1989 Toronto International Film Festival

The 14th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1989. In Country by Norman Jewison was selected as the opening film.

Gala Presentation

 * In Country by Norman Jewison
 * Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant
 * Life and Nothing But by Bertrand Tavernier
 * Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch
 * The Killer by John Woo
 * The Seventh Continent by Michael Haneke
 * My Left Foot by Jim Sheridan
 * Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
 * The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover by Peter Greenaway
 * Sweetie by Jane Campion
 * Apartment Zero by Martin Donovan
 * Under the Glacier by Guðný Halldórsdóttir
 * Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
 * Aviya's Summer by Eli Cohen
 * A Dry White Season by Euzhan Palcy
 * Needle by Rashid Nugmanov
 * Chattahoochee by Mick Jackson

Canadian Perspectives

 * American Boyfriends by Sandy Wilson
 * Black Mother, Black Daughter by Sylvia Hamilton and Claire Prieto
 * Brown Bread Sandwiches by Carlo Liconti
 * Bye Bye Blues by Anne Wheeler
 * Cold Comfort by Vic Sarin
 * Foreign Nights by Izidore K. Musallam
 * In the Belly of the Dragon by Yves Simoneau
 * Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand
 * Justice Denied by Paul Cowan
 * Lessons on Life by Jacques Leduc
 * Roadkill by Bruce McDonald
 * Sous les draps, les étoiles by Jean-Pierre Gariépy
 * Speaking Parts by Atom Egoyan
 * Stealing Images by Alan Zweig
 * Strand: Under the Dark Cloth by John Walker
 * Tending Towards the Horizontal by Barbara Sternberg
 * Termini Station by Allan King
 * The Top of His Head by Peter Mettler
 * The Traveller by Bruno Lazaro
 * Unfaithful Mornings by François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry
 * The Vacant Lot by William D. MacGillivray
 * Welcome to Canada by John N. Smith
 * Where the Spirit Lives by Bruce Pittman

Midnight Madness

 * Dr. Caligari by Stephen Sayadian
 * Lenny Live and Unleashed by Andy Harries
 * Opera by Dario Argento
 * Carnival of Souls by Herk Harvey
 * Alien Space Avenger by Richard W. Haines
 * Funny by Bran Ferren
 * Over Easy by Ignacio Valero
 * Shimmelsteen by Michael Wolfe
 * No Such Thing As Gravity by Alyce Wittenstein
 * Whoregasm by Nick Zedd
 * Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Over-Fiend by Hideki Takayama
 * Heavy Petting by Obie Benz

Documentaries

 * The Big Bang by James Toback
 * Eat the Kimono by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams
 * Roger & Me by Michael Moore
 * White Lake by Colin Browne