Sunday, September 18, 2016

Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2016 Award Winners

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The Toronto International Film Festival® announced its award winners at a ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, hosted by Piers Handling, C...

TIFF and the art of self-promotion

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BaBa Zula rocks TIFF Story & photos by Allan Tong Each September, the world's second-largest film festival (after Cannes) attr...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

How to schmooze at TIFF

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Story & photos by Allan Tong It's day 8 at TIFF, the Americans have left and, while the galas and screenings continue strong, the ...
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The gathering of the Canadian film tribe: the CFC BBQ

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Story and photos by Allan Tong "You going to the barbecue?" If you're a Canadian at TIFF, you inevitably hear that que...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Telefilm and Birks salute women at TIFF

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Story and photos by Allan Tong Sandra Oh Last night at the posh Shangri-La Hotel in downtown Toronto, Telefilm Canada and jewelerer B...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Isabelle Huppert and the French shine at UniFrance, TIFF

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Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (directors, The Unknown Girl ) Story and photos by Allan Tong Over the weekend, UniFrance celebrated F...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn Stalmaster and Frederick Wiseman to receive Academy’s 2016 Governors Awards

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The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night (August 30) to present Honorary Awards to ac...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Academy reveals 2016 Student Academy Award winners

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The Academy has voted 17 students as winners of the 43rd Student Academy Awards® competition. The Academy received a record number of entr...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Toronto International Film Festival announces Canadian selections, Talent Lab, Pitch This!, Rising Stars

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POLITICS AND BOLD STORYTELLING HEADLINE CANADIAN LINEUP AT THETORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The Toronto International Film Festiv...
Monday, August 1, 2016

Call for submissions: EURODOC Pitch, and One‐on‐One for Emerging Filmmakers

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CALL FOR PROJECTS: EURODOC PITCH and ONE‐ON‐ONE FOR EMERGING FILMMAKERS Montreal, August 1, 2016 – Doc Circuit Montréal (DCM) ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Toronto International Film Festival announces first films for 41st edition

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2016 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS ITS FIRST SLATE OF GALAS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Featuring World Premieres from filmm...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Film review: Cafe Society

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Writer/Director: Woody Allen Producers:  Letty Aronson, Ron Chez, Helen Robin,  Adam B. Stern, Allan Teh, Stephen Tenenbaum, Edward Wal...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

David Bowie is back...on the big screen

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review by Allan Tong Six months after cancer claimed the iconic British musician, David Bowie returns to Canada on select Cineplex scre...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Academy Invites a record 683 New Members

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 683 artists and executives who have...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

ICFF review: All Roads Lead to Rome

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 Italian screen legend, Claudia Cardinale, delivers a sharp, sardonic performance in All Roads Lead To Rome (Tutte le strade portano a Ro...