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TIFF Announces $5.2 Million In Gifts Supporting The Bell Lightbox Campaign

12/14/2009

The Slaight Family Foundation, the Harbinger Foundation, BMO Financial Group (BMO) and a number of other donors make significant contributions to support the long-term future of TIFF

TORONTO (December 14, 2009) - Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF today announced $5.2 million in philanthropic gifts to support the Bell Lightbox Campaign. Today's announcement brings the total amount raised to date to $162 million, representing 82 per cent of the organization's total fundraising goal of $196 million. These gifts generate significant momentum as the organization moves into its final push to complete the capital campaign in 2010.

"We are delighted to be wrapping up an immensely successful year with these generous philanthropic gifts," said Handling. "Despite a challenging economic climate, we are very fortunate to see a number of long-time friends of TIFF step forward to support the future of our organization. As well, we are thrilled to welcome new supporters of TIFF to our growing family. Through their support, we are able to launch Bell Lightbox, which will cement our reputation as a global leader in the discovery and understanding of film."

Long-time TIFF friends and former board members Allan and Gary Slaight have donated $2 million to TIFF's learning and emerging artist programmes. The Slaight Family Learning Fund will give young people from all walks of life the opportunity to participate in filmrelated camps and workshops. School groups, teens and families will gather in Bell Lightbox to explore their creative potential and expand their horizons, thanks to the support of the Slaight Family Foundation. This generous gift will continue to ensure that TIFF is a launching pad for the next generation of Canadian artists through the support TIFF's world-renowned mentoring programme, Talent Lab. Allan Slaight has supported TIFF for many years, most recently with a $1million gift naming of the Slaight Family Stage in Theatre 1, inspiring others to contribute to the campaign.

The family-based Harbinger Foundation, a long-term supporter of TIFF, has contributed an additional $500,000 to the Bell Lightbox Campaign. In recognition of the gift, the escalator that rises from the atrium lobby to the third floor educational centre will be named The Harbinger Pathway to Learning. The Foundation's previous gift established the creation of the John VanDuzer Children's Film Collection, an international film collection dedicated to children's and family viewing. The first of its kind in the world, this collection is currently available for use in schools across Canada and will be a feature of family programming in Bell Lightbox.

BMO has also once again generously supported the Bell Lightbox campaign with a $500,000 gift to name the BMO Financial Group Study Centre located on the fourth floor of Bell Lightbox. This gift is in addition to a previous contribution of $500,000 to endow the BMO Financial Group Learning Fund, which plays a critical role in sustaining TIFF's educational programmes for youth and children.

In addition, a number of individuals from the community, foundations and the TIFF Board of Directors collectively have contributed $2.2 million in major gifts to the campaign in 2009.

The organization's focus over the next several months will be raising the $17.8 million in gifts needed to complete the capital target of the Bell Lightbox campaign. The remaining $12 million in operating funding is also expected to be raised in 2010. After the building opens in late 2010, the remaining $4 million in endowment gifts will be the focus for the next phase of the campaign.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, the Slaight Family Foundation, NBC Universal Canada, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, the Harbinger Foundation, CIBC and BMO. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

About TIFF: TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

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For information, contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or email proffice@tiff.net.

Canada's Top Ten Feature And Short Films Announced

12/8/2009

Emerging filmmaking talent permeates this year's prestigious list

Toronto - TIFF announced the top ten Canadian feature and short films of 2009 this evening at the 9th annual Canada's Top Ten industry event, hosted by actors Liane Balaban and Ennis Esmer. Established in 2001, Canada's Top Ten is devoted to celebrating excellence in Canadian cinema and raising public awareness of Canadian achievements in film. Public screenings with introductions and Q&A sessions with filmmakers as well as a panel discussion will be held from January 14 through 21 at TIFF Cinematheque. Tickets go on sale December 8 on topten.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM (toll-free 1-877-968-FILM) and at the box office located at 2 Carlton Street, West Mezzanine. A selection of the films will tour select venues across Canada in early 2010 including Vancouver's Pacific Cinematheque and Ottawa's Canadian Film Institute.

"Canadian filmmakers are creating outstanding work and continue to thrive on the international stage," said Steve Gravestock, Associate Director of Canadian Programming, TIFF. "This year's list features a group of young and exciting new directors. They have made bold work, a sign that the future of our cinema is in good hands."

"Canada's Top Ten provides the opportunity to discover and celebrate these films", said Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF "By screening the Top Ten selections at TIFF Cinematheque and in cities around the country we provide a unique opportunity for the public to see the best films of the year. It's essential for the Canadian public to stand behind the efforts of these audacious filmmakers."

The top ten Canadian feature films of 2009 are (in alphabetical order, including future release dates where applicable):
Cairo Time - Ruba Nadda (Mongrel Media)
Carcasses - Denis Côté (FunFilm Distribution)
Crackie - Sherry White (Kickham East)
Defendor - Peter Stebbings (Alliance Films, early 2010)
La Donation - Bernard Émond (E1 Entertainment, January 2010)
J'ai tué ma mère - Xavier Dolan (K-Films Amérique, February 2010)
Passenger Side - Matthew Bissonnette (KinoSmith, March 2010)
Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve (Alliance Films)
The Trotsky - Jacob Tierney (Alliance Films, May 2010)
The Wild Hunt - Alexandre Franchi (TVA Films, Spring 2010)

The top ten Canadian short films of 2009 are as follows (in alphabetical order):
The Armoire - Jamie Travis
The Cave - Helen Haig-Brown
Danse Macabre - Pedro Pires (PhiGroup Inc.)
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica - Cam Christiansen
Naissances - Anne Émond (Vidéographe)
Out in that Deep Blue Sea - Kazik Radwanski
Runaway - Cordell Barker (NFB)
The Spine - Chris Landreth (NFB)
La Vie commence - Émile Proulx-Cloutier (locomotion)
Vive la rose - Bruce Alcock (NFB)

Canada's Top Ten lists are chosen from features, shorts, documentaries, animation and experimental films. Each film must have either premiered at a major Canadian film festival or obtained a commercial theatrical release in Canada in 2009. The filmmaker must be a Canadian citizen or resident and have a history of working in Canada or on Canadian-financed films.

CANADA'S TOP TEN SCREENINGS AND PANEL DISCUSSION: JANUARY 14 THROUGH 21
All films screened will include introductions and Q&As by filmmakers when available. In addition, in the panel discussion Seriously Funny, Canada's Top Ten filmmakers Jacob Tierney (The Trotsky), Peter Stebbings (Defendor) and Alexandre Franchi (The Wild Hunt) will discuss the challenges of balancing humour and drama in film. Screenings and the panel discussion take place at TIFF Cinematheque (held at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West).

The 2009 Canadian Features Panel Canada's Top Ten feature films are chosen by a national panel of 10 filmmakers, journalists, programmers and industry professionals:
Craig Adlard - Vice President, Worldwide Sales, IndustryWorks Pictures Inc.
Bart Beaty - Associate Professor, the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary
Karen Black - Director of Canadian Initiatives, TIFF
Jerry Ciccoritti - Director Blood, The Life Before This, and Gemini winning television series Trudeau
Tom McSorley - Author; Executive Director, Canadian Film Institute in Ottawa
Nicole Robert - Founder and president of Go Films
Dr. Julietta Sichel - Program Director, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Jay Stone - National film critic for CanWest News Services
Ingrid Veninger - Director and producer, Nurse.Fighter.Boy and Only; Genie winning documentary Gambling, Gods and LSD
Norman Wilner - Senior film writer for NOW Magazine

The 2009 Canadian Shorts Panel
Canada's Top Ten short films are chosen by a national panel of five filmmakers, journalists, programmers and industry professionals:
Shane Belcourt - Filmmaker, Tkaronto
Michèle Maheux - Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, TIFF
Adam Nayman - Film critic for EYE WEEKLY
Shane Smith - Executive Producer, Inflight Entertainment at Spafax Canada
Sherry White - Filmmaker, Crackie

Tickets go on sale December 8 on topten.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM (toll-free 1-877-968-FILM) and at the box office located at 2 Carlton Street, West Mezzanine. Ticket prices are as follows: ten feature films plus the panel discussion for $65; special price for the two short film programmes for $14; single tickets (film, shorts programme or panel) are $8.00. Prices do not include GST, buildingfund fee or service charges. All screenings and the panel discussion are held at AGO's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West (McCaul Street entrance). Doors open 30 minutes prior to the screening of the evening . Visa† is the only credit card accepted by TIFF.

Canada's Top Ten is generously supported by RBC, the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

About TIFF: TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

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For information, contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or email proffice@tiff.net.

The Festival Announces Impressive List Of Sales Out Of 2009 Edition

10/19/2009

Canada continues to thrive internationally with key acquisitions including Defendor and Suck

Toronto - Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival announced an impressive list of film sales resulting from participation at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival. High-profile films such as Creation, Chloe, Get Low, Micmacs, Lebanon and A Single Man have found top distributors in all major territories, including the U.S. More than 3,000 industry professionals attended the Festival as delegates of the Sales & Industry Office, which facilitates film sales and fosters relationships between accredited buyers, sales agents and filmmakers.

