The 2002 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's Ararat and closed with Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale.

Galas

• 11'9"01 September 11 (France) Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shohei Imamura, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic
• Antwone Fisher (USA) Denzel Washington
• Ararat (Canada) Atom Egoyan
• Chihwaseon (South Korea) Im Kwon-Taek
• Far From Heaven (USA) Todd Haynes
• Femme Fatale (France/USA) Brian De Palma
• The Four Feathers (USA) Shekhar Kapur
• Frida (USA) Julie Taymor
• The Good Thief (United Kingdom/France/Ireland) Neil Jordan
• The Guys (USA) Jim Simpson
• L'homme du train (France) Patrice Leconte
• In America (Ireland/United Kingdom) Jim Sheridan
• Jet Lag (France) Daniele Thompson
• Moonlight Mile (USA) Brad Silberling
• The Other Side of the Bed (Spain) Emilio Martínez Lázaro
• Phone Booth (USA) Joel Schumacher
• Spider (Canada/United Kingdom/France) David Cronenberg
• White Oleander (USA) Peter Kosminsky

Masters

• 10 (Iran/France) Abbas Kiarostami
• All or Nothing (United Kingdom) Mike Leigh
• La Dernière Lettre (France) Frederick Wiseman
• Dirty Pretty Things (United Kingdom) Stephen Frears
• The Man Without a Past (Finland/Germany/France) Aki Kaurismaki
• My Mother's Smile (Italy) Marco Bellocchio
• A Peck on the Cheek (India) Mani Ratnam
• Sex Is Comedy (France) Catherine Breillat
• Shadow Kill (India/France) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
• Sweet Sixteen (United Kingdom/Germany/Spain) Ken Loach
• A Tale Of A Naughty Girl (India) Buddhadev Dasgupta
• Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (Germany) Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jiri Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlondorff, István Szabó
• Together (China) Chen Kaige

Visions

• Blissfully Yours (Thailand/France) Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• City Of God (Brazil) Fernando Meirelles
• Dolls (Japan/France) Takeshi Kitano
• Le Fils (Belgium/France) Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
• Gerry (USA) Gus Van Sant
• Happy Here And Now (USA) Michael Almereyda
• Irreversible (France) Gaspar Noe
• Japon (Mexico/Spain) Carlos Reygadas
• Ken Park (USA/The Netherlands/France) Larry Clark and Ed Lachman
• Lilya 4-ever (Sweden) Lukas Moodysson
• Morvern Callar (United Kingdom) Lynne Ramsay
• Music For Weddings And Funerals (Norway) Unni Straume
• Novo (France/Spain/Switzerland) Jean-Pierre Limosin
• Personal Velocity (USA) Rebecca Miller
• Public Toilet (Hong Kong/China/South Korea) Fruit Chan
• Russian Ark (Russia/Germany) Alexandr Sokurov
• A Snake Of June (Japan) Shinya Tsukamoto
• Teknolust (USA) Lynn Hershman Leeson
• La Trilogie: Après la vie (France/Belgium) Lucas Belvaux
• La Trilogie: Cavale (France/Belgium) Lucas Belvaux
• La Trilogie: Un couple épatant (France/Belgium) Lucas Belvaux
• Vendredi soir (France) Claire Denis
• La Vie Nouvelle (France) Philippe Grandrieux
• A World Of Love (Italy) Aurelio Grimaldi

