Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York, sat down with Tribute’s Bonnie-Laufer Krebs to discuss The Young Victoria, which she produced.

The Young Victoria is Montreal director Jean-Marc Vallée’s (C.R.A.Z.Y.) first period piece, about Princess Victoria’s (Emily Blunt) ascension to the throne and her romance with Prince Albert (Rupert Friend).

Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire has won the People’s Choice Award as Best Picture at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the film had already won several awards at the Sundance Film Festival prior to screening at TIFF. It’s interesting to note that last year’s People’s Choice Award winner, Slumdog Millionaire, Read more

The final gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall is The Young Victoria, about Queen Victoria’s romance with Prince Albert, at 8 p.m. tonight. Sarah Ferguson, ex-wife of Prince Andrew, co-produced the movie and will be attending the closing night screening. Helmed by acclaimed Quebecois director Jean-Marc Vallée, the film stars an impressive array of British talent including Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) in the title role, as well as  Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent and Rupert Friend. The Young Victoria opens in Canadian theaters on November 13th.

TIFF’s free closing-night party in Yonge-Dundas Square features the infectious improvised audiovisual mashups of Eclectic Method. For the party, the renowned trio will thrill film and music lovers with a video remix set incorporating clips from the films included in The Essential 100, a TIFF list of the 100 best films ever. “We’re going to do a big blitz of all The Essential 100 to kick-start it, with just pure movies, and then go into a more usual Eclectic Method set,” Ian Edgar told The Star. “Yeah, it’s going to be a little artier than we usually are, and really with some of the more Read more

Director Werner Herzog has to be one of the most versatile filmmakers of all time. Though most directors stick to one genre, Herzog has ventured into many, even taking a turn at acting in several projects, including playing himself in the hilarious mock-documentary Incident at Loch Ness (which he co-wrote). He won a Directors Guild Award for his fascinating documentary Grizzly Man and received his first Oscar nod for another documentary, Encounters at the End of the World; but he also directed and wrote the major studio release Rescue Dawn starring Read more