Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 10, 2009

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 10, 2009! Amidst the blockbusters of summer this week we have an impressive selection of historically centred limited releases.

In limited release this week we have three films to explore all with an element of the real. Starting with The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow and is a war-set thriller that is finally hitting theatres after its successful festival run. Next up we have the biopic Il Divo based on Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Finally we get a fashion fix with Valentino: The Last Emperor, a documentary on the Italian fashion designer... you guessed it, Valentino.

In wide release this week we have two selections for Friday releases with Brüno starring the one and only Sacha Baron Cohen and the teen comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper starring Paul Rudd and Hayden Panettiere (Claire from "Heroes").

But the big release of the week is in true summer style a Wednesday release (July 15, 2009) of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Originally slated to release in November 2008, it was bumped to 2009 as of last summer but finally we get to see the 6th J.K. Rowling book brought to life. Other than Star Trek this is my most anticipated film of the year and to celebrate it's release I re-watched and reviewed the first five films of the series in a Harry Potter Countdown! There are some midnight screenings on Tuesday July 14th if you need to be the first to see it, but if you want to see it in IMAX or 3D IMAX you are in for a wait - it won't hit IMAX screens until Wednesday July 29, 2009.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Friday July 10, 2009 Releases

Brüno
Dir: Larry Charles (Religulous, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen
USA
No Official Film Site Found, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Hurt Locker
Dir: Kathryn Bigelow (K-19: The Widowmaker, Point Break)
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

I Love You, Beth Cooper
Dir: Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rent)
Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London
Canada/USA
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Il Divo
Writer/Dir: Paolo Sorrentino (L'amico di famiglia / The Family Friend)
Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Graziosi, Giulio Bosetti
Italy/France
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Valentino: The Last Emperor
Dir: Matt Tyrnauer - feature film directorial debut
Documentary on Italian fashion designer Valentino
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Wednesday July 15, 2009 releases

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Dir: David Yates (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton
UK/USA
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of July 15, 2009**

Transformers Take #1 for Second Week Running: Canadian, North American & UK Box Office July 3, 2009 Weekend

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has its cake and continues to eat it for the second week running. Both Wednesday July 1st released landed in the 2nd and 3rd spots at the Canadian and North American box office, which are Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Public Enemies respectively. Bollywood film Kambakkht Ishq had a strong debut landing in the teens, and Science Fiction flick Moon in it's limited release did make it's landing on the Canadian charts. No comments on the UK box office with week, but will be sure to add it once the information is available.

Top 20 Movies in Canada for the July 3, 2009 weekend
1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs *
3. Public Enemies *
4. The Proposal
5. The Hangover
6. My Sister's Keeper
7. Up
8. Year One
9. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
10. Star Trek
11. Angels & Demons
12. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
13. Kambakkht Ishq *
14. Under the Sea 3D
15. Whatever Works *
16. Millenium
17. À vos marques... party! 2
18. Terminator Salvation
19. Land of the Lost
20. Moon *

Top 20 Movies in North America for the July 3, 2009 weekend
1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs *
3. Public Enemies *
4. The Proposal
5. The Hangover
6. Up
7. My Sister's Keeper
8. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
9. Year One
10. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
11. Star Trek
12. Away We Go
13. Whatever Works
14. Kambakkht Ishq *
15. Angels & Demons
16. Cheri
17. Land of the Lost
18. Terminator Salvation
19. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
20. Imagine That

Top 10 Movies in the UK for the July 3, 2009 weekend
Pending - will be updated when information is available

* indicates opening weekend in noted location, red text indicates Canadian film release

Source: Canada & North America info, UK info

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Dir: David Yates (The Tichborne Claimant)
Regular Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis
Additional Cast: Imelda Staunton, Evanna Lynch, Gary Oldman, Bonnie Wright, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, David Thewlis, Helena Bonham Carter, George Harris, Natalia Tena, Ralph Fiennes
UK/USA, 2007

Originally Seen: July 15, 2007 at Scotiabank, just one day Movie Moxie site went live

Revisited: July 6, 2009 *

It's wild to think that this 5th film in the Harry Potter series was released 2 whole years ago. We've been waiting 2 years people! And in all that time I haven't reviewed it until now. I did go and find my original notes from the first viewing, which consist of offhand comments like "everyone wears stripes" or "so-and-so looks different/weird" or "evil woman is awesome". Last comment works for more than one character. But, out of all of the films this was the only one (so far) where I noticed things changed in the book to film translation, or I had looked forward to seeing certain scenes and characters only to find them completely omitted. But it's a mammoth book at 870 pages in trade paperback which was condensed to a 2 hr 18 min film which I'm sure is a challenge.