Special Presentations

• 8 Femmes/8 Women (France) Francois Ozon
• 8 Mile (USA) Curtis Hanson
• Adolphe (France) Benoit Jacquot
• Assassination Tango (USA) Robert Duvall
• Auto Focus (USA) Paul Schrader
• Between Strangers (Canada/Italy) Edoardo Ponti
• Bowling for Columbine (USA) Michael Moore
• City of Ghosts (USA) Matt Dillon
• Dirty Deeds (Australia) David Caesar
• Divine Intervention (France/Palestine/Morocco/Germany) Elia Suleiman
• The Emperor's Club (USA) Michael Hoffman
• Evelyn (Ireland) Bruce Beresford
• Heaven (France/Germany/USA) Tom Tykwer
• I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Canada) Patricia Rozema
• Laurel Canyon (USA) Lisa Cholodenko
• Max (Canada/Germany/USA) Menno Meyjes
• Miyazaki's Spirited Away (Japan/USA) Hayao Miyazaki
• Punch-Drunk Love (USA) Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Quiet American (Australia/USA) Phillip Noyce
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia) Phillip Noyce
• The Secret Lives of Dentists (USA) Alan Rudolph
• Shaolin Soccer (Hong Kong/China) Stephen Chow
• Standing in the Shadows of Motown (USA) Paul Justman
• Tso Chaplin Mutual Shorts: Easy Street; The Cure; The Adventurer (USA) Charles Chaplin
• Talk to Her (Spain) Pedro Almodovar
• Touching Wild Horses (Canada/United Kingdom/Germany) Eleanore Lindo
• La Turbulence Des Fluides (Canada) Manon Briand
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie (USA) Jeff McGrath and Cathy Malkasian

Dialogues: Talking With Pictures

• Billy Jack (USA) Tom Laughlin
• The Conversation (USA) Francis Ford Coppola
• Days of Heaven (USA) Terrence Malick
• Modern Times (USA) Charles Chaplin
• Outcast of the Islands (United Kingdom) Carol Reed
• Pickpocket (France) Robert Bresson

Discovery

• Bellissima (Poland) Artur Urbanski
• Chicken Poets (China) Meng Jinghui
• Les Diables (France/Spain) Christophe Ruggia
• The Exam (Iran) Nasser Refaie
• Hard Goodbyes: My Father (Greece/Germany) Penny Panayotopoulou
• Hukkle (Hungary) Gyorgy Palfi
• The Last Great Wilderness (United Kingdom) David Mackenzie
• Leo (USA/United Kingdom) Mehdi Norowzian
• Letters in the Wind (Iran) Ali Reza Amini
• The Magdalene Sisters (United Kingdom/Ireland) Peter Mullan
• Try Seventeen (USA) Jeffrey Porter
• Whale Rider (New Zealand/Germany) Niki Caro
• Woman Of Water (Japan) Hidenori Sugimori
• Women's Prison (Iran) Manijeh Hekmat
• Blue (Japan) Hiroshi Ando

Real To Reel

• Atlantic Drift (Austria/France) Michel Daeron
• Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (Austria) André Heller and Othmar Schmiderer
• Cuban Rafters (Spain) Carles Bosch and Josep M. Domenech
• Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story (USA) Garrett Scott
• Elsewhere (Austria) Nikolaus Geyrhalter
• Family (Denmark) Sami Saif and Phie Ambo
• Gabriel Orozco (Mexico) Juan Carlos Martín
• Horns and Halos (USA) Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky
• Local Angel (USA/Israel) Udi Aloni
• Lost in La Mancha (USA/United Kingdom) Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe
• My Name Was Sabina Spielrein (Sweden/Switzerland/Denmark/Finland) Elisabeth Marton
• The Nazi (USA) Rod Lurie
• Neapolitan Heart (Italy) Paolo Santoni
• OT: Our Town (USA) Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Promise Land (United Kingdom) Gili Dolev
• Railroad of Hope (China) Ning Ying
• Spellbound (USA) Jeff Blitz
• Stevie (USA) Steve James
• The Sweatbox (United Kingdom) John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler
• This Winter (China) Zhong Hua
• The Trials of Henry Kissinger (USA/United Kingdom) Eugene Jarecki
• Winged Migration (France/Germany/Spain/Italy/Switzerland) Jacques Perrin
• Être et avoir (France) Nicolas Philibert

Midnight Madness

• Alive (Japan) Ryuhei Kitamura
• Bubba Ho-tep (USA) Don Coscarelli
• Cabin Fever (USA) Eli Roth
• The Eye (Hong Kong/Thailand/United Kingdom) Oxide Pang and Danny Pang
• MC5 * A True Testimonial (USA) David C. Thomas
• My Little Eye (United Kingdom) Marc Evans
• Spun (USA) Jonas Akerlund
• Volcano High (South Korea) Kim Tae-Kyun

