The separation of Sudan into two sovereign states has not prevented the longest civil war in the African continent from raging on to this day. The inhabitants of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions, having fought for the independence of South Sudan, continue to fight for their cultural, ethnic, social, and economic rights. With Beats of the Antonov, director Hajooj Kuka provides an inspiring account of how cultural heritage and creative traditions can defy the indignity of displace...
Here’s the trailer of Margarita with a Straw, starring Kalki Koechlin. This is an intensely personal film dealing with a topic that hardly any movies have met on - sexuality and disability.
This is a tale about a young rebellious woman who embarks on a breathtaking journey of self-discovery.
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Piers Handling offered a few words before the closing film, proud of his achievments and perspectives, 6000 industry delegates attending, 41 film sales...and is excited about the future 40th anniversatry of TIFF for 2015.
As the 39th Toronto International Film Festival concludes on a high note, setting a new record for industry delegate attendance and delivering strong film sales. This year saw the Festival’s highest film sale t...
The economy has collapsed. In a universe of moral and economic impoverishment, we find Flavia, a spoiled teenager with artistic aspirations that are somewhat frustrated when she is not accepted at the University. Her neighbor Martin, a mature man with rigid routines, is her antipode. When Flavia meets Martin, there are sparks of friction at all times, and the situation is unlikely to get any better.
Max Zunino was born in Uruguay and lives in Mexico. He is l...
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An American surfer (Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games) meets the girl of his dreams — but gets a brutal (sur)reality check when he meets her uncle, Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro).
More than twenty years after his death in 1993, Pablo Escobar's impact on Colombia is still impossible to measure. His cocaine trafficking empire made him one of the wealthiest criminals in history, and he was responsible for the deaths of thousands. Yet the Robin H...
Grolsch People's Choice Award Winners
As voted by Festival attendees, the Grolsch People's Choice Award Winner is THE IMITATION GAME.
Catch a free screening of the film tonight at 6pm at the Ryerson Theatre. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come, first-served basis two hours prior to the screening.
Congratulations to our other award Winners:
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KATE WINSLET, and Dir. Alan Rickman, presenting A little chaos, during the closing night ceremony, at 2014 TIFF.
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Dir. Andrea di Stefano, Josh, abd Claudia Traisac, duribg Q.A. Jish An American surfer (Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games) meets the girl of his dreams — but gets a brutal (sur)reality check when he meets her uncle, Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro).
More than twenty years after his death in 1993, Pablo Escobar's impact on Colombia is still impossible to measure. His cocaine trafficking empire made him one of the wealthiest criminals in history, and he was res...
Living it up at eOne party with my new idol the 92 year old dancing ice cream lady - Here I am with film director Albert Fernandez with a film at TIFF! who helped make these festivities bright and lots of fun!
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Cameron Bailey's Day 10 Picks
Five recommendations from our Festival Artistic Director:
THE SEARCH | Bloor Hot Docs Cinema | 2:45PM
FAR FROM MEN | Ryerson Theatre | 3PM
FROM WHAT IS BEFORE | AGO Jackman Hall | 2:30PM
RED AMNESIA | Scotiabank 1 | 7PM
CONFESSION | Scotiabank 8 | 12PM
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Remember: You Can Rush
Rush tickets are sold, when available,...
Charles Herzfeld is a 25 year veteran Technicolor senior VP Features. He shares his view on TIFF and why he loves this festival so much. Talking shop to Laurie Gordon for filmfestivals.com, Charles tells us why he has attended TIFF for the past 15 years. At this year's TIFF 2014 Technicolor worked on Chris Rock's latest film TOP FIVE and Pink Floyds THE WALL new version
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Laurie Gordon asks Albert Nerenberg about his new TV Pilot for Vision TV. Legendary rock promoter Johnny Brower is eerily spot on having no idea about Laurie's story with animator Ryan Larkin. Listen closely.Note how Laurie goes silent when Johnny talks about Laurie finding him on the street….which was a joke. But pretty much Ryan and Laurie's story as depicted in the documentary film Ryan's Renaissance.
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IMCINE, hosted during the 38th International Film Festival TIFF Toronto.
Representative of the media covering the festival, as Ernesto Garrat, Mercury Chile; Victor Bustos Juan Carlos García Universal Reform; Estenou Mexican filmmakers like Sebastian, who presented his documentary "Years of Iron", the Colombian Oscar Ruiz Navia; , Industry figures as Claudia Triana, director PROIMAGENES of Colombia, as well as the cultural attaché of Mexico in Toro...
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA | ITALY | MARIO MARTONE | 137 MINUTES
Leopardi Il giovane favoloso
Giacomo Leopardi is perhaps, next to Dante, Italy's most famous poet. Known also as an essayist, philosopher, and philologist, Leopardi came from an aristocratic family and lived a protected life, initially under the tutelage of his father, whose immense library provided much of the stimulation for the young man's learning and future development.
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Cameron Bailey's Day 9 Picks
Five films not to be missed, as recommended by the Festival's Artistic Director:
THE DEAD LANDS | Scotiabank 1 | 9:45PM
MARGARITA, WITH A STRAW | Scotiabank 2 | 8:45PM
A DREAM OF IRON | Scotiabank 13 | 2:15PM
NED RIFLE | Winter Garden Theatre | 8PM
TIMBUKTU | TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 | 2PM
THE CONNECTION | Roy Thomson Hall | 6:30PM
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XENIA GRUBSTEIN distributor of Andrei Konchalovsky's "The Postman's White Nights" showing at TIFF and recently awarded with Silver Lion, in Venice 2014 for best director.
"The Postman's White Nights" is set in a lakeside village in the Russian countryside and follows the lives of local people whose main contact with the outside world is a postman. All actors in the film are non-professionals and casting took a year, sometimes filme...
Laurie Gordon Interviews Donovan Aikman - Programmer for The Victoria Film Festival for FilmFestivals.com reporting at Toronto International Film Festival
Filmed at TIFF industry HQ's - Hyatt Hotel on King St West. What new cinema is heading to Victoria Film Fest for 2015? No cat out of the movie
magic bag just yet!
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