Productivity in the industry. Today TIFF has announced its partnership with Instagram. Film Competition TIFFxInstagram invites international filmmakers both amateur and experienced to submit 60 second movies via Instagram, #TIFFxInstagram, best to check stats on
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Female Voices in the News
Catherine Hardwicke, “one of the most powerful female voices in Hollywood”, as TIFF’s Theresa Scandiffio notes, will take part in a special In Conversation With . . . event at TIFF Bell Lightbox on July
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Rencontre (Review)
Rencontre is a simple, bittersweet haiku about unexpected encounters and their equally unexpected brevity, directed by Toronto-based director Brennan Martin. The short film won the awards for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film at
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Beyond National Aboriginal Day
National Aboriginal Day 2016 (June 21st) saw announcements of several initiatives that will work to give more of a voice, through film and other media, to the First Nations of this country. CBC Docs (via
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The Recently Chosen
The Road Behind, just named a finalist in Telefilm’s Micro-Budget Production Program for 2016-2017, is directed by Kelton Stepanowich (the Alberta-based team also includes Derek Vermillion [writer)], Eric Janvier [producer]). When we talked to him
Continue ReadingSTUDIO Selectees, Casting Directors Call for Diversity, and Erasing Eden
Congratulations to the 12 writer-directors selected for this year’s STUDIO, TIFF’s year-round professional development industry program. These “emerging and mid-career professionals“ will get the chance to learn from their peers and distinguished figures in the
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