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Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF 2007: Preliminaries, Part 3

A Gentle Breeze in the Village (Tennen kokekkô) (Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita): From the director of Linda Linda Linda, one of my favourites from TIFF 2005, this is another coming-of-age story set in a sleepy small town where Soyo is one … Continue reading

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TIFF 2007: Preliminaries, Part 2

Son of Rambow (Director: Garth Jennings): This premiered at Sundance this year and I’ve been hoping it would make it to TIFF. Set in the 80s, the film tells the story of a boy raised in a strict religious home … Continue reading

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TIFF 2007: Preliminaries, Part 1

The lineup announcements for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival are coming fast and furious these days, with the full list of films to be announced on August 28th. I’m already having a hard time limiting myself to just ten … Continue reading

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TIFF 2007 Site Now Live

The Toronto International Film Fest has launched its new web site, and finally at their own easy-to-remember URL. Previously, the TIFF site was a subdirectory on the page of Bell Canada, our phone company, which always struck me as odd. … Continue reading

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Red Road

Red Road (Director: Andrea Arnold, UK/Denmark, 2006): I saw Red Road back in September as part of TIFF, and it was definitely one of my favourites. The director was on hand to explain the concept behind “The Advance Party“, a … Continue reading

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