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TIFF Announces Exclusive Engagements Of First-Run And Classic Films To Open Theatrically At Tiff Bell Lightbox This Fall
TORONTO – Jesse Wente, Head of Film Programmes, TIFF Bell Lightbox, announced an eclectic lineup of contemporary and classic films that will have exclusive engagements at TIFF Bell Lightbox this fall. Starting on September 23, TIFF will launch exclusive engagements every week, giving audiences multiple opportunities to watch the best of international and Canadian cinema’s past an...
Trigger
Kat (Molly Parker) and Vic (the late, great Tracy Wright) are two rock and rollers who once shared a friendship, a band and a whole lot of bedlam. A dozen years after the breakup of their band, Trigger, the lovable yet dysfunctional duo reunite to rediscover their friendship, relive their rock and roll memories and reignite bits of their wild past.The pretext to the reunion is a benefit concert i...
Oh Canada! Festival Announces Impressive Selection Of Canadian Features
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival announces a wealth of Canadian features including highly anticipated new works by acclaimed Canadian filmmakers Denis Villeneuve, Bruce McDonald, Xavier Dolan, Jacob Tierney, Louis Bélanger and William D. MacGillivray, Sturla Gunnarsson, Ingrid Veninger, and Carl Bessai and on screen appearances by Molly Parker, Jay Baruchel, Don ...
Toronto International Film Festival Announces Over 500 Guests For 2008 Event
Toronto – The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival welcomes over 500 international stars and special guests. These filmmakers, actors, and industry insiders, connected to Festival films and other Festival programming, represent the finest in film talent from around the world. The following guests are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival: Aaron Poole, Aaron Woodley,...
Toronto International Film Festival Announces Over 500 Guests For 2009 Event
Toronto - The 34th Toronto International Film Festival welcomes over 500 filmmaker guests this year. Directors include: Bruno Dumont, Neil Jordan, Margarethe von Trotta, Scott Hicks, Harmony Korine, Francois Ozon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Ashutosh Gowariker, Yousry Nasrallah, Claire Denis, Chris Smith, Carl Bessai, Shirin Neshat, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman, John Hillcoat, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Mo...
You Are Here
Brainy, inventive and playful, You Are Here is the fascinating debut feature from accomplished video artist Daniel Cockburn. Calling to mind the cerebral surrealism of Charlie Kaufman, the cool absurdism of Samuel Beckett and the playfulness of Dr. Seuss, Cockburn has created his own unique and compelling style.You Are Here melds a series of intriguing and smartly crafted narratives that arise fr...
Innovative Animation, A Gluttonous Feast, And People Lost In The Woods Among The Highlights Of This Year’s Short Cuts Canada
Toronto – Short Cuts Canada presents 38 titles as part of the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival. Exhibiting the originality and creativity of Canadian short filmmakers, Short Cuts Canada focuses local and international attention on some of Canada's most innovative artists. Films in this programme are eligible for the Award for Best Canadian Short Film, which carries a $10,000 cash pr...
TIFF Celebrates The Freshest Homegrown Talent With Canada First!
Toronto - Continuing its tradition of celebrating new and innovative Canadian works, the 35th Toronto International Film Festival announces six films for its seventh edition of Canada First!, a programme that offers audiences compelling stories from the next wave of homegrown film talent. From existential social commentaries to improvised thrillers, this year’s programme is as diverse ...
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Galas And Special Presentations Added To Festival Lineup
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of two Gala Presentations and eight Special Presentations to the programming lineup for this year’s Festival, running September 10 to 19. Included are works from critically acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, Werner Herzog, Rebecca Miller, Michael Moore and Oliver Parker, and featuring on-scree...
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Ten Films Showcase Challenges Faced by Activists and Survivors Around the World
(Toronto, January 18, 2010) – Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan’s award-winning documentary Last Train Home (2009) opens the seventh annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, co-presented with TIFF Cinematheque, on February 24. Last Train Home draws us into the fractured lives of a f...
