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"STUDIO is TIFF Industry’s first year-round programme, with many more to come," said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. "It’s our goal to make TIFF Bell Lightbox a hub for the film industry at large and we developed this particular programme because we saw a need within the film community to help mid-career producers get to the next level in their professions. STUDIO will allow participants to exchange ideas, share their passions, and discuss challenges in a collaborative environment while learning from experts in the Canadian and international film industries."
Applications and eligibility requirements are available at www.tiff.net/industry/studio. This programme is open to producers or filmmakers with a minimum of one feature film and/or two short film credits as producer or co-producer. There will be opportunities for industry professionals, who are not participants of the programme, to access the some of the STUDIO programming throughout the year.
STUDIO was made possible through The Entertainment and Creative Partnerships Fund administered by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. The Programming Partners are: DGC, Ubisoft, WGC, WIFT-TO, ACCT and CMPA.
About TIFF TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $170 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net. TIFF is generously supported by Lead Sponsor Bell, Major Sponsors RBC, L'Oréal Paris, Visa and Audi, and Major Supporters the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and the City of Toronto.
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August 28, 2012
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NEWS RELEASE.
“FALL” IN LOVE WITH FILM
Autumn at TIFF Bell Lightbox offers zombies, villains, Armageddon…
and James Bond to save the day
Toronto
– Fall back in love with film this autumn. TIFF Bell Lightbox features an incredible programming lineup, including a highly
anticipated exhibition, filmmaker retrospectives, free screenings, film-related workshops and new releases of the best of contemporary
international cinema.
Running from
October 26, 2012 to January 20, 2013, Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style will have its North American
premiere at TIFF Bell Lightbox. A major innovative new exhibition, it will offer fans and neophytes alike, an unprecedented look at the
cutting-edge design and décor of the James Bond series, charting the franchise’s influence on contemporary style and on the action
genre as a whole. The exhibition will be accompanied by three film programmes, a series of public and school workshops, and an
In
Conversation With…
event with John Glen, director and editor of several James Bond films.
Other guests taking the stage at TIFF Bell Lightbox for a look back at their careers include veteran Bollywood actor
Naseeruddin Shah
and the Godfather of Zombiedom himself,
George A. Romero.
TIFF Cinematheque takes audiences around the world before contemplating the end of it this season with retrospectives devoted to
Werner Schroeter,
one of the most important, yet relatively unknown directors of the New German Cinema, and Nicolás Pereda, a
rising star of contemporary Mexican cinema. Curator Meenakshi Shedde presents
Indian Expressionism: Germany and
Bollywood's Unexpected Connection,
a series that charts the fascinating overlap of German Expressionism and pre-Bollywood
Indian cinema. In December, spend the End of Days with TIFF with
Countdown to Armageddon, featuring classics of apocalyptic
(and post-apocalyptic) cinema.
New releases this season include: Xavier Dolan’s highly anticipated new feature
Laurence Anyways; Miguel Gomes’ multi-award
winning
Tabu; Kim Nguyen‘s Rebelle which received the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival; from
the makers of
Baraka and a 2011 Toronto International Film Festival sensation, Samsara will be screened in 4K; an eye-popping 3D
digital restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s
Dial M For Murder; Ry Russo-Young’s Nobody Walks; winner of the Best Feature Film prize at
the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival, Ira Sachs’
Keep the Lights On; Jeff Orlowski’s award-winning documentary Chasing Ice;
Leos Carax’s first feature in 13 years,
Holy Motors; Entre les bras, Paul Lacoste’s documentary on French chef Michel Bras; and
visionary filmmaker Peter Mettler’s
The End of Time.
In celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200
th birthday, Dickens on Screen provides samplings of great periods of Dickens film production in
the 1930s, 40s, 50s and beyond;
The Free Screen brings the best of independent and avant-garde works to Toronto; new installments
of
Packaged Goods feature the evolution of the music video and the best in commercials, music videos and short films from 2012; free
events include TIFF’s unique offerings during
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche and Culture Days; and much, much more.
