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Toronto Film-Related Organizations
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Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television
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The organization behind the annual Genie and Gemini awards, and also
the force behind sometimes-monthly screenings of Canadian films.
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Alliance Francaise
Consulate General Of France In Toronto
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These organizations track French-language cultural events occurring in Toronto.
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Canadian Film Centre
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Norman Jewison's institution educates the next generation of Canadian
filmmakers and presents occasional film events.
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Chinese Cultural Centre
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Bridging the Chinese Canadian community and greater Toronto
with cultural events.
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Italian Cultural Institue
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Italian culture in Toronto.
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Feniks
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Promotes and distributes Polish cinema across Canada.
The organization, or at least their web site,
appears to have been on hiatus since early 2004.
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Japan Foundation Toronto
Consulate General Of Japan In Toronto
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The gateways through which Japanese culture
often passes into Toronto.
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L.I.F.T.
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The Liaison Of Independent Filmmakers Of Toronto, a support organization
for local filmmakers, and also the hosts of occasional screenings
and workshops.
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The Loop Collective
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Promoting the integration of experimental film and video with
other art forms.
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National Film Board Of Canada
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Venerable producer of Canadian documentaries and animation.
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Ontario Film Review Board
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Government arm rating (and occasionally censoring) commercial
film releases in the province.
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Telefilm
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The primary funding body for Canadian film and television.
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Telelatino
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The Italian/Spanish cable channel presents first-run screenings
of recent Italian films under the banner of Viva Cinema.
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Toronto Animated Image Society
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Serves professionals and fans with seminars, workshops and screenings.
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Toronto International Film Festival Group
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Undeniably the most important film organization in the city,
responsible for the yearly
Toronto International Film Festival
and
Sprokets Film Festival For Children
plus year-round screenings at
Cinematheque Ontario
and
Talk Cinema.
The
Film Circuit
ensures those outside of Toronto get a chance to see the more
specialized fare that usually bypasses their cities.
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Out Of Town
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Vagrancy Films
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Grindhouse revivalists located in London, Ontario.
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Canadian Film Distributors
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Alliance Atlantis/Odeon Films
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Canada's largest film distributor. The Alliance Atlantis banner
handles New Line and Miramax releases in Canada. Odeon takes on
indie and foreign fare.
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Capri Films
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Specializing in quality arthouse fare.
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Christal Films
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Quebecois distributor handling homegrown productions, some foreign offerings
and the Lions Gate catalogue in that province. Their wares
occasionally make it across province boundaries to Ontario
theatres, but not very often.
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Decade
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Independent cinema.
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Domino
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Specializing in Canadian cinema.
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Equinoxe
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A rather subdued release schedule concentrates on
mainstream-leaning indie fare.
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Films We Like
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Filmmaker Ron Mann and Toronto entertainment promoter Gary Topp
release the films they're sweet on across the country.
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Kinosmith
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Independent Canadian and foreign-language cinema. The English-Canadian
sub-distributor for the Seville catalogue.
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Lions Gate
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Increasingly North American-centric (although partly Canadian based)
distributor gets both wide-release mainstream fare and small indie flicks
out to the market at large.
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Maple Pictures
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Distributor of the Lions Gate catalogue in English Canada.
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Maximum Films
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Former Alliance head Robert Lantos' new film company, distributing
Canadian and foreign fare.
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Microfilms
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Releasing indie docs to DVD and, occasionally, to theatres.
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Mongrel Media
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Distributor of quality foreign fare, documentaries and the
Sony Pictures Classics catalogue.
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Seville
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Quality foreign fare.
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ThinkFilm
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The partially Canadian distributor handles indie fare, with an
emphasis on documentaries, in the North American market.
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TVA
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This Quebec-based distributor's releases have run the gamut from
small Canadian flicks to international Oscar winners.
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Ultra 8
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Secures small Canadian releases, usually at repertory houses,
for culty foreign cinema.
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Vagrant
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Indie film. No website that I can find.
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