Torontoist » blue ice group http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Tue, 21 May 2013 03:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Scene: The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema’s Grand Opening http://torontoist.com/2012/03/scene-the-bloor-hot-docs-cinemas-grand-opening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scene-the-bloor-hot-docs-cinemas-grand-opening http://torontoist.com/2012/03/scene-the-bloor-hot-docs-cinemas-grand-opening/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:00:16 +0000 Torontoist http://torontoist.com/?p=142403

Guests line up for free snacks.

Guests line up for free snacks. The theatre is equipped with a new digital projector. The cinema also has a new screen. The balcony area remains mostly unchanged, except that the seats have been reupholstered. Chris McDonald, executive director of Hot Docs, addresses the crowd. 20120316bloorcinema6 Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport Michael Chan gives a speech. Hot Docs Executive Director Chris McDonald. Hot Docs Executive Director Chris McDonald and Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport Michael Chan. The night's screening was Big Boys Gone Bananas, a documentary about a documentary filmmaker who criticized Dole corporation (in a previous documentary, natch) only to have them come after him with all their legal and PR might. MPP Michael Chan in the foreground, Neil Tabatznik, principal of the Blue Ice Group, in the foreground. Neil Tabatznik, principal of the Blue Ice Group, gives a speech. The cinema's renovated entranceway. The underside of the cinema's renovated marquee.

WHERE: The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

WHEN: Wednesday, March 14

WHAT: The newly renovated Bloor Hot Docs Cinema held its grand reopening Wednesday night. A crowd of over 600 gathered to inspect changes made by the venue’s new owner, the Blue Ice Group, and to watch Big Boys Gone Bananas, a documentary about a documentarian who runs afoul of the Dole corporation. The night was the official start of the Bloor’s new life as a year-round home for Hot Docs, the annual documentary film festival. Today is the cinema’s first day of regular screenings.

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