"It is encouraging for all of us in the industry to see that sales continue in a tough marketplace," said Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Festival. "In particular, Canadian films are competing with some of the best and brightest in international cinema and as the distribution landscape continues to evolve, buyers have maintained an interest in reaching audiences with innovative, independent filmmaking. For film festivals everywhere, that's great news."

To date, U.S. sales are confirmed for: Accident, Air Doll, Art of the Steal, Bunny & the Bull, Chloe, Creation, Defendor, Dogtooth, Get Low, Hadewijch, I Am Love, Lebanon, Lourdes, Micmacs, My Toxic Baby, A Single Man and Valhalla Rising.

Significant international territories: A Single Man, Accident, Air Doll, Capitalism: A Love Story, Creation, Defendor, Hadewijch, I Am Love, Lebanon, Life During Wartime, Lourdes, Micmacs, Mother and Child, Nymph, Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands, Road, Movie, Soul Kitchen, Suck, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, The Good Heart, The Joneses, The Last Days of Emma Blank, The Secret in Their Eyes, Valhalla Rising and Women Without Men.

The complete list of films sold in territories due to participation in the Festival:
A Single Man, A Town Called Panic, Accident, Air Doll, Ajami, Art of the Steal, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Bunny & the Bull, Cairo Time, Capitalism: A Love Story, Chloe, City of Life and Death, Collapse, Creation, Defendor, Deliver Us from Evil, Dogtooth, Fish Tank, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, Get Low, Gigante, Good Hair, Hadewijch, I Am Love, La Danse - The Paris Opera Ballet, Le Père De Mes Enfants, Lebanon, Life During Wartime, Lourdes, Max Manus, Micmacs, Mother, Mother and Child, My Toxic Baby, Nymph, Ondine, Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands, Police, Adjective, Road, Movie, Soul Kitchen, Spring Fever, Suck, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, The Good Heart, The Happiest Girl in the World, The Joneses, The Last Days of Emma Blank, The Secret in Their Eyes, The Warrior and the Wolf, The Young Victoria, Timetrip: The Curse of the Viking Witch, Triage, Valhalla Rising, Vincere, Wild Grass and Women Without Men.

About TIFF: TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information, contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or by email at proffice@tiff.net.

Prizes Of The International Critics (Fipresci Prizes) Announced 2009 Fipresci

9/19/2009

2009 FIPRESCI Prize includes Discovery and Special Presentations

Toronto - For the 18th consecutive year, the Toronto International Film Festival welcomed the FIPRESCI jury. FIPRESCI is the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (International Federation of Film Critics).

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery is awarded to Laxmikant Shetgoankar for The Man Beyond the Bridge (India). Far from the sensory overload of India's big cities, Shetgoankar explores smaller but enduring dilemmas, drawing together keen environmental sensitivity with a nuanced view of village dynamics.

The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentation is awarded to Bruno Dumont for Hadewijch (France). This film is a hypnotic study of the possibilities and consequences that arise from an absolute belief in God, and the fascinating dynamic that emerges.

The FIPRESCI Jury at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival:

Diego Lerer, Clarin - Argentina - Jury President
Jan Schulz-Ojala, Der Tagesspiegel - Germany
Hynek Pallas, Svenska Dagbladet - Sweden
Kirill Razlogov, Moskovskaya Pravda - Russia
Denis Seguin, Screen International - Canada
Jorge Gutman, Séquences - Canada

About TIFF: TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information, please contact the Press Office at 416-934-3200 or proffice@tiff.net

Festival Closes 2009 Edition With Awards Announcement

9/19/2009

Toronto - The 34th Toronto International Film Festival announced its awards at the Awards Reception at the Intercontinental on Front Street today.

AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
The award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Pedro Pires for Danse Macabre. Based on a concept by Robert Lepage, director Pires's exquisitely photographed morbid ballet pushes the traditional dance film to new cinematic heights. The jury remarked: "There was one film that had such devastating beauty, that watching it was having fireworks shattering your heart. A prayer for the dying, a love song to the living, everyone must see this beautiful work." The jury would like to recognize and support Jamie Travis for The Armoire with an honourable mention, an exciting filmmaker with an original voice and an exquisite vision. The award offers a $10,000 cash prize and is supported by the National Film Board of Canada.

THE SKYY Vodka AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
The SKYY Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film goes to Alexandre Franchi for The Wild Hunt for its assured, inventive and bold command of film form traversing contemporary and mythic landscapes marking the launch of an audacious new talent. Set in the fantasy-reality of a large role-playing game, this film captures the culture of costume play and the potentially dangerous intersection of the real and made-up worlds. The award carries a cash prize of $15,000.

THE CITY OF TORONTO AND ASTRAL MEDIA'S THE MOVIE NETWORK AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
The City of Toronto and Astral Media's The Movie Network Award for Best Canadian Feature Film goes to Ruba Nadda for Cairo Time. Described by the jury as a superbly directed lyrical waltz of longing and desire across disparate worlds, with exquisite performances by Patricia Clarkson, Tom McCamus and Alexander Siddig. The film evocatively serves as an analogy for the intricacies of passionate romance that, for practical reasons, can never be realized. The jury is also honoured to recognize with a Special Jury Citation, the work of a master, Bernard Émond's La Donation (The Legacy). Generously co-sponsored by the City of Toronto and Astral Media's The Movie Network, the award carries a cash prize of $30,000.

CANADIAN FEATURE FILM AWARDS JURY
All three awards are selected by a jury of film professionals. The feature films jury consists of filmmaker Jerry Ciccoritti (Blood, Trudeau, Chasing Cain, The Life Before This), Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Director of Programming Sean Farnel, Canadian novelist Kerri Sakamoto (One Hundred Million Hearts, The Electrical Field), and filmmaker Peter Lynch (Project Grizzly, Cyberman). The short film jury members are Executive Producer of in-flight entertainment at Spafax and a Sundance programmer, Shane Smith, filmmakers Ingrid Veninger and Shane Belcourt.

PRIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZE)
The Festival welcomed an international FIPRESCI jury for the 18th consecutive year. The jury members consist of jury president Diego Lerer (Argentina), Jan Schulz-Ojala (Germany), Hynek Pallas (Sweden), Kirill Razlogov (Russia), Denis Seguin (Canada) and Jorge Gutman (Canada).

The Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery is awarded to Laxmikant Shetgaonkar for The Man Beyond the Bridge (India). Far from the sensory overload of India's big cities, this film explores smaller but enduring dilemmas, drawing together keen environmental sensitivity with a nuanced view of village dynamics. A widowed forest ranger Vinayak develops an intimate relationship with a mentally ill woman, risking becoming an outcast. Director Shetgaonkar, immersed in the culture of the region, tells his tale with grace and attentiveness, taking the villages traditions and beliefs seriously, while casting a jaundiced eye on those who exploit them.

The Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentations is awarded to Bruno Dumont for Hadewijch (France). This film is a hypnotic study of the possibilities and consequences that arise from an absolute belief in God, and the fascinating dynamic that emerges. Hadewijch is beautifully conceived and rigorously developed and speaks to the present with care and insight. Dumont has previously played at the Festival with La Vie de Jésus (99), Twentynine Palms (03) and Flandres (06). L'humanité and Flandres were both awarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

CADILLAC PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
The Cadillac People's Choice Award is voted on by Festival audiences. This year's award goes to Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. From director Lee Daniels comes a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in 1987 Harlem, it is the story of Claireece "Precious" Jones, an illiterate African-American teenager who is pregnant for the second time by her absent father and abused by a poisonously angry mother. Despite her experiences, Precious has a dream that other possibilities exist for her and jumps at the chance to enroll in an alternative school. There she encounters Ms. Rain, a teacher who will start her on a journey from pain and powerlessness to self-respect and determination. The film stars Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz and introduces Gabourey Sidibe. The award offers a $15,000 cash prize and custom award, sponsored by Cadillac.

First runner-up is Bruce Beresford Mao's Last Dancer and the second runner-up is Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs (Micmacs à tirelarigot). The Cadillac People's Choice Award presents a free screening of the Cadillac People's Choice Award-winning film tonight. The screening takes place at 9 p.m. in the Visa Screening Room at the Elgin. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first served basis beginning at 7 p.m. at the Visa Screening Room at the Elgin. For more information on this screening, visit tiff.net.

New this year is a Cadillac People's Choice Award for Documentary and Midnight Madness. The Cadillac People's Choice Award - Documentary goes to Leanne Pooley's The Topp Twins. Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand's finest lesbian country-and-western singers and the country's greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Runner-up is Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story.

The Cadillac People's Choice Award - Midnight Madness goes to Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones. A troubled teen's prom dreams are shattered by a series of painful events that take place under the mirrored disco ball, involving syringes, nails, power drills and a secret admirer in this wild mash-up of Pretty in Pink and Misery. Runner-up is Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig's Daybreakers.

