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TIFF 2013 full Coverage with 50 articles

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Candid and unscripted: the best non-fiction cinema from around the world.   ...

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SEPT 15 | Cameron's Daily Picks | Festival 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of...Day 10 in Toronto 2013  ...

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TIFF People’s Choice Documentary Award goes to Jehane Noujaim for The Square.

The story of revolution — behind the headlines. From the 2011 overthrow of a 30-year dictator, through military rule, and culminating with the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood president in the summer of 2013. First runner up is Alanis Obomsawin’s Hi-Ho Mistahey! and the second runner up is Leanne Pooley’s Beyond the Edge.   This documentary epic is the result of director Jehane Noujaim (Control Room) and her crew’s dogged chronicling of activism, unrest and r...

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TIFF 13 People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award goes to Sion Sono’s Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de Naze Warui).

The BlackBerry People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award goes to Sion Sono’s Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de Naze Warui). The film follows two men, Muto and Ikegami, who hate each other. Muto desperately wants to help his daughter Mitsuko star in a movie. Meanwhile, Ikegami falls in love with Mitsuko, knowing that she's the daughter of his foe. Hirata, a filmmaker, and Koji, a young movie-lover, get dragged into this complicated situation that heads into an un...

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TIFF 13 NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere goes to Anup Singh’s Qissa

NETPAC AWARD As selected by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema, the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere goes to Anup Singh’s Qissa. Jury members include Jay Jeon (Korea), Intishal Al Timimi (Abu Dhabi) and Freddie Wong (Hong Kong). The jury remarked: “The NETPAC Award for the best Asian film at Festival 2013 goes to Qissa, directed by Anup Singh, for its sensitive portrayal of the issues of identity and displacement that affe...

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TIFF 13 People’s Choice Award goes to Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave.

BLACKBERRY® PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS This year marked the 36th year that Toronto audiences were able to cast a ballot for their favourite Festival film, with the BlackBerry®People’s Choice Award.  This year’s award goes to Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave. The first runner up is Stephen Frears’ Philomena. The second runner up is Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners. The Festival presents a free screening of the award-winning film 12 Years a Slave tonight...

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FIPRESCI Award at TIFF 13 for Special Presentations is awarded to Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida

THE PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZES) The Festival welcomed an international FIPRESCI jury for the 22nd consecutive year. The jury members consist of jury president John Anderson (United States), Robenson Eksiel (Greece), Leslie James (Canada), Namrata Joshi (India), Michael Ranze (Germany) and André Roy (Canada). Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations is awarded to Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida. The jury remarked: “The priz...

15.09.2013 | 

TIFF 13 Best Canadian First Feature Film goes to Shayne Ehman and Seth Scriver’s Asphalt Watches

The jury remarked: “For its ferociously audacious and excitingly original animated road trip across Western Canada that is like no other, the jury recognizes as Best Canadian First Feature Film the breathtakingly inventive Asphalt Watches.” The award carries a prize of $15,000. “For its technical mastery, polish, sense of fun and ability to scare the pants off us, the jury gives an honourable mention to Afflicted.” Asphalt Watches ...

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TIFF 13 Best Canadian Feature Film goes to Alan Zweig’s When Jews Were Funny.

The City of Toronto + Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film goes to Alan Zweig’s When Jews Were Funny.  The jury remarked: “For its deeply moving exploration of memory, identity and community and for its coherent and profoundly humourous representation of the personal as universal, the Award for Best Canadian Feature Film goes to Alan Zweig's documentary When Jews Were Funny.” This award is made possible thanks to the City of Toronto and Can...

15.09.2013 | 

The 38th Toronto International Film Festival® today announced its award recipients

The 38th Toronto International Film Festival® today announced its award recipients at a reception at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto. YOUTUBE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM The winner of the YouTube Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg for Noah. The jury, comprised of writer Rafael Katigbak, writer, director Nathan Morlando and documentary filmmaker Nisha Pahuja, remarked: “This film is a commentary on the ephemeral, disposab...

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The winner of the YouTube Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg for Noah.

YOUTUBE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM The winner of the YouTube Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Walter Woodman and Patrick Cederberg for Noah.  The jury, comprised of writer Rafael Katigbak, writer, director Nathan Morlando and documentary filmmaker Nisha Pahuja, remarked: “This film is a commentary on the ephemeral, disposable, A.D.D. culture that many of us are consumed by and living in. It tells us a story in a way we’ve never seen before and it tells i...

15.09.2013 | 

TIFF 38th Interview with Samantha Castillo, actress from Pelo Malo

PELO MALO, by Mariana Rondon, is certainly one of most successful Latin American films at TIFF, a real chronic about contemporary living in Venezuela, mother and kid are the characters, both victims of circumstances Interview  from TIFF by Leopoldo Soto   TIFF 38th SAMANTHA CASTILLO introduces the film Pelo Malo on stage.   ...

14.09.2013 | 

Highlights from TIFF Sept 14

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Interview with PELO MALO, by Mariana Rondon, one of the most successful Latin American films at TIFF

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PELO MALO, by Mariana Rondon, one of most successful Latin American films at TIFF, real chronic about contemporary living in Venezuela, mother and kid are the characters, victims of circumstances.   ...

