Métis filmmaker Terril Calder's SNIP, screening in the Short Cuts section at TIFF, is one of the very best
Canadian films at the festival.
Not exact matches
After playing
at a couple of
Canadian film festivals last fall, Defendor came to just three North American theaters (four in its second week) for fourteen days of quiet exhibition this past February.
The
Canadian film premiered
at Slamdance 2013 and took home the Best Narrative Feature prize, initiating a successful
festival run...
She has over 10 years of experience in international
festival management and
film programming, with past positions
at the Toronto International
Film Festival, the
Canadian Film Centre, Fashion in
Film, and the Museum of the Moving Image.
Thankfully, amidst the glamour and spectacle that frequently serve as distraction during
film festivals, the atmosphere
at TIFF remains unmistakably
Canadian, by avoiding competition in favor of admiration and by featuring an assortment of
Canadian filmmakers within its program.
By our count, there are 17
films showing here that have already had a recent screening
at Toronto, although admittedly it is more difficult to find a
film made in the last year that is not showing
at the prevalent
Canadian festival.
With Montrealer Jay Baruchel heading up opening
film THE SORCERER»S APPRENTICE, and SCOTT PILGRIM coming in
at the
festival's tail end, the
Canadians are representing in a major way
at this year's event!
Guests
at the
festival will include actress / director / producer Trudie Styler, who will present her directorial feature debut, «Freak Show»;
Canadian director Denis Côté, who will serve as a mentor in the
festival's Future Frames section; Byelorussian director Sergei Loznitsa, who will present his
film «Austerlitz»; and Belfast - born director Mark Cousins, who will come to the
festival with «Stockholm, My Love.»