Right off the bat we see that the film has a different tone than the rest of the series, starting instead of in a world that feels warm to a land that is hot, dry and dangerous. Safe havens are few and far between as the world of muggles and magic start to blend together. With this film we are introduced to a new director, David Yates who takes and will keep this role for the remainder of the films. Although as a whole the film reverts back to patterns that were established in the first three films with starting location, introductions to new and stronger magics, new locations and transportation methods we also see changes to the look and feel of the creatures and/or effects established in previous films. A bizarre choice there, and both new choices were less effective but on the bright side I think we can expect consistency from here on in.

Set in Year 5 of Hogwarts for Harry, Hermione & Ron and the trio are now 15 years old, but the film brings a focus to a broader age range of students together. This is mirrored in the adult world by continuing to highlight Dumbledore's inclusive and trusting nature to witches and wizards of different levels of skill and aptitude. It's one of the things I appreciate most about his character and the films in general, that everyone has a place, a right and way that they can help to make a valuable contribution to the greater cause. This is present in the other films but is very clear in The Order of the Phoenix and shows the differences between the dark wizards who crave purebloods for alliances and have little patience or tolerance for anything but perfection. The themes of the film centre on rules, obedience, rigidity as well as trust, belief and as always friendship. I think it is brilliant how they work in the concept of learning theoratecally in a safe environment versus real life learning involving real risk. This is a conversation I find I'm continually with friends who are parents, but as I'm a PNT'er (pets not kids) they don't always take my opinion on real life risk to heart. The contrasts in the film are effectively projected by using multiple colour stories of warm and cool colours that began in The Goblet of Fire and are again prominent here and represent the choice between good and bad.

The trio certainly has many trials and tribulations in this film and it becomes quite the emotional roller coaster for Harry in particular. Even though we see many serious issues arise and danger is everywhere, there is an air of lightness and humour folded seamlessly into the film often giving a chance see more of the secondary characters such as Fred & George Weasley. The music plays on this very well, giving us welcome tonal shifts to ease the pain when it becomes so very dark.

Whether good or bad, the women of this film shine. Any reservations about gender imbalance that cropped up in The Goblet of Fire are easily quashed here as The Order of the Phoenix as we are introduced a trio of fantastic women: the new and decadently cutesy evil Dolorus Umbridge played by Imelda Staunton, the powerful dark witch Bellatrix Lestrange played by Helena Bonham Carter and oddball but genuinely kind and calm Luna Lovegood played by Evanna Lynch. Plus, Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) continues to become more powerful and prominent as a secondary character. The women truly come to light in this film in a spectacular way.

Overall it was really fun to revisit it and I'm still surprized it landed 4th place on the Poll for the Best Harry Potter film (so far). But the best news is that this means we are only 1 week away from the newest film The Half-Blood Prince to be released. I can't wait!

Shannon's Overall View:
I love it
I own it - in widescreen!
I'd recommend it to fans of magic, fantasy and adventure

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© Shannon Ridler, 2009

* in anticipation of the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on Wednesday July 15, 2009, I am doing a weekly countdown to watch & review of the first five Harry Potter films

Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009 - First 8 Titles Announced!

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has announced the first 8 titles for the 2009 festival and we in for a treat this year! Sticking with the treats first up is Trick n' Treat a Halloween centric horror film with a stellar cast: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox and Dylan Baker. The creepiness continues with the Indonesian horror film The Forbidden - even the music on the website was freaking me out!

Taking a step back in time, scares will be abound with the throwback horror flick Someone's Knocking at the Door and the Brazilian Embodiment of Evil which truly feels like the perfect title from the films trailer - lots of blood and skin in this one which is a role reprisal for José Mojica Marins as the character Coffin Joe. But, how about a little old school action? Black has been making waves since SXSW as the latest Blaxploitation film and stars MC Jean Gab from District B13 and the upcoming District 13: Ultimatum.

Toronto After Dark Film Festival always delivers us some zombies, but this year we get literal with Grace, the zombie baby movie. And it's Canadian. Awesome.

The film I'm most looking forward to so far is the steampunkin' goodness with Franklyn with the stellar cast of Ryan Phillipe, Eva Green and Sam Riley. Style fans get even more love with
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl, but will it trump last years Tokyo Gore Police / Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu? Only way to find is to see them duke it out!