Wavelengths

• The Aperture Of Ghostings: Catherine Street; Creased Robe Smile; Elsa Kirk (USA) Lewis Klahr
• The Art Of Fugue (Japan) Takashi Ishida
• Bautismo (USA) Casey Koehler
• Counterfeit Film (USA) Brett Simon
• Daylight Moon (USA) Lewis Klahr
• Endless Obsession (USA) Glen Fogel
• Gestalt (Japan) Takashi Ishida
• Going Back Home (Canada) Louise Bourque
• Gossamer Conglomerate (USA) Courtney Hoskins
• Imaginary Light (USA) Andrew Noren
• Incense (Japan) Shiho Kano
• An Injury To One (USA) Travis Wilkerson
• Looking At The Sea (USA) Peter Hutton
• The Man We Want To Hang (USA) Kenneth Anger
• Manual (Germany/United Kingdom) Christoph Girardet and Matthias Muller
• Munkphilm (USA) Courtney Hoskins
• National Archive: V.1 (USA) Travis Wilkerson
• Puce Moment (USA) Kenneth Anger
• Scratch (Germany) Christoph Girardet
• Self Portrait Post Mortem (Canada) Louise Bourque
• Swiss Trip (Aka Rivers And Landscapes) (Germany) Oskar Fischinger
• Time Being (USA) Andrew Noren
• Ultima Thule (USA) Janie Geiser
• Very And Night Mulch (USA) Stan Brakhage
• Wien & Mozart And Elvis (USA) Jonas Mekas

Canadian Open Vault

• La vraie nature de Bernadette (Canada) Gilles Carle

Perspective Canada

• The Baroness And The Pig (Canada) Michael Mackenzie
• Blue Skies (Canada) Ann Marie Fleming
• Bollywood/Hollywood (Canada) Deepa Mehta
• Countdown (Canada) Nathan Morlando
• Culture (Canada) Donigan Cumming
• La Derniere Voix (Canada) Julien Fonfrède and Karim Hussain
• Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl (Canada) Brad Peyton
• Fix: The Story Of An Addicted City (Canada) Nettie Wild
• Flower & Garnet (Canada) Keith Behrman
• Flux (Canada) Chris Hinton
• Folk (Canada) Ryan Feldman
• Gambling, Gods And LSD (Canada/Switzerland) Peter Mettler
• Heatscore (Canada) Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany
• Is The Crown At War With Us? (Canada) Alanis Obomsawin
• Islands (Canada) Richard Fung
• Lighthead (Canada) Daniel Sadler
• Little Dickie (Canada) Anita McGee
• Lonesome Joe (Canada) Mark Sawers
• Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (Canada) Mina Shum
• Le Marais (Canada) Kim Nguyen
• Marion Bridge (Canada) Wiebke Von Carolsfeld
• Moon In The Afternoon (Canada) Simon Davidson
• Die Mutter (Canada) Cliff Caines
• Le Neg' (Canada) Robert Morin
• Ocean (Canada) Catherine Martin
• Once Upon A Time On The Beach (Canada) Byron Lamarque
• Past Perfect (Canada) Daniel MacIvor
• Perfect Pie (Canada) Barbara Willis Sweete
• Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story (Canada) Larry Peloso
• Punch (Canada) Guy Bennett
• Rondo Pour Trompette (Canada) Jean-Sebastien Baillat
• Les Rossy (Canada) Jennifer Alleyn
• Rub & Tug (Canada) Soo Lyu
• S.P.C.E. (Canada) Marc Bisaillon
• Saint Monica (Canada) Terrance Odette
• Saskatchewan (Canada) Brian Stockton
• Shadowy Encounters (Canada) Gariné Torossian
• Short Hymn_Silent War 03 (Canada) Charles Officer
• Song Of The Firefly (Canada) Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
• Spring Chickens (Canada) Matthew Holm
• The Stone of Folly (Canada) Jesse Rosensweet
• Straight in the Face (Canada) Peter Demas
• Tom (Canada) Mike Hoolboom
• The True Meaning Of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia (Canada) Jennifer Baichwal
• Why Don't You Dance? (Canada) Michael Downing
• The Wild Dogs (Canada) Thom Fitzgerald
• Yellowknife (Canada) Rodrigue Jean
• Deadend.Com (Canada) S. Wyeth Clarkson
• Snooze (Canada) Stephane LaFleur