The Awards Reception is generously hosted by the Intercontinental Hotel.

About TIFF: TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information, please contact the Press Office at 416-934-3200 or proffice@tiff.net

Film Circuit Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary With TIFF

9/16/2009

Toronto - TIFF is thrilled to announce that our immensely successful outreach programme, Film Circuit, is celebrating 15 years with the organization. Beginning in 1989 as a small offshoot of Cinéfest (the Sudbury International Film Festival), Film Circuit joined TIFF in 1995 with 16 screening groups and has expanded over the years to over 200 groups in 169 communities across the country.

"Film Circuit has become an integral part of the Canadian film industry, as it has created new markets for homegrown films. The celebration of the programme's 15th anniversary indicates that it has been wholeheartedly embraced by communities across the country," said Karen Black, Director of Canadian Initiatives at TIFF. "Film Circuit's growth can be attributed to the loyalty of audiences who love watching quality films that they cannot access at the local multiplex. We look forward to seeing the programme continue to thrive in the coming years."

Leonard Farlinger and Jennifer Jonas, director and producer, respectively, of All Hat (2007), said, "Film Circuit proves that there is a large, enthusiastic Canadian audience for Canadian and other independent world cinema all across the country. Our film All Hat enjoyed the hospitality and dedicated audiences of the Film Circuit - we loved every screening event that we were able to attend and especially loved meeting and talking with the actual viewers at these events. Their love of cinema routinely provided the best questionand- answer sessions ever, and makes the hard work of filmmaking worthwhile."

Matt Bissonnette, director of Who Loves the Sun (2006) and Passenger Side (2009), which is screening at this year's Festival, said, "Film Circuit has been instrumental in getting my films out to a wider audience, and it's also lots of fun. I can't say enough good things about the Circuit."

Jennifer Baichwal, director of the documentary films Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Act of God (2009), commented, "Film Circuit is a crucial part of our independent film community, and a great enricher of our cultural community in general. Its hard work has brought Canadian films to Canadian audiences everywhere; its success has unequivocally demonstrated that people all over the country, urban and rural, have a passion for the films of their own."

Film Circuit operates through grassroots distribution, marketing and exhibition. The success of the programme is entirely dependent on strong community partnerships with local volunteers who present and market the screenings to their community. Working with more than 1,500 volunteers, Film Circuit has generated over $2.2 million in new direct revenues for Canadian distributors and exhibitors that would otherwise not have existed. Last year, nearly 350,000 filmgoers attended Film Circuit screenings across Canada. Film Circuit's top five films of 2008 based on attendance were The Kite Runner, Amal, The Visitor, Emotional Arithmetic and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Visit filmcircuit.ca for more information.

Film Circuit is generously supported by Bell, Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, Cineplex Entertainment LP, the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the McLean Foundation and the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation.

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information contact Tanya Koivusalo at 416-934-3286 or email tkoivusalo@tiff.net

Kevin Tierney Wins CFTPA's Producer's Award At The Toronto International Film Festival

9/10/2009

Toronto, September 10, 2009 - The Canadian Film and Television Production Association announces Kevin Tierney is the recipient of the fourth annual CFTPA Producer's Award of a $10,000 CAD cash prize. The Award was presented at the 5th Elementt Restaurant (The Match Club) at the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF) earlier today.

Kevin Tierney ( Park Ex Pictures) is well known to Canadians for his work on films including: Love and Savagery, Serveuses Demandées, Bon Cop/Bad Cop, One Dead Indian, CHOICE : The Henry Morgantaler Story, Twist (EP), Varian's War, The Life of P.T. Barnam, More Tales of The City, The Song Spinner, and Memoirs: Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

Kevin's most recent project is a comedy set in English Montreal called The Trotsky. The film is directed by his son Jacob Tierney and premieres at the Festival tomorrow.

"I am proud to have been selected as the winner, especially given the outstanding list of finalists for this award," says Kevin. "This is my Toronto International Film Festival debut as a producer, and I couldn't be happier to be making this foray with The Trotsky. I have produced many movies and miniseries over the past 15 years, but this is the first time I can honestly say I have ever really loved my director. Not enough to share the dough with him but nonetheless I thank him and my colleagues for bestowing me with this great honour."

"Making a feature film in Canada is a project of love and sweat and tears," says Norm Bolen President and CEO, CFTPA. "I would like to congratulate Kevin, and the four other nominees for their dedication and vision to the craft of filmmaking."

"Kevin has become a prolific figure in the Canadian film and television industry over the past two decades," said Piers Handling, Director & CEO of TIFF. "He continues to surprise and delight us with his breadth of talent, and we congratulate him on winning this award."

More than 25 eligible Canadian films are being screened at the festival this year. The other four finalists included Peter Raymont (Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould), Robin Cass (High Life), Jennifer Jonas (Leslie My Name is Evil) and David Hamilton (Cooking with Stella).

The national selection jury included Chair Rob Merilees (Foundation Features), Suzanne Girard (BBR Productions Inc.), Mike Volpe (Topsail Entertainment), Don Carmody (Don Carmody Productions Ltd.), and Erica Benson (Corus Entertainment).

"This year's outstanding nominees for this award made choosing a winner very difficult for the jury, says Merilees. "Kevin's body of work is remarkable, and deserving of this honour. Congratulations to Kevin and all the nominees."

The CFTPA is a non-profit trade organization that works on behalf of almost 400 companies engaged in the production and distribution of English-language television programs, feature films, and interactive media products in all regions of Canada. More specifically, it promotes the general interests of its members provincially, federally, and internationally; negotiates and manages labour agreements with guilds and unions; administers copyright collectives; trains new industry entrants through seven national internship programs; and undertakes a number of other specific initiatives that help increase awareness and enhance communication within the Canadian and international production communities.

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 fulltime staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

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For further information contact:
Anne Trueman, Director of Communications and Media, CFTPA
T: (613) 233-1444 x 227, C: (613) 851-4538, anne.trueman@cftpa.ca

Tanya Koivusalo, Canadian Films and Industry Programmes Publicist, TIFF
T: (416) 934-3286 or tkoivusalo@tiff.net

The Toronto International Film Festival Unveils TIFF Talent Lab Governors

9/9/2009

TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival today unveiled four internationally acclaimed members of the film industry who have agreed to serve as governors at the 6th annual TIFF Talent Lab.

Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), prominent Canadian director and actor Don McKellar (Blindness), acclaimed director and performing artist Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know) and celebrated novelist and screenwriter John Collee (Creation) will all be serving as governors at this year's Talent Lab, which runs from September 9 to 12. Today's announcement was made at an event celebrating the launch of RBC's Emerging Filmmakers Competition, open to all participants in the Talent Lab. The Festival runs from September 10 to 19, 2009.

"Once again, we are thrilled to have a group of immensely talented and diverse governors for this year's Talent Lab," said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF. "The support we receive from the international film industry for Talent Lab ensures that year after year, we can continue to nurture and develop the next generation of filmmakers."

Talent Lab is a four-day intensive programme that offers artistic development opportunities to 25 emerging filmmakers. During the programme, participants get the opportunity to interact with and learn from internationally acclaimed filmmakers, artists and industry professionals.

The governors donate four days of their time during the Festival to mentoring filmmakers, offering unique viewpoints and inspiring participants and guests alike with their approaches to film. In addition to spending quality time with all participants, the governors also lead discussions with many of the guests. (Governor biographies attached.)

For more information on Talent Lab and other Industry Programmes, please visit tiff.net/thefestival.

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or email proffice@tiff.net.

2009 Talent Lab Governors

9/9/2009

Don McKellar
Don McKellar was born in Toronto and is one of the most prominent figures on the Canadian film scene. His many acting credits include Bruce McDonald's Highway 61 (1991), which he also wrote; Gary Burns's waydowntown (2000); Thom Fitzgerald's The Event (2002); and Olivier Assayas's Clean (2004). He co-wrote the screenplays for François Girard's Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) and The Red Violin (1997), among others. In 2005, he wrote and directed the short films Phone Call from Imaginary Girlfriend: Istanbul and Phone Call from Imaginary Girlfriend: Ankara. He has received three Genie awards, including the Claude Jutra Award for direction of a first feature for Last Night (1998), which also won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival. His second feature, Childstar, played at the Festival in 2004. He recently wrote the screenplay and starred in Fernando Meirelles's Blindness (2008). McKellar stars in Leslie, My Name is Evil and Cooking with Stella which both feature in this year's Festival along with his debut Future Projections installation Imaginary Lovers.

