TIFF 2008
Festival award winners announced
September 15, 2008The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival announced its awards at the Awards Reception at the Intercontinental on Front Street on Saturday. Here they are: AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM: Chris Chong Chan Fui’s Block B. CITYTV AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM: Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu’s Before Tomorrow TORONTO/CITYTV AWARD FOR [...]
TIFF 2008 wrap-up party with Paris!
September 13, 2008TIFF wraps up tonight, with gala screenings of Stone of Destiny at 6 p.m. at the Visa Screening Room and at 8:00 p.m. at Roy Thomson Hall. The Other Man is the final gala, screening at 9:30 p.m. at Isabel Bader Theatre. The Festival Wrap Party kicks off at Dundas Square at 8:00 p.m., featuring [...]
Charlie Cox (Stone of Destiny) interview
September 12, 2008Tribute talks to Charlie Cox about Stone of Destiny. Scotland, 1950. With Scots nationalism waning under the weight of Britain’s rule, four university students, led by Ian Hamilton (Charlie Cox), make a dramatic gesture to reawaken their country’s pride. Despite having little money and even less experience, they cunningly break into Westminster Abbey in the [...]
Party with Lilo and SamRo tonight
September 12, 2008Hot happenings tonight: Party at Ultra Supper Club: Lindsay Lohan hosts while Samantha Ronson DJs the party which starts at 10 p.m. at 314 Queen St. West. Roy Thomson Hall Gala Screening: The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond starring Bryce Dallas Howard at 6:30 p.m. followed by Korea’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird at [...]
Kevin Zegers blows off fans
September 12, 2008Fans at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival have had a great time this past week, with many A-listers going out of their way to meet them and sign autographs. Heck, Viggo Mortensen and Harry Potter‘s Jason Isaacs even braved pouring rain, arriving soaking wet at premieres because they wanted to make their fans happy. [...]
Veteran critic Roger Ebert attacked at festival
September 12, 2008Pulitzer prize-winning Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert, who has lost the ability to speak due to an ongoing battle with cancer, was at a screening during the Toronto International Film Festival this week when he was attacked. Unable to see subtitles for the film Slumlord Millionaire because the tall man sitting in front of him [...]
Thursday’s “don’t miss” screenings
September 11, 2008Roy Thomson Hall Gala Screening: Public Enemy Number One (L’Instinct de mort) (Part 1) at 6:30 p.m. followed by Who Do You Love at 9:30 p.m. Visa Screening Room at the Elgin Theatre: Empty Nest (El nido vacio) at 6 p.m., followed by Inju, the Beast in the Shadow (Inju, la bête dans l’ombre) at [...]
Films find success with distribution deals at TIFF
September 11, 2008Several films screening at TIFF have found distributors, including The Hurt Locker, starring Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce, picked up by Summit Entertainment. Steven Soderbergh‘s Che, with a runtime of 262 minutes, was bought by IFC Films for North American distribution. The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke, was bid on by several distributors, with Fox Searchlight and [...]