TIFF is adding a new tool to help film-goers select the films they see with
TIFF Staff Selects. An exciting initiative giving TIFF staff the
opportunity to recommend films they love that are programmed at TIFF Bell Lightbox throughout the year, TIFF Staff Selects will
provide customers the opportunity to choose what to see at TIFF, based on staff recommendations. By providing a description of what
they love about the film and why people should see it, TIFF staff have a chance to more deeply interact with patrons through a shared
love of TIFF Bell Lightbox programming. TIFF Staff Selects begins
October 26.
For programmes running September 21 through October 24, tickets go on sale
September 12 for TIFF Members and on September
19
for non-members. For programmes running October 25 through January 3, tickets go on sale October 9 for TIFF Members and
October 17
for non-members.
EXHIBITIONS
Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style - October 26, 2012 to January 20, 2013
Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
will have its North American premiere at TIFF Bell Lightbox. A major and innovative new
exhibition, it will offer fans and neophytes alike, an unprecedented look at the cutting-edge design and décor of the Bond legacy,
charting its influence on contemporary style and on the action genre as a whole. The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of
public and school workshops, an
In Conversation With…John Glen, director and editor of several James Bond films and three film
programmes:
Shaken, Not Stirred: Bond on Film; Bond vs. Blofeld; and Beyond Bond: The Other Secret Agents.
TIFF CINEMATHEQUE
Hollywood Classics: Restorations - October 30, 2012 to January 1, 2013
Extending TIFF Cinematheque’s sidebar of restorations presented at the Toronto International Film Festival, this season of Hollywood
Classics focuses on recent restorations and new prints. Spanning several genres — musical, western, horror, mystery — from the
silent period to the first days of disco, titles include: Robert Aldrich’s
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Stanley Donen’s Funny
Face
, Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, John Ford’s The Searchers and John Badham’s Saturday Night Fever.
Magnificent Obsession: The Films of Werner Schroeter - November 8 to December 9
TIFF Cinematheque presents the genius of Werner Schroeter, one of the most important yet barely known directors of the New
German Cinema. Though heralded by his compatriots Alexander Kluge, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg as a visionary and inspiration, and celebrated by countless film critics and historians, Schroeter has remained
largely absent from North American screens. Fusing flamboyant, gender-bending minimalism and stylized melodrama, set to the
backdrop of rich opera scores, Schroeter’s films are not for the weak of stomach, faint of heart, or small in spirit. Films in the series
include
The Rose King (Der Rosenkönig), honouring Schroeter’s muse Magdalena Montezuma in this compendium of Schroeter’s
cinema and obsessions;
Malina, based on the celebrated novel by Ingeborg Bachmann and starring Isabelle Huppert in a ferocious,
standout performance; and
The Death of Maria Malibran (Der Tod de Maria Malibran), a biography of the nineteenth-century mezzosoprano
— and Schroeter’s self-proclaimed masterpiece — now restored to its deep-hued glory by the Eye Film Institute of
Amsterdam.
Indian Expressionism: Germany and Bollywood's Unexpected Connection - November 14 to November 21
Celebrated Indian cinema curator Meenakshi Shedde presents a new film series exploring the rich, fascinating cinematic links between
India and Germany: the India of early German cinematic fantasies, the German Expressionist influence on Indian cinema, as well as
Indo-German film collaborations. Titles include: Josef von Sternberg’s
The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel); V. Shantaram’s Pinjra
(
Cage), a Marathi tamasha dance version of The Blue Angel; and Amrit Manthan (The Churning of the Oceans), which was heavily
influenced by German Expressionist cinema; and the Fritz Lang double bill
Das indische Grabmal/Der Tiger von Eschnapur, which
explodes with saturated colours, action and erotica. Meenakshi Shedde will present a lecture before the screening of
Pinjra on
November 15
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Where Are the Films of Nicolás Pereda? - November 22 to November 25
Born in Mexico in 1981, Nicolás Pereda is a rising star of contemporary Mexican cinema. Pereda has already directed six feature films
and one short film, receiving international critical recognition for his first feature
Where Are Their Stories? (¿Dónde están sus
historias?)
and winning the prize for Best Film in the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival in 2010 for Summer of Goliath
(
Verano de Goliat). Pereda’s works have been entirely filmed in — and remain an intimate exploration of his native Mexico, with
recurring themes surrounding two important dichotomies in Mexican society: rural vs. urban and working class vs. bourgeoisie. Films in
this retrospective include:
Where Are Their Stories?, Pereda’s debut feature; All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence (Todo en
fin, el silencio lo ocupaba
), a documentary portrait of famed Mexican actress, director, performance artist and political activist Jesusa
Rodriguez;
Summer of Goliath, a haunting exploration of family, masculinity and the latent violence that lies beneath the tranquil
country setting; and the Toronto premiere of his new film
Greatest Hits (Los mejores temas).
