A long overdue In The City listing to let you know of some great events starting TONIGHT in Toronto. Read on! READ MORE
In The City: November 9-11 2017 Listings
A long overdue In The City listing to let you know of some great events starting TONIGHT in Toronto. Read on! READ MORE
Celebrating the only Canadian stop of the exhibition Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) presents two late-night film series at Jackman Hall. The Films of Guillermo del Toro, running until November 24, 2017. The series honours del Toro’s body of work with screenings of 5 of his key film works.
Nightmare on Dundas Street Movie Night will screen the 10 most terrifying films of all time, as selected by Guillermo del Toro, running every Friday at 10pm — running until December 8, 2017. READ MORE
SCHOOL LIFE
Directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin & David Rane
School Life follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers in the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Similar to Hogwart’s with its 18th century architecture, Headfort has secret doors and beautiful woodlands. This place has also been home to John and Amanda Leyden for 46 years, and a witness to their exemplary careers. READ MORE
In 2016, Laurent Goldstein produced – partly thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign – his second feature-length documentary: To Life, Death and Beyond: the Music of Magma, a tribute to the cult French progressive rock band. The film just won Best Documentary Feature Film Jukebox Internstional Film Festival in Nevada.
To Life, Death and Beyond: the Music of Magma will have its Canadian premiere in Toronto, Sunday, August 20th at the Royal Cinema at 2pm.
To learn more about Goldstein’s passion for Magma, its music, and the making of the film, I had the opportunity to ask him a few questions… READ MORE
The Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival continues today, Saturday August 12th. In this preview, I take a look at a few films from the UNBOUND program. Some of these films draw from the boundaries of societal expectations – of what counts as beautiful, of whose voices should be heard, of who belongs in what spaces. Other films focus on the limits of the body, asking us to recast our understanding of ideas like ability and disability. READ MORE
The last program at Toronto Youth Shorts to screen tonight is the TRANSITIONS program. The short films’ themes range from growing up to growing old. They also attempt to examine the concepts, knowledge, and understandings we gain and all the changes that come with it while hurdling through a wide range of emotions. READ MORE
The 2017 edition of Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival takes place in Toronto from August 11th – 12th. The festival will showcase 53 short films from artists in the Greater Toronto and Southern Ontario area. Take a peek at some of the films screening in the SPARKS program. READ MORE
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian), in partnership with Create Hong Kong and the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society with support from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto (HKETO), announced today the details of Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017, a weekend of free Hong Kong films in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Toronto has the special distinction to be one of the only 11 cities in the world selected to host this event. Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017 runs June 23 to June 25 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. READ MORE
Toronto’s Open Roof Festival (ORF), celebrating indie film and music, returns for its 8thseason, kicking-off on June 27, 2017, with screenings every Tuesday for 10 weeks. ORF will once again return to 99 Sudbury, offering guests an intimate and accessible experience. READ MORE
For the past 6 years, Breakthroughs Film Festival has been the only festival in Canada devoted exclusively to short films directed by emerging women directors. Breakthroughs 2017 will run June 16 and 17 at the Royal Cinema at 7:30 pm each night. READ MORE