And that isn't all! The remaining 9 titles will be announced July 29/09. But if you haven't already you can still get a festival passes (they 2/3rds sold out as of July 8/09). Single tickets will also go on sale in July 29/09. For more information on ticketing and venues check here.

List of the first 8 titles announced

Black
Dir: Pierre Laffargue
Cast: MC Jean Gab
France
IMDb Page, Trailer

Embodiment of Evil / Encarnação do Demônio
Dir: José Mojica Marins
Cast: José Mojica Marins
Brazil
Official Website & Trailer, IMDb Page
Trailer contains disturbing images

The Forbidden Door / Pintu terlarang
Dir: Joko Anwar (Dead Time: Kala)
Cast: Fachry Albar, Marsha Timothy, Ario Bayu, Tio Pakusodewo
Indonesia
Official Website & Trailer, IMDb Page

Franklyn
Writer/Dir: Gerald McMorrow
Cast: Ryan Phillipe, Eva Green, Sam Riley
UK
Official Website, IMDb Page

Grace
Writer/Dir: Paul Solet
Cast: Jordan Ladd, Gabrielle Rose, Samantha Ferris, Malcolm Stewart, Stephen Park, Serge Houde
Canada
IMDb Page

Someone's Knocking at the Door
Dir: Chad Ferrin
Cast: Noah Segan, Andrea Rueda, Ezra Buzzington, Timothy Muskatell
USA
Official Website & Trailer, IMDb Page

Trick 'r Treat
Writer/Dir: Michael Dougherty
Cast: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Tahmoh Penikett
USA
IMDb Page

Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl / Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken
Dir: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Cast: Yukie Kawamura, Elly Otoguro, Takumi Saitoh, Kanji Tsuda, Eihi Shiina
Japan
Official Website & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009 runs from August 14-21, 2009 at the Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Before the Dawn: A Twilight Podcast - Episode 11: “New Moon” Book Discussion

Before the Dawn: A Twilight Podcast - Episode 11 is up!

What you you really think about the book "New Moon"? Head on over to Before the Dawn to check out Marina & I's discuss everything about New Moon starting from the book, what we liked, didn't like, the themes and character development as well as ponderings on how they will adapt, change and align ideas to the upcoming film. If you haven't read they book, we really do go over it in detail including a synopsis so spoiler weary you've been forewarned but you can also check out photos of the state of our books after rereading and taking notes. As there is so much to talk about we blast through our regular time allotment and chat for a whole hour. Enjoy.

Before the Dawn: A Twilight Podcast is a weekly 1/2 hour podcast meeting all your audio Twilight needs!

Fantasia 2009

The Fantasia International Film Festival is ripe off the vine and ready for picking. The festival is in Montreal, last three weeks starting this Thursday July 9, 2009 and boast a line up of genre delights from horror, sci-fi, martial arts, documentaries and more. Let's have a look, shall we?

Vampires
Highly anticipated and straight from Cannes comes Thirst, directed by Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) taking a new spin on the vampire genre throwing in medical experimentation and religion to the mix, as well as playing it from a sensual angle (see the trailer here). Sounds like a perfect combination to me! We also have Lesbian Vampire Killers which debuted at #4 on the UK box office in March 2009, and I keep hoping this is lesbians who kill vampires, but alas is is vampire hunters killing lesbian vampires. Well, there will always be more vampires films in the future! Crossing the vampire and monster world we have the Japanese film Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, based on a manga by Shungiku Uchida.

Zombies
Kicking up red snow everywhere, Dead Snow the Norwegian film with Nazi zombies as been buzzing all over the online world. A twist and taste of real, Reel Zombies has a quote in the trailer that sums up the idea quite well: "You are making a zombie movie, during the zombie apocalypse?". Why not make zombies work for you for a change? That sounds pretty awesome to me.

Hong Kong Cinema: 100 Years
As a celebration of 100 years since the release of the first narrative film in the former British colony of Hong Kong, the festival has included a Spotlight on Hong Kong and amongst the titles at this years festival are The Warlords directed by Peter Chan, starring Jet Li and Andy Lau and Ip Man directed by Wilson Yip (Flash Point / Dao huo xian), starring Donnie Yen and Simon Yam. What a treat festival goers are in for with this program!