Dickens on Screen - December 13, 2012 to January 3, 2013
As part of the worldwide celebrations of the 200
th birthday of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), TIFF Cinematheque is proud to present this
generous selection of famous, neglected, rare, curious and fascinating adaptations of Dickens’ beloved novels for film and television,
stretching from the silent era to the modern day. Audiences will be treated to recognized masterpieces such as
A Tale of Two Cities,
Great Expectations
, Oliver!, Hard Times, and — given the season — a special emphasis on some of the great Dickens Christmas
films,
Scrooged, Scrooge and A Muppet Christmas Carol. To celebrate Dickens’ television adaptations, TIFF screens the Royal
Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of
Nicholas Nickleby, broadcast originally on television in 1984; the television documentary
Dickens on Film
; and the very special animated film Dickens in London, receiving its first screening in North America. Also included
is a special
Pre-1914 Short Films package that incorporates treasures of silent cinema for a taste of this largely unknown area of
Dickens adaptation. Two lectures by
Adrian Wootton, Curator of Dickens on Film, Co-Director of Dickens 2012 and CEO of Film
London, will contextualize Dickens’ rich cinematic legacy.
Countdown to Armageddon - December 14 to December 21
As we prepare for the preordained “End of Days” on December 21 (as determined by a profound misreading of the Mayan calendar)
TIFF presents a series of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic classics such as
The Quiet Earth, Dr. Strangelove, Last Night, Zardoz,
The Road Warrior
, Reign of Fire and, of course, Armageddon. Come ride out the rapture with us as we survey the wide, wonderful
world of apocalyptic cinema.
The Free Screen
Programmed by Chris Kennedy, The Free Screen is a monthly series committed to bringing experimental film and video art, hybrid
documentaries, essay films and other personal expressions to a curious and engaged audience.
Jordan Belson: Films Sacred and Profane – October 24
A visual music artist-turned filmmaker and heavily influenced by Buddhism and other mystical philosophies, Jordan Belson created
films that are both meditative and expansive, serving “to transport whoever is looking at it out of the boundaries of the self” (Belson).
Curated by Cindy Keefer from the Center for Visual Music, this travelling retrospective features many rarely screened films by Belson,
including his last film,
Epilogue, funded by the NASA Art Program and commissioned by the Hirshhorn Museum; and Re-entry, a film,
which was inspired by John Glenn’s first space flight and introduced the visual style that would become Belson’s singular contribution
to visual music. Co-presented with Toronto Animated Image Society.
It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi – November 7
The first in a planned series of films about radical filmmakers, Philippe Grandrieux’s
It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our
Resolve: Masao Adachi
focuses on one of the most revolutionary Japanese film directors, Masao Adachi, who emerged during the
Japanese New Wave of the 1960s as a screenwriter for Nagisa Ôshima and Kôji Wakamatsu and director of a series of avant-garde
films that grafted the politics of the student movements to the contemporaneous sexploitation genre. Grandrieux’s portrait follows
Adachi through a twilit Tokyo and unfolds as a conversation about revolution, desire and cinema. Co-presented with Reel Asian Film
Festival.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: Potential Spaces – November 28
French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has been querying the notion of built environments since the early 1990s, creating
‘chambres’ — rooms reminiscent of film-sets that resonate with a sense of place and environment. Deeply influenced by modern
literature and the cinema, her installations often create a mood or atmosphere reminiscent of science fiction. This reinterpretation of our
environments is also central to her parallel video practice, like in
Taipei (Parc Central), which takes us to the park where Tsai MingLiang
shot
Vive L’amour, explicitly addressing the romance of her cinephilia, or noreturn, which unleashes a group of school children
on her
TH.2058 installation, which imagined the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall fifty years in the future as a dystopian nightmare of steel
bunk beds under the watchful gaze of Louise Bourgeois’
Spider. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster will be in attendance. Co-presented
with V tape.
