Locarno Festival has specifically been working an accessibility strategy to encourage younger audiences by creating spaces of encounter … This can be seen in other festivals as well, such as I have seen at TIFF … More From Locarno to TIFF, film festivals experiment with accessibility strategies to attract younger audiences
…. my studies were based on the impact of film in culture and the way filmmaking documents each time period and lets us continue exploring and communicating emotions. … More From architecture to film
Being introduced to something new isn’t always the easiest, but you have to fake it till you make. That’s exactly what my intern partner Yasmine Mathurin, MIC Views Intern Blogger and I did at the Toronto International Film Festival Canadian Press Conference for TIFF’16 on August 3rd. It was our first press conference of its … More Hello TIFF ’16 – I’m Cherise
I’ll be the first to admit that despite being a student of storytelling and an aspiring filmmaker myself, I know very little about Canada’s filmmaking industry. My gateway into storytelling came unexpectedly from my experience as a human rights advocate. After completing a United Nations fellowship for people of african descent in Geneva Switzerland, I … More Yasmine’s First Day
Canadian filmmakers continues to defy being creatively pigeon hold, and will once again stand shoulder to shoulder with their international colleagues as we celebrate 40 years of TIFF. Our festival (Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada), is considered to be the most important North America film festival, and #3 on the circuit behind Cannes and … More CanCon is a “young giant” coming of age
After another long day at the festival I have concluded many Canadian screenings. I was lucky enough to witness a couple of different genres of Canadian films and I am happy to say that the identity of Canadian filmmaking stands within all films. The Sleeping Giant takes a noble stand of the Canadian landscapes and … More 3 Canadian Films at Cannes: The Sleeping Giant, Black Fly, Preggoland
The TIFF Cocktail Party at Cannes 2015 Walking into a party with so many Canadians rubbing shoulders with filmmakers from around the globe made me realized the presence of TIFF, Telefilm & OMDC at Cannes as an essential bridge building service for our own film making community. To see the presence of Canadian talent across the … More The TIFF Cocktail Party at Cannes 2015
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