled''.Alexandra Gill, "Reflections in an exile's eye". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 20, 2002. Born and raised in Tehran, he moved to Canada at age 18, and studied film at Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located ... and the Canadian Film Centre. He made the short films ''Feel Like Chicken Tonight'' (1998) and ''The Miracle'' (1999) prior to the premiere of ''Khaled'' at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received an honorable mention for the FIPRESCI International Critics Award, and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2001. He won the Best Director Award (Karlovy Vary IFF), Best Director Award for the film at the 37th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled (film)
''Khaled'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Asghar Massombagi and released in 2001. It is the story of a ten-year-old boy who tries to conceal the death of his mother. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Khaled (Michael D'Ascenzo) lives in a Toronto housing project with his mother, who is French Canadian and chronically ill. His father is Moroccan and abandoned the family when Khaled was young. One day his mother dies, but Khaled attempts to carry on life as normal. His life deteriorates as his landlord harasses him for overdue rent, and neighbors begin to notice the smell of decay from his apartment. Awards At TIFF the film received an honorable mention for the FIPRESCI International Critics Award, and it was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2001. At the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003, Mel M'Rabet received a nomination for Best Original Song, for "Ab (Father)". Massombagi won the Best Director Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamina Benguigui
Yamina Benguigui (born Yamina Zora Belaïdi; in Lille on 9 April 1955) is a French film director and politician of Algerian descent. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African (both Berbers and Arabs) immigrant community in France. Through her films, Benguigui gave a voice to many from the Maghrebi population in France. Life Benguigui's parents were Algerian and immigrated to France from Algeria in the early 1950s. She never discovered why her parents decided to leave Algeria, saying the subject was considered taboo. Born in Lille, Benguigui was the eldest daughter of six children and spent her childhood in northern France. Describing herself as a quiet child who grew up in the Islamic tradition, Benguigui was only 13 years old when she first decided to become a filmmaker. Her father was a political leader in the Algerian National Movement, and was jailed in France for three years as a political prisoner (she has also stated that he was jailed on two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
