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
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From 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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Filmmakers Find Their Chances at TIFF
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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