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(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. ...

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...

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 ...

Hello from Toronto ... TIFF highlights on video

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Cameron's Daily Picks September 12th TIFF 2013

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    ...

Cameron's Daily Picks September 11th TIFF 2013

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    ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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  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...

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

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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...

Trailer mash up TIFF 2013

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

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

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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...

Cameron's Daily Picks September 10th TIFF 2013

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    ...

Cameron's Daily Picks September 9th TIFF 2013

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   ...

Cameron's Daily Picks September 7th TIFF 2013

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 ...

Cameron's Daily Picks September 6th TIFF 2013

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   ...

Cameron's Daily Picks September 5 TIFF 2013

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 ...

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...

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