Toronto Film Festival

<body> <DIV style="position:absolute; top:100px; left:230px; width:525px;"> <TABLE cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><TR><TD> <DIV style="margin: 0 10px 0 0; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; width:300px; border-left: 2px dotted #C7A900; border-right: 2px dotted #C7A900;"> <DIV align="center"> <B>Make a statement this year with cool film festival swag from our *NEW* storefront.</B><BR> <A href="subframe.html?goto=store" target="main"><IMG src="graphics/hat_critic.jpg" width=150 height=150 border=0></A> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0 10px 0 0; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; width:300px; border-left: 2px dotted #C7A900; border-right: 2px dotted #C7A900;"> <DIV style="margin:20px; border: 2px double #C7A900;" align="center"><h2>2006 NEWS</h2></DIV> <h2>Deconstructing Sundance</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Oct 20, 2006<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> In the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Competition, Deconstructing Sundance used Bayesian analysis to predict in advance the films that would win all four of the major awards: the Dramatic Competition Audience Award, the Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize, the Documentary Competition Audience Award, and the Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> How successful were we? While we can't really judge the success until after we see how these films perform at the box office, the initial results are encouraging. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.deconstructingsundance.com/" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <h2>Toronto film festival opens Sept. 7</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Aug 24, 2006<BR> Source: Inside Toronto<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <B>Stars and those who love them expected in large numbers</B> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> By Susan O'Neill </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> It's just two weeks until the curtain rises on the 31st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> And that means stargazers will soon be hitting the streets of Yorkville hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite celebrities. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Jude Law, Jennifer Lopez, Brad Pitt and Sharon Stone are among the more than 500 international stars who'll descend on Toronto next month. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The lineup of special guests attending this year's event, which runs Sept. 7 to 16, was unveiled Tuesday along with the complete list of the 352 films that will be screened throughout the week. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> "The global star power that will descend on the city is unprecedented," festival co-director Noah Cowan told a crowd gathered in Nathan Phillips Square Tuesday. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.insidetoronto.ca/to/centre/story/3650195p-4220139c.html?loc=centre" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <h2>Galaxy of celebrities expected at Toronto film festival</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Aug 23, 2006<BR> Source: The Hindu<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Ottawa, Aug. 23 (Xinhua): Heavyweights from Hollywood, European and Asian cinema are set to arrive at the Toronto International Film Festival next month as the annual event is strengthening its reputation as an international launch pad for films, organizers said Tuesday. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Festival Chief Executive and Director, Piers Handling, and Co-Director, Noah Cowan, on Tuesday announced an exhaustive list of celebrities, expected to attend the 31st edition of the event, which runs from September 7-16, as well as a final slate of titles rounding out this year's lineup. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The guest list tops 500 and runs from India's Bollywood superstar, Amitabh Bachchan, to the Chinese silver screen goddess, Zhang Ziyi, as well as Hollywood's Brad Pitt, France's Daniel Auteuil, Canada's Guy Maddin and Spain's Pedro Almodovar. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Russell Crowe, Reese Witherspoon, Dustin Hoffman, Pierce Brosnan, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Jennifer Lopez, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks and Sharon Stone are also expected to show up at the festival. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV><DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200608231430.htm" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <DIV style="margin:20px; border: 2px double #C7A900;" align="center"><h2>2005 NEWS</h2></DIV> <h2>Mehta's 'Water' to open Toronto Film Festival</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on July 8, 2005<BR> Source: CTV, Canadian Press<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Water, a new movie from director Deepa Mehta, will kick off this year's Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The gala on Sept. 8 will mark the world premiere of Water, which tells the story of a child bride in pre-independence India who is exiled to a widow's ashram after her husband's death. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The film is the final instalment in Mehta's trilogy named after the elements, following the 1996 film Fire and 1998's Earth, which both premiered at the festival. She also directed Bollywood/Hollywood. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> "We know that Canada is multicultural. We all feel that, hear it. But somehow it's never been affirmed the way it has been here today. And that is an important day for me," she said. "It means a lot." </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1119998089513_28/?hub=Entertainment" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR> <h2>Toronto Film Festival Premieres</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on June 29, 2005<BR> Source: Dark Horizons<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The 30th Toronto International Film Festival gets underway on September 8th and already the big events of the schedule have been announced reports Variety. