News,TIFF 2011
Lebanese film wins People's Choice award
September 19, 2011The Lebanese film Where Do We Go Now? about a group of women determined to protect their families from violence by hatching schemes to distract their men, won The Cadillac People's Choice Award yesterday at TIFF. The award comes with a cash prize of $15,000. Often, the film that wins the prestigious award goes on to [...]
Tribute hosts David Hare, Bill Nighy at Page Eight afterparty
September 18, 2011Tribute hosted the closing night TIFF afterparty for the gala screening of Page Eight, starring Golden-Globe award winner Bill Nighy and directed by two-time Oscar nominee Sir David Hare, at the newly opened upscale bistro La Société at 131 Bloor Street West. Other celebs in attendance were Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman from CBC's Steven and [...]
Rebecca Hall Interview - The Awakening
September 17, 2011In Nick Murphy’s thriller The Awakening, set in 1921, Rebecca Hall plays an author and debunker of hoaxes and when she’s called to explain away sightings of a phantom boy, she begins to questions her deductive methods. Ola Sturik of Tribute sat down with the actress at the Toronto International Film Festival to find out [...]
TIFF fans divulge most gracious stars on the red carpet
September 17, 2011Hundreds of stars come to TIFF each year, but which ones appreciate their fans the most? Joanne Chu-Fook has been going to the festival for five years and says the great thing about TIFF is that it's a festival for the people, unlike other large film festivals like Venice or Cannes, which don't open their [...]
Saoirse Ronan, Terrence Howard on the red carpet
September 17, 2011Terrence Howard walked the red carpet last night for the gala screening of his new movie, Winnie, about Winnie and Nelson Mandela, at Roy Thomson Hall. His co-star, Jennifer Hudson, was scheduled to appear but had to bow out at the last minute. Walking the red carpet at Roy Thomson earlier in the evening was [...]
Paddy Considine Interview - Tyrannosaur
September 16, 2011Director Paddy Considine sits down with Tribute to talk about his film Tyrannosaur, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Tyrannosaur is the story of Joseph (Peter Mullan), an angry alcoholic whose life is changed when he meets Hannah (Olivia Colman), a spirited middle-class woman trying to survive her abusive marriage.
Hugh Dancy Interview - Hysteria
September 16, 2011In Hysteria, Hugh Dancy plays the role of Mortimer Granville, the young misunderstood doctor who invented the very first vibrator in the 1880s. Dancy talks to Ola Sturik of Tribute at the Toronto International Film Festival about his thoughts on the history of the vibrator, what it was like being on set, and some of [...]
Maggie Gyllenhaal Interview - Hysteria
September 16, 2011Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in Tanya Wexler’s film Hysteria -- about the invention of the vibrator -- which premieres at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The actress sat down with Ola Sturik of Tribute to talk about her role in the film, what drew her to the project, and how she perfected her British accent.