Gregory J. Markopolous: Through A Lens Brightly – December 2
One of the most important figures in the New American Cinema movement of the 1960s, Gregory J. Markopolous (1928-1992) has
been given a resurgence due to the recent efforts of his partner, Robert Beavers, to finish and exhibit Markoupolous’ epic final film, the
80-hour
ENIAIOS. Though ENIAIOS is designed to be shown at the Temenos, a special site in Arcadia, Greece, Beavers has kindly
agreed to present a programme of Markopolous’ earlier films, many of which lay the groundwork for his final life’s work, including:
Swain
, an early film inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, with Markopolous playing the lead character; Ming Green and
Sorrows
, both portraits of place — the first of Markopolous’ last apartment in New York City, shot while mourning his mother’s death,
the second of Richard Wagner’s home in Switzerland; and
Through A Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill and Gilbert & George, character
sketches of the American dancer and British artist duo, respectively. Robert Beavers will be in attendance. Co-presented with the
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto and the Images Festival.
Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched… – December 3
When Robert Beavers’ films emerged in the beginning of this century (most notably at TIFF’s 25
th anniversary in a three-screening
series that begat the Wavelengths programme the very next year), they were a revelation. Eighteen of Beavers’ films were released as
a full thematic cycle, touring to such venues as the Tate Modern, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Pacific Film Archive.
Three of these films —
The Hedge Theatre, The Stoas and The Ground — are shown in Robert Beavers: My Hand
Outstretched…
and represent important films in the eighteen-film cycle, made in the shadow of Markopolous’ death as an articulation of
loss and resolution. Robert Beavers will be in attendance. Co-presented with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto and the
Images Festival.
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation With… Naseeruddin Shah – October 3
In association with Why Not Theatre, internationally renowned Bollywood star Naseeruddin Shah joins us for a celebration of his prolific
and versatile career on stage and screen. Shah has performed over 130 roles in both mainstream Indian cinema and Parallel Cinema
(Indian New Wave), as well as in several acclaimed international projects including
Monsoon Wedding, The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen
and Amal. Immediately following In Conversation With…, Naseeruddin Shah will join director Richie Mehta to introduce the
award-winning Canadian film
Amal.
In Conversation With… George A. Romero – October 31
As part of this season’s
Living Dread: The Cinema of George A. Romero film series, the Godfather of Zombiedom joins Colin Geddes,
International Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, on stage for a career-spanning survey of his five grisly decades at
the forefront of American horror cinema.
In Conversation With… John Glen – December 10
One of the longest-serving members of the 007 production team, John Glen joins us to speak about his more than twenty years of work
on the James Bond franchise and share his behind-the-scenes insights about the legendary series.
SPECIAL EVENTS
X-Men Master: Gordon Smith Tours
For the first time, TIFF will be offering complimentary guided public tours of the exhibition in the Canadian Film Gallery on the fourth
floor of TIFF Bell Lightbox. Starting on September 20, these 30-minute tours of
X-Men Master: Gordon Smith will run weekly on
Thursdays at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Gordon Smith for an informal conversation in the Canadian Film Gallery, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
on October 30 and on December 6 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sylvia Frank, Director of the Film Reference Library and Special Collections
at TIFF Bell Lightbox and curator of the exhibition, will lead an exclusive tour that delves into the details of the conception and creation
of this unique exhibition. Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased at
tiff.net.
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche – September 29
TIFF Bell Lightbox will celebrate the City of Toronto’s 7
th annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche with an action-packed night of interactive
programming that will have visitors laughing, ‘liking’ and loving the fun.
•
Cent une tueries de zombies: A looped visual installation compilation of 101 "death" scenes of zombies from cinema and
television. The scenes are a combination of classical hard-cut Eisensteinian montage and De Palma-inspired split-screen.
Drop in anytime from 7 p.m. through 7 a.m. and catch all 101 "kills" in their horrific glory.
•
Like/Comment/Subscribe: Go beyond the YouTube homepage with this live interactive show that channels the website's
mantra, "broadcast yourself." Explore some of the content that once made YouTube unique: from video response chains to
collaborative videos. Special e-lebrity guests and up-and-coming acts perform throughout the night.
