Winter 1999 

• Retrospectives: Marcello Mastroianni; Susumu Hani; G.W. Pabst; Norman McLaren; Brazilian Cinema; François Truffaut (MISSISSIPPI MERMAID and THE BRIDE WORE BLACK); GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD; Richard Kerr; Malcolm Le Grice; Stan Brakhage; Saskatchewan Film Pool; Jonas Mekas's BIRTH OF A NATION; Third Annual Student Showcase.
• Canadian Premiere: Stan Brakhage's THE CAT OF THE WORM'S GREEN REALM and COMMINGLED CONTAINERS.
• World Premiere: Stan Brakhage's BIRDS OF PARADISE.
• Toronto Premieres: Ettore Scola's WHAT TIME IS IT?; Marco Ferreri's LIZA; Giulio Bosetti's THE LAST MOONS; Richard Kerr's HUMAN TRAGEDY ON A GRAND SCALE; Jonas Mekas's BIRTH OF A NATION.
• Guests: Don Shebib; Jayne Eastwood; Cayle Chernin; Nicole Morin; Stan Brakhage; Malcolm Le Grice; Richard Kerr; Brian Stockton; Tobi Lampard; Mark Wihak; Jim Shedden; Ellen Besen.
• Critical Note: "It [the Mastroianni retrospective] is a presentation that goes a long way towards illuminating Mastroianni's particular genius" - Don Irvine, The Globe and Mail, January 22, 1999.

Spring 1999 

• Retrospectives: Jerzy Skolimowski; Paul Schrader; Dariush Mehrjui; Agn s Varda; Preston Sturges; Barbara Stanwyck; John Paizs; Nettie Wild; More Marcello; Zacharias Kunuk; Frenetic Cinema; Quebec Student Showcase; Lara Fitzgerald's REMEMBERING MEMORY; Vancouver Underground; The Essentials; Tribute to David Overbey (screening of Charles Vidor's GILDA); Terrence Malick x 2; James Benning's FOUR CORNERS and UTOPIA.
• Guests: Jerzy Skolimowski; Paul Schrader; Lara Fitzgerald; Peggy Gale; John Paizs; Nettie Wild; Mia Desroches.
• English-Canadian Premiere: Lara Fitzgerald's REMEMBERING MEMORY.
• Canadian Premieres: James Benning's FOUR CORNERS and UTOPIA.
• Toronto Premieres: Dariush Mehrjui's LEILA, THE PEAR TREE and HAMOON; Roberto Faenza's ACCORDING TO PEREIRA; Martin Arnold's ALONE; LIFE WASTES ANDY HARDY.
• Critical Note: "For a look at the next Iranian revolution, all you have to do is attend Cinematheque Ontario's series, A Taste of Pear: The Films of Iranian Master Dariush Mehrjui" - Peter Goddard, The Toronto Star, March 23, 1999.

Summer (June - July) 1999 

• Retrospectives: Cinema Outsider: The Films of William Klein (part of Contact 99); Underworld USA: Film Noir Classics (Robert Siodmak; Nicholas Ray; Robert Aldrich; John Huston; Stanley Kubrick); Robert Bresson (encore).
• Summer in France III: Classics of French Cinema (Spotlights on François Truffaut; Jean-Paul Belmondo; Jean Gabin; and Jeanne Moreau; Jean Eustache's THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE).

Fall 1999  

• Retrospectives: Max Ophuls; Fritz Lang; Recent Toronto Film and Video; Phillip Barker in Person; Bill Viola; Animated Canada; Warren Sonbert; Joyce Wieland and Co.; Claude Chabrol; Michel Brault; South Korean Cinema (Im Kwon-Taek; Hong Sang-Soo; Park Kwang-Su; Lee Myung-Se); Benjamin Christensen; Wojciech Has's THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT.
• Canadian Premieres: Peter Hutton's BOSTON FIRE, NEW YORK PORTRAIT PARTS I - III, IN TITAN'S GOBLET, and STUDY OF A RIVER.
• Toronto Premieres: Claude Chabrol's THE SWINDLE; Park Kwang-Su's A SINGLE SPARK; Hong Sang-Soo's THE DAY A PIG FELL INTO THE WELL; Hong Sang-Soo's THE POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE; Lee Kwangmo's SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN; Lee Chang-Dong's GREEN FISH; Park- Ki-Yong's MOTEL CACTUS; Lee Myung-Se's FIRST LOVE, BITTER AND SWEET and GAGMAN.
• Guests: Michel Brault; Phillip Barker; Peter Hutton.
• Highlights: The introduction of Saturday Movie Matinees.
• Critical Note: "[The Lang retrospective] is ... an opportunity no dedicated dweller in darkness can afford to miss." - Geoff Pevere, The Toronto Star, October 22, 1999.