23rd Toronto International Film Festival

The jury

Yasushi Kawarabata (Japan), Huib Stam (Netherlands), Dan Fainaru (Israel), Angela Baldassarre (Canada), Dominik Slappnig (Switzerland), Andrzej Werner (Poland)

Awarded films

• Praise by John Curran
  (Australia, 1998, 98 mins)
• West Beyrouth by Ziad Doueiri
  (Lebanon/France, 1998, 105 mins)