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Upcoming Toronto Festivals
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Sep 9 - 19, 2010
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Toronto International Film Festival
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The big kahuna of Toronto film festivals, this year
offering new work from (deep breath)
Errol Morris, Mike Leigh, Alex De La Iglesia, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu,
Darren Aronofsky, Frederick Wiseman, Werner Herzog, Jerzy Skolimowski,
Kelly Reichardt, Kim Jee-woon, Sion Sono, Tsui Hark, Andrew Lau,
Takashi Miike, Jia Zhangke, Hong Sang-soo, Apichatpong Weerasethakul,
Jean-Luc Godard, John Sayles, Ken Loach, Julian Schnabel, Woody Allen,
Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, John Carpenter,
Mark Romanek, Stephen Frears, Danny Boyle,
Bent Hamer, Sylvain Chomet, Denis Villeneuve, Francois Ozon,
Gregg Araki, Bruce LaBruce, Raul Ruiz, Vincent Gallo, Tom Tykwer,
Bruce McDonald, Brad Anderson, Michael Winterbottom, and a heck
of a lot more.
For the ticketless, there's a series of free movies
in the festival's new Lightbox HQ.
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Sep 22 - 27, 2010
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Commffest
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Bringing communities together through film.
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Sep 23 - 26, 2010
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Brazilian Film & TV Festival Of Toronto
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The heat of Brazilian cinema holds off the
imminent autumn chill.
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Sep 23, 2010
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Toronto Scream Fest
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Short, sharp jabs of bloody horror.
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Sep 30 - Oct 2, 2010
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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 -- Sep 2010?
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Kino Kultura
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Polish cinema. Part of the larger
Roncesvalles Polish Festival.
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TBA -- Sep 2010?
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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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Oct 2 - 3, 2010
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Nuit Blanche
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Toronto arists take us deep into the night.
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Oct 2 - 8, 2010
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Toronto Palestine Film Festival
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Presenting the narrative of a disposessed people.
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Oct 13 - 17, 2010
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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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Oct 15 - 17, 2010
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Moving Image Film Festival
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Genres clash on screen.
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Oct 16 - 17, 2010
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Macedonian Film Festival
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Celebrating Macedonian cinema of both yesteryear and today.
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Oct 20 - 24, 2010
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ImagineNative
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Aboriginal film and video.
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TBA -- Oct 2010?
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Abilities Arts Festival Film Forums
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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 -- Oct 2010?
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Brazil Film Fest
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The season's second dose of Brazilian cinema holds
off the imminent winter chill.
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TBA -- Oct 2010?
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Cine Cuba Toronto
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Cuban cinema.
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TBA -- Oct 2010?
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Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festial
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Polish cinema returns to Toronto.
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TBA -- Oct 2010?
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Filmi
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South Asian cinema culture.
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TBA -- Oct 2010?
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Indie Can
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Independent Canadian cinema.
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TBA -- Oct 2010?
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MUCK Film Festival
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Movies of uncommon knowledge, confronting assumptions
about the world we live in.
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Nov 9 - 14, 2010
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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 18 - 21, 2010
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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 2010?
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Canadian Labour International Film Festival
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The world of work and those who do it. Free!
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TBA -- Nov 2010?
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Diaspora Film Festival
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Shining the spotlight on the immigrant experience.
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TBA -- Nov 2010?
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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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TBA -- Nov 2010?
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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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TBA -- Nov 2010?
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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 2010?
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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 2010?
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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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TBA -- Nov 2010?
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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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TBA -- Nov 2010?
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Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival
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Recent Hispanic cinema.
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TBA -- Dec 2010?
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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 -- Dec 2010?
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Romanian Film Festival at Toronto
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Montreal's Romanian Fest makes the trip down the 401.
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TBA -- Jan 2011?
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The 8 Fest
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Small-gauge filmmaking.
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TBA -- Feb 2011?
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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 2011?
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The Great Digital Film Festival
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Hollywood film classics screen digitally. Alas, there's
precious few titles in the programme that haven't screened on film at
the city's repertory cinemas.
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TBA -- Feb 2011?
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Toronto Nepali Film Festival
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Highlighting the political and social developments of
Nepal.
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TBA -- Feb 2011?
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Toronto Romanian Film Festival
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Charting the flourishing course of Romanian cinema.
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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Canadian Music Week
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Toronto's other yearly music festival sports a film
sidebar in addition to its performance lineup.
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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Cinéfranco
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Recent French-language cinema, with a predilection
for middle-of-the-road comedies and dramas.
