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Upcoming Toronto Festivals
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Sep 4 - 13, 2008
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Toronto International Film Festival
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The big kahuna of Toronto film festivals.
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Sep 26 - 27, 2008
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Student Shorts
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Occupation: student. Output: film. Length: short.
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TBA -- Sep 2008?
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Commffest
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Bringing communities together through film.
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Oct 1 - 5, 2008
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Indie Can
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Independent Canadian cinema.
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Oct 4 - 5, 2008
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Nuit Blanche
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Arists take us deep into the night.
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Oct 15 - 19, 2008
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ImagineNative
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Aboriginal film and video.
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Oct 17 - 24, 2008
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Toronto After Dark
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Seven wild nights of new horror and fantasy cinema,
ranging from the big budget Russian fantasy epic Wolfhound to
nutbar Korean animation Aachi & Ssipak to
bad-boy auteur Shinya Tsukamoto's latest Nightmare Detective.
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Oct 18 - 19, 2008
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Macedonian Film Festival
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Celebrating Macedonian cinematic history.
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Oct 22 - 26, 2008
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Planet In Focus
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Taking stock of this hunk of rock we call home every autumn.
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TBA -- Oct 2008?
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DNA Film Festival
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Digital narrative arts.
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TBA -- Oct 2008?
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Japanese Movie Week
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The Consulate General Of Japan's annual movie week in Toronto.
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TBA -- Oct 2008?
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Kino Festival Of Russian Film And Art
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Covering fiction, documentary and even animation, Kino
attempts to present a comprehensive portrait of Russian film culture.
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Oct 31 - Nov 8, 2008
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Toronto International Latin Film Festival
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Upstart usurper of the Latin film fest crown, showcasing recent cinema from South America and Europe.
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Nov 6 - 15, 2008
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Rendezvous With Madness
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Illuminating mental illness and addiction with 10 days of screenings and panel discussions.
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Nov 12 - 16, 2008
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Reel Asian
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Toronto's annual collection of films from Asia and the
Asian diaspora.
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Nov 16 - 30, 2008
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Eh! U - Meet The Europeans
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The member countries of the European Union showcase
continental culture for the benefit of us in the colonies.
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Nov 20 - 29, 2008
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Alucine
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Presenting the work of Latino film and video makers, mostly docs and shorts, alongside other samples of independent world cinema.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Bengali Film Festival
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Bengali culture on film.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Brazilian Film Festival
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Brazilian cinema holds off the imminent winter chill.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Diaspora Film Festival
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Shining the spotlight on the immigrant experience.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Japanese Short Film Festival
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Bite-sized chunks of Japanese cinema.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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New Serbian Film Festival
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The arrival of winter has been known to blow in this
showcase of new Serbian cinema.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Projections 2: An International Disability Film Festival
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Cinema provides the impetus to discuss issues
surrounding disability. Part of the larger Abilities
Arts Festival.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Reel Awareness - Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival
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Human rights issues on film.
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TBA -- Nov 2008?
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Spinning Wheel Film Festival
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Stories illuminating the history and traditions of the Sikh people.
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TBA -- Dec 2008?
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Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival
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Films dealing in fantasy, science fiction and mythology (but
drawing the line at horror).
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TBA -- Feb 2009?
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Australian Film Weekend
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The cinema of down under warms the frigid Canadian winter.
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TBA -- Feb 2009?
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Reel Artists Film Festival
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Artists on film. Presented by the Canadian Art Foundation.
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TBA -- Feb 2009?
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The 8 Fest
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Small-gauge filmmaking.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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Canadian Filmmaker's Festival
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New homegrown fare.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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Canadian Music Week
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Toronto's other yearly music festival adds a film
sidebar to its performance lineup.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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Cinéfranco
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Recent French-language cinema, with a predilection
for comedies and dramas.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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Female Eye
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Femme-lensed pictures are given their due.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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Mpenzi Black Women's Festival
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Black women's issues on film.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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Queer 2 Fly
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Diversity through film.
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TBA -- Mar 2009?
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U Of T Film Fest
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Students past and present of the venerable downtown
learning institution showcase their work.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Hot Docs
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Ten days of reality-based cinema. The cream of the
Sundance/SXSW/Tribeca slate, plus many World and North American
premieres.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Images Festival
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Ten days of artistic-minded image making ranging from intriguing features to experimental shorts and gallery installations.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Mayworks
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This annual celebration of labour, art and politics usually
includes a couple of thematically appropriate film screenings.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Over The Top
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The all-ages music festival of rising acts adds
a companion film festival.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Reel World Film Festival
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Celebrating cultural diversity through film.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Sprockets
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Ten days of world cinema for children, including weekday
school programmes and weekend screenings for the whole family.
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Toronto Singapore Film Festival
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A full day of Singaporean goodies.
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TBA -- May 2009?
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Canadian Sports Film Festival
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Giving the armchair quarterback a festival to call his own.
