Results tagged “filmcircuit”

Oh dear!

Yes, it's that time of year again - the Toronto International Film Festival Group have begun revealing the films that will be showing at their 31st Annual Film Festival (this year running from September 7th-16th). If we remember, the opening gala will be The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (we don't blame you, they announced it aaages ago) but they've now revealed their "Best of the International Film Circuit" selection (flicks that have already played at other festivals) and it's a doozy. Here at Torotontoist Towers our picks have to be Palme d'Or winner The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Ken Loach's portrayal of Ireland's bid for independence in the 1920s, and Takashi Miike's gay prison love drama/murder mystery Big Bang Love, Juvenile A. The full press release can be seen at the Toronto International Film Festival Group website.

It’s an interesting and potentially important time for English language Canadian filmmakers, with several Canadian films managing to reach cult hit status, such as It’s All Gone Pete Tong and The Life And Hard Time of Guy Terrifico. With only five percent of movies seen by Canadians made by Canadians (according to the program guide) and the writer of It’s All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse expressing a wish for Canadian content quotas for cinemas as well as TV and radio, the 3rd annual Canadian Filmmaker’s Fest, held with the support of he Toronto Film Festival Group's Film Circuit, is timely.