by Allan Tong for FILMbutton.com As the Mao era crumbled in China, his cultural delegates plucked 11-year-old Li Cunxin from his poor Chinese village and took him to Beijing to study ballet. In China, that’s pretty much like boot camp. Kids followed a strict regimen that left no room for weakness or individuality. In Li’s […]
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 Stuart Strutin for FILMbutton It’s getting harder to find a good film. Not that they are not being made. It’s just that the definition keeps changing. A “good” film as defined in the 90’s may not be acquired or released in the current market. There are lots of good films at TIFF. As everyone […]
