Canadian filmmakers Max Mcabe-Lokos and Bruce MacDonald worked together on the TIFF 13 film The Husband. Today they interview each about their new films at TIFF (McCabe-Lokos' short film Ape Sodom and MacDonald's road trip comedy Weirdoes) and talk about why they make movies.
Sep 15, 2016•31 min
You might know filmmaker Morgan Spurlock from the time he only ate McDonalds for several months, or the time he tried to captured Bin Laden. Here, he's joined by his producing partner Jeremy Chilnick to discuss his new Midnight Madness documentary Rats, which is about exactly what it sounds like.
Sep 15, 2016•26 min
An in-depth panel moderated by Patrick McGuire, Head of Content at VICE Canada, and featuring Loc Dao (Chief Digital Officer of the National Film Board of Canada), Yelena Rachitsky (Creative Producer and Head of Education, Oculus Story Studio), Ryan Oliver (Lead Producer, Developer-Owner, Pinnguaq Technology Inc.), and Ana Serrano (Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre). Patrick McGuire Head of Content, VICE Canada Patrick McGuire is a journalist and documentary producer who is currently V...
Aug 23, 2016•47 min
Ivan Reitman joins us for a conversation on women in comedy, and the backlash against Ghostbusters 3.
Aug 05, 2016•29 min
Award-winning novelist, memoirist and scholar André Aciman considers Eric Rohmer's influence on his own work in this introduction to the great French filmmaker's exquisite tale of erotic obsession and moral suspense. This is part of our Film Programme Dangerous Liaisons: The Films of Eric Rohmer. Our first retrospective in 20 years dedicated to the French New Wave master, whose films find the elusive nexus of sparkling wit, philosophical profundity, and erotic obsession. For more check out 3 Thi...
Jul 26, 2016•20 min
Celebrated writer and director Catherine Hardwicke discusses her journey from production designer to award-winning filmmaker of Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, and Twilight, as well as her trailblazing advocacy work for gender parity in the film industry. This event is co-presented with Film Fatales Toronto. tiff.net
Jul 22, 2016•1 hr 18 min
In collaboration with THE VERGE. Supported by: Anne-Marie Canning In July, we are delving into the incredible power of VR to put people in other people's lives. And also the challenges and questions that come with that power. Storytellers are only beginning to explore the potential for virtual reality to put people inside other perspectives — and other lives. In our second POP, you'll get the chance to experience some of the best work that's been done to date, and also to question the limits of ...
Jul 21, 2016•35 min
In collaboration with THE VERGE. Supported by: Anne-Marie Canning In July, we are delving into the incredible power of VR to put people in other people's lives. And also the challenges and questions that come with that power. Storytellers are only beginning to explore the potential for virtual reality to put people inside other perspectives — and other lives. In our second POP, you'll get the chance to experience some of the best work that's been done to date, and also to question the limits of ...
Jul 21, 2016•32 min
In collaboration with the FADER and supported by: Anne-Marie Canning. This past June we explored the intersection of VR, music and art with a pop-up installation at TIFF Bell Lightbox that was filled with beauty, delight and surprises (like moss-covered headsets that we're pretty sure will show up on Paris runways soon). Along with the exhibition we invited Industry experts, creatives, and artists to talk on the past, present, and future of virtual reality. MODERATOR: JOSEPH PATEL VICE PRESIDENT...
Jul 21, 2016•22 min
In collaboration with the FADER and supported by: Anne-Marie Canning. This past June we explored the intersection of VR, music and art with a pop-up installation at TIFF Bell Lightbox that was filled with beauty, delight and surprises (like moss-covered headsets that we're pretty sure will show up on Paris runways soon). Along with the exhibition we invited Industry experts, creatives, and artists to talk on the past, present, and future of virtual reality. MODERATOR: JOSEPH PATEL VICE PRESIDENT...
Jul 21, 2016•22 min
Whisky expert Heather Greene joins us for a screening of Ken Loach's award-winning caper comedy and discusses the role that whisky has played in the history of cinema. This concludes our Food on Film Series for 2016. For more information on other upcoming series, visit tiff.net
Jun 30, 2016•50 min
Following our free screening of Sean Baker's Tangerine, we were honoured to welcome star Mya Taylor — who this year became the first transgender actress to win a major film prize when she took home an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female — for an onstage conversation. For more events like these and information on our upcoming Higher Learning's visit http://tiff.net/summer2016-series
Jun 16, 2016•49 min
Stage director and Olivier Award–winning actor Kathryn Hunter takes us behind the scenes of Julie Taymor's innovative production of Shakespeare's immortal fantasy. For more information on this series and more visit tiff.net/books
Jun 16, 2016•51 min
Cheryl Strayed joins us for a screening of Wild, part of TIFF's 2016 Books on Film Series and reflects on Jean-Marc Vallée's acclaimed adaptation of her best-selling 2012 memoir.
