Artistic Director of #TIFF14 w/ Director, CEO Piers Handling gives a reason for the strength of their program Director, CEO Piers Handling of #TIFF14 w/ Artistic Director Cameron Bailey thanks founders of TIFF
Chief Emeritus & Founder of TIFF and the Founder of TIFF as well as Founder and CEO of NIFF, Bill Marshall, talks about the early days of the festival.
The 2014 Toronto International Film Festival kicks off in just 85 days, and audiences can once again expect a variety of ticket-buying options to help tailor their Festival experience. Designed to suit any film fan’s schedule and cinematic taste, Festival ticket packages include daytime, evening and weekend options, as well as programme-themed packs and new […]
Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema – June 5 to July 1 – TIFF Bell Lightbox “This is a cinema of personal vision, social commitment and poetic responsibility from which we’ve all learned and which sets a high standard that, as a filmmaker, I strive to achieve with every film, every time out.” — […]
Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, today announced Short Cuts International, a programme of international short films that will premiere at the 2014 Festival. “With new technologies and a constant influx of new talent, short filmmaking is flourishing,” said Bailey. “As TIFF expands its global reach, we want to bring some […]
TIFF announced further details for the third annual TIFF Next Wave Film Festival (February 14–16), including the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival Mural, and the lineup of special guests who will be in attendance during the festival. Targeted for young movie lovers aged 14 through 18, the festival is steered by the TIFF Next Wave […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton Gravity feels like it strayed from one of the summer blockbuster screens into TIFF where adult dramas herald the next Oscar season. None of this matters, because Gravity is an amazing thriller about two American astronauts who are hurtled into outer space after enduring an accident at their spacecraft. Sandra […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton Fading Gigolo was one of this year’s TIFF films that had buyers buzzing…until they saw it. Noted actor John Turturro writes and directs this starring vehicle for himself who becomes a high-price callboy for upscale Manhattan women like Sharon Stone. Woody Allen plays his 76-year-old pimp and steals every scene […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton One of the slickest thrillers to ever come out of South Korea is Cold Eyes. A squad of high-tech surveillance cops follow members of a gang of ruthless bank robbers around Seoul. The pretty and self-assured Han Hyo-joo plays the junior member of the team who survives her initiation to […]
by allan tong for FILMbutton In rural Iceland, a young girl witnesses her older brother dying in a gory farming accident. It traumatizes her parents and herself. She finds release and solace in the heavy metal that her brother adored which allows her to channel her anger as a headbanger. Armed with a guitar and […]