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Steve Martin's "Shop Girl" will world premiere as a special presentation. David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" and Atom Egoyan's "Where the Truth Lies," both of which preemed at Cannes, will have their North American premieres as galas. Also "Water," the controversial third part of Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's "Elemental Trilogy," will open the fest. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> "Thank You for Smoking," from director Jason Reitman, will world premiere as a special presentation. Based on the novel by Christopher Buckley, pic stars Robert Duvall, Katie Holmes, Adam Brody and Sam Elliott. Also getting a North American premiere is Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," the gay cowboy love drama featuring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050629a.php" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR> <h2>Toronto Film Festival line-up</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on June 22, 2005<BR> Source: TimeOut - Film<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; font-weight:bold;"> Organisers announce 20 of the best films from festivals around the world to appear at Toronto in September. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The build-up to the Toronto International Film Festival began to heat up as organiser Noah Cowan announced a selection of the cinematic highlights to be screened. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Twenty films considered to be the 'cream of the festival circuit' will appear on the programme, 16 of which will be North American premieres. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'The Child' from Belgium directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and 'Hidden', which scored Michael Haneke the Best Director gong, are two selections likely to get festival attendee's mouths watering. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.timeout.com/film/news/498.html" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR> <h2>Film festivals spring up all over</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Mar. 27, 2005<BR> Source: JS Online<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Everyone knows about the Sundance, Cannes and Toronto International film festivals; they are the Big Three of the festival world, and each has a particular niche. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Sundance begins the film year in January and is where independent films and filmmakers are first discovered. Cannes, in May, is an international film marketplace. And Toronto, in September, is where films from Cannes make their North American debuts and is a launching pad for Hollywood's Oscar hopefuls. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/mar05/312762.asp" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR> <h2>Political storm cloud hangs over Hollywood</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Mar. 29, 2005<BR> Source: LA Times<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> At a hastily called news conference at the Toronto Film Festival, filmmaker Michael Moore blasts the top executives at Hollywood's major studios, saying he hasn't received a single offer to distribute his new documentary investigating the healthcare industry. "The silence has been deafening," the angry filmmaker says, wearing a baseball cap with the logo, "I Am Not Lindsay Lohan's Dad." "They're willing to spend millions on Jamie Kennedy and Hilary Duff, who are cold as ice, but they won't ante up for a guy whose last movie made $120 million." Moore is especially upset with Warner Bros. chief Alan F. Horn, who had initially expressed interest but broke off negotiations, saying that until it completed filming its epic remake of "The Poseidon Adventure," the studio was "scrambling just to pay the electric bills." </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-et-goldstein29mar29,1,2482583.story?coll=la-headlines-politics&ctrack=1&cset=true" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR> <h2>Ontario pledges $25 million for Toronto film festival</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Mar. 4, 2005<BR> Source: CBC News<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Ontario has agreed to give $25 million to help the Toronto International Film Festival move into new headquarters in downtown Toronto. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> The popular festival plans to occupy the first five floors of a new 41-storey building at the corner of King and John. It is committed to putting about $120 million toward the building's construction. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> All told, the festival is looking for nearly $200 million, with $50 million for an endowment fund to cover operating and maintenance costs and about $20 million for moving and transition costs. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> To date the festival has raised more than one-third of the total from private donors, including its long-time sponsor, the credit card group Visa. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Festival director Piers Handling said Thursday the provincial contribution of $25 million had turned the project from an "if into a when." </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot-torfilmfest200500304" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR> <h2>Six festivals for the film lover</h2> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> Date: Posted on Sun, Jan. 30, 2005<BR> Source: Mercury News<BR> </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [Begin excerpt...] