TJFF 10

Coverage of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2010

Live Performance by The Klezmatics at the World Premiere of The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground

Live Performance by <em>The Klezmatics</em> at the World Premiere of <em>The  Klezmatics: On Holy Ground</em>

For over 20 years The Klezmatics have been at the vanguard of the international klezmer revival movement. The Grammy Award-winning group¹s innovative, downtown N.Y. sensibilities have redefined the boundaries of contemporary Jewish music, through nine albums and collaborations with such diverse artists as Chava Alberstein, Arlo Guthrie, Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Nelson. Following the group […]

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

<em>The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story</em>

By Alan Gordon for FILMbutton There was once a time when, if you were in show business, the clearest indicator that you’d “arrived” was a drawing of you by Al Hirschfeld in the Sunday New York Times. Hirschfeld’s drawings were as free, clever, inventive and as full of joy as any great performance, and his […]

Producers Lab Toronto

Producers Lab Toronto

PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO, a new initiative created by European Film Promotion (EFP) in collaboration with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), will launch this fall during the Toronto festival. PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO will run from September 10-12, 2010 and is aimed at facilitating and increasing international co-productions between […]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival Program Online

Toronto Jewish Film Festival Program Online

One of the largest Jewish Film Festivals in the world will be taking place in Toronto from April 17 – 25, 2010. In the “Chai” (18th) year of the festival they will be screening 93 films from 4 Continents and 18 different countries. There will be 28 Canadian Premieres, 7 North American Premieres and a […]