1991 Toronto International Film Festival

The 16th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1991. Jodie Foster's directorial debut film Little Man Tate, premiered in the Gala Presentation at the festival.

Gala Presentation

 * The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
 * Life on a String by Chen Kaige
 * Days of Being Wild by Wong Kar-wai
 * My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant
 * Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Singapore Sling by Nikos Nikolaidis
 * Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou
 * Little Man Tate by Jodie Foster
 * Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash
 * My Father Is Coming by Monika Treut
 * Delicatessen by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro
 * The Indian Runner by Sean Penn
 * The Double Life of Veronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * Hear My Song by Peter Chelsom
 * Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway
 * The Hours and Times by Christopher Münch
 * Black Robe by Bruce Beresford
 * Lovers by Vicente Aranda
 * Toto the Hero by Jaco Van Dormael
 * La stazione by Sergio Rubini
 * Homework by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
 * Edward II by Derek Jarman
 * A Woman's Tale by Paul Cox
 * Cold Heaven by Nicolas Roeg
 * Paradise by Mary Agnes Donoghue

Canadian Perspective

 * The Adjuster by Atom Egoyan
 * Clearcut by Ryszard Bugajski
 * Connecting Lines by Mary Daniel
 * Deadly Currents by Simcha Jacobovici
 * Des lumières dans la grande noirceur by Sophie Bissonnette
 * Le Diable d'Amérique by Gilles Carle
 * Diplomatic Immunity by Sturla Gunnarsson
 * The Events Leading Up to My Death by Bill Robertson
 * The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (Le Fabuleux voyage de l'ange) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
 * The Falls by Kevin McMahon
 * Flesh Angels by Bruce Elder
 * The Grocer's Wife by John Pozer
 * Highway 61 by Bruce McDonald
 * The Making of Monsters by John Greyson
 * Masala by Srinivas Krishna
 * New Shoes by Ann Marie Fleming
 * The Quarrel by Eli Cohen
 * RSVP by Laurie Lynd
 * Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta
 * South of Wawa by Robert Boyd
 * Talk 16 by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell
 * True Confections by Gail Singer
 * Understanding Bliss by William D. MacGillivray
 * When the Fire Burns: The Life and Music of Manuel De Falla by Larry Weinstein
 * Wisecracks by Gail Singer

Midnight Madness

 * Children of the Night by Tony Randel
 * The Devil's Daughter by Michele Soavi
 * The Borrower by John McNaughton
 * The Arrival by David Schmoeller
 * Motorama by Barry Shils
 * Guilty as Charged by Sam Irvin
 * The Raid by Tsui Hark
 * Blood & Concrete by Jeffrey Reiner
 * A Chinese Ghost Story III by Ching Siu-tung

Documentaries

 * Face Value by Johan van der Keuken