Fire Song, Adam Garnet Jones’ film set in an aboriginal community, has drawn attention at TIFF and gets a closer look from Victoria Goldberg at Excalibur. Also at TIFF is the premiere (today) of New
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Telefilm and UniFrance Unite to Take on the U.S. Market
(Via CNW) Telefilm Canada and UniFrance films have decided they’re natural partners and announced (at TIFF) that they’re launching “a partnership focused on the distribution and promotion of independent films from their respective countries.” (UniFrance
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Beyond the Red Carpet at TIFF and More
“Six years later, [Naomi] Klein is set to nail another manifesto to TIFF’s door,” writes The National Post’s Joseph Brean — this one being the Leap Manifesto, presented today and calling for change across a
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TIFF Films and a Bilingual Job Opening
Bilingue? MFM says St. Nickel is looking for a fully bilingual Production Secretary — who also has to be very organized. Details here. CTV has some background (from CP) on Adam Garnet Jones’ Fire Song,
Continue ReadingFrom TO to Telluride, to the Arctic, to Regina
Variety has plenty of TIFF coverage, from a U.S. perspective of course, starting with Awards Editor Tim Gray’s reflection that the first edition of the Festival, back in 1976, was the scene of a major
Continue ReadingRecommendations, Prevention, Locations, Education, Unionization
TIFF may be just beginning, but The National Post’s Chris Knight has already seen about 30 of the films. Of course, that’s only about a tenth of them . . . He recommends five and
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