Window of Opportunity director Samuel Warren Joseph and producer, John Densmore

by allan tong for FILMbutton

The latest film fest to hit Toronto (home to at least 80 fests) is the Reel Indie Film Festival, which is part of the 10-year-old Indie Week Music Festival.

The film program begins tonight at 7:00 at the Royal Cinema (608 College St.)  with the Canadian premiere of  Los Wild Ones directed by  Elise Salomon, then at 9:00 with the world premiere of Window of Opportunity, written and directed by  Samuel Warren Joseph and produced by The Doors’ drummer, John Densmore.  Densmore delivers a keynote speech and book signing of his latest memoir, The Doors Unhinged, tomorrow at 11:00 am at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel’s Gerrard Room (33 Gerrard St. East at Yonge).

Films run at the Royal until Sunday, while filmmaking panels targeting indie filmmakers take place at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel.

Allan is a Toronto filmmaker, co-directing Leone Stars, a documentary about child victims of the Sierra Leonean civil war.