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...

 

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...

 

  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...

 

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...

 

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

 

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 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 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 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 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 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 ...

 

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...

 

  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...

 

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-...

 

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

 

    Based on Elmore Leonard’s novel The Switch, the closing night Gala features a stellar cast including Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, yasiin bey (a.k.a.Mos Def), Isla Fisher, Will Forte,Mark Boone Jr, and Tim Robbins. “We want to wrap the Festival with a fun ride,” said Piers Handling, Director and CEO, TIFF. “Life of Crime invites audiences to enjoy the pure pleasure of watching great actors bring the words of Elmore Leonard to l...

 

Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, unveiled the first round of titles set to premiere in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival®. Of the 16 Galas and 55 Special Presentations revealed, this first slate of films includes 40 world premieres from filmmakers including: Bill Condon, Steve McQueen, Sylvain Chomet, John Carney, Jean-Marc Vallée,...

 

A recent study has revealed that the Toronto International Film Festival® and year-round programming at TIFF Bell Lightbox brings incredible value to the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario, with $189 million in annual economic impact. The study took place between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013 and found that TIFF’s aggregate impact totaled $189 million and that TIFF events and related activities created or maintained 2,295 jobs and generated $58.2 million in total tax reve...

 

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES  THE  Toronto – Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey,  today announced the team of 18 programmers  runs from Thursday, September 5 to Sunday, September 15, 2013 Canadian Features:  Steve Gravestock has been selecting Canadian feature films  Nordic Region, the Netherlands, and the Philippines including Canada's Top Ten™, the Canadian programming ...