•
Strange Love/Strange Lives: A compelling night of silent films with live musical accompaniment. The evening begins on a
lighter note as we unveil a series of rarely-seen silent comedies from the dawn of cinema featuring performers like Laurel and
Hardy, Mabel Normand and the Keystone Kops, and built around the theme of “Strange Love.” As the night continues we
transition into the darker, more mysterious side of early film alchemy, examining our cinematic forebears' fascination with
fantasy and fear, featuring works by early cinema pioneer George Méliès and horror legends Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi.
Each of the films is accompanied by one of four highly talented Toronto musicians, who will perform an improvised live score.
Culture Days – September 29 to September 30
Live a life with culture. TIFF offers a full weekend of free interactive activities for the whole family during Culture Days from 11:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Be in the Scene offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in some stunning film scenes through the magic of
green screen technology.
Buttonography allows visitors to become their very own buttonographers by capturing a film scene of their
choice on a button and having it made on site.
Stop Motion Animation invites visitors to make a puppet or a creature and play out a
scene on a studio-sized set that will be captured and brought to life through stop-motion animation.
Onstage Conversation with Slavoj Žižek – October 1
Slavoj Žižek is a leading philosopher and cultural critic whose work can be characterized as vibrant and full of humour with a blatant
disregard for distinctions between high and low forms of culture. His work and presence has gathered him critical acclaim as a “rock
star” in the world of philosophy and contemporary theory. Following a screening of Sophie Fiennes’
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema:
Part 3
, Žižek joins us to further explore the links between psychoanalysis and cinema. This event is a co-presentation with York
University's Department of Film.
Eraserhead Master Class with Vincenzo Natali – October 9
Vincenzo Natali burst onto the Canadian film scene in 1997 with his low-budget sci-fi cult classic
Cube, impressing audiences and
critics with his ability to stretch cinematic boundaries on a shoestring budget. Natali has since worked with filmmaking heavyweights
such as the Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne and Gus Van Sant, and his most recent sci-fi thriller
Splice premiered at the Sundance
Film Festival before netting four Genie nominations, including a nod for Best Achievement in Direction. On October 9, Natali joins Noah
Cowan, Artistic Director, TIFF Bell Lightbox, to unpack David Lynch's nightmarish first feature
Eraserhead in a Master Class on
Lynch’s surrealist style.
Audiovisual Heritage Day – October 27
UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage reminds the public of the need to preserve our audiovisual heritage. Archives, film
institutions and libraries across the globe offer public screenings and programmes of rare treasures from their vaults. To celebrate,
TIFF will screen the recent digital restoration of the James Bond classic film
You Only Live Twice.
TIFF Next Wave: Austin Powers – November 2
The TIFF Next Wave Committee, comprised of twelve 15-18 year olds from across the Greater Toronto Area, grew from the question:
who better to programme events and films for youth than youth? Coming off the success of the inaugural TIFF Next Wave Film
Festival, the new 2012-2013 Committee aims to whet the appetites of young cinephiles and lovers of parody with their fall film
selection. Join TIFF Next Wave for a groovy event built around a screening of Mike Myers’ classic spy spoof,
Austin Powers:
International Man of Mystery
. Your mission: Behave.
Sing-a-Long Sound of Music – December 27 to December 30
Follow the bouncing ball in this sing-a-long version of the beloved, Academy Award®-winning musical. The irrepressible Julie Andrews
stars as novice nun Maria, who leaves her abbey to take a position as governess to the seven children of stern yet dashing widower
Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) at his palatial Austrian estate in the 1930s. Defying their father’s military discipline, Maria
wins the children over with the magic of song and turns them into a family band, melting the captain’s heart in the process. Featuring
innumerable hit Rodgers & Hammerstein songs — the title tune, “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going On Seventeen,” “My Favorite Things,” “So
Long, Farewell” and more —
The Sound of Music “has almost everything: music, romance, kids, spectacular scenery, religion,
sentiment, comedy high and low, and, at the end, intrigue and adventure” (Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune).
