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Toronto International Film Festival Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film
The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film judged to be the best Canadian feature film made by a first-time director. As of 2017, the award is sponsored by the City of Toronto government and thus known as the "City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film". As with all of TIFF's juried awards, the jury has the discretion to grant one or more honorable mentions in addition to the main award winner. The award has not been presented since 2019, although TIFF has not yet clarified whether it has been discontinued outright, or was merely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the reductions it imposed on the size of the festival programs in 2020 and 2021. Winners † denotes a film which also won the Best First Feature award at the Genie Awards or the Canadian Screen Awards. See also *John Dunning Best First Feature Award *Prix Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, located in Downtown Toronto. TIFF's mission is "to transform the way people see the world through film". Year-round, the TIFF Bell Lightbox offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, industry support, and the chance to meet filmmakers from Canada and around the world. TIFF Bell Lightbox is located on the north west corner of King Street and John Street in downtown Toronto. In 2016, 397 films from 83 countries were screened at 28 screens in downtown Toronto venues, welcoming an estimated 480,000 attendees, over 5,000 of whom were industry professionals. TIFF starts the Thursday night after Labour Day (the first Monday in September in Canada) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanaimo Daily News
The ''Nanaimo Daily News'' was a Canadian daily newspaper published weekdays in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia for 141 years until ceasing publication in January 2016. The paper's final owner was Black Press, which also publishes the ''Alberni Valley Times'' and the ''Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle'', and several other weekly newspapers on the island. History George Norris founded the paper as the semi-weekly ''Nanaimo Free Press'' in 1874. It began publishing six times a week, Monday to Saturday, 14 years later in 1888. In 1902, after George Norris died, the paper was continued on by his two sons, George E. and Wilf F. Norris, who later sold the paper to Thomas Banks Booth. in 1954, Thomson Newspapers bought the ''Free Press'' and the title eventually became ''Nanaimo Daily Free Press''. Publishers included Cec Ramsden, John Farrington, Stan Butler and Bob McKenzie, and others. In the late 1990s, the newspaper became part the Southam Inc. chain, which itself wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiebke Von Carolsfeld
Wiebke von Carolsfeld (born 1966) is a German Canadian film director, writer and editor."German's debut film perfectly Canadian". ''Vancouver Sun'', April 18, 2003. Her debut feature film as a director, '' Marion Bridge'', won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival. Background Originally from Germany, von Carolsfeld moved to Canada. Despite having degrees in medieval history and literature from the University of Cologne, she was rejected when she applied to Ryerson University's film school for lacking the Ontario-specific thirteenth grade in her high school transcripts. Instead, she volunteered with the local cable community channel to gain experience, before taking a job as an assistant editor on David Cronenberg's ''M. Butterfly''. Career Her credits as an editor include Eisenstein, ''Shoemaker'', '' The Five Senses'', '' The Bay of Love and Sorrows'', '' Wrecked'', '' Fugitive Piec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Bridge (film)
''Marion Bridge'' is a 2002 Canadian drama film directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld. The film won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival. Based on a dramatic play by Daniel MacIvor, the film is notable for being Elliot Page's first performance in a feature film. Plot Agnes (Molly Parker), an alcoholic and drug-user who is struggling to overcome her self-destructive behaviour, returns from Toronto, Ontario, to her Cape Breton Island hometown of Sydney, Nova Scotia, because of the failing health of her mother Rose ( Marguerite McNeil). Rose, an Irish-Canadian who is also an alcoholic, lies dying of cancer at a local hospital. Agnes stays at her childhood home with her older sister Theresa (Rebecca Jenkins), a devout Catholic whose husband recently left her for a younger woman, and Louise (Stacy Smith), a middle sister who has retreated from the outside world. Waiting at their mother's deathbed, they are forced to face the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Toronto International Film Festival
The 27th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom Egoyan's '' Ararat'' and closed with Brian De Palma's '' Femme Fatale''. Awards Programmes Gala Presentations * '' 11'9"01 September 11'' by Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Shōhei Imamura, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn and Danis Tanović * ''Antwone Fisher'' by Denzel Washington * '' Ararat'' by Atom Egoyan * '' Chihwaseon'' by Im Kwon-taek * '' Far From Heaven'' by Todd Haynes * '' Femme Fatale'' by Brian De Palma * ''The Four Feathers'' by Shekhar Kapur * ''Frida'' by Julie Taymor * '' The Good Thief'' by Neil Jordan * ''The Guys'' by Jim Simpson * '' L'homme du train'' by Patrice Leconte * '' In America'' by Jim Sheridan * ''Jet Lag'' by Danièl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Garrity (director)
