The Toronto International Film Festival Group announced their top ten Canadian features for 2007 last night, along with (for the first time) their top ten list of Canadian short films. The top ten Canadian features were: L’âge Des Ténèbres (Denys Arcand), Amal (Richie Mehta), Continental, Un Film Sans Fusil (Stéphane Lafleur), Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg), Fugitive Pieces (Jeremy Podeswa) , My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin), A Promise To The Dead: The Exile Journey Of Ariel......

It begins! Tonight the Toronto International Film Festival opens officially with Jeremy Podeswa’s Fugitive Pieces, so if you want to start soaking up the atmosphere of the festival head down to Roy Thompson Hall before 8 p.m. It’s easy to write off the festival before it’s even begun: maybe you’re already sick of all the coverage, annoyed about how scarce tickets can be (despite some high ticket prices—this year we’re perplexed as to why......

The experiences of the average Torontonian are largely passed over by the Toronto International Film Festival, which by its very nature has an international focus. However, a parallel festival has emerged that will bring exposure to Toronto-themed (and hopefully locally-created) films. The Toronto Urban Film Festival just put out a call for submissions to local, Canadian, and international filmmakers to create one-minute silent films. Ever wonder what it's like to have your work seen......

This week, the biggest news in movies is that Warner Bros. has decided to stop all advance promotional screenings of its films in Canada, in attempt to stem the flow of pirated movies from Canada. Yo ho ho! Unfortunately, they’ve likely decided that Canada is a hotbed of disgusting movie pirates on some pretty wonky data. Though apparently there’s no law against recording movies in a theatre onto a camcorder in Canada, which is kind......

Toronto native Jeremy Podeswa has directed for both television and cinema. His previous films include Eclipse and The Five Senses, and he’s directed such shows as Six Feet Under, Rome, Queer as Folk, Nip/Tuck, and Carnivale. He is also the director of the upcoming movie Fugitive Pieces, the cinematic adaptation of Anne Michaels' classic Canadian novel. Podeswa will be speaking tonight at his Alma Mater, Ryerson University, as part of The Kodak Lecture Series. Podeswa......

The Globe reports that Anne Michael's beautiful novel Fugitive Pieces is being made into a movie. Jeremy Podeswa will be providing the directoral hand and Robert Lantos the money. Bond girl and Austen heroine Rosamund Pike is cast alongside fellow Brit Stephen Dilanne (the Hours). Toronto plays itself. Torontoist has read the book and it is easily one of our favourite Toronto novels, now if they'd only finish the movie adaptation of the In the......