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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Cinéfranco: Youth Program
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Preceding each year's round-up of
recent French-language cinema, Cinefranco reaches out to
the city's youth with weekday school group screenings (also
open to the general public).
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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Female Eye
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Femme-lensed pictures are given their due.
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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Japanese Short Film Festival
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Bite-sized chunks of Japanese cinema.
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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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 -- Mar 2011?
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World Of Comedy Film Festival
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Laugh the winter blues away.
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TBA -- Apr 2011?
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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 2011?
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Images Festival
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Ten days of artistic-minded image making that run
the gamut from intriguing features to experimental shorts and
gallery installations.
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TBA -- Apr 2011?
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Reel World Film Festival
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Celebrating cultural diversity through film.
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TBA -- Apr 2011?
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Sprockets
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Seven days of world cinema for children, comprised of both weekday
school programmes and weekend screenings for the whole family.
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TBA -- Apr 2011?
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Tibet Film Festival
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Sharing the culture of Tibet with Toronto through
recent documentaries and features.
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TBA -- Apr 2011?
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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 -- Apr 2011?
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Toronto Silent Film Festival
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Where the images do the talking.
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TBA -- May 2011?
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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 2011?
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Toronto Russian Film Festival
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Post-Soviet Russian cinema.
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TBA -- Jun 2011?
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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 2011?
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Rehab - Parkdale Film + Video Showcase
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The cinema of Parkdale.
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TBA -- Jun 2011?
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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 2011?
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Human Rights Docfest
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Human rights issues on film.
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TBA -- Jul 2011?
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Shinsedai
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The new generation of Japanese filmmakers.
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TBA -- Jul 2011?
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Toronto Singapore Film Festival
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Singaporean goodies.
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TBA -- Jul 2011?
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Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
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Young filmmakers look for an audience.
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TBA -- Aug 2011?
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Bicycle Film Festival
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The moving image on two wheels.
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TBA -- Aug 2011?
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Caribbean Tales
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Stories from the islands.
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TBA -- Aug 2011?
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Toronto After Dark
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Eight nights of new horror, fantasy and action cinema.
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Out Of Town
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Aug 26 - Sep 6, 2010
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Montreal
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Sep 1 - 11, 2010
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Venice
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Sep 24 - Oct 10, 2010
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New York
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Sep 30 - Oct 15, 2010
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Vancouver
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TBA -- Jan 2011?
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Sundance
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TBA -- Feb 2011?
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Berlin
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TBA -- Mar 2011?
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SXSW
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TBA -- Apr 2011?
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Tribeca
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TBA -- May 2011?
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Cannes
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TBA -- Jul 2011?
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FanTasia
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Missing In Action: Toronto
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Last Seen: 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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Last Seen: Jun 2009
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Giggleshorts
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Levity meets brevity.
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Last Seen: May 2009
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Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival
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Films made by deaf and hard of hearing creators.
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Last Seen: May 2009
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Over The Top
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A companion film festival to the annual all-ages
music festival of new and rising acts.
Highlights include the Gondry/Carax/Bong omnibus travelogue film
Tokyo!, explosive home invasion thriller PVC-1 and
Viking flick Severed Ways.
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Last Seen: Apr 2009
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Si Si Cine
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The one-time shining light of local Spanish-language
film festivals has scaled back since the arrival of TILFF.
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Last Seen: 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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Last Seen: Mar 2009
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Canadian Film Fest
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Homegrown independent cinema is the focus of this
annual festival.
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Last Seen: Mar 2009
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Queer 2 Fly
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Diversity through film.
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Last Seen: Feb 2009
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Australian Film Weekend
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The cinema of down under warms the frigid Canadian winter.
This year's programme includes the Midnight Madness-approved
Ozploitation doc Not Quite Hollywood.
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Last Seen: Nov 2008
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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: Oct 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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Last Seen: Sep 2008
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Student Shorts
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Occupation: student. Output: film. Length: short.
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Last Seen: Sep 2008
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Microcinefest
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A cornucopia of cinema and video for the TIFF'ed off.
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Last Seen: Jun 2008
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Toronto Portuguese Film Festival
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Portuguese culture on film.
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Last Seen: May 2008
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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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Last Seen: Dec 2007
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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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Last Seen: Nov 2007
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Bengali Film Festival
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Bengali culture on film.
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Last Seen: Oct 2007
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DNA Film Festival
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Digital narrative arts.
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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: 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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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 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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