Contemporary World Cinema

• 24 Heures De La Vie D'Une Femme (France) Laurent Bouhnik
• Aiki (Japan) Daisuke Tengan
• Angela (Italy) Roberta Torre
• Autumn Spring (Czech Republic) Vladimír Michálek
• Baadasssss Cinema (USA/United Kingdom) Isaac Julien
• Bear's Kiss (Germany) Sergei Bodrov
• Bend It Like Beckham (United Kingdom) Gurinder Chadha
• The Best of Times (Taiwan) Chang Tso-Chi
• Better Luck Tomorrow (USA) Justin Lin
• Big Shot's Funeral (China) Feng Xiaogang
• Black and White (Australia) Craig Lahiff
• Blue Car (USA) Karen Moncrieff
• Blue Gate Crossing (Taiwan/France) Yee Chin-yen
• El Bonaerense (Argentina) Pablo Trapero
• The Crime of Father Amaro (Mexico/Spain/Argentina/France) Carlos Carrera
• Cry Woman (China/South Korea/France/Canada) Liu Bingjian
• The Cuckoo (Russia) Aleksandr Rogozhkin
• Every Day God Kisses Us On The Mouth (Romania) Sinisa Dragin
• Falcons (Iceland/United Kingdom/Norway/Germany/France) Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
• Fuehrer Ex (Germany/Italy) Winfried Bonengel
• Gasoline (Italy) Monica Stambrini
• The Ghost Of F. Scott Fitzgerald (USA) Charles Lyons
• The Heart of Me (United Kingdom) Thaddeus O'Sullivan
• L' Idole (France) Samantha Lang
• Intacto (Spain) Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
• The Intended (United Kingdom/Denmark) Kristian Levring
• Julie Walking Home (Canada/Germany/Poland) Agnieszka Holland
• Kedma (France/Israel/Italy) Amos Gitai
• The Kite (Russia) Alexei Muradov
• Love Liza (USA) Todd Louiso
• The Lover (Russia) Valeriy Todorovskiy
• A Lucky Day (Argentina/Italy) Sandra Gugliotta
• Ma vraie vie à Rouen (France) Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
• Madame Sata (Brazil) Karim Ainouz
• Never Get Outta The Boat (USA) Paul Quinn
• Nothing More (Cuba/Spain/France/Italy) Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti
• Nowhere in Africa (Germany) Caroline Link
• The Nugget (Australia) Bill Bennett
• Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (United Kingdom/Germany) Shane Meadows
• One Night the Moon (Australia) Rachel Perkins
• Open Hearts (Dogme) (Denmark) Susanne Bier
• Une part du ciel (France/Belgium/Luxembourg) Benedicte Lienard
• Pleasant Days (Hungary) Kornél Mundruczó
• Poniente (Spain) Chus Gutierrez
• Prayer (USA) Jay Rosenblatt
• Pure (United Kingdom) Gillies Mackinnon
• Raising Victor Vargas (USA) Peter Sollett
• Real Women Have Curves (USA) Patricia Cardoso
• Reno: Rebel Without A Pause (USA) Nancy Savoca
• Respiro (Italy/France) Emanuele Crialese
• Roger Dodger (USA) Dylan Kidd
• Rosa La China (Portugal/Spain/Cuba/France) Valeria Sarmiento
• The Sea (Iceland/France/Norway) Baltasar Kormákur
• Secretary (USA) Steven Shainberg
• Small Voices (The Philippines) Gil M. Portes
• The Space Between (USA/Canada) Chad Lowe
• Springtime in a Small Town (China) Tian Zhuangzhuang
• Step On It (Austria) Sabine Derflinger
• Suddenly (Argentina) Diego Lerman
• Sur Le Bout Des Doigts (France) Yves Angelo
• The Three Marias (Brazil/Italy) Aluízio Abranches
• Ticket To Jerusalem (The Netherlands/Palestine/France) Rashid Masharawi
• A Transistor Love Story (Thailand) Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
• Tuck Everlasting (USA) Jay Russell
• Tycoon (France/Russia/Germany) Pavel Lounguine
• Unknown Pleasures (Japan/France/South Korea/China) Jia Zhang-Ke
• The Voice Of The Prophet (USA) Robert Edwards
• Warriors (Spain) Daniel Calparsoro
• Welcome to Collinwood (USA) Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
• Wretched Lives (The Philippines) Joel Lamangan