Celebrated Actors And Filmmakers Take Centre Stage As TIFF Announces Stellar Lineup Of Galas And Special Presentations
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® rolls out the red carpet with a selection of 15 Galas and 35 Special Presentations for this year’s Festival, including 25 World Premieres. Taking place from September 9 to 19, this year’s Festival includes the world premieres of new films by Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Guillaume Canet, John Cameron ...
Focus On...
New this year, a series of extended industry sessions designed to explore issues that are having an undeniable impact on filmmaking and the state of the film industry. Artists and experts gather to take a closer look at the affects of new trends and how they will shape the future of the business.
Location: Filmmakers’ Lounge – Second Floor (134 Peter Street, NW corner of Peter St...
Shorts Programmes
Because I Am a Girl [Simonee Chichester, Torey Kohara and Jon Weiman Canada, English, 30’]
Age recommendation 9 and up
A dynamic documentary celebrating the voices of a diversity of young Canadian women by exploring what it means to be a female in Canada. The film touches on a wide range of issues including body image, inequality and what young women can do to truly effect change – bo...
Toronto International Film Festival Announces Hundreds Of Guests For 2010 Event
Toronto - The guest list for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival includes many of the world’s most celebrated directors and actors. Among the filmmakers visiting Toronto to present their world premieres this year: Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle, Robert Redford, Werner Herzog, Michael Winterbottom, Errol Morris, Guillaume Canet, Milcho Manchevski, Kiran Rao, David Schwimmer, Chris Krau...
Gala And Special Presentations Added To TIFF08 Programme
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of 11 Gala Presentations and 2 Special Presentations to the programming lineup for TIFF08, which runs September 4 through 13. These include films from critically acclaimed filmmakers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Caroline Link and Anees Bazmee and feature performances by Peter O’...
Zinn, Bigelow, Damon And Brolin On Stage As Part Of TIFF08 Mavericks
Toronto – With the addition of three highly anticipated presentations, the Toronto International Film Festival announces the complete lineup for Mavericks, which features leading industry personalities as they share revealing anecdotes, the secrets of their success, and discussions of recent and upcoming projects. This year’s Mavericks presentations will feature film industry leaders ...
Gala And Special Presentations Added To The Festival Lineup
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of two Gala Presentations and seven Special Presentations to the programming lineup for the Festival, which runs September 4 through 13. Included are works from critically acclaimed filmmakers Larry Charles, Mike Leigh, Guy Ritchie and Wong Kar-wai featuring performances by Keira Knightley, Dakota Fanning,...
A Thrilling Summer Of Hits At Cinematheque Ontario This Season
Toronto – This season, film lovers will enjoy a breathtaking summer vacation at Cinematheque Ontario with unforgettable statuesucking women, wingless fairies, cunning gangsters, bicycle thieves and sultry French and Italian temptresses. Beginning May 22, Torontonians can indulge in the Surrealists’ haunting trips into the unconscious, delight in Daniel MacIvor’s acerbic wit and ...
TIFF Cinematheque Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With A Summer Of Sex, Swords And Seduction
Toronto - Running from June 3 to August 26, this summer season celebrates TIFF Cinematheque’s twentieth anniversary by bringing back two momentous retrospectives from its inaugural season, a selective retrospective on Pier Paolo Pasolini, TIFF Cinematheque’s very first presentation during the summer of 1990 at Jackman Hall, and a complete retrospective on Akira Kurosawa, first present...
Cronenberg, Rossellini, And Bogdanovich Among Major Guests This Fall At TIFF Bell Lightbox
TORONTO – TIFF welcomes 14 internationally renowned filmmakers, scholars and special guests who will introduce and discuss films on the Essential 100 list from September 23 to November 15. Confirmed guests to date include Canadian masters David Cronenberg and Michael Snow; actor, director and icon Isabella Rossellini; noted writer, scholar and film critic Molly Haskell; Academy Award®-w...