By shael stolberg on April 21, 2010
film festival, klezmer music, new york music, the klezmatics, the klezmatics: on holy ground, tjff
Festival Spotlights, Special Events, TJFF 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on April 20, 2010
al hirschfeld, alan gordon, artist, Susan W. Dryfoos, the line king: the al hirschfeld story, toronto jewish film festival
Spotlight Reviews, TJFF 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on April 7, 2010
a matter of size, DVIR BENEDEK, EREZ TADMOR, israeli film, ITZIK COHEN, LEVANA FINKELSTEIN, SHARON MAYMON, SHMULIK COHEN, tjff, toronto jewish film festival
festival news, Festival Spotlights, TJFF 10
A Matter of Size will open the 18th Annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival on Saturday, April 17th at 9:15pm.
By shael stolberg on April 7, 2010
efp, european film promotion, omdc, ontario media development corporation, producers lab toronto, producers on the move, tiff, toronto international film festival
festival news, Film News, Focus, TJFF 10
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 […]
By shael stolberg on March 22, 2010
academy awards, adjami, comic books, film festival, graphic novels, oscars, toronto jewish film festival
festival news, Festival Spotlights, TJFF 10
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 […]