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Festivals
Double take: Denis Villeneuve on shooting Enemy, Prisoners simultaneously
The Quebec director (pictured) shot Prisoners in Georgia after filming Enemy in Toronto. Both films are screening at TIFF.
TIFF13: Festival exec Justin Cutler on market trends, new buyers
The senior manager of industry and sales office (pictured) talks shop on industry trends, new buyers and hot-button issues at this year’s fest.
Jennifer Jonas wins producers award at TIFF
The Toronto producer (pictured) accepted the prize from the Canadian Media Production Association as the Toronto International Film Festival got underway.
TIFF13: Vimeo lures filmmakers with $10,000 advance offer
The partnership with TIFF will see the VoD site offering festival films, like Michael Dowse’s The F Word and Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, a $10,000 (U.S.) advance in return for their first digital window.
Screen Media picks up worldwide rights to Tapped
The distributor will shop Allan Ungar’s mixed martial arts thriller (pictured) at the Toronto International Film Festival.
CMPA announces $10,000 feature film prize shortlist
Five producers, including Nicholas Tabarrok and Roger Frappier, are vying for the cash prize, to be presented on Sept. 5, marking the opening of TIFF.
Piers Handling: Toronto is ‘key festival’ for Golden Globes and Oscars
The festival director on Tuesday trumpeted his event as an award season launch-pad for Canadian and international filmmakers.
TIFF announces Masters, Mavericks, Discovery
The Mavericks lineup will include a discussion with Canada’s former ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor, in conjunction with the world premiere of Our Man in Tehran (pictured).
TIFF13: Doc Conference nabs Jarecki, Gibney, Al Jazeera America
Doc-maker Andrew Jarecki is to keynote TIFF’s 2013 Doc Conference, with a promise to share never-before-seen footage that will shed new light on his long-controversial classic Capturing the Friedmans (pictured).
Festival tees up seven days of industry talk
TIFF’s industry programming will be split into daily themes, and cover topics including financing, coproduction, marketing and distribution, with Participant Media toppers Jeff Skoll and Jim Berk participating in a keynote discussion.
TIFF announces Wavelengths, adds galas
The festival unveiled a lengthy list of new films to its 2013 program, including films from Canucks Stephen Broomer and Chris Kennedy in its Wavelengths program (Broomer’s Pepper’s Ghost pictured).
D Films takes Canadian rights to The Double
The indie distributor plans a winter 2014 release after Richard Ayoade’s second feature (pictured) has a world bow at TIFF.
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