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SEPT 14 | Cameron's Daily Picks | Festival 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of...Day 9 in Toronto 2013  ...

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SEPT 13 | Cameron's Daily Picks | Festival 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of...Day 8 in Toronto 2013    ...

14.09.2013 | 

TIFF Sept 12 | Highlights | Festival 2013

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TIFF Sept 11 | Highlights | Festival 2013

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Rob Stewart returns to the Toronto International Film Festival greeting the fans

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Rob Stewart returns to TIFF 2013; he was runner up best audience award with his Documentary Revolution. The film is now hitting the festivakl circuit all around the globe with 5 festivals wins so far.   Rob Stewart at the Toronto International Film Festival greeting his fans on the red carpet.   ...

13.09.2013 | 

TIFF Interview with Jahmil X.T. Qubeka Director of 'Of Good Report'

    Jahmil X.T. Qubeka Jahmil was born in South Africa's Karoo region and raised in East London. He won the Peabody Award for his HIV documentary Talk To Me (05) and produced, co-wrote, and photographed the feature uMalusi (09) before making his feature directorial debut with A Small Town Called Descent (10). Of Good Report (13) is his latest film. Second part of the interview      ...

13.09.2013 | 

(TIFF) Miracle by Juraj Lehotský - A Director to watch. The future of world cinema.

Miracle (Zázrak) Miracles is the story of 15-year-old Ela who is sent to a re-education centre. She yearns for love, but is not allowed to love. Despite all the restrictions, she decides to live her life to the fullest. Filmmaker Juraj Lehotský returns to the Festival following his 2008 documentaryBlind Loves with his riveting, narrative feature debut about a 15-year-old named Ela (newcomer Michaela Bendulová) sent to live in a correctional facility. ...

12.09.2013 | 

Sandra Bullock flying high in Gravity by Alfonso Curaon video presentation with the cast and crew

George Clooney and Sandra Bullock star in this highly anticipated 3D space thriller from acclaimed director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También). From the first jaw-dropping scene, you are immersed in space. Astronauts Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) banter like a mismatched couple in a classic romantic comedy, but their work is deadly serious. Tethered to a space station orbiting at 600 kilometres above Earth, t...

12.09.2013 | 

A Random Desi Romance press conference

The team of A Random Desi Romance - Credit: WireImage/Getty for TIFF Check the press conference. Maneesh Sharma / Director The prolific director Maneesh Sharma was born and grew up in New Delhi (India). He did his schooling at Delhi Public School, R K Puram and graduated with Honors in English from Hans Raj College. In college, he was the President of the Dramatics Society and was avidly involved with English and Hindi theatre. Maneesh was also involved with various very sought ...

12.09.2013 | 

Hello from Toronto ... TIFF highlights on video

    Discover a bit of TIFF day best from sep 10thDiscover a bit of TIFF day best from sep 9thDiscover a bit of TIFF day best from sep 7thDiscover a bit of TIFF day best from sep 6th ...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 12th TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of...Day 6 in Toronto 2013    ...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 11th TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of...Day 6 in Toronto 2013    ...

12.09.2013 | 

Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón a TIFF review by Arturo Sampson

George Clooney and Sandra Bullock star in this highly anticipated 3D space thriller from acclaimed director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También). From the first jaw-dropping scene, you are immersed in space. Astronauts Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) banter like a mismatched couple in a classic romantic comedy, but their work is deadly serious. Tethered to a space station orbiting at 600 kilometres above Earth, t...

11.09.2013 | 

FERNANDO EIMBCKE about Club Sandwich showing in TIFF

While vacationing at a beachside resort, a single mother faces inevitable separation anxiety when her 15-year-old son -- who is also her best friend — discovers magical chemistry with a girl his own age. Director Fernando Eimbcke approaches the subject with sensitivity while also presenting it as a wonderfully awkward, laugh-out-loud comedy. TIFF-EIMBCKE-MARIANA-CHENILLO- Interview by Leopoldo Soto ...

11.09.2013 | 

The Mayor - El Alcalde Mexican: documentary in TIFF : the crew introduces their film

This engrossing documentary introduces us to Mexican millionaire mayor Mauricio Fernandez, a larger-than-life and frequently controversial politician who lords over Latin America’s wealthiest municipality from his eccentrically decorated palace — and has a predilection for taking justice into his own hands.   Since 2006, when former president Felipe Calderón declared a war on drug trafficking and organized crime, there have been an estimated 60,000 narco-related...

11.09.2013 | 

Baja Film Fest @ TIFF 2013 interview festival director Alonso Aguilar-Castillo

Toronto International Film Festival 2013  Baja Film Festival director Alonso Aguilar-Castillo talks to filmfestivals.com, shares his vision of the upcoming 2nd edition of BIFF. His first year as director shows great promise with exciting changes in programming and strategy. Interview and video by Laurie Gordon. The Baja International Film Festival, Nov.13-16, 2013, at Cabo showcases the best in Mexican, U.S., and international films. The festival promotes and supports...