FILM SERIES
Living Dread: The Cinema of George A. Romero – October 31 to November 4
Kicking off just in time for Halloween, TIFF welcomes audiences for a scare with the cinema of George A. Romero. Known for his
zombie horror films — earning him the title of the “Godfather of all Zombies” — this series includes Romero’s “Living Dead” trilogy,
Night of the Living Dead
, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, as well as his other classics including a special 30th anniversary
celebration screening of
Creepshow on Halloween night. The series is topped off with a screening of Romero’s Carte Blanche
selection, Michael Powell’s
Peeping Tom.
Birth of a Villain – November 10 to December 29
In 1978, John Carpenter took a tiny production budget and a cast of largely unknown stars and spun them into a mega hit that forever
changed the course of American horror; with
Halloween, the modern horror villain was born. Programmed by Todd Brown of Twitch
Film,
Birth of a Villain explores the films of directors such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven and Tobe Hooper, who arguably created the
most iconic and enduring characters in the history of American film. Films in the series include
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the
13
th, Child’s Play, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, and Halloween.
Packaged Goods
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The Evolution of the Music Video – October 10
This installment of Packaged Goods looks at the evolution of the music video in the age of the web. From fan videos that gain
official status to artist-led video competitions, from video experiments on mobile devices to the return of long-form, film-like
mini epics, these certainly aren’t your father’s (or older brother’s) MTV hits.
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Best of the Year 2012 – December 12
Best, better, bestest! This year-end edition of Packaged Goods once again showcases the best in commercials, music videos
and short films from 2012. From highlights of global advertising and music video awards shows to the biggest blockbusters
and some pieces from beyond the proverbial podium that made this year a little special, we’ll be showing a collection of some
of the most innovative work produced and awarded in the past year.
LEARNING AND WORKSHOPS
Holiday Workshops
TIFF announces its various Holiday workshops for children and youth will run from December 27 to December 31 and January 2 to
January 4. Workshops include:
Stop Motion Animation – Using claymation figures of their own design, participants will work
collaboratively while learning the art of stop-motion animation;
From Comic Books to the Big Screen – Learn how comic books can
and have been successfully adapted for the big screen. Become involved in the process of storyboard creation, costume design and
screenwriting;
Villains and Superheroes: Prosthetics and Special-Effects Make-Up – Become your own Super Hero or Super
Villain through the use of prosthetics and special-effects make-up. Learn how special-effects make-up is used in film and introduce
these techniques to a character of your own design;
Digital Shorts –Take center stage, working with filmmakers and improv artists in
the creation of a number of digital shorts. Participants will be given the opportunity to act in, direct and film short skits they create
themselves.
Family Drop-in
Visitors to Family Drop-in will have the opportunity to dress up as a super hero of their own creation and act out their powers in front of
the green screen in
Green Screen - The Super Hero Experience. Family Drop-in days take place December 27 to 31, 2012 and
January 2 to 6, 2013.
NEW RELEASES
Release date: Friday, September 21
Laurence Anyways
Xavier Dolan
, 2012, Canada, Alliance Films
Official selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2012
In the 1990s, Laurence tells his girlfriend Fred that he wants to become a woman. In spite of the odds — and in spite of each other —
they confront the prejudices of their friends, ignore the counsel of their families and brave the phobias of the society they offend.
For ten years, they try to live through this transition and embark on an epic journey which, unbeknownst to them, may cost Fred and
Laurence their love. Starring Suzanne Clément and Melvil Poupaud.
Tabu
Miguel Gomes, 2012, Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France, Filmswelike
Official selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2012
A temperamental old woman, her Cape Verdean maid and a neighbour devoted to social causes live on the same floor of a Lisbon
apartment building. When the old lady dies, the other two learn of an episode from her past: a tale of love and crime set in an Africa
straight from the world of adventure films.
Rebelle
Kim Nguyen, 2012, Canada, Mongrel Media
Official selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child the story of how she became a child soldier. A tale set in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Rebelle
is also a love story between two young souls caught in a violent yet beautiful and magical world. Starring Rachel Mwanza (winner of
Silver Bear for best actress at Berlin International Film Festival), Alain Bastien and Serge Kanyinda.
Release date: Friday, October 5
Samsara –
4K release!
