Playboy patriarch praises Canuck filmmaker at the world premiere of documentary about his life
Row over Tel Aviv spotlight escalates as domestic and out-of-town filmmakers take sides and trade barbs. Jacobovici calls out Greyson
TIFF film about the mass disappearance of bees to be handled worldwide by E1
Producer of TIFF buzz-maker The Trotsky receives $10,000 producer’s award. ‘This is the happiest movie of my life.’
Opening Toronto fest ‘fills my heart with pride,’ says producer, as organizers embrace controversy over 34th edition
Distribution vet forms new company, picking up Teardrop Diamond ahead of TIFF
$15,000 prize added to program for new filmmakers at TIFF. Danny Boyle, Don McKellar to mentor
Glut of films financed in better times arrive while deal-shy distributors struggle, shrink or close their doors
Montreal festival also fetes Quebec filmmaker Roger Cantin and thesp Pierre Lebeau at closing ceremony
Province’s deputy premier praises festival’s ‘economic stimulus’ with grant towards Bell Lightbox
Open letter signed by actors such as Jane Fonda and award-winning author Alice Walker says festival has become ‘complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine’
Loss of capital from France Film leaves production side in question after distribution business shuts down