Planet Africa

• Abouna (France/Chad) Mahamat Saleh Haroun
• Ataklan -- Naked Walk (Trinidad And Tobago) Walt Lovelace
• Black Attack (Trinidad And Tobago) Walt Lovelace
• Les Chemins de l'Oued (France) Gaël Morel
• G (USA) Christopher Scott Cherot
• George and the Bicycle Pump (Cuba) Asha Lovelace
• I Have a Dream (USA) Zak Ove
• Khorma, Enfant Du Cimetiere (France/Belgium/Tunisia) Jilani Saadi
• Mud Madness (Trinidad And Tobago) Walt Lovelace
• Now Jimmy! (Jamaica) Mary Wells
• Promised Land (South Africa) Jason Xenopoulos
• Rendez-Vous (USA) Mariette Monpierre
• Royal Bonbon (France/Canada/Haiti) Charles Najman
• Shottas (USA/Jamaica) Cess Silvera
• A String of Pearls (USA) Camille Billops and James V. Hatch
• Ubuntu's Wounds (USA/South Africa) Sechaba Morojele
• Waiting for Happiness (France/Mauritania) Abderrahmane Sissako
• Alexei and the Spring (Japan) Seiichi Motohashi

National Cinema Lineup -- Harvest: South Korean Renaissance

• Bad Guy (South Korea) Kim Ki-duk
• Camel(s) (South Korea) Park Ki-yong
• Champion (South Korea) Kwak Kyung-taek
• Desire (South Korea) Kim Eung-su
• Oasis (South Korea) Lee Chang-dong
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (South Korea) Park Chan-wook
• Take Care of My Cat (South Korea) Jeong Jae-eun
• Too Young to Die (South Korea) Park Jin-pyo
• Turning Gate (South Korea) Hong Sang-soo
• The Way Home (South Korea) Lee Jeong-hyang

Canadian Retrospective -- Allan King

• Children In Conflict Episode: A Talk With Irene (Canada) Allan King
• Come On Children (Canada) Allan King
• The Dragon's Egg (Canada) Allan King
• Dreams (Canada) Allan King
• Epilogue (Canada) Allan King
• The Field Day (Canada) Allan King
• Interview with Orson Welles (Canada) Allan King
• Joshua, A Nigerian Portrait (Canada) Allan King
• Maria (Canada) Allan King
• A Married Couple (Canada) Allan King
• A Matter of Pride (Canada) Allan King
• Red Emma (Canada) Allan King and Martin Kinch
• Rickshaw (Canada) Allan King
• Running Away Backwards (Canada) Allan King
• Skidrow (Canada) Allan King
• Warrendale (Canada) Allan King
• Who Has Seen the Wind (Canada) Allan King
• Who's in Charge? (Canada) Sig Gerber

Director's Spotlight -- Robert Guédiguian

• Dernier Été (France) Robert Guédiguian and Frank Le Wita
• Dieu vomit les tièdes (France) Robert Guédiguian
• Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours (France) Robert Guédiguian
• Marius et Jeannette (France) Robert Guédiguian
• La ville est tranquille (France) Robert Guédiguian
• À l'attaque! (France) Robert Guédiguian
• À la Place du Coeur (France) Robert Guédiguian
• À la vie, à la mort! (France) Robert Guédiguian

Two Feet, One Angel: A Tribute To Ramiro Puerta

• Contradanza No. 2 (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
• Crucero/Crossroads (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
• The Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Spain) Julio Medem
• Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba/Mexico/Spain) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío
• The Topic of Cancer (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
• Two Feet, One Angel (Canada) Ramiro Puerta
• Exxxorcisms (Mexico) Jaime Humberto Hermosillo