Film Festivals in Toronto

CineCuba: Three festivals in one coming to Toronto

Film Festivals in Toronto — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:45:51 +0000

CineCuba is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging exposition of Cuban films in Toronto. The festival runs November 1-5 at the Royal Theatre in Toronto. We speak with Production Manager Diana Cadvid about the festival and the exciting line-up of films.

The platform of the Toronto Urban Film Festival

Film Festivals in Toronto — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:18:26 +0000

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The Toronto Urban Film Festival comes together at the beginning of September every year as a collection of independent short films at their finest, humbly showcased for free on TTC screens across the city. This seems in direct contest with another, more notorious film festival that happens every September in the city… why the choice to run TUFF alongside TIFF? What can commuters expect to get out of this truly “underground” festival? What is the process and what is the draw of submitting one of your films to this festival?

Solidarity Sunday at the Parkdale Film and Video Showcase

Film Festivals in Toronto — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:35:00 +0000

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This edition of the FFIT Show includes reflections on the Parkdale Film and Video Showcase that happened in July. The interview features Rebecca Gruihn, who is a filmmaker, a part of sessional faculty at York University, and the Programming Director for the festival, talking about “Solidarity Sunday.”

Solidarity Sunday this year was conceived as a response to the string of sexual assaults that happened in 2012 in Parkdale and other communities around Toronto. Films shown at this event opened up conversations on sexual violence, gender discrimination, and how to take back community space.

Getting a peek at the Hidden Film Festival

Film Festivals in Toronto — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:01:33 +0000

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The Hidden Film Festival has appeared in Dublin, London and will be in Paris and then in Toronto. What did we uncover about the hidden film festival? Tune in to find out! Plus reflections on the film Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution. For more coverage of Toronto film festivals see this section of rabble.ca.

Film review: Tenchi: the Samurai Astronomer

Film Festivals in Toronto — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:10:52 +0000

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer is a film by the Japanese Academy Award winning director Yojiro Takita, and was the selection for the opening of the Toronto Japanese Film Festival.

This film is ultimately a coming-of-age tale that follows Santetsu Yasui’s (Junichi Okada) evolution from a clumsy, unreliably absent-minded Go-player with a love of mathematics, into a dependable and honourable mathematician, astronomer, and inventor of the Jokyo calendar.

In the Name Of delivers depressing but realistic portrait of Polish sexual politics

Film Festivals in Toronto — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:03:51 +0000

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Inside Out: An interview with festival Program Director Andrew Murphy

Film Festivals in Toronto — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:48:39 +0000

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Inside Out is hitting Toronto and it is the largest event of its kind in Canada, showcasing the best and most diverse films by, for and of interest to LGBT communities. Matt Adams speaks to Inside Out Program Director Andrew Murphy about the line up of over 170 films and the changes that festival has undergone over the years.

CHIMERAS at Hot Docs spotlights booming China art scene

Film Festivals in Toronto — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:10:04 +0000

"I ended up making more or less the kind of film about China that I was determined in the beginning NOT to make," admits director and cinematographer Mika Mattila of his exquisitely-rendered documentary CHIMERAS.

Mattila, a Finnish cameraman who lived in Beijing from 2005 to 2010, is frank about his first film as a director. He wanted to shatter that rigid idea we have in the West that all films emanating from China are ultimately about East vs. West and a kind of "exotic Orient" that panders to stereotypes.

The Defector: An interview with producer, director, writer Ann Shin

Film Festivals in Toronto — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:17:51 +0000

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Ann Shin went undercover to film The Defector, following people fleeing North Korea. In this interview she speaks about conditions in North Korea, defecting, the challenges for refugees and of course, the film. Read film reviews and more on our coverage of Toronto films festivals right here.

Toronto Silent Film Festival and Images Festival

Film Festivals in Toronto — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:00:21 +0000

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It's not all hush-hush at the Toronto Silent Film Festival with live music and great shows plus amazing celebration of video and film at the Images Festival. In this episode interviews with folks from both festivals.

Canadian Film and Water Docs festivals this week

Film Festivals in Toronto — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:50:56 +0000

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Homegrown movies and films thirsty for change. This week you can catch the Canadian Film Festival and the Water Docs Festival. We catch up with both to get the scoop! Follow our coverage of Toronto film festivals right here.