Toronto International Film Festival
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Will shift to Top 10 hurt Oscars?...academy's best picture. Generally, the five films that get nominated, people will make time to see those movies, said Damon, who stars in Steven Soderbergh's Toronto International Film Festival entry, The Informant! Whereas 10, it just seems... In this article: Oscar, Matt Damon, Hollywood, Toronto, Peter Jackson, Juno, Rachel Getting Married, and DVD |
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Gawker | September 14, 2009
Oprah battles Clooney for the Toronto Spotlight but Soderbergh Just Wants to Paint [Trade Round-up]
[The Wrap] • At the Toronto International Film Festival to promote his new film, The Informant, Steven Soderberg has sold the financing for his next film, to be entitled Knockout from Lion's Gate and Relativity Media. [Variety] •...
In this article: Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, The Daily Beast, The Informant, Tyler Perry, and I Can Do Bad All By Myself
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Chicago Tribune | September 08, 2009
Got a question for Matt Damon?
...a question? Now's your chance. Tribune movie critic Michael Phillips will interview the Academy Award winner at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend, but what he grills the actor on is up to you. Phillips will sit down with...
In this article: Matt Damon, The Informant, and Academy Award
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | September 09, 2009
Toronto: The buzz-worthy films
The eclectic mix of films -- often high-minded and audience-friendly -- on display at the 34th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival can be summed up by the two titles screening on the festival's very first evening. This...
In this article: Toronto, Michael Moore, Juno, Steven Soderbergh, Oscar, The Informant, No Country for Old Men, Capitalism, and A Serious Man
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Stuff | September 15, 2009
Melanie Lynskey - on the cusp of stardom
...said her film commitments could increase in the wake of the three latest films. "With her current run at the Toronto Film Festival and her onscreen mix of innocence and knowingness, sadness and hopefulness, it is likely that audiences...
In this article: Melanie Lynskey, Heavenly Creatures, Leaves of Grass, The Informant, God, Los Angeles Times, and Peter Jackson
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USATODAY.com | September 18, 2009
Nice-guy Matt Damon dug in for hefty role in 'Informant!'
...role in 'Informant!' Matt Damon, shown back in his usual shape at the Toronto International Film Festival, gained 30 pounds to play the doughy whistle-blower in Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!, out Friday. TORONTO You'll be seeing a...
In this article: Matt Damon, Steven Soderbergh, Mark Whitacre, The Informant, Clint Eastwood, Francois Pienaar, Green Zone, Archer Daniels Midland, New York, and Robert Lorenz
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San Jose Mercury News | September 14, 2009
Oscar Top 10? Hollywood mulls best-pic makeover
"Generally, the five films that get nominated, people will make time to see those movies," said Damon, who stars in Steven Soderbergh's Toronto International Film Festival entry, "The Informant!" "Whereas 10, it just seems like, what...
In this article: Oscar, Matt Damon, Hollywood, Peter Jackson, Toronto, Telluride, The Informant, Slumdog Millionaire, and Ben Affleck
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CNN | September 23, 2009
Damon's weighty role in comedy 'The Informant!'
...Whitacre would have in the film as "doughy." "He just said 'doughy,'" Damon told CNN at the film's North American premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. "He didn't want [Whitacre] to have any hard...
In this article: Steven Soderbergh, Matt Damon, The Informant, Mark Whitacre, Kurt Eichenwald, Erin Brockovich, Che, The Informant, Oscar, and Traffic
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Philly.com | July 26, 2009
On Movies: 'Answer Man' is Pucci's second Philly film
...not like what I'm doing. . . . I'd really rather work in Starbucks." Short subjects. September's Toronto International Film Festival is taking shape, and audiences there will get to take a first look at new work by Pedro Almodovar (Broken...
In this article: Lou Taylor Pucci, Hamlet, Legal age, Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Drool, William Shakespeare, and The Informant
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | September 13, 2009
Soderbergh's Swansong
...and I don't want to go to work unless I'm excited," the 46-year-old Soderbergh said, during an interview at the Toronto Film Festival, where The Informant!-which stars Matt Damon as real-life whistleblower Mark Whitacre-was receiving high...
In this article: Steven Soderbergh, The Daily Beast, The Informant, Ocean's Thirteen, Brad Pitt, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Lloyd Grove, and Moneyball
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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario. The festival begins the Thursday night after Labour Day (the first Monday in September, in Canada) and lasts for ten days. Between 300-400 films are screened at approximately 23 screens in downtown Toronto venues. Annual attendance at TIFF exceeds 300,000 from public and industry audiences. In terms of audience attendance, it is regularly ranked in the top five, after Cannes, Berlin, Venice, New York and Sundance; however, it is considered the second-most important and prestigious festival after Cannes.
Founded in 1976, the TIFF is now among the top prestigious film festivals in the world. In 1998, Variety magazine acknowledged that "the Festival is second only to Cannes in terms of high-profile pics, stars and market activity." Quoted by the National Post in 1999, Roger Ebert claimed "...although Cannes is still larger, Toronto is just as great...." It is the premiere film festival in North America, from which the Oscars race begins.
The festival is centred around the Yorkville, Toronto neighbourhood, an upscale area in the downtown core. Although the Festival has begun to give more attention to mainstream Hollywood films, it still maintains its independent roots. It features retrospectives of national cinemas and individual directors, highlights of Canadian cinema, and a variety of African, South American, and Asian films.
The Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival, since 1994, is Piers Handling. In 2004, Noah Cowan became Co-Director of the Festival. In late 2007, Cowan was promoted to Artistic Director of Bell Lightbox, the Toronto International Film Festival Group's (TIFFG) future home, while long-time programmer Cameron Bailey succeeded as Co-Director.
- Name:
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Location:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Host:
- Toronto International Film Festival Group
- Website:
- http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/
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