John Collee
John Collee is a Sydney-based novelist and screenwriter with a background in medicine and journalism. Before turning to full time writing he worked as a doctor in the UK, Madagascar, Gabon, the Solomon Islands, the former Soviet Union and elsewhere. For 6 years in the 90's he wrote a popular medical/science column in the UK Observer newspaper. Raised in Scotland, he now lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife Deborah and their 3 children. His credits include the Oscar-nominated Master and Commander written with Peter Weir, and the Oscar-winning Happy Feet written with George Miller and others. His novels include Paper Mask, Kingsley's Touch and The Rig, all of them published by Penguin. He has developed projects in recent years with Steven Spielberg, Guillermo Del Toro and Zack Snyder. He is currently working with Chris Columbus. His latest film Creation directed by Jon Amiel and based on a biography of Charles Darwin is opening the Toronto International Film Festival this year. He is a co-founder of 350.org.Australia - which is part of the international movement 350.org. who are dedicated to raising awareness of the science of global warming.

Danny Boyle
Born in Manchester, England, Boyle started his career in the theatre. He first worked with the Joint Stock Theatre Company, and then in 1982 with the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, where he was the artistic director until 1985. In 1985, he became the deputy director of the Royal Court Theatre, where he stayed until 1987. He made his feature directorial debut with the John Hodge scripted Shallow Grave (1994) followed by Trainspotting (1996), adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh. Boyle's work also includes A Life Less Ordinary (1997) The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Millions (2005) and Sunshine (2007). In 2008 he directed Slumdog Millionaire, the story of an impoverished child on the streets of Mumbai who competes on Indian's variant of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? This is his most critically-acclaimed film to date which has won numerous awards including Golden Globes and Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. He also won a Directors Guild Award for his work Slumdog Millionaire and it was selected as the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Boyle is to direct Ponte Tower about a girl moving into South Africa's famed fifty-four story skyscraper as well as the film Solomon Grundy, about a baby who experiences an entire lifetime in just 6 days.

Miranda July
Miranda July is a filmmaker, performing artist and writer. She grew up in Berkeley, California where she began her career writing and directing plays in high school. July's videos, performances, and web-based projects have been presented at sites such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and in the 2002 and 2004 Whitney Biennials. She wrote, directed and starred in her first feature-length film, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), which won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Camera d'Or. Her collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, was published in 2007 and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. It has been translated into 17 languages. Her fiction has also been printed in The Paris Review, Harper's, and The New Yorker. In 2002 July created the participatory website, www.learningtoloveyoumore.com, with artist Harrell Fletcher, and a companion book was published in 2007 by Prestel. Eleven Heavy Things, her interactive sculpture garden, is currently on view in the 2009 Venice Biennale. She lives in Los Angeles.

Burton, Pickford And The Essential 100 To Kick Off Bell Lightbox Programme

9/3/2009

Three major shows to launch between September 2010 and January 2011

TORONTO - Noah Cowan, Artistic Director of Bell Lightbox, unveiled three dynamic programmes that will be launched in Bell Lightbox, the new permanent home for TIFF. Today's announcement was one of a series of exciting milestones unveiled by TIFF, including a $10 million capital investment by the Province of Ontario and the final concrete pour for the building.

Between September 2010 and January 2011, TIFF will launch three significant programming initiatives that will feature both gallery and cinema components: The Essential 100, which will present 100 key films, as voted on by our stakeholders and TIFF experts, as well as the accompanying items and objects that make them "essential"; Tim Burton, a major exhibition and retrospective showcasing one of the great creative geniuses in modern cinema; and The Rob Brooks Mary Pickford Collection, celebrating one of Canada's most beloved stars of the silver screen. Initial programme descriptions are provided below, with details to follow through the next several months.

"Today's exciting announcements position Bell Lightbox as the key force in cementing TIFF's reputation as a global leader in the discovery and understanding of film," said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF. "Huge congratulations to the Bell Lightbox programming team. To create and secure gallery exhibitions and retrospectives of this calibre would be impossible without the confidence our partners in Canada and around the world have in the TIFF family, especially the 20-year foundation built by TIFF Cinematheque and The Film Reference Library."

"The partnerships that allowed these initiatives to happen - with donors, major museums, our government supporters and our incredible audiences - augur well for our ability to create and attract to Toronto the most exciting programming in our field for years to come," commented Cowan. "We look forward to remaining in constant dialogue with our audience as we continue to build this internationally significant cultural institution; one that celebrates both our Canadian film heritage and the creativity of cinema artists worldwide."

THE ESSENTIAL 100

Beginning in early September 2010, TIFF will present THE ESSENTIAL 100, a film and gallery tribute to the 100 films that represent both the "best" and "most influential" films of all time. The list was created by marrying one 100 film list voted on by over 2,000 stakeholders and another created by TIFF's expert curatorial team (film lists attached).

TIFF intends to screen the films from the show's opening through December 31, 2010, in multiple combinations and featuring numerous "mini retrospectives" and guest speakers to inspire greater appreciation for the history and culture of cinema. Simultaneously, a major gallery show of objects, props, costumes, storyboards, posters, clips and visual art work related to the Essential 100 will launch in the Bell Lightbox atrium and gallery spaces. Objects will be brought in to Toronto from all over the world and sourced from our own Special Collections, including those donated by David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and collector Barry Avrich. Collateral events are planned for other nearby locations and a significant publication will accompany the show.

Programming will be activated within Bell Lightbox, on the building's exterior and in the surrounding neighborhood, turning the corner of King and John Streets into downtown "Film City". Programming initiatives for youth, visual artwork and special concerts will electrify the city as it celebrates its new home for all things cinematic. Additional details and launch date will follow in early 2010.

"The primary curatorial mission of Bell Lightbox is to reinforce the value of cinema's history and culture to our contemporary age," remarked Cowan. "This cross-media, new technology-infused celebration of film's power to influence every aspect of our world is a great example of how our serious purpose can also be great entertainment."

The Essential 100 is curated by the Bell Lightbox programming staff, individual credits and key financial support to be announced.

TIM BURTON

From November 18th, 2010 through April 2011, Bell Lightbox will host TIM BURTON, the major gallery and in-cinema retrospective recently organized by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. More than 700 items form the core of the show, which traces Burton's development as a major creative force from his earliest drawings and paintings to the sophisticated maquettes, paintings and storyboards he created for some of the world's most treasured films. A full film retrospective will accompany the show, as well as collateral learning opportunities for all ages.

The exhibition will contemplate Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. The exhibition will also feature the development of Burton's visual imagination from his earliest childhood drawing through his mature work.

"There is no other living filmmaker possessing Tim Burton's level of accomplishment and reputation whose full body of work has been so well hidden from public view," said Ron Magliozzi, Assistant Curator, MoMA. "Seeing so much that was previously inaccessible in a museum context should serve to fuel renewed appreciation and fresh appraisal of this much-admired artist."

Tim Burton is organized by Ron Magliozzi, Assistant Curator, and Jenny He, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Film, with Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, all Museum of Modern Art, New York. TIFF programming credits and key financial support to be announced.

THE ROB BROOKS MARY PICKFORD COLLECTION

In January 2011, TIFF will proudly launch the ROB BROOKS MARY PICKFORD COLLECTION, which will be housed in the Canadian Film Heritage Gallery, a recently redesigned facility located in Bell Lightbox with a mandate to provide continued free access to media-related objects of national importance. The show will be on display for six months. Amassed over a 30-year period, this stellar collection of approximately 1,900 items was privately acquired by Toronto area resident Rob Brooks and is generously being donated to TIFF and will be unveiled as part the inaugural programming lineup in Bell Lightbox. The collection celebrates Toronto-born Mary Pickford, an internationally beloved actress. Pickford was a pioneering business woman and controlled a massive fortune from her work in films and from the films produced by United Artists which she co-founded with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith.

"Thirty years ago, I knew Mary Pickford was Canadian, but did not know she was from Toronto, or how important she was in the history of film," said Mr. Brooks. "That led to a passion of collecting material on her storied career. It has been my hope, that some day this material would be on public display, and available to students, scholars and the general film fan alike. We should all be proud of what Mary accomplished and I think the Toronto International Film Festival is the right home for this material, to keep her spirit alive for future generations."

TIFF's Film Reference Library will archive and make accessible the posters, lobby cards, photographs, fan magazines, personal items, promotional materials, glass slides, sheet music and more.

"Rob is a film fan and a Mary Pickford fan whose collecting, over the years, has created possibly the most valuable and rare collection of Pickford memorabilia and production art in the world," said Hugh Munro Neely, Curator of the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education in Los Angeles.

"We are thrilled that Rob has generously donated such a significant collection to TIFF for display in our new Canadian Film Heritage Gallery," said Cowan. "This collection is sure to introduce audiences to a whole new aspect of one of Canada's best known actresses and reinforces our role as an organization to expose film lovers of all ages to the rich history of Canadian cinema."

As well, visitors to this year's Festival will receive a sneak peek of this collection; selected works from the collection which will be on display throughout the Festival (September 10-19) in the Palladian lounge at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre (189 Yonge Street, Toronto).

The Rob Brooks Mary Pickford Collection show is curated by Rob Brooks.

About TIFF

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers yearround.