Monsters, Aliens, Oh My!
Nothing says funny like a spoofing sci fi which is the funnest of Alien Trespass, not only spoofing but taking it classic with 1950's style. Keeping it period we also have the horror comedy I Sell the Dead from director Glenn McQuaid and starring Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fressenden and Brenda Cooney. If you are looking for pure classic they are showing a 35m print of the 1961 Japanese monster classic Mothra.

Horror
This is the perfect festival to celebrate Halloween films on any day and you can with Trick 'r Treat starring Anna Paquin and Dylan Baker. Want to be too creeped out sleep? Then you might want to try Nightmare Detective 2, sequel to Shinya Tsukamoto's Nightmare Detective / Akumu Tantei. In the kids-can-be-so-creepy department, get a sneak peek at the upcoming Orphan.

Double the Fun
A double bill of fantastic proportions will head to the festival on Saturday July 25, 2009 with Best Worst Movie, a hilarious documentary on the phenomenah of the cult-classic/worst movie ever: Troll 2. The second part of the double bill? Troll 2, of course! Also doubling up, but not on the same night are two Clive Barker books to film adapatations. Book of Blood, directed by John Harrison is an adaptation of two Clive Barker short stories "On Jerusalem Street" and "The Book of Blood". The second is Dread, directed by Anthony DiBlasi and stars Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen and Jackson Rathbone (Twilight)

On a final note, I'd love to hear how the sweet looking romantic comedy Fine, Totally Fine got into the mix? It looks completely charming from the trailer.

This is just a mere sampling of the over 100 feature films at the festival during its three week run. Tickets go on sale today, July 7th 2009. For more information check the website for Films and Schedule, Guests, Jury, Venue and Ticket Information. Above links are to English version of the site, and are all also available under the French Site.

The Fantasia International Film Festival runs from July 9 - 29, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

TIFF'09 Packages onsale to Visa Cardholders today at 10am

Reminder to those purchasing TIFF'09 ticket packages!

Tickets package go on sale to Visa cardholders today Monday July 6, 2009 at 10am. Check the "How to Buy" page over at the TIFF site for more info.

Cash and Debit sales will go on sale in one week on Monday July 13, 2009.

Important TIFF site Links:
Important Dates, Film List, Box Office Infomation, How To Buy Tickets, Ticket Informations, Festival Map, Hotel Package Information and General Policies.

The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10 - 19, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Vlog: Week in Film & 101 Films Update

Long one this week - got a little carried away rhyming off all the reasons why Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was, is and will always be awful (from 6:20-16:20).

Films Discussed
In Theatres:Up, Drag Me to Hell and Moon
101 Films to See Films: The Man from Laramie, Laura and Persona.
Terminator 1-3 marathon, which is really a rant-like spoiler filled reasons on why Terminator 3 was awful
Book to Film: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, film adaptation set for 2011 release

Ah, the AMC - saw all the in theatre films here:


I forgot to mentioned that I knitted all the way through the Terminator marathon. Here is the progression through the films. Before The Terminator (adding a new colour is always fun):



Between The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (see the stripes forming?)


Between Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines:


After Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (not much done, lots of note-taking :)

TIFF'09 - First Set of Film Titles Released and New Programme: City to City

We begin to see the festival take its shape as the first list for films for TIFF'09 have been released, collected and described as the "Best of the Festival Circuit". These 24 titles are allNorth American Premieres and when drilled down to programmes we have 8 Contemporary World Cinema, 6 Discovery, 3 Masters, 1 Vanguard and 6 Visions.

We have many interesting titles to mull over but there are a couple that stood out like shining stars including Hirokazu Kore-eda's Air Doll as a part of the Masters programme. After seeing Hirokazu Kore-eda's film Still Walking / Aruitemo aruitemo last year it was certainly a stand out and I'll be happy to see any of his work, ever. Another film to look forward to is Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Nymph from the Visions programme. The description sounds a little simliar, although possibly a fantasitcal setting, to Ploy but I missed that at it's recent TIFF appearance. But after seeing the beautiful Last Life in the Universe, the first full length film I had seen of Pen-ek Ratanaruang I was blown away by its sensitive beauty alongside a deep darkness. Quite the shift in content but not tone from the shorts Total Bangkok and Luminous Sounds / Seang-Sawang both of which capture and portray people in their own context so aptly.

We have one title released from the Vanguard program, which always shows film that pushes boundries and the description of Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold (Red Road) holds true to that. This UK film is a love story about a violent daughter who desires her mothers boyfriend. Yep, that will push buttons, boundries and a lot more.

Brief descriptions of the 24 films released can be found here.

