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1993 

Winter 1993 

  • Retrospectives: Christopher Munch's THE HOURS AND TIMES; Harrod Blank's WILD WHEELS; Michelangelo Antonioni; Chris Marker's THE OWL'S LEGACY; Early Russian Cinema; 12 From Hong Kong; Guy Maddin's CAREFUL; Tilda Swinton; Terence Davies; Maurice Pialat; Peter Greenaway: Early and Late; Laurie Lynd Carte Blanche; L.I.F.T. Showcase.
  • Toronto Premieres: Michelangelo Antonioni's CHUNG KUO CHINA; Harrod Blank's WILD WHEELS; Maurice Pialat's POLICE; Orson Welles' OTHELLO (Restored Print).
  • English-Canadian Premieres: Chris Marker's THE OWL'S LEGACY; Peter Greenaway's DARWIN.
  • Guests: Tilda Swinton; Laurie Lynd.

 

Spring 1993 

  • Retrospectives: Spanish Eyes: Recent Films From Spain; Michael Haneke's BENNY'S VIDEO; Allegories of Alienation: The Films of Atom Egoyan; Atom Egoyan Carte Blanche; Jacques Rivette's LA BELLE NOISEUSE; Mary Pickford Centenary; Boy Meets Girl: The Leos Carax Trilogy; Objects of Desire: The Films of Luis Bu uel; Jean-Luc Godard's HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA; Japanese Animation; 15 From Greece; Mickey Mouse; Yiddish Film: Between Two Worlds.
  • North American Premiere: Atom Egoyan's CALENDAR.
  • English-Canadian Premiere: Jean-Luc Godard's HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÉMA.
  • Canadian Premieres: Bigas Luna's JÁMON, JÁMON; Pedro Olea's THE FENCING MASTER; Antonio Mercero's WAIT FOR ME IN HEAVEN; Pantelis Voulgaris's QUIET DAYS IN AUGUST.
  • Toronto Premieres: Julio Medem's COWS; Juanma Bajo Ullola's BUTTERFLY WINGS; Ana Belen's HOW TO BE A WOMAN AND NOT DIE IN THE ATTEMPT; Jose Luis Cuerda's THE SNOW; Imanol Uribe's THE DUMBFOUNDED KING; Luis Bu uel's THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL DAWN; George Korass and Christos Voupouras's THE DESERTER; Tonia Marketaki's THE PRICE OF LOVE; Nicos Papatakis's THE PHOTOGRAPH; Nikos Panayatopoulas's THE WOMAN WHO DREAMED.
  • Highlights: CALENDAR goes on to become Atom Egoyan's top grossing film (prior to EXOTICA), enjoying a six month run at the Carlton Cinemas after its debut at the Cinematheque.

 

Fall 1993  

  • Retrospectives: Chris Marker; Claude Chabrol's THE EYE OF VICHY and BETTY; Stefan Jarl; Tribute to Jay Scott; The Essentials (Focus On Documentary); Jean-Pierre Bekolo's MOZART QUARTER; Inside/Out Collective Carte Blanche and Philip Hoffman Carte Blanche; The Latest Wave: 10 from Taiwan; Monika Treut; Seijun Suzuki; Quebec's Ten Best; Tribute to Francis Mankiewicz; Recent Dutch Cinema.
  • Toronto Premieres: Chris Marker's A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT, THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER: PORTRAIT OF YVES MONTAND and IF I HAD FOUR CAMELS; Claude Chabrol's THE EYE OF VICHY and BETTY; Naomi Ben Natan and Leora Kamenetzky's BORN IN BERLIN; Jean-Pierrre Bekolo's MOZART QUARTER; Stan Lai's THE PEACH BLOSSOM LAND; Alex van Warmerdam's THE NORTHERNERS; Jan Bosdriesz's THE PROVINCE; Rita Horst's ROMEO; Ronald Beer's MY BLUE HEAVEN.
  • Canadian Premieres: Chris Marker's THE LAST BOLSHEVIK; Philip Hoffman's OPENING SERIES; Full-Length Director's Version of Edward Yang's A BRIGHTER SUMMER'S DAY.
  • English-Canadian Premiere: Edgar Reitz's HEIMAT II: CHRONICLE OF A GENERATION.
  • Guests: Stefan Jarl; Monika Treut.
  • Critical Note: "The second happy story is the Festival of Festival's Cinematheque Ontario programmed by James Quandt. Frame for frame, it's the most appetizing nightly program in Ontario" - Sid Adilman, The Toronto Star, December 24, 1993.
 
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