About Bell Lightbox

Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto will provide a permanent home for film lovers celebrating cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, Bell Lightbox's fluid design encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, The King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family - acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels - and The Daniels Corporation, RBC as Major Sponsor and Official Bank, Visa, Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, The Allan Slaight Family, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information:
Jennifer Bell
Vice President, Communications
TIFF
416.934.3232
jbell@tiff.net

TIFF celebrates significant milestones for Bell Lightbox

9/3/2009

$10 million capital investment made by the Province of Ontario, final concrete pour of the building and inaugural Bell Lightbox programming lineup announced

Toronto - The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) today celebrated three significant milestones as the organization gets closer to completion of its new permanent home, Bell Lightbox.

Joined by Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF; the Honourable George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure and the Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture for the Province of Ontario announced a $10 million capital investment in Bell Lightbox, signaling the Province's ongoing support for the cultural sector and film industry in Toronto.

"We are very pleased to receive this investment from the Province of Ontario that clearly demonstrates strong support and recognition of the tremendous cultural impact TIFF will generate with a permanent home," said Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF. "Bell Lightbox will allow TIFF to cement its reputation as a global leader in the discovery and understanding of film and today's announcement brings us to 80% of our fundraising goal."

"TIFF is a great symbol for the success of Ontario's cultural industries," said Minister Carroll. "Supporting the completion of Bell Lightbox not only gives TIFF a permanent home; it will also help generate economic growth in this sector for years to come."

"The Toronto International Film Festival is a cultural and economic jewel for Toronto and Ontario," said George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure. "By investing a further $10 million we are helping to make sure that TIFF continues to thrive."

Guests also participated in the final concrete pour for the building, marking an important milestone in the construction process. The project is on time and on budget with an opening date in 2010 still to be determined. The Bell Lightbox property, located at the corner of King and John streets, is codeveloped and a generous gift from the King and John Festival Corporation (KJFC) comprised of The Reitman family - acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels - and The Daniels Corporation.

"KJFC is extremely proud to share this significant milestone with TIFF in the creation of their new home, Bell Lightbox," said Tom Dutton, Senior Vice President, The Daniels Corporation. "The completion of the concrete structure for Bell Lightbox represents is an exciting time in the life of this project. We look forward to the completion of the interior work so that Bell Lightbox can be operational next year."

Completing the celebrations, Noah Cowan, Artistic Director of Bell Lightbox revealed highlights of the inaugural Bell Lightbox programming lineup including: The Essential 100, The Rob Brooks Mary Pickford Collection and Tim Burton, a major exhibit on the artistry of filmmaker Tim Burton. A separate press release is enclosed.

About TIFF

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About Bell Lightbox

Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto will provide a permanent home for film lovers celebrating cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, Bell Lightbox's fluid design encourages exploration, movement and play.

The campaign to build Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, The King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family - acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels - and The Daniels Corporation, RBC as Major Sponsor and Official Bank, Visa, Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, The Allan Slaight Family, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information:
Jennifer Bell
Vice President, Communications
TIFF
416.934.3232
jbell@tiff.net

The Essential 100

9/3/2009

This "Essential 100" represents the merging of the Essential 100 as determined by an expert panel of tiff curators and the Essential 100 as determined by our stakeholders. See details below for how each list was created.

1 THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
2 CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
3 L'AVVENTURA (Michaelangelo Antonioni)
4 THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
5 PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
6 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
7 PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
8 CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz)
9 MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Dziga Vertov)
10 BICYCLE THIEVES (Vittorio De Sica)
11 ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
12 8 ½ (Federico Fellini)
13 BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein)
14 RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa - 2)
15 TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu)
16 THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut)
17 UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
18 BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard)
19 L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
20 CINEMA PARADISO (Giuseppe Tornatore)
21 LA GRANDE ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
22 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
23 PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
24 GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming)
25 SUNRISE (F.W. Murnau)
26 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)
27 VOYAGE IN ITALY (Roberto Rossellini)
28 AMÉLIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
29 CITY LIGHTS (Charlie Chaplin)
30 STAR WARS (George Lucas)
31 SHERLOCK JR. (Buster Keaton)
32 RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir - 2)
33 THE LEOPARD (Luchino Visconti)
34 LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini - 2) L'ARRIVÉE D'UN TRAIN À LA CIOTAT (Frères Lumiere:
35 Louis Lumière and Auguste Lumière)
36 THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming - 2)
37 LA JETÉE (Chris Marker)
38 VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
39 NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais)
40 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
41 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
42 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle)
43 THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
44 CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles)
45 TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
46 APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola - 2)
47 SALÓ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
48 THE SEVENTH SEAL (Ingmar Bergman - 2)
49 LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE (Georges Méliès)
50 METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)
51 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
52 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai)
53 VIRIDIANA (Luis Buñuel)
54 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Roberto Benigni)
55 THE SORROW AND THE PITY (Marcel Ophüls)
56 PAN'S LABYRINTH (Guillermo del Toro)
57 THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE (Max Ophüls)
58 BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott)
59 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami)
60 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (Marcel Carné)
61 BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks)
62 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen)
63 JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
64 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick - 2)
65 MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)
66 M (Fritz Lang - 2)
67 SCORPIO RISING (Kenneth Anger)
68 PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock - 2)
69 DUST IN THE WIND (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
70 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg)
71 NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
72 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee)
73 WAVELENGTH (Michael Snow)
74 JULES ET JIM (François Truffaut - 2)
75 CHRONIQUE D'UN ÉTÉ (Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch)
76 THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
77 GREED (Erich von Stroheim)
78 SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder)
79 JAWS (Steven Spielberg - 2)
80 ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
81 THE BIRTH OF A NATION (D.W. Griffith)
82 CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar Wai - 2)
83 LA NOIRE DE (Ousmane Sembene)
84 RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese - 2)
85 THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
86 CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
87 ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
88 WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders)
89 VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg)
90 WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk)
91 THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
92 BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
93 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone)
94 BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier)
95 A NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat)
96 CLEO DE 5 A 7 (Agnès Varda)
97 ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Pedro Almodóvar)
98 EARTH (Aleksandr Dovzhenko)
99 OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook)
100 PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati)

THE ESSENTIAL 100

EXPERT PANEL

Five tiff curators debated more than a century's worth of cinema over three months. They were bound by one rule and one definition. The rule: they could only select one film from each director. The definition: "essential cinema", a phrase that balanced "best" and "most influential".

Participants: Piers Handling, Noah Cowan, Cameron Bailey, Andréa Picard and Steve Gravestock.

1 THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
2 L'AVVENTURA (Michaelangelo Antonioni)
3 PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
4 PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
5 MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Dziga Vertov)
6 ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
7 BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein)
8 TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu)
9 UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
10 BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard)
11 L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
12 LA GRANDE ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
13 PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
14 SUNRISE (F.W. Murnau)
15 CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
16 VOYAGE IN ITALY (Roberto Rossellini)
17 CITY LIGHTS (Charlie Chaplin)
18 SHERLOCK JR. (Buster Keaton)
19 THE LEOPARD (Luchino Visconti) L'ARRIVÉE DU TRAIN À LA CIOTAT (Frères Lumiere:
20 Louis Lumière and Auguste Lumière)
21 LA JETÉE (Chris Marker)
22 VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
23 NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais)
24 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
25 THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
26 TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
27 SALÓ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
28 LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE (Georges Méliès)
29 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
30 VIRIDIANA (Luis Buñuel)
31 METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)
32 BICYCLE THIEVES (Vittorio De Sica)
33 THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
34 THE SORROW AND THE PITY (Marcel Ophüls)
35 THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE (Max Ophüls)
36 THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami)
37 BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks)
38 JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
39 MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)
40 SCORPIO RISING (Kenneth Anger)
41 DUST IN THE WIND (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
42 NASHVILLE (Robert Altman)
43 WAVELENGTH (Michael Snow)
44 CHRONIQUE D'UN ETE (Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch)
45 THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming)
46 GREED (Erich von Stroheim)
47 JAWS (Steven Spielberg)
48 THE BIRTH OF A NATION (D.W. Griffith)
49 LA NOIRE DE (Ousmane Sembene)
50 THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston)
51 ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
52 CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
53 LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini)
54 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen)
55 VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg)
56 WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk)
57 BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
58 BREAKING THE WAVES (Lars von Trier)
59 CLEO DE 5 A 7 (Agnès Varda)
60 EARTH (Aleksandr Dovzhenko)
61 DR. STRANGELOVE (Stanley Kubrick)
62 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
63 PLAYTIME (Jacques Tati)
64 POUR LA SUITE DU MONDE (Michel Brault and Marcel Carrière)
65 TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (Leni Riefenstahl)
66 TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
67 CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar Wai)
68 LAW OF DESIRE (Pedro Almodóvar)
69 NAPOLÉON (Abel Gance)
70 THE INSECT WOMAN (Shohei Imamura)
71 LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN (Jean Eustache)
72 A TOUCH OF ZEN (King Hu)
73 WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (Chuck Jones)
74 BAMBI (David Hand)
75 DOG STAR MAN (Stan Brakhage)
76 THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES (Fernando E. Solanas and Octavio Getino)
77 MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Maya Deren)
78 ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
79 THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
80 ANDY WARHOL'S SCREEN TESTS (Andy Warhol)
81 SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder)
82 THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton)
83 THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy)
84 WHEN A WOMEN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (Mikio Naruse)
85 JEANNE DIELMAN, 33 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Akerman)
86 MOTHER INDIA (Mehboob Khan)
87 PLATFORM (Jia Zhangke)
88 RED SORGHUM (Zhang Yimou)
89 SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
90 THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut)
91 GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming)
92 LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST (Theo Angelopoulos)
93 MOTHER AND SON (Alexander Sokurov)
94 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Elia Kazan)
95 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog)
96 CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS (Jirí Menzel)
97 FAMILY VIEWING (Atom Egoyan)
98 SWEETIE (Jane Campion)
99 CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet)
100 ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER (Zacharias Kunuk)