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TBA -- May 2009?
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Contact: Films On Photography
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The yearly city-wide photography festival includes a
sidebar collection of photo-docs.
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TBA -- May 2009?
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Inside Out Lesbian And Gay Film Festival
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Eleven days of the queer experience, mixing films that
tackle the subject head on with works that have a more tangential
relationship to gay culture.
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TBA -- May 2009?
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Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival
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Recent Hispanic cinema.
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TBA -- May 2009?
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Toronto Jewish Film Festival
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A yearly celebration of worldwide Jewish culture on film.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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Bicycle Film Festival
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The moving image on two wheels.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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Italian Film Festival
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Summer in Italy, but in Toronto.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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North By Northeast
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Toronto's annual weekend out at the live music clubs
also includes this sidebar of music-related celluloid.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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Reel HeART Film Festival
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Exposing indedendent film, with much "heart" promised.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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Rehab - Parkdale Film + Video
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The cinema of Parkdale.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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Toronto Portuguese Film Festival
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Portuguese culture on film.
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TBA -- Jun 2009?
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Worldwide Short Film Festival
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Brevity crosses all borders in this yearly helping of
cinema for the short of attention.
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TBA -- Jul 2009?
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Caribbean Tales
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Stories from the islands.
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TBA -- Jul 2009?
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Giggleshorts
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Levity meets brevity.
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TBA -- Aug 2009?
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Filmi
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South Asian cinema culture.
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Out Of Town
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Aug 21 - Sep 1, 2008
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Montreal
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Aug 27 - Sep 6, 2008
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Venice
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Sep 25 - Oct 10, 2008
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Vancouver
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Sep 26 - Oct 12, 2008
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New York
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Jan 15 - 25, 2009
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Sundance
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Feb 5 - 15, 2009
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Berlin
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Mar 13 - 21, 2009
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SXSW
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May 13 - 24, 2009
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Cannes
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TBA -- Apr 2009?
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Tribeca
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TBA -- Jul 2009?
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FanTasia
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Missing In Action: Toronto
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Last Seen: Mar 2007
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World Of Comedy Film Festival
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Laugh the winter blues away.
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Last Seen: May 2007
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Voices Forward
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Illuminating life in the Middle East via Israeli and Palestinian culture.
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Last Seen: Jun 2007
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Balkan Film Festival
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The countries of south-eastern Europe (Bulgaria,
Greece, Serbia and Turkey) represent themselves cinematically.
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Last Seen: May 2007
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Hong Kong Film Festival
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Ten years after the handover of the Hong Kong territory
to mainland China, U of T's Asian Institute shares a decade of
film industry highlights with Toronto audiences.
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Last Seen: Mar 2007
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Si Si Cine
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The stalwart Spanish-language film festival returns with
a mini Spring edition in hopes of making us salivate for a longer
entry in the fall.
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Last Seen: Feb 2007
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Prisoner's Justice Film Festival
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Prison activism through cinema.
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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Toronto Arab Film Festival
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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ResFest
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Digitally yours. Music videos, shorts and more.
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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Regent Park Film Festival
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Shining the spotlight of one of Toronto's most notorious neighbourhoods.
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Last Seen: Nov 2006
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Moving Pictures
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Moving bodies meet the moving image, dance meets film.
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Last Seen: Sep 2006
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RebelFest
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Feeding off TIFF's considerable profile.
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Last Seen: Sep 2006
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First Take
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Last Seen: Aug 2006
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Young Cuts
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Young filmmakers step into the spotlight.
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Last Seen: Jun 2006
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Splice This!
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Toronto's annual celebration of small-gauge filmmking.
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Last Seen: Jun 2006
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Female Eye
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Femme-lensed pictures are given their due.
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Last Seen: Oct 2005
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Tibet Film Festival
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Sharing the culture of Tibet with Toronto through documentaries and
recent feature films.
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Last Seen: Jun 2005
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Festival Of Italian Cinema
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Upstart competitor in the Italian festival space.
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Last Seen: May 2005
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Classic Movie Festival
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Classics both remebered and forgotten, B-movies and seminal
works of noted directors.
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Last Seen: Apr 2005
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Jack Layton Film Festival
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The leader of Canada's NDP political party lends his name
to this iconoclastic collection of films promoting "social democracy,
the human condition, peace, love & understanding and maybe even a laugh
or two".
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Last Seen: Jun 2004
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Sex And Death
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Last Seen: Apr 2004
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Get Reel
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Last Seen: Feb 2003
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Polish Film Festival
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Last Seen: Jan 2003
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Iced In Black
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Last Seen: Sep 2002
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Planet Indie
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Last Seen: Sep 2002
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Counting Past 2
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Last Seen: Aug 2002
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Teen Movie Festival
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Last Seen: Jul 2002
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BritPics
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Last Seen: Oct 2001
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Digital Image Festival
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