Toronto New Wave  

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The Toronto New Wave refers to a loose-knit group of filmmakers from Toronto who came of age during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Key films

1981

• Imagine the Sound (Ron Mann)

1982

• Poetry in Motion (Mann) — Scissere (Peter Mettler)

1984

• Next of Kin (Atom Egoyan)

1986

• Dancing in the Dark (Leon Marr)

1987

• Family Viewing (Egoyan) — I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema) — A Winter Tan (Jackie Burroughs, John Frizzell, Louise Clark, Aerlyn Weissman & John Walker)

1988

• Milk and Honey (Glenn Salzman & Rebecca Yates) — Comic Book Confidential (Mann) — Urinal (John Greyson)

1989

• Speaking Parts (Egoyan) — The Top of His Head (Mettler) — Roadkill (Bruce McDonald; written by Don McKellar)

1990

• White Room (Rozema)

1991

• The Events Leading Up to My Death (Bill Robertson) — The Adjuster (Egoyan) — Masala (Srinivas Krishna) — Sam & Me (Deepa Mehta) — Highway 61 (McDonald; written with McKellar)

1992

• Tectonic Plates (Mettler)

1993

• I Love a Man in Uniform (David Wellington) — Calendar (Egoyan) — Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (François Girard; written by Girard and McKellar) — Zero Patience (Greyson)

1994

• Exotica (Egoyan)— Picture of Light (Mettler) — Dance Me Outside (McDonald) — Eclipse (Jeremy Podeswa)

1995

• Rude (Clement Virgo) — When Night Is Falling (Rozema) — Blood & Donuts (Holly Dale) — Curtis's Charm (John L'Ecuyer)

1996

• Hard Core Logo (McDonald) — Lilies (Greyson) — Lulu (Krishna) — Joe's So Mean to Josephine (Peter Wellington)

References

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Further reading

• “Alienated Affections of Atom Egoyan,” Jose Arroyo. Cinema Canada. No. 145. October 1987.
• “Atom Egoyan: An Interview,” Ron Bunnett. CineAction!. May 1989.
• “Atom Egoyan’s Speaking Parts,” Tom Perlmutter. Cinema Canada. No. 162. April/May 1989.
• “The Beginning of the Beginning,” Peter Harcourt, Self Portrait: Essays on Canadian and Quebec Cinema. Piers Handling, Pierre Véronneau, eds. 1980.
• “A Feature Interview the Alexandra Raffé,” Wyndham Wise. Take One: Film in Canada Vol. 4 No. 10. Winter 1996.
• “Flickering City: Toronto on Film until 2002,” Geoff Pevere. Toronto on Film. 2009.
• “He Heard the Mermaids Singing: An Interview with Douglas Koch,” Wyndham Wise. Canadian Cinematographer. January 2010.
• “History of Ontario’s Film Industry, 1896 to 1985,” Wyndham Wise. Take One: Film in Canada Vol. 9 No. 28. Summer 2000.
• “Norman Jewison and Canada's New Generation of Filmmakers,” Bruce McDonald. Cinema Canada. No. 122. September 1985.
• ”Paradox and Wonder: The Cinema of Peter Mettler,” Tom McSorley. Take One: Film in Canada Vol. 3 No. 7. Winter 1995.
• “Roads Not Taken, Avenues Not Explored,” Peter Harcourt. Take One: Film in Canada' Vol. 3 No. 8. Summer 1995.
• “Rockin’ on the Road: The Films of Bruce McDonald,” Marc Glassman. Take One: Film in Canada Vol. 3 No. 8. Summer 1995.
• “Toronto New Wave,” Steve Gravestock. World Film Locations Toronto. University of Chicago. 2015.
• “The True Meaning of Exotica,” Wyndham Wise. Take One: Film in Canada Vol. 4 No. 9. Fall 1995.
• “Up from the Underground: Filmmaking in Toronto from Winter Kept us Warm to Shivers,” Wyndham Wise. Toronto on Film. 2009.
• “Wayne Clarkson’s Risky Business: Ontario Feature Filmmaking Takes the OFDC Challenge,” Gail Henley. Cinema Canada. No. 128. March 1986.