A Look at the Oscar Nominees for Best Animated & Live Action Short
We take a look at all the nominees for Best Live Action and Best Animated Shorts at the Oscars, which you can catch this week at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
TIFF
Running with the Devil: The Films of Alex de la Iglesia
With another of it's winter retrospectives, TIFF takes a look into the darkly funny mind and heart of cult Spanish filmmaker Alex de la Iglesia.
Ossie and Ruby: A Duo for the Ages
The TIFF Bell Lightbox takes a look at one of the greatest couples to ever grace the stage and screen: Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.
TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten: New School and Old School
Featuring a blend of veteran filmmakers (many of whom deliver documentaries) and first time feature directors, TIFF's Canada's Top Ten line up for this year is unique and eclectic.
CONTEST: See [REC] 4: APOCALYPSE at TIFF Midnight Madness!
Enter for a chance to attend the World Premiere of [REC] 4: Apocalypse at TIFF's Midnight Madness, courtesy of Dork Shelf and eOne Films!
TIFF 2014: Letters to Max Review
Letters to Max Wavelengths “What does the diplomat for a country that isn’t recognized do when he comes to the office in the morning?” This question is one of many posed by French filmmaker Eric Baudelaire in his latest essay film, Letters to Max, and sets the theme and tone for the film. This story […]
Blood Glacier Review
Having debuted under the much more appropriate title of The Station at TIFF last year, Blood Glacier is a strong, well paced, and low key creature feature with a title that does the film few favours.
Maker’s Magic: Behind the Scenes of the TIFF Kids digiPlaySpace
Nick Pagee discusses the innovative search for art in technology at TIFF Kids digiPlaySpace, an interactive playground currently on display at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
The Award-Winning digiPlaySpace returns to TIFF
The futuristic playground introduces children (and adults) to the marvels of modern interactive technology.
A Beginner’s Guide to Studio Ghibli
With the return of TIFF's retrospective of the works of Studio Ghibli returning to the Lightbox starting this Thursday (and running to January 3rd), lets look back at our Beginner's Guide to the works of possibly the best animation studio operating today.
Contest: Win a Gamercamp Conference Ticket!
Greetings dorks! We've got one final Gamercamp contest for you today! Enter for a chance to win one a pass to Toronto's Gamercamp Interactive and Game Conference on Friday, November 1 from 9 am - 5 pm, courtesy of Dork Shelf and our friends at Gamercamp!
Lore & Hava Nagila: The Movie Reviews
Because we are running out of space on the main page, we're letting the review for two of our recent festival favourites bunk up together on their Toronto debuts. The family drama Lore from TIFF 2012 deals with one young girl protecting her siblings in light of her parents sins. Hava Nagila: The Movie is a lighthearted and fun doc from this year's Toronto Jewish Film Festival about the history of the only song needed to get any Jewish party in full swing.
Interview: Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson
We talk to the directorial team behind the Canadian film I Declare War about recapturing the essence of playing the most epic and out of hand game of capture the flag with 12 year olds and why psychological warfare is far more damaging to kids than any bullet is likely to be.
Interview: Jason Buxton
We talk with award winning first time feature filmmaker Jason Buxton about his drama Blackbird, his research into the lives of at risk youth, his struggles to make the film with his own vision in mind, and the sometimes frustrating casting process.
The 2013 Next Wave Round-up
We take a look at seven of the films playing at this year's TIFF Next Wave festival: Fame High, 5-25-77, Bushido Sixteen, Earthbound, Otelo Burning, Ghost Graduation, and Family Weekend.