THE ESSENTIAL 100

PUBLIC SURVEY

In spring 2009, we sent out the following request to over 10,000 of our stakeholders - including passholders, Cinemathèque Ontario members, journalists, industry passholders, filmmakers and donors:

"You are invited to participate in our Essentials of World Cinema survey. Your contribution will be part of a unique list of movies that matter; the list will not only form the core of our first film screenings but inspire adventurous extension programming as well.

We define "essential" as something between "best" and "most important," between your guilty pleasures and the films you respect the most. We encourage you to be playful, honest and thoughtful in your voting. Please try to limit your selections to one film per director. We feel this will allow for a more inclusive picture of world cinema."

The following list is the result of the enthusiastic and numerous replies that came back to us.

1 CITIZEN KANE (Orson Welles)
2 THE GODFATHER (Francis Ford Coppola)
3 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
4 CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz)
5 BICYCLE THIEVES (Vittorio De Sica)
6 8 ½ (Federico Fellini)
7 RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
8 THE 400 BLOWS (François Truffaut)
9 BREATHLESS (Jean-Luc Godard)
10 CINEMA PARADISO (Giuseppe Tornatore)
11 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
12 GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming)
13 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)
14 AMÉLIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
15 STAR WARS (George Lucas)
16 RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
17 LA DOLCE VITA (Federico Fellini)
18 BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein)
19 THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming)
20 VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
21 PULP FICTION (Quentin Tarantino)
22 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle)
23 TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu)
24 CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles)
25 APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola)
25 THE SEVENTH SEAL (Ingmar Bergman)
27 METROPOLIS (Fritz Lang)
28 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai)
29 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Roberto Benigni)
30 PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
31 PAN'S LABYRINTH (Guillermo Del Toro)
32 BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott)
33 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (Marcel Carné)
34 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen)
35 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick)
36 M (Fritz Lang)
37 PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock)
38 SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg)
39 TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese)
40 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee)
41 DR. STRANGELOVE (Stanley Kubrick)
42 JULES ET JIM (François Truffaut)
43 THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck)
44 SOME LIKE IT HOT (Billy Wilder)
45 PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
46 ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen)
47 CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar Wai)
48 THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
49 RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)
50 REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
51 CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski)
52 WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders)
53 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
54 THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed)
55 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Sergio Leone)
56 WILD STRAWBERRIES (Ingmar Bergman)
57 La Grande illusion (Jean Renoir)
58 LA STRADA (Federico Fellini)
59 A NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat)
60 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
61 CITY LIGHTS (Charlie Chaplin)
62 SUNRISE (F.W. Murnau)
63 THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci)
64 ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Pedro Almodóvar)
65 OLDBOY (Park Chan-Wook)
66 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Robert Mulligan)
67 RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer)
68 RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
69 L'AVVENTURA (Michaelangelo Antonioni)
70 A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (Robert Redford)
71 MODERN TIMES (Charlie Chaplin)
72 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (Frank Darabont)
73 DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (David Lean)
74 TALK TO HER (Pedro Almodóvar)
75 TRAINSPOTTING (Danny Boyle)
76 AMORES PERROS (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
77 THE MATRIX (The Wachowski Brothers)
78 IL POSTINO (Michael Radford)
79 WATER (Deepa Mehta)
80 THE LORD OF THE RINGS (Peter Jackson)
81 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
82 Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (Alfonso Cuarón)
83 THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman)
84 GOODFELLAS (Martin Scorsese)
85 AMARCORD (Federico Fellini)
86 BLUE (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
87 BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
89 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Robert Wise)
90 ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
91 THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols)
92 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Milos Forman)
93 AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Werner Herzog)
94 ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
95 INDIANA JONES (Steven Spielberg)
96 WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Pedro Almodóvar)
97 THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy)
98 ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER (Zacharias Kunuk)
99 BLOW-UP (Michaelangelo Antonioni)
100 DAS BOOT (Wolfgang Petersen)
100 FANNY & ALEXANDER (Ingmar Bergman)
100 SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder)

The 2009 Festival Expands Its Free Programming Schedule

9/1/2009

More performers and events added to Yonge-Dundas Square outdoor lineup and announcement of free screening of Cadillac People's Choice Award winner

Toronto - The 34th Toronto International Film Festival is proud to announce the full lineup of free outdoor events taking place at Yonge-Dundas Square (YDS) and that it will present a free screening of the Cadillac People's Choice Award-winning film on closing night in the Visa Screening Room at the Elgin Theatre.

"The free programming at Yonge-Dundas Square and the free screening of the Cadillac People's Choice Award are gifts back to the city of Toronto," said Festival Co-Director Cameron Bailey. "They're a big thank you to our audiences for their ongoing support and commitment to the Festival, because it's this devotion that continues to make it one of the best in the world."

The complete YDS 2009 schedule, listed below and covering the duration of the Festival from September 10 to 19, has something for everyone. Additions to the lineup include Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman, who will host the Opening Night concert by DJ Champion; rapper Chuck D, who will host and perform at the Closing Night Festival Wrap Party; and the National Ballet of Canada, which will perform a preview presentation of its latest production from Aszure Barton in celebration of the Festival's screening of Mao's Last Dancer.

Taking the Festival experience beyond the cinema, the planned events at YDS offer a diverse and dynamic array of free programming that will create a new street-level hub of Festival activity in the heart of Toronto. The YDS 2009 Schedule includes daily events like the TIFF In Concert film series, featuring an eclectic mix of music-themed films preceded by a selection of short films from the National Film Board of Canada and musically charged shorts by Canadian filmmakers. The TIFF Shhh! series is another regular slot that will see classics from the silent film era screened to live musical accompaniment, and the TIFF YDS Spotlight series offers a host of free events, including movie spotlights, concerts, a roller-derby exhibition, a ballet presentation, swing-dancing lessons, the Toronto Zombie Walk and much more. All of this will be capped off by the Festival Wrap Party on Saturday, September 19. In addition to checking out these free events, all are invited to drop by the MeTV booth to record a quick message about their experience with the 2009 Festival, or whatever else comes to mind. For more about YDS programming, visit tiff.net/yds.

Voted on by Festival audiences, the Cadillac People's Choice Award winner will be announced on the afternoon of September 19. Last year's Cadillac People's Choice Award winner was Danny Boyle's multiple Academy Award®-winning Slumdog Millionaire. Previous People's Choice Award winners include Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, TIFF 2007), Bella (Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, TIFF 2006), Tsotsi (Gavin Hood, TIFF 2005) and Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, TIFF 2004).

Tickets for the free screening of the Cadillac People's Choice Award-winning film will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 7 p.m. on September 19 at the box office for the Visa Screening Room at the Elgin Theatre. For more information, visit tiff.net.

TIFF Live from Yonge-Dundas Square 2009 Schedule

Opening Night: Thursday, September 10

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: I'm Your Man
Preceded by shorts: POEN, Tony Dekker at Spadina Subway Station and The Poet's Home

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: Steamboat Bill Jr.

