Last week, Venice Film Festival rocked the film industry with the opening of Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu’s "Birdman," which has become an instant favourite to dominate next year’s Oscars. Other movies such as Reese Witherspoon's starrer “Wild” and Alan Turin's biopic “The Imitation Game” generated no lesser enthusiasm following their premieres at the Colorado-based Telluride Film … Continue reading Why does Toronto International Film Festival matter?
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12 Years a Slave Wins Toronto Film Festival
British director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave has won the 38th Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize. Produced by Brad Pitt and Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender, the film tells the real-life story of an African-American who was subjected to the cruelty of slavery for 12 years before he was freed by his white … Continue reading 12 Years a Slave Wins Toronto Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival ignites the race to the Oscars
In the last few years, The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has increasingly become more of a barometer for Oscar contenders than a platform to discover small movies that often rely on festivals to gain some attention. Films are not measured by creative quality or commercial viability anymore but by their Oscar potential - a … Continue reading Toronto Film Festival ignites the race to the Oscars
Silver Linings Playbook wins Toronto Film Festival
Today, David O'Russell's comedy Silver Linings Playbook has been named the BlackBerry People’s Choice Award winner at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro, the crowd-pleasing film centres on a bipolar former teacher who meets a troubled widow as he tries to reconcile with his wife, … Continue reading Silver Linings Playbook wins Toronto Film Festival
Politics and controversy at Toronto Film Festival
There is no other film event that transforms its host city the way Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) does. During the 11-days, the sleepy city of Toronto becomes the thriving epicentre of the film industry, hosting thousands of industry professionals and film fans from all over the world, who come to savour the new offerings … Continue reading Politics and controversy at Toronto Film Festival
Ben Affleck’s Argo fires up Canadians at TIFF
Argo, one of the most talked about movies at Toronto International Film Festival was premiered last night at the Roy Thompson Hall. The political thriller is based on the true story of the 6 Americans who succeeded in fleeing the US embassy in Tehran when it was stormed by Iranian demonstrators, following the toppling of … Continue reading Ben Affleck’s Argo fires up Canadians at TIFF
Lebanese movie wins Toronto Film Festival
Lebanese movie, Where Do We Go Now, has won the People Choice award at the 36th Toronto Film Festival. Directed by Nadine Lataki, who had previously made the award-winning movie Caramel, the film tells the story of a group of women in a Lebanese village who decide to act
Husam (Sam) Asi 