TIFF this year was marked by first-time entries from such countries as Burundi, Latvia, Armenia, Croatia, and Luxembourg in both the International Competition and Young Cinema sections.
'OZU' Retrospective-90th Anniversary of His Birth was a featured program for this festival. Screenings of carefully restored pre-WWII silent films and lesserknown works of Ozu were presented. At the same time, the program commemorated the work of Chishu Ryu, a regular actor for many of Ozu's films, who died earlier in March.
This year witnessed the death of Federico Fellini, who was the featured director at the 2nd TIFF.
1. Director Seijun Suzuki at a party. 2. Young Cinema Competition jury members. From left: author Paul Auster, director/jury president Wim Wenders, producer Claudie Ossard and actor Leslie Cheung. 3. The winner of Best Director Award, Taylor Hackford of Blood in Blood out (center), his wife, Helen Mirren (left) and Director Vincent Ward (right), who won the Best Artistic Contribution Award for Map of the Human Heart. 4. Director Tsai Mingliang, who debuted with Rebels of the Neon God. 5. Director Renny Harlin of Cliffhanger attends at the opening screening. 6. Hou Hsiao-hsien, director of The Puppetmaster in the Best of Asian Films section.