Sean Garrity is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2001 film ''Inertia'', which won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, and his 2012 film ''My Awkward Sexual Adventure''. Filmography *''Inertia'' (2001) *''Lucid'' (2005) *''Zooey & Adam'' (2009) *''Teeth'' (short film) (2011) *''My Awkward Sexual Adventure'' (2012) *''Blood Pressure'' (2012) *'' After the Ball'' (2015) *''Borealis'' (2015) *''I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight'' (2020) *''The End of Sex ''The End of Sex'' is a 2022 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Sean Garrity. The film stars Jonas Chernick and Emily Hampshire as Josh and Emma, a young married couple who are feeling pressured by the demands of parenthood, and ship the ...'' (2022) *''The Burning Season'' (TBA)Kelly Townsend"EXCLUSIVE: Garrity, Chernick go to camera on seventh feature" '' Playback'', September 1, 2022. References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inertia (2001 Film)
''Inertia'' is a 2001 Canadian drama film, directed by Sean Garrity. The film stars Jonas Chernick, Sarah Constible, Gordon Tanner and Micheline Marchildon as Joseph, Laura, Bruce and Alex, four young professionals in Winnipeg, Manitoba who are embroiled in a "love rhombus" in which each is in unrequited love with one of the others. The film won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, canoe.ca
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2001 Toronto International Film Festival
The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival. During a hastily arranged press conference on September 11, Festival director Piers Handling and managing director Michelle Maheux announced that 30 public screenings and 20 press screenings would be cancelled during the sixth day of the festival due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. The festival resumed for the final four days though some films were cancelled because the film prints could not reach Toronto due to flight restrictions. Awards Programmes Viacom Galas * ''Cet Amour-là'' by Josée Dayan * ''Dark Blue World'' by Jan Sverák * ''Enigma'' by Michael Apted * ''From Hell'' by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes * '' Hearts in Atlantis'' by Scott Hicks * ''Lantana'' by Ray Lawrence * '' The Last Kiss'' by Gabriele Muccino * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Couture
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a '' gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include '' Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; '' Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; '' Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and '' Antun'' or '' Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Deer (film)
''Red Deer'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anthony Couture and released in 2000. Set in Red Deer, Alberta, the film centres on two visitors to the city and their interactions with a group of local residents."Red Deer director exits Highway 2". '' Calgary Herald'', September 28, 2000. Otavie (Awaovieyi Agie) and Carol (Loreya Montayne) both check into a motel around the same time. Otavie befriends Sarah (Amber Rothwell), but becomes suspected of a crime by her father Jerry ( Kurt Max Runte) and boyfriend David (James Hutson) when she unexpectedly runs away; Carol takes a job as a phone sex operator, and develops something of a relationship with Nigel (Joe Procyk), the lonely owner of a local bookstore. Couture, a native of Red Deer, made the film as his masters thesis while studying filmmaking at the University of British Columbia. The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian First Featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau (born February 1, 1968 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Early life Falardeau was born and raised in Hull, Quebec. He later studied political science at the University of Ottawa, before travelling around the world for the Quebec competitive television series ''Course Destination Monde'', on which he emerged as the Grand Prize winner. Career 2000–2010: Early work His first feature film, '' The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo)'' (2000) won Best Canadian First Feature at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and received a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards. Falardeau also received the Claude Jutra Award at the Canadian Genies (now called Canadian Screen Awards), in 2001 for this film. For his work on his second film, ''Congorama'' (2006), Falardeau won a Genie Award in 2007 for Best Original Screenplay. 2011: Breakthrough with ''Monsieur Lazhar'' Falardeau receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left-Hand Side Of The Fridge
''The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge'' (french: La Moitié gauche du frigo) was the first full-length feature film by Canadian film director Philippe Falardeau, released in 2000.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 124. Synopsis Shot in mockumentary style, the film stars Paul Ahmarani as Christophe and Stéphane Demers as Stéphane, two roommates sharing an apartment in Montreal. Christophe is an unemployed engineer, while Stéphane is a documentary filmmaker who begins filming Christophe's search for work. Christophe increasingly becomes disillusioned with the corporate world and fed up with the relentlessly intrusive nature of Stéphane and his omnipresent camera. Eventually he flees to Vancouver. Awards The film won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, as well as the Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian film by a first-time director at the 21st Genie Awards. Ahmarani won the Jutr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
