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The Jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors, screenwriters and producers, will be the two Presidents of the Jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes.This year they will be joined by seven key figures in world...
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Call for submissions: 13th Annual Regent Park Film Festival
The deadline for submissions for this years Regent Park Film Festival is fast approaching! Be sure to submit your film before Friday, June 12th 2015 for it to be considered. We would greatly appreciate...
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TIFF announces 4th edition of All-Time Top Ten List of Canadian Films
TIFF today announces the results of its fourth Canada’s All-Time Top Ten List, an international poll of industry and academics on the most memorable Canadian films. This is the fourth edition of...
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2015 WGC Screenwriting Awards - winners
The WGC Screenwriting Awards, hosted by Ryan Belleville, took place Monday night at Koerner Hall in Toronto. It was an evening of celebrating the work of WGC members (and a great party). In the Movies...
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Keep On Keepin' On - An Evening in Honour of Clark Terry, with Performance by...
KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON: AN EVENING IN HONOUR OF CLARK TERRYAT THE BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA ON MAY 11—ONE NIGHT ONLY!FEATURING A PERFORMANCE BY JUSTIN KAUFLINHot Docs Canadian International Documentary...
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2015 Hot Docs Awards – winners
HOT DOCS AWARDS TOP HONOURS TO HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD AND THE CLOSER WE GET$61,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES GIVEN TO FESTIVAL FILMS AND FILMMAKERSHot Docs is pleased to announce this year’s...
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Hot Docs wraps its 22nd edition with record-breaking audience numbers...
UNBRANDED NAMED VIMEO ON DEMAND AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER ANDWELCOME TO LEITH WINS FILMMAKER-TO-FILMMAKER AWARDHot Docs has wrapped its 22nd edition with record-breaking audience numbers reaching an...
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40th Toronto International Film Festival announces its programmers
Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, reveal the team of 22 programmers who will make the selections for the 40th...
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2015 Billboard Music Awards – winners
The Billboard Music Awards held their ceremony Sunday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 25 year old singer-songwriter Taylor Alison Swift was the evening's biggest winner, taking a total of eight...
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ICFF warms up with Midnight Sun
Story & photo by Allan Tong The Italian Contemporary Film Festival runs June 11-19, but it's already screening to students and teaching film literacy. On May 22, the ICFF presented the Canadian...
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Steam Whistle raises a glass to 15 years of brewing
Anyone Torontonian who's attended a film festival or arts event over the past decade has likely seen the green Steam Whistle logo. The reason is that Steam Whistle has sponsored countless such events....
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TIDFAF celebrates 5 years of 'deaf cinema'
story & photo by Allan TongThis weekend, the Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival (TIDFAF) celebrates five years of “deaf cinema” by screening the films of Canadian and international...
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Italian fest opens with biopic of Oriana Fallaci
by Allan TongThis year's Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) opens Thursday night in Toronto and Vaughan with L'Oriana, a biopic about Oriana Fallaci, one of the most fearless and celebrated...
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ICFF opens in grand style in Toronto
by Allan Tong You gotta hand it to the Italians: They know how to party.The Italian Contemporary Film Festival opened in Toronto last night with a screening of the biopic, L'Oriana, about legendary...
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Italian Contemporary Film Festival roundup
by Allan Tong The Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) is enjoying one of its stronger years. From drama to documentary, the films in 2015 are consistently rewarding. Though I haven't seen a...
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Wine and movies: a Niagara Integrated Film Festival preview
Watching Kajutijuq: The Spirit That Comes in the cellarby Allan Tong TIFF co-founder Bill Marshall hosts the second edition of the Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF) from June 18-21 by pairing...
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NXNE presents Canadian premiere of Amy biodoc
by Allan TongFrom live bands to comedy, NXNE offers a wide array of things of hear and see from June 17-21, but one highlight is the Canadian premiere of Amy.Directed by Asif Kapadia, Amy, is a...
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Polaris Music Prize announces 2015 long list
The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List has been announced.The 40 Long List albums were unveiled earlier today at The Carleton in Halifax, NS in association with Halifax Pop Explosion, with the...
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Italian Contemporary Film Festival roundup - the sequel
by Allan TongThe second half of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival offers some gems, with screenings in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City and Vaughan through Friday.Directed by Sydney Sibilia, I Can...
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11 Tips to Survive NXNE 2015
by Allan TongIt's June in Toronto which means that NXNE is here. The five-day music festival (Northby for you hipsters) showcases rock acts from across the world to fill clubs, large and small, across...
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