A new programme is also being released this year called City to City. It will be an annual programme focusing on a city through screenings and debate. It's first year the spotlight will be on Tel Aviv which this year is celebrating its 100 birthday. This programme will have it's own ticket package which includes one ticket to each premiere screening - and they have shared the dates! 2 screenings per night from September Sept 13 - 17, 2009. Read more about the new program here.

List of 24 Film Titles Released

Contemporary World Cinema (8)

Eyes Wide Open
Dir: Haim Tabakman
Israel

Huacho
Dir: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras
Chile/France/Germany

Like You Know It All
Dir: Hong Sang-Soo
Republic of Korea

Lourdes
Dir: Jessica Hausner
Austria

Men on the Bridge
Dir: Asli Özge
Germany/Turkey/The Netherlands

Police, Adjective
Dir: Corneliu Porumboiu
Romania

The Time that Remains
Dir: Elia Suleiman
Belgium

The Wind Journeys
Dir: Ciro Guerra
Colombia/Germany/Argentina/The Netherlands

Discovery (6)

Gigante
Dir: Adrian Biniez
Uruguay/Germany/Argentina/The Netherlands

Kelin
Dir: Ermek Tursunov
Kazakhstan

La Pivellina
Dir: Tizza Covi |Rainer Frimmel
Austria

Samson & Delilah
Dir: Warwick Thornton
Australia

Should I Really Do It
Dir: Ismail Necmi
Turkey

The Happiest Girl in the World
Dir: Radu Jude
The Netherlands

Masters (3)

Air Doll
Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Bae Doo-na
Japan

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal

Les Herbes Folles
Dir: Alain Resnais
France

Vanguard (1)

Fish Tank
Dir: Andrea Arnold
United Kingdom

Visions (6)

Face
Dir: Tsai Ming-Liang
Belgium

Independencia
Dir: Raya Martin
France

Irène
Dir: Alain Cavalier
France

Karaoke
Dir: Chris Chong Chan Fui
Malaysia

Nymph
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Thailand

To Die Like a Man
Dir: Joäo Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal/France

The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10 - 19, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

And It Begins: TIFF'09

It that time of year again - time to get to know everything there is to know about TIFF as we head into TIFF'09. What's new, what's changed and if anything has stayed the same. This handy dandy brochure came in the mail full of dates, prices, urls and definitions of festivalisms (PDF of brochure here). The festival has a new look this year along with a new site (www.tiff.net) so make sure you reset your bookmarks! Another big change this year is another move of the location of the Festival Box Office which will be at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West (in the white tent, on the west side of the square).

One thing that is great about TIFF is that they listen to customer feedback and let you know. Check out the press release that highlights the changes made. I'm thrilled they are increasing access for ticket-package holders for repeat Gala screenings and screenings at the Elgin. That one really had people up in arms last year. They are also having the ticket package pick up / ticket exchange at a time other than the Labour Day weekend which is nice for the local folks who usually spend that weekend camping out TIFF style. I'm thrilled to hear of that change. The only one that is a bit foggy to me is that thye have "added 3 additional days (6 total) for you to make ticket selections withour Programme Book and schedule" and "There are 4 additional days (5 total) of single tickets sales prior to Opening Night". Um. Yeah. I don't get that one. Yet.

Buying a package?
An important date is right around the corner as tickets package go on sale to Visa cardholders this Monday July 6, 2009 at 10am. Cash and Debit sales will go on sale one week after on Monday July 13, 2009.

More Important Dates:
Tuesday July 21, 2009 at 10am: Midnight Madness and Wavelengths Programme information announced
Thursday August 20, 2009 at 10am: Full film list online
Tuesday August 25, 2009 at 10am: Programme Book available
Tuesday August 25, 2009 at 10am: Ticket package order drop off begins
Monday August 31, 2009 at 1pm: Ticket package drop off deadline
Thursday September 3, 2009 at 7am: Ticket package pick up and ticket exchange begins
Friday September 4, 2009 at 7am: Single tickets go on sale
Thursday September 10 - Saturday 19, 2009: Festival time!

I didn't including the info about if you are a donor, which comes with some perks but Richard over at TIFF Talk has all the goods for you right here on the benefits including information on the effect similar changes had on the festival last year. Thanks Richard!

Important Links:
Important Dates, Film List (24 Titles released so far), Box Office Infomation, How To Buy Tickets, Ticket Informations, Festival Map, Hotel Package Information and General Policies.

The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10 - 19, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.