Opening Night of the 2015-2016 film season: no place to be but Toronto for the 40th Toronto International Film Festival.
The opening night film is from Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée in what is otherwise a U.S. production: "Demolition" with Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
The festival runs through September 20 at various locations in Toronto but the Bell Lightbox is the epicentre. The Bell Lightbox is at 350 King Street West, just west of John Street almost parallel to Rogers Centre, which is south of the theatre building.
Previous TIFF Canadian film awards winners
Canadian film notebook: Tom at the Farm in the United States
TIFF 2015 announces Canadian film lineup
CanadianCrossing.com film coverage
CanadianCrossing.com video reviews coverage
We have profiled some Canadian films that we are curious to see how well they do in Toronto and eager for surprises. For the full list of films Canadian during the festival, click here. For a schedule of films and other events, click here.
Follow the action on social media: @TIFF_NET for the official TIFF15 Twitter feed. @canadian_xing for as many updates as we can generate.
In-N-Out Burger pops up in Toronto
Last year there was a 1-day popup version of In 'n' Out burger. What kind of oddities may be coming our way in 2015. Let the festival begin to find out!!
Let us know in the comments section below if you are looking forward to a particular film or even a celebrity that will show up in Toronto.
You might enjoy this article on the origins of TIFF. Although, I still think of it as the Festival of Festivals.
Enjoy
veronica
http://torontoist.com/2015/09/an-oral-history-of-tiff/
Posted by: veronica | September 10, 2015 at 03:49 PM
Thank you so much. An amazing read. Merci. The story of a lot of film festivals reflects the wonderful directions the film industry have taken in the last 4 decades. But none in North America can top Toronto's story. And the growth of Canadian film over that time has a bit to do with TIFF.
Posted by: Chad | September 11, 2015 at 12:31 AM
Another TIFF article. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tiff-2015-canadian-films-highlight-festival-but-will-they-make-money-1.3229880
From my perspective, it would be much easier to support Canadian films if I knew which ones were canadian! Seriously, I have to read your blog to find them!
So thanks for writing film reviews on your blog :)
Posted by: veronica | September 16, 2015 at 08:51 AM
You are very kind. I feel like more Canadians and more Americans would enjoy Canadian film if they had more exposure to them. I am still learning about Patricia Rozema and am looking forward to her new film.
The other issue is that countries are co-producing films so "pure" Canadian films are harder to find.
Posted by: Chad | September 17, 2015 at 07:56 AM