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <b>The scene: </b>For 10 usually wonderful days in early fall, the entire city of Toronto seems to be taken over by this festival: The newspapers are filled with coverage; people wander up and down the streets animatedly chatting about what movies they've seen; everywhere you turn, you seem to see Johnny Knoxville. The reason is this: It's probably the only film festival in North America that appeals equally to movie geeks and celebrity worshipers. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <b>Remember to plan ahead: </b>The last thing you want to do is show up without tickets -- you'll find yourself in "long" rush lines that often prove fruitless. The problem, for the everyday not-from-Canada movie buff, is that the ticketing system is a byzantine process that involves fax machines, Fed-Ex-ing and lotteries. The best bet is to go for one of the many ticket packages or coupon books (sold for a wide range of prices, from hundreds to thousands). But these need to be purchased in August, and they sell out almost instantly. Then there's the daunting hurdle of selecting your movies, which is done by lottery in early September. Individual tickets for films (usually $18 Canadian) go on sale in early September, but by then many of the choice screenings have already filled up. All of this is explained, in mind-boggling detail, on the Toronto International Film Festival Web site. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <b>Got all that?: </b>OK, now that you've actually secured some tickets, have a ball. The festival venues are mostly concentrated in the Yorkville section of Toronto, which means all manner of terrific shops and restaurants to visit between screenings. And if you hang around on the corner of Avenue Road and Cumberland Street -- right in between the Park Hyatt and the Four Seasons Hotel -- you're bound to enjoy some primo celebrity spotting. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <b>Where to stay: </b>If you want to rub elbows with the glitterati, try to grab a room at the Windsor Arms ($206-$1,399, (416) 971-9666) or the Four Seasons (from $355, (800) 819-5053). If you want to rub elbows with lowly film critics, there are affordable options, including a Quality Inn and a Days Inn, within walking distance of the main venues. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <b>Where to party: </b>Your best bet, if you're not on any invite lists, is to walk down Bloor Street around 10 p.m. and look for large throngs of people. Unfortunately, security has become so tight at these things that you may be shot dead trying to sneak into parties. But good luck -- and say hello to Johnny Knoxville for us if you get inside. </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> [...End excerpt] </DIV> <DIV class="smallcontent" style="margin: 8px 0 0 0;"> <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/travel/10762338.htm?1c" target="new">[source]</A> </DIV> <BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </TD><TD valign="top"> <DIV style="margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px 4px 4px; width:224px;"> <DIV style="margin: 6px 0 0 0;" align="right"> <A href="main.htm?page=newsarchive">Read More News >></A> </DIV> <DIV style="background-color:#FAF0E0; padding:6px;"> <DIV style='margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px'> <DIV style='margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px'> <SPAN style='font-size:12px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica; font-weight:bold;'>Rome honouring Sophia Loren</SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style='font-size:11px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px'>Italian actress Sophia Loren receives a lifetime achievement honour at the second Rome Film Festival.  <BR> <SPAN style='font-size:9px; font-family:Verdana;'>Oct 20</SPAN>  <A href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/7053340.stm' target='new'>[source]</A> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style='margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px'> <DIV style='margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px'> <SPAN style='font-size:12px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica; font-weight:bold;'>Rome honouring Sophia Loren</SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style='font-size:11px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px'>Italian actress Sophia Loren receives a lifetime achievement honour at the second Rome Film Festival.  <BR> <SPAN style='font-size:9px; font-family:Verdana;'>Oct 20</SPAN>  <A href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/7053340.stm' target='new'>[source]</A> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style='margin: 0px 0px 8px 0px'> <DIV style='margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px'> <SPAN style='font-size:12px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica; font-weight:bold;'>Rome honouring Sophia Loren</SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style='font-size:11px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 2px 0px'>Italian actress Sophia Loren receives a lifetime achievement honour at the second Rome Film Festival.  <BR> <SPAN style='font-size:9px; font-family:Verdana;'>Oct 20</SPAN>  <A href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/7053340.stm' target='new'>[source]</A> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="float:right;"> <DIV style="margin: 6px 0 0 0;" align="right"> <A href="main.htm?page=newsarchive">Read More News >></A> </DIV> <DIV style="margin: 2px 0 0 0;" align="right"> <A href="http://www.rsspy.com" target="_new" style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:9px; color:#999999;">News powered by RSSpy.com</A> </DIV> <TABLE width="100%" height="100%"><TR><TD align="center" valign="middle" height="200"> <br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Call to undefined function: getad() in <b>/home/httpd/vhosts/torontofilmfestival.com/httpdocs/industrynews.inc.php</b> on line <b>369</b><br />