The 18th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 18, 1993.

M. Butterfly by David Cronenberg was selected as the opening film.

[1][2][3] Forest Whitaker won FIPRESCI International Critics' Award for Strapped.

[7] In 1993 a new Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time list was made, an exercise previously carried out in 1984 and later repeated in 2004.

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