7 p.m.
Live satellite feed from the Roy Thomson Hall red carpet for the Opening Night Gala Presentation of Creation

9 p.m.
TIFF YDS Spotlight: Opening Night concert by DJ Champion, hosted by Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman

Friday, September 11

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Shut Up & Sing
Preceded by shorts: Neighbours, Serena Ryder at the Dakota Tavern and Crickets

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

6:30 p.m.
Suck Spotlight featuring The Burning Brides and Canadian legends Blue Peter with guest appearances from stars of the rock'n'roll vampire comedy screening as part of the 2009 Festival

9 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Preceded by shorts: Juke - Bar, Danko Jones at Maple Leaf Gardens and Jaffawiye

Saturday, September 12

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: The Harder They Come
Preceded by shorts: Getting Started, Divine Brown at the Rex and Bleach

2 p.m.
TIFF Kids Zone - offering fun for children of all ages, including face-painting, green-screen activities and more

4 p.m.
Precious Spotlight featuring American author and poet Sapphire reading from her body of work at an event hosted by Lee Daniels, director of the film, which is screening at the Festival as a Gala Presentation

6 p.m.
Toronto Zombie Walk with George A. Romero in attendance to celebrate the premiere of George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, screening as part of the Festival's Midnight Madness programme; the evening's ghoulish festivities conclude with a free screening of his 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead

Sunday, September 13

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Woodstock
Preceded by shorts: Street Musique, Geddy Lee at Massey Hall and Washing Machine, Sewing Machine

5:30 p.m.
Whip It Spotlight roller-derby exhibition featuring stars from the film and the Toronto Roller Derby League

9 p.m.
The Topp Twins Spotlight, hosted by comedian Elvira Kurt

Monday, September 14

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Stop Making Sense
Preceded by shorts: Lonely Boy, Woodhands at the Brick Works and From the City to the Forest

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: The Busher

9 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: North American premiere of The Neil Young Trunk Show featuring an appearance by Neil Young, hosted by director Jonathan Demme

Tuesday, September 15

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Monterey Pop
Preceded by shorts: Toronto Jazz, Sarah Slean at the Rivoli and Questions of a Dead Worker

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: Robin Hood

7 p.m.
Hipsters Spotlight: swing-dance lessons followed by a concert at 9 p.m. featuring Aelita with the Galaxy All-Star Orchestra in honour of the Russian musical screening as part of the Festival's Vanguard programme

Wednesday, September 16

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: The Last Waltz
Preceded by shorts: Ready When You Are, Laura Barrett with Martin Tielli at the AGO and Bloomfield or a Memory Bank

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: Tillie's Punctured Romance

9 p.m.
The National Ballet of Canada's preview presentation of the latest production from Aszure Barton in celebration of the Festival's screening of Mao's Last Dancer

Thursday, September 17

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: U2: Rattle and Hum
Preceded by shorts: cNote, Lioness at the Masonic Temple and Gershon

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: It

9 p.m.
Performance, rock show, installation and film screening: BAND, by cutting-edge New York artist Adam Pendleton, refashions Sympathy for the Devil, Jean-Luc Godard's 1968 cinematic paean to the Rolling Stones and the Black Panthers, into a contemporary art happening that places the celebrated indie art-rock/post-punk band Deerhoof at the centre of the action. This event is presented as part of Future Projections.

Friday, September 18

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Don't Look Back
Preceded by shorts: Glenn Gould - On the Record, Jason Collett at Paul's Boutique and Weitzman #10

3 p.m.
TIFF Shhh! Silent Film Series: Grandma's Boy
6 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: world premiere of American Masters featuring Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound, followed by an appearance and short concert by Joan Baez herself

Closing Night: Saturday, September 19

12 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: Truth or Dare
Preceded by shorts: Meet Gisele, Care Failure at 102.1 The Edge and Killer Babe

7 p.m.
TIFF Live In Concert Film Series: world premiere of Copyright Criminals

9 p.m.
The Festival Wrap Party, presented in association with Future Projections and hosted by Chuck D, featuring the infectious improvised audiovisual mashups of Eclectic Method. The renowned trio will thrill film and music lovers with a video remix set incorporating clips from the films included in Essential 100, the opening show of TIFF Bell Lightbox. With special guest Clyde Stubblefield.

TIFF Live from Yonge-Dundas Square is supported by the Government of Canada, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and the City of Toronto.
The Cadillac People's Choice Awards are made possible through the generous sponsorship of Cadillac.

About TIFF: TIFF is a charitable, not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information contact Daniela Syrovy at 416-319-3511 or by email at daniela@clutchpr.com, or contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or email proffice@tiff.net.

Wide Selection Of Festival Titles Available For Acquisition

8/27/2009

Includes Two New World Premieres Added to the 2009 Festival's Lineup

Toronto - The 34th Toronto International Film Festival announces the list of films from around the world being screened at this year's Festival that are also available to film buyers for acquisition in major territories. In addition to two new titles joining the 2009 Festival's 10-day schedule - Green Days as part of the Vanguard lineup and The Warrior and the Wolf, screening as a Special Presentation - the list of works available for distribution includes: Baaria, Chloe, Cracks, Creation, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Dorian Gray, The Front Line, The Good Heart, Hadewijch, How to Fold a Flag, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, The Joneses, Kirot, Leaves of Grass, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Mao's Last Dancer, Micmacs à tire-larigot, Mother and Child, Ondine and Le Refuge, among many others listed below. Details for previously announced films can be found at tiff.net/thefestival under Films & Schedules.

Over 3,000 industry professionals are expected to attend the Festival as delegates of the Sales & Industry Office, which facilitates film sales, fostering relationships between accredited buyers, sales agents and filmmakers. Buyers and sales agents who wish to be accredited for the Sales & Industry Office should contact registration@tiff.net or visit tiff.net/industry.

Ticket packages for the Festival are now available for purchase by cash, debit or Visa†. Purchase online at tiff.net/thefestival, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM (10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed weekends and holidays) or in person at the Festival Box Office at Nathan Phillips Square (10 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week), located at 100 Queen Street West, in the white tent, west of the square. The Festival runs from September 10 to 19, 2009.

TIFF World / International Premieres

L'Affaire Farewell Christian Carion, France
Ahead of Time Bob Richman, USA
The Angel Margreth Olin, Norway/Sweden/Finland
The Art of the Steal Don Argott, USA
Baaria Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy
Backyard Carlos Carrera, Mexico
Balibo Robert Connolly, Australia
The Band That Wouldn't Die Barry Levinson, USA
Bare Essence of Life Satoko Yokohama, Japan
Bassidji Mehran Tamadon, Iran/France/Switzerland
Beautiful Kate Rachel Ward, Australia
Bena Niv Klainer, Israel/France
Beyond the Circle Golam Rabbany Biplob, Bangladesh
Big Dig Ephraim Kishon, Israel/USA/West Germany
Big Eyes Uri Zohar, Israel
Bitch Slap Rick Jacobson, USA
Blessed Ana Kokkinos, Australia
Bran Nue Dae Rachel Perkins, Australia
Bunny & the Bull Paul King, United Kingdom
Cairo Time Ruba Nadda, Canada
Carmel Amos Gitaï, Israel/France/Italy
Castaway on the Moon Lee Hey-jun, South Korea
Chloe Atom Egoyan, France/Canada
City of Life and Death Lu Chuan, China
Cleanflix Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi, USA
Cole Carl Bessai, Canada
Collapse Chris Smith, USA
Colony Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell, Ireland
Cooking with Stella Dilip Mehta, Canada
Crab Trap Oscar Ruiz Navia, Colombia/France
Cracks Jordan Scott, United Kingdom/Ireland
Creation Jon Amiel, United Kingdom
The Day God Walked Away Philippe van Leeuw, France
The Day Will Come Susanne Schneider, Germany/France
Defendor Peter Stebbings, Canada
The Dirty Saints Luis Ortega, Argentina
The Disappearance of Alice Creed J Blakeson, United Kingdom
Dorian Gray Oliver Parker, United Kingdom
The Double Hour Giuseppe Capotondi, Italy
Down for Life Alan Jacobs, USA
Every Day Is a Holiday Dima El-Horr, France/Germany/Lebanon
Excited Bruce Sweeney, Canada
Face Tsai Ming-liang, France/Taiwan/Belgium/The Netherlands
Five Hours from Paris Leon Prudovsky, Israel
The Front Line Renato De Maria, Italy
Gaia Jason Lehel, USA
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michèle Hozer and Peter Raymont, Canada
George Ryga's HUNGRY HILLS Rob King, Canada
Get Low Aaron Schneider, USA
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night Giuseppe Piccioni, Italy
Glorious 39 Stephen Poliakoff, United Kingdom
The Good Heart Dagur Kári, Iceland/France/Denmark/Germany
Google Baby Zippi Brand Frank, Israel
A Gun to the Head Blaine Thurier, Canada
Hadewijch Bruno Dumont, France
Harry Brown Daniel Barber, United Kingdom
Heiran Shalizeh Arefpour, Iran
Hiroshima Pablo Stoll, Uruguay/Colombia/Argentina/Spain
Hotel Atlantico Suzana Amaral, Brazil
The House of Branching Love Mika Kaurismäki, Finland
How to Fold a Flag Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein, USA
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Brigitte Berman, Canada
I Am Love Luca Guadagnino, Italy
I, Don Giovanni Carlos Saura, Austria/Italy/Spain
If I Knew What You Said Mike Escareal Sandejas, The Philippines
Independencia Raya Martin, The Philippines/France/Germany/The Netherlands
Irène Alain Cavalier, France
Jean Charles Henrique Goldman, United Kingdom/Brazil
The Joneses Derrick Borte, USA
Kamui Yoichi Sai, Japan
Kirot Danny Lerner, Israel/France/USA
Last Ride Glendyn Ivin, Australia
Leaves of Grass Tim Blake Nelson, USA
Leslie, My Name Is Evil Reginald Harkema, Canada
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits Don Roos, USA
The Loved Ones Sean Byrne, Australia
Machotaildrop Corey Adams and Alex Craig, USA/Canada
Mall Girls Katarzyna Roslaniec, Poland
The Man Beyond the Bridge Laxmikant Shetgaonkar, India
Mao's Last Dancer Bruce Beresford, Australia
Moloch Tropical Raoul Peck, France/Haiti
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, USA
Mother and Child Rodrigo García, USA
My Queen Karo Dorothée van den Berghe, Belgium
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Werner Herzog, USA/Germany
My Tehran for Sale Granaz Moussavi, Australia/Iran
Northless Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico/Spain
Ondine Neil Jordan, Ireland/USA
Partir Catherine Corsini, France
Perrier's Bounty Ian FitzGibbon, Ireland/United Kingdom
Phantom Pain Matthias Emcke, Germany
Phobidilia Yoav Paz, Doron Paz, Israel
Presumed Guilty Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith, Mexico
Rabia Sebastián Cordero, Spain/Colombia
Reel Injun Neil Diamond, Canada
Le Refuge François Ozon, France
Road, Movie Dev Benegal, India/USA
Sawasdee Bangkok Wisit Sasanatieng, Aditya Assarat, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee and Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Thailand
Secret in Their Eyes Juan José Campanella, Argentina/Spain
Shameless Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic
Snowblind Vikram Jayanti, USA
La Soga Josh Crook, Dominican Republic/USA
Solitary Man Brian Koppelman and David Levien, USA
Solomon Kane Michael J. Bassett, France/Czech Republic/United Kingdom
Stolen Violeta Ayala, Australia
Suck Rob Stefaniuk, Canada
The Sunshine Boy Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Iceland
Tanner Hall Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg, USA
Toad's Oil Koji Yakusho, Japan
Together Matias Armand Jordal, Norway
To the Sea Pedro González-Rubio, Mexico
Trash Humpers Harmony Korine, USA/United Kingdom
Triage Danis Tanovic, Ireland/Spain/France
The Trotsky Jacob Tierney, Canada
The Unloved Samantha Morton, United Kingdom
Vengeance Johnnie To, Hong Kong, China/France
The Vintner's Luck Niki Caro, New Zealand/France
V.O.S. Cesc Gay, Spain
The Waiting City Claire McCarthy, Australia
The Warrior and the Wolf Tian Zhuang Zhuang, China
What's Your Raashee? Ashutosh Gowariker, India
Wheat He Ping, China
The Wild Hunt Alexandre Franchi, Canada
Window Buddhadeb Dasgupta, India

