Tony Wong of thestar.com reports some of the Big moments of TV this year. Viola Davis has won an Emmy, Jon Stewart retired his show after 15 years, TIFF showcased Heroes Reborn and other similar
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VIFF Opening, TIFF Board Changes, Social Impact Award, SMPIA Party
The Vancouver International Film Festival kicks off tonight with the showing of Brooklyn, an international co-production (Canada, Ireland, UK) telling the story of a young immigrant woman in 1950’s New York — our Nick will
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AFF Awards, The Magicians, and Savvy Girls
Belated congratulations to the winners of the 35th Atlantic Film Festival awards, who were announced on Sunday. Best Atlantic Short went to Ashley McKenzie’s 4 Quarters while Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island, by
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TIFF Sees Sales, Sets Record
The TIFF award recipients weren’t the only winners at the Festival this year — it’s also reporting record highs for industry attendance and also strong film sales. As TIFF Artistic Director Cameron Bailey put it
Continue ReadingFrom TIFF Awards to the Ends of the Earth
Congratulations to the 2015 TIFF award winners; the Festival has the whole story here, and BlogTO’s Alexander Huls has a list version here. Andrew Cividino has triumphed once again with Sleeping Giant as Best Canadian
Continue ReadingDunn Becomes First Len Blum Resident
(Via press.tiff.net) Stephen Dunn has been announced as the official Inaugural Len Blum Resident at TIFF. A new program that starts this year, TIFF introduced this residency as a tribute to Len Blum, who is
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