1997 Toronto International Film Festival

{{Short description|1997 film festival edition}}

{{Infobox film festival

| name = 1997 Toronto International Film Festival

| image = 1997 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg

| caption = Festival poster

| host = Toronto International Film Festival Group

| number = 279 films

| opening = The Sweet Hereafter{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/tiff-openers/|title=TIFF: A history of opening nights|accessdate=October 19, 2013 | work=CBC News}}

| closing = Seven Years in Tibet

| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| language = English

| date = {{Start date|1997|09|04}}–{{End date|1997|09|13}}

| website = {{URL|tiff.net}}

}}

The 22nd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 1997. This festival was notable for the introduction of the Masters programme to TIFF.{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/1997-09-19/518453/|title=279 Movies and 2 Funerals-Toronto International Film Festival Report|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nitrateonline.com/ftiff97-3.html|title=Glimmering in the Dark – Big Fun with Toronto's Treats|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/about/tiffhistory|title=TIFF History|accessdate=October 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015055839/http://tiff.net/about/tiffhistory|archive-date=2013-10-15|url-status=dead}}

Awards

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Award[http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927032100/http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive |date=2012-09-27 }}. tiff.net, October 11, 2013.

! Film

! Director

People's Choice Award

| The Hanging Garden

| Thom Fitzgerald

Metro Media Award

| Boogie Nights

| Paul Thomas Anderson

Metro Media Award

| L.A. Confidential

| Curtis Hanson

Best Canadian Feature Film

| The Hanging Garden

| Thom Fitzgerald

Best Canadian Feature Film

| The Sweet Hereafter

| Atom Egoyan

Best Canadian First Feature Film

| Cube

| Vincenzo Natali

Best Canadian Short Film

| Cotton Candy

| Roshell Bissett

Best Canadian Short Film - Special Mention

| bp: pushing the boundaries

| Brian Nash

FIPRESCI International Critics' Award

| Under the Skin

| Carine Adler

Programmes

=Gala Opening Night=

=Gala Closing Night=

=Gala Presentations=

=Special Presentations=

=Masters=

=Perspective Canada=

=Contemporary World Cinema=

=Discovery=

=Planet Africa=

=Real to Reel=

=Dialogues: Talking with Pictures=

=Balkan Cinema: Home Truths=

=Spotlight: Benoît Jacquot=

=Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Screening=

=Midnight Madness=

{{cite web|url=http://www.ultra8.ca/content2/mmhistory.html|title=History of the Toronto International Film Festival's MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme|accessdate=October 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019173241/http://www.ultra8.ca/content2/mmhistory.html|archive-date=2013-10-19|url-status=dead}}

References

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