Ron Fricke, 2011, USA, Entertainment One
Official selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Samsara
is a Tibetan word that means “the ever turning wheel of life,” a concept both intimate and vast, the perfect subject for
filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson whose previous collaborations include
Chronos and Baraka. Samsara takes the form of a
nonverbal, guided meditation that spans the globe on a journey of the soul. Through powerful images pristinely photographed in 70mm
and a dynamic music score, the film illuminates the links between humanity and the rest of the nature, showing how our life cycle
mirrors the rhythm of the planet.
Dial M for Murder –
3D Release!
Alfred Hitchcock, 1945, USA, Warner Brothers
Official selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Alfred Hitchcock’s devilish drawing-room thriller, about a retired tennis pro (Ray Milland) who plans the “perfect” murder of his
adulterous wife (Grace Kelly), is revived in a new, eye-popping 3D digital restoration.
Introduction by the Globe and Mail’s Liam
Lacey
Release date: Friday, October 12
Nobody Walks
Ry Russo-Young, 2012, USA, Magnolia
Martine, a 23-year-old artist from New York, arrives in Los Angeles to stay in the pool house of a family living in the hip and hilly
community of Silver Lake. Peter, the father, has agreed to help Martine complete sound design on her art film as a favor to his wife.
Martine innocently enters the seemingly idyllic life of this open-minded family with two kids and a relaxed Southern California vibe. Like
a bolt of lightning, her arrival sparks a surge of energy that awakens suppressed impulses in everyone and forces them to confront their
own fears and desires. Starring Dylan McDermott and John Krasinski.
Keep the Lights On
Ira Sachs, USA, 2012, Music Box
Keep the Lights On
chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in New York City through love, friendship and
addiction. Documentary filmmaker Erik (Thure Lindhardt) and closeted lawyer Paul (Zachary Booth) meet through a casual encounter,
but soon find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by
drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his
own boundaries and dignity while being true to himself. Director Ira Sachs’ fearlessly personal screenplay is anchored by Lindhardt,
who embodies Erik’s isolation and vulnerability with a gentle presence. Harrowing and romantic, visceral and layered,
Keep the Lights
On
is a film that looks at love and all of its manifestations, taking it to dark depths and bringing it back to a place of grace.
Release date: Friday, November 9
Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski, 2012, USA, Filmswelike
Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers
undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In
Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year
record of the world's changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of
ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Travelling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks
his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity. As the debate polarizes America, and the intensity of
natural disasters ramps up globally,
Chasing Ice depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbonpowered
planet.
Release date: Friday, November 16
Holy Motors
Leos Carax, 2012, France-Germany, Mongrel Media
“Weird! Weird! It’s so weird!” shouts a photographer as he shoots one of the many guises adopted by the chameleon-like Oscar (Denis
Lavant), stating both a fact of the moment and an apt description of the film the scene is contained within. Cruising Parisian streets at
night, Oscar transforms from business man to assassin to monster while playing out vignettes for his particular clientele ranging from
CGI effects to death bed whispers. Is this a reality show or an alternate reality? Are we watching the cinema of the future? Leos Carax
first feature in 13 years is a wonderfully crazy love letter to movies, asking us what we see and what role the audience plays in the
cinematic experience while offering an intoxicating performance by Lavant, punctuated by surprising guest turns from the likes of
Michel Piccoli, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue.
Release date: Friday, December 7
Entre les bras
Paul Lacoste, 2012, France, Filmswelike
World-renowned French chef Michel Bras, fully owning his restaurant’s three Michelin stars for over a decade, is now ready to pass on
the
flambeau to his son Sébastien. The family name’s reputation having been built meticulously and passionately over decades by the
father is now making the transition that much more complex. Can the son live up to the name? Can the father let go of the reins?
Giving insight into the life and practice of one of the world’s most creative chefs,
Entre les Bras is a sensitive documentary about work
ethics, family ties, honour and impeccable food.
Release date: Wednesday, December 12
The End of Time
Peter Mettler, 2012, Canada/Switzerland, Mogrel Media
Official selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Visionary filmmaker Peter Mettler (
Gambling, Gods and LSD) traverses the globe to explore (and explode) our conceptions of time, in
this entrancing combination of documentary and mind-expanding philosophical speculation.
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