TIFF North American Premieres also screening in Venice

Accident Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, China
Adrift Bui Thac Chuyen, Vietnam
Between Two Worlds Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lanka
Cell 211 Daniel Monzon, Spain/France
George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead George A. Romero, Canada
Green Days Hana Makhmalbaf, Iran
Heliopolis Ahmad Abdalla, Egypt
The Hole Joe Dante, USA
Honeymoons Goran Paskaljevic, Serbia/Albania/Italy
The Last Days of Emma Blank Alex van Warmerdam, The Netherlands
Life During Wartime Todd Solondz, USA
Lourdes Jessica Hausner, Austria/France/Germany
Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael, France/Germany/Canada/Belgium
Once Upon a Time Proletarian Guo Xiaolu, China
Prince of Tears Yonfan, Taiwan/Hong Kong, China
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story Yousry Nasrallah, Egypt
A Single Man Tom Ford, USA
Soul Kitchen Fatih Akin, Germany
The Traveller Ahmed Maher, Egypt/Italy
Valhalla Rising Nicolas Winding Refn, Denmark/United Kingdom
Videocracy Erik Gandini, Sweden
White Material Claire Denis, France
Women Without Men Shirin Neshat, Germany/Austria/France

About TIFF: TIFF is a charitable, not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information, contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or by email at proffice@tiff.net.

The 2009 Festival Announces Films To Complete Its Schedule

8/20/2009

335 Films from 64 Countries to Screen Over 10 Days

Toronto - The Toronto International Film Festival rounds out its schedule with the announcement of films for a number of programmes, including five titles under the Discovery banner, two films for Sprockets Family Zone and additional works added to both the Vanguard and Special Presentations lineups.

These films, along with others being announced today, complete the schedule for the 34th edition of the Festival running September 10 through 19, 2009. Over these ten days, 335 films from 64 countries will screen, including 271 feature-length films, 72 per cent of which are world, international or North American premieres and 71 of which are feature directorial debuts.

Ticket packages for the Festival are now available for purchase by cash, debit or Visa†. Purchase online at tiff.net/thefestival, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM (10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed weekends and holidays) or in person at the Festival Box Office at Nathan Phillips Square (10 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week), located at 100 Queen Street West, in the white tent, west of the square.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael, France/Germany/Canada/Belgium
North American Premiere
Mr. Nobody tells the story of Nemo (Jared Leto), the world's oldest man. In 2092, Mars has become a trendy vacation destination and humans have achieved immortality, thanks to advances in genetics. At the age of 120 years, Nemo is the last mortal left on Earth. His death is drawing near, and media from all over the world are eager to cover the event. Nemo doesn't really remember who he is, and is only able, while under hypnosis, to call up a few snippets of disordered memories. Also starring Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham and Rhys Ifans.

DISCOVERY

Crab Trap Oscar Ruiz Navia, Colombia/France
World Premiere
Treading a fine line between documentary and fiction, Crab Trap is a meditative look at daily life in a remote village on the Pacific coast of Colombia that explores the nuances of social and racial relations in one of the most isolated areas of the country.

Mall Girls Katarzyna Roslaniec, Poland
International Premiere
When a 14-year-old girl arrives at a new high school, she is typecast as an outsider from the sticks. Survival means working things out with a clique of girls who troll the local malls and score the latest in consumer toys and clothes by trading sexual favours for cash with the men they find there.

The Man Beyond the Bridge Laxmikant Shetgaonkar, India
World Premiere
A lonely man finds a companion in a mad woman in a dense forest in the Western Ghats of India. When she becomes pregnant, a conflict arises between a society that refuses to take responsibility for one of its members and one man's endeavour to integrate her in his life.

Nora Alla Kovgan and David Hinton, USA/United Kingdom/Mozambique
Toronto Premiere
Zimbabwean dancer Nora Chipaumire stars in this beautiful and rigorously choreographed fable based on her own life and shot on location in Southern Africa. (This film will be screened with Saint Louis Blues.)

Saint Louis Blues Dyana Gaye, France/Senegal
North American Premiere
In this sparkling and surprising Senegalese musical, Dyana Gaye turns a shared taxi ride from Dakar to Saint Louis into a confection that could have been made by Jacques Demy. (This film will be screened with Nora.)

SPROCKETS FAMILY ZONE

Timetrip: The Curse of the Viking Witch Mogens Hagedorn, Denmark
North American Premiere
Ninth-grader Valdemar and younger sister Sille embark on a trip through Danish history as they attempt to break an age-old curse in this exciting, action filled, time-travel adventure.

Under the Mountain Jonathan King, New Zealand
North American Premiere
When teenaged twins Theo and Rachel meet the mysterious Mr. Jones, they learn that they may hold the key to saving the world from impending destruction in this thrilling adventure based on Maurice Gee's acclaimed novel.

VANGUARD

She, A Chinese Xiaolu Guo, United Kingdom/France/Germany
North American Premiere
A hybrid of documentary, creative writing, visual poetry and cinema, She, A Chinese is a rock-'n'-roll odyssey that follows a young woman on a soul-searching journey from her native village in China to London. Celebrated novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo recently won the Golden Leopard Grand Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival for this film. Her documentary, Once Upon A Time Proletarian: 12 Tales of a Country, is also being screened at the Festival.

The Special Presentations programme is made possible through the generous sponsorship of American Movie Classics Company LLC.

About TIFF: TIFF is a charitable, not-for-profit cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world. Its vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. TIFF generates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD and currently employs more than 100 full-time staff and 500 part-time and seasonal staff, and counts upon the largesse of over 2,000 volunteers year-round.

About TIFF Bell Lightbox: Currently under construction, TIFF Bell Lightbox, a breathtaking five-storey complex located in downtown Toronto, will provide a permanent home for film lovers to celebrate cinema from around the world and will propel TIFF forward as an international leader in film culture. Designed by innovative architecture firm KPMB, TIFF Bell Lightbox's fluid structure encourages exploration, movement and play. The campaign to build TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, the King and John Festival Corporation - consisting of the Reitman family and the Daniels Corporation - RBC as major sponsor and official bank, Visa†, the Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, the Allan Slaight Family, the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and CIBC. The Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals and corporations have also contributed to the campaign. For more information on the TIFF Bell Lightbox campaign, visit belllightbox.ca.

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For further information, contact the Communications Department at 416-934-3200 or by email at proffice@tiff.net.