The 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, the 25th annual festival, ran from September 7 to September 16, 2000. Along with special events to commemorate the anniversary, there were a total of 330 films screened. There was a special screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky featuring musical accompaniment by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Also, 25 digital video shorts were made by attending filmmakers.

Awards

Programmes

Gala Presentations

Special Presentations

Masters

Perspective Canada

Contemporary World Cinema

Discovery

Planet Africa

Real to Reel

Dialogues: Talking with Pictures

25th Anniversary Special Events

The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears

Year 1

Beckett on Film

Preludes

Preludes was a special one-off program of ten short films by Canadian film directors, commissioned by TIFF to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The Preludes films were also subsequently screened on the web separately from their screenings at TIFF, on a platform funded by Bell Canada.

Spotlight: Robert Beavers

Canadian Open Vault

Midnight Madness