23rd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage
The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10th to the 19th, 1998 and Digital Hit Entertainment was there to cover it. Each day we sat through press screenings and press conferences and then headed out to cover the galas and premiere screenings.
The Toronto International Film Festival is highly regarded. Sure, it's an industry festival, with wheeling and dealing going on in hotel hallways and beer tents. Contracts are signed and careers expanded. But it's also a people's festival, where tens of thousands of moviegoers get a chance to see films from around the world months before their actual release. It's the excitement and word of mouth which can help a film's box office and invigorate its creators.
This year's Festival was a star-studded one. Celebrities who attended included Tom Cruise (producer of Without Limits), Meryl Streep (Dancing at Lughnasa), Gene Hackman, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Michael Caine, Danny Glover, Gil Bellows, Elizabeth Hurley, Helena Bonham Carter, Holly Hunter, Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Melanie Griffith, Kris Kristofferson, and Billy Bob Thornton (A Simple Plan).
Okay, our fingers are really sore, but here's the complete list of the over 300 movies that were shown at the festival as well as some interesting trivia.
Coverage Highlights
| Day 1 coverage | Day 2 coverage - Tom Cruise! |
| Day 3 - Neve Campbell and Elizabeth Hurley | Day 4 - Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Minnie Driver |
| Day 5 - Neve Campbell Press Conference | Day 6 - Melanie Griffith |
| Day 7 - Drew Barrymore, Gil Bellows | Day 8 - Drew Barrymore, Wesley Snipes |
| Day 9 - Michael Caine, William Baldwin | Day 10 - Jennifer Lopez |