11.09.2013 | 

Myazaki's THE WIND RISES Trailer

The Wind Rises is the 11th animated theatrical film directed by Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli. Based on Miyazaki’s own manga and the 1937 short novel of the same name by Tatsuo Hori, this is the story of Jirō Horikoshi, the aircraft engineer most remembered for his design work on the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen “Zero”, Japan’s famous World War II fighter aircraft. During the WWII years, the Miyazaki family business manufactured aircraft parts, including the windshields and...

10.09.2013 | 

Mid Fest wrap at TIFF

The F Word Press VIDEO conference in TIFF FUBAR and Goon director Michael Dowse makes a surprising swerve into sweetness with this winning romantic comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan. Med-school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) is a hopeless romantic who's been repeatedly burned. He has put his life on hold — until he meets animator Chantry (Zoe Kazan). They click immediately; unfortunately, she's already living with her boyfriend, B...

10.09.2013 | 

The F Word Press VIDEO conference in TIFF

FUBAR and Goon director Michael Dowse makes a surprising swerve into sweetness with this winning romantic comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan. Med-school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) is a hopeless romantic who's been repeatedly burned. He has put his life on hold — until he meets animator Chantry (Zoe Kazan). They click immediately; unfortunately, she's already living with her boyfriend, Ben (Rafe Spall). Bucking the odds, Wallace and Ch...

10.09.2013 | 

Meet TIFF programers

Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo, Festival Programmer   Alex Rogalski, Festival Programmer   Andréa Picard, Festival Programmer   Brad Deane, Festival Programmer   Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival   Colin Geddes, Festival Progr...

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Jason Reitman’s Live Read — a unique event in which classic movie scripts are read by contemporary actors.

  September 6 at 6 p.m. at Ryerson Theatre “The story sucks them in.” — Jack Horner, Boogie Nights.   The Toronto International Film Festival® today revealed the title for Jason Reitman’s Live Read — a unique event in which classic movie scripts are read by contemporary actors. The script of Paul Thomas Anderson’s groundbreaking Boogie Nights will be presented to audiences in a one-take read-through with Reitman narra...

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CANOPY : two men from different cultural and language backgrounds trying to survive the jungle in 1942 WW2

From Finer Films' comes CANOPY starring Khan Chittenden. The film marks the directorial feature debut of Aaron Wilson  and produced by Katrina Fleming.  CANOPY centers on the journey of two men from different cultural and language backgrounds trying to survive the jungle in 1942 wartime. Despite their limited language barrier, they band together under extreme circumstances, and the audience is immersed into the jungle world, with each frame enticing the viewer into the dar...

10.09.2013 | 

Trailer mash up TIFF 2013

The Festival screens over 300 films in 11 days, here are 100+ in 3 minutes! (ish) segments and excerpts.   ...

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TIFF 2013: TIM'S VERMEER Featuring Penn & Teller, Tim Jenison, Martin Mull, David Hockney, Philip Steadman

TIM’S VERMEER   Directed by: Teller   Featuring:  Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette Martin Mull, Philip Steadman, David Hockney   Produced by: Penn Jillette and Farley Ziegler   Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, (Video Toaster, LightWave, TriCaster) attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo-realistically &nda...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 10th TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of...Day 6 in Toronto 2013    ...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 9th TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him present the highlights of... Day 5 in Toronto 2013   ...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 8th TIFF 2013

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 7th TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him presentth ehighlights of... Day 3 in Toronto 2013 ...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 6th TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him presentth ehighlights of... Day 2 in Toronto 2013   ...

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 5 TIFF 2013

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Cameron Bailey currently holds the position of Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, he shares with us his dailiy picks, watch him presentth ehighlights of... Day 1 in Toronto 2013 ...

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A special screening of Shane Salerno’s Salinger at TIFF

The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced a special screening of Shane Salerno’s Salinger. The documentary follows elusive author and literary legend J.D. Salinger, one of the most fascinating figures of the twentieth century, who brought the world The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger will screen to Festival audiences on Thursday, September 5 at 8 p.m.   For more than 50 years, J.D. Salinger has been the subject of a relentless stream of newspaper and magazine artic...

10.09.2013 | 

The Toronto International Film Festival® announced its international juries for 2013

  Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® announced its international juries for 2013. For the 22nd consecutive year, the Festival welcomes a FIPRESCI jury, comprised of six members from the International Federation of Film Critics. The Festival also announced that for the second consecutive year it will host a NETPAC jury, made up of three members of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema. The FIPRESCI jury will award the Prize of the International Critics for...

10.09.2013 | 

Program of Industry Conferences at TIFF

Industry Conference is a seven-day professional development opportunity for our registered delegates. The Conference will focus on a wide array of topics relevant to the industry, from financing and co-producing, to marketing and distribution, to traditional screenwriting and storytelling of the future.    Schedule Overview  Friday, September 6 – Emerging Filmmakers Day + Saturday, September 7 – Financing + Sunday, September 8 – Co-...

10.09.2013 | 

Piers Handling announces Program for TIFF 2013

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04.09.2013 | 

Comprehensive Distribution tracking from the 2013 Festival de Cannes

Comprehensive distribution tracking from the 2013 Festival de Cannes   ...

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