2002 Film Festival Awards Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Magdalene Sisters

"The Magdalene Sisters" by Peter Mullan depicts "the living nightmare four young women endure after they are wrongfully condemned to an asylum by their families and the Irish Catholic Church." (www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2002/mediacentre/release.asp - The Official Site of the Toronto International Film Festival)

Answer: Mies Vailla Menneisyytta

"Mies Vailla Menneisyytta" is a Finnish film from writer and director Aki Kaurismaki. The title translates into "The Man Without A Past".

Answer: Olivier Gourmet - "Le Fils"

Olivier Gourmet won for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, the film he's in, "Le Fils", was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at Cannes. Jack Nicholson's role has created a huge Oscar buzz, Stefano Accorsi won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role, and Adam Sandler is just plain being talked about for his transfer to dramatic roles and his appearance at Cannes.

Answer: Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

Rebecca Miller's "Personal Velocity" was a huge winner at Sundance. "Love Liza" by Todd Louiso, "Real Women Have Curves" by Patricia Cardoso, and "Tadpole" by Gary Winick were other nominees for the Grand Jury Prize.

Answer: The Magdalene Sisters

Peter Mullan's "The Magdalene Sisters", winner at both Venice and Toronto, has garnered rave reviews at all the major film festivals. "The Road to Perdition" (starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman) by Sam Mendes, is his second film, his first was "American Beauty"; although it didn't garner him any awards at Venice, it did receive many nominations. "Frida" by Julie Taymor and "Far From Heaven" by Todd Haynes were other nominees for the Golden Lion at Venice.

Answer: Paul Thomas Anderson ("Punch-Drunk Love") and Kwon-taek Im ("Chihwaseon")

Kwon-taek Im is an established Korean director, "His film 'Sopyonje' is the most honoured Korean film ever made, with (to date) 27 domestic and 3 international prizes; it was also an enormous success in the Korean market." (http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Im,+Kwon-taek)
Paul Thomas Anderson (P.T. Anderson) is a young American director whose previous films include "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia" (it's original title was "mag-no'li-a").

Answer: "Real Women Have Curves" - America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros

America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros were the two main actors in "Real Women Have Curves"; Patricia Cardoso was the director. "Manito" (director Eric Eason) won the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast, and "Secretary" (director Steven Shainberg) won the Special Jury Prize for Originality.

Answer: Whale Rider

"Whale Rider" by director Niki Caro won the award which was voted on by the festival audiences. Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine", which takes a satirical and poignant look at America's gun culture, and Gurinder Chadha's "Bend It Like Beckham" which follows a talented soccer-playing girl who must choose between her love for the game and the impositions of her disapproving family, were the runners up for the award. Atom Egoyan's "Ararat" was the opening film for the Toronto International Film Festival.

Answer: The Pianist

"The Pianist", by Polish director Roman Polanski, won the major award at Cannes. David Cronenberg's "Spider", Alexander Payne's "About Schmidt", Luc and Jean-Pierre Daudenne's "Le Fils" and Michael Winterbottom's "24 Hour Party People" were all other nominees for the award. Some of celebrated director Roman Polanski's previous films include "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby".

Answer: Spider

David Cronenberg's "Spider" has done extremely well in the film festival circuit this year. Celebrated Canadian director Atom Egoyan opened the festival this year with his film "Ararat" and although it received great reviews and was in the running for this award, it didn't fare as well as "Spider". "Going Back Home" is by director Louise Bourque, and "Torn" is by director Mike Hoolboom.