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Brexit & Visionary Women to Headline TIFF Industry Conference

Brexit & Visionary Women to Headline TIFF Industry Conference

TORONTO — TIFF® unveiled today an early glimpse of the 2016 TIFF Industry Conference. The seven-day conference is setting its sights on what impact Brexit will have on the industry, as well as exploring the question of equity for women in the film business. Guest speakers announced to date include Roberto Olla (Executive Director, Eurimages), […]

TIFF Announces POP VR

TIFF Announces POP VR

TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival® announced today plans for POP VR at the Festival, a presentation of virtual reality projects that will screen at the 2016 Festival. POP VR is set to captivate audiences and celebrate the intersection of cutting-edge filmmaking innovation and artistic vision. “The Festival has always been committed to providing […]

Canadian Perspectives Pack a Powerful Punch at TIFF

Canadian Perspectives Pack a Powerful Punch at TIFF

Toronto — The Toronto International Film Festival® revealed a lineup of bold Canadian works by filmmakers including Patricia Rozema, André Turpin, Anne Émond, Kazik Radwanski and Guy Édoin, documentarians Mina Shum and Avi Lewis, trailblazers Bruce McDonald, Guy Maddin and Philippe Falardeau, promising new work from Andrew Cividino, Adam Garnet Jones and Stephen Dunn, and […]

TIFF 2015 Midnight Madness Films Revealed!

TIFF 2015 Midnight Madness Films Revealed!

TORONTO — Midnight Madness returns to the Toronto International Film Festival® to satiate late night audiences’ appetites for wild sensory stimulation. The programme will present the best in action, horror, shock and fantasy films from the rabble-rousers of cinema, opening with Jeremy Saulnier’s tense siege shocker Green Room. “Midnight Madness winds up Festival audiences as […]

Notorious: Celebrating the Ingrid Bergman Centenary at TIFF

Notorious: Celebrating the Ingrid Bergman Centenary at TIFF

Begins on August 22 – September 6 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. “More than most stars of her rare magnitude, Ingrid Bergman was an actress who went her own way.” —Ben Cosgrove, LIFE.com “Bergman played the whole film without knowing how it would end, and this had the subtle effect of making all of her […]

7 NFB Films To Screen at TIFF 15

7 NFB Films To Screen at TIFF 15

An eclectic mix of Canadian talent shines on the big screen The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) returns to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) (September 10–20, 2015) with a stellar line up of feature films from Mina Shum, Mark Lewis and Guy Maddin, as well as short films from award-winning animator Howie Shia, […]

Bill Hader, Asif Kapadia, Jia Zhang-ke, Gigi Pritzker and Nicolas Chartier Join 2015 TIFF Industry Conference

Bill Hader, Asif Kapadia, Jia Zhang-ke, Gigi Pritzker and Nicolas Chartier Join 2015 TIFF Industry Conference

TORONTO ─ TIFF unveiled today special guests confirmed for the 2015 TIFF Industry Conference. The seven-day conference will feature 200 speakers and will include intimate conversations with industry powerhouse Gigi Pritzkerand financing mogul Nicolas Chartier, and an Asian Film Summit Master Class with acclaimed filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke. Actor, writer and producer Bill Hader and award-winning […]

BACKCOUNTRY Opens August 14 at TIFF

BACKCOUNTRY – D Films Director – Adam MacDonald Cast – Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop, Eric Balfour, Nicholas Campbell Location: TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St West) BACKCOUNTRY is a tense thriller about a young couple who go camping in the Canadian wilderness. Alex is a seasoned camper while Jenn is… not. After much convincing, she […]

TIFF Programming to Tour China and the United States

TIFF Programming to Tour China and the United States

Award-winning interactive exhibition digiPlaySpace and the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival launch international tours in China and the United States. LONDON – Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, today announced major international touring destinations for TIFF programming to centres around the world, furthering the organization’s global strategy of placing original programming in cultural institutions […]