May 17, 2016•1 hr 8 min
A 2006 Hot Docs Film Festival Interview with Werner Herzog. This Friday sees the return of the director with his new film Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World playing 9:45pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit: http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=50928~edeed7b8-5598-4ac6-994a-ca71bc407bc4&epguid=1982376d-17a7-4bb4-9959-f38bb053d10d&
Apr 27, 2016•1 hr 51 min
Ridley Scott and Yaphey Kotto from our 2003 TIFF Dialogues event screening the director's cut. We bring his film back to the big screen April 7th at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit http://tiff.net/winter2016-cinematheque/tiff-cinematheque-special-screenings-winter-2016/alien
Mar 31, 2016•39 min
Film scholar Sara Saljoughi discusses the role of women in Kiarostami's oeuvre and the film’s confrontation with "the look" in post-revolutionary Iranian cinema. For more information on TIFF Cinemathque saluting the Iranian master with this deluxe retrospective, check out The Wind Will Carry Us: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami. http://tiff.net/winter2016-cinematheque/the-wind-will-carry-us-the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami
Mar 29, 2016•21 min
Tatiana Maslany, TIFF Rising Stars alumna and critically acclaimed star of television's Orphan Black, joins Toronto International Film Festival Artistic Director Cameron Bailey for an onstage conversation about her diverse film career and rapid rise to stardom. Tatiana Maslany was born in Regina. Her starring role in Grown Up Movie Star (10) won her the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival. Selected as a TIFF Rising Star at the 2012 Toronto International Film ...
Jan 28, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Irish-Canadian co-production Room, the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival’s People's Choice Award winner, has been building momentum as one of the strong award contenders of the year. Find out from the team behind the powerful film on the road to bring this novel to life and how Canada played an important role in its success.
Jan 28, 2016•50 min
Kiefer Sutherland joins Festival Artistic Director Cameron Bailey for an intimate discussion about his stellar career, from his formative years in Toronto and his breakout role in Daniel Petrie's acclaimed Canadian film The Bay Boy, through Hollywood stardom and his Golden Globe-, Emmy- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning work on television's 24, to his acclaimed performance in Forsaken, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September. Kiefer Sutherland was born in En...
Jan 27, 2016•1 hr 19 min
Chef David Chang of the restaurant Momofuku sits down with us to talk about Ang Lee's 1994 film Eat Drink Man Woman and discuss all things food, film, and culture. Now in its fifth season, Food on Film brings together chefs, food experts and film lovers to enjoy the best in culinary cinema and conversation. Host Naomi Duguid welcomes celebrated guests from the culinary world to discuss the intersections of cinema, culture and gastronomy. Check it out at http://tiff.net/winter2016-series/food-on-...
Jan 18, 2016•51 min
As part of the fourth national poll for Canadian Open Vault: The All-Time Top Ten, Guy Maddin provided an introduction to his film My Winnipeg, and disscused a desire to mythologize his prairie hometown through a blurring of fact and fiction. This event was held on July 19, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox and was hosted by Steve Gravestock, Senior Programmer, Festival Programming, TIFF. To learn more about our upcoming events at TIFF Bell Lightbox and to access the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hu...
Jan 05, 2016•14 min
Following a screening of his Cannes-winning film The Missing Picture, Rithy Panh discussed his approach to the representation of suffering under the Khmer Rouge regime. Co-presented with Visible Evidence, with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Consulate General of France in Toronto, the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto, the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies and the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, this Higher Learning eve...
Jan 05, 2016•38 min
Digital Is So Fragile | RICK PRELINGER on the future of film by TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Dec 17, 2015•18 min
John Landis (director of National Lampoon's Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and An American Werewolf in London) joins us for an extended introduction and post-screening discussion of this Harryhausen classic, which includes some of the stop-motion master's greatest creations.
Dec 16, 2015•1 hr 15 min
GUILLERMO DEL TORO Interview by TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)
Dec 15, 2015•31 min
http://tiff.net/education/events/robe... Following a screening of Johnny Stecchino, Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi discussed their shared lifetime of work for the Higher Learning audience of postsecondary students and faculty. Co-presented with the Italian Contemporary Film Festival and in partnership with the University of Toronto, this Higher Learning event was held on June 5, 2015 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Visit the Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub to learn more about our upcoming eve...
Dec 15, 2015•36 min
In this talk, Rick Prelinger, Founder of the Prelinger Archives and Associate Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz, sets out a number of possible visions for the future of archives, and discusses some of the innovations that many cultural heritage institutions have already begun to experiment with today.
Dec 14, 2015•1 hr 30 min
http://tiff.net/education/events/past-present-future-visualization Chris Edwards, CEO of The Third Floor, described the humble beginnings of previsualization, a digital form of storyboarding that renders lighting, camera placement and movement to allow filmmakers to visually experiment and conceptualize complex effects. Panelists included: CEO of The Third Floor Chris Edwards; visual effect supervisor at Spin VFX Wes Sewell; and John Helliker, director of SIRT (Screen Industries Research and Tra...
Dec 11, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Following the screening of short films directed by each panelist, the discussion explored the processes behind the work of three Cuban women filmmakers as they navigate their experiences as immigrants while trying to maintain a sense of collective Cuban identity. Panelists included: cinematographer, photographer and director Heidi Hassan; award winning actress Yanay Penalba,; and director Tamara Segura. The panel was moderated by Zaira Zarza, a cultural studies doctoral candidate at Queen’s Univ...
Dec 11, 2015•1 hr 14 min