Today was my returning volunteer orientation session. Up until this year, they were known as recruitment sessions, however now they have an online volunteer hub set-up, where I RSVPed for the session I wanted to attend. Being a returning volunteer, I had automatic access to the session, while new volunteers have to be invited to…
Well my favourite and most busy time of the year is upon us again with buzz beginning for the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. For the fourth year, I will be making my rounds as a volunteer. This year, I hope to become a captain, however I would be content with remaining a normal theatre…
Another edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close and not without a little controversy. I had come across an article yesterday asking whether the film festival has become too elitist. The article features quotes such as “if you’re not a donor or in media or someone important, it’s pretty much…
The final day of the film festival was entirely spent by me going to films and today definitely featured an interesting selection. First up is The Wrestler. I am a big of professional wrestling and I was looking forward to seeing this film. Before seeing the film I thought this film seemed like “Rocky with…
When you volunteer at the Toronto Film Festival, how your day turns out depends on where you assigned by the volunteer captain. I already spoke about how I thought Sunday was an off day for me. In contrast, I am considering today to be my most rewarding volunteer shift in the three years I have…
Most of the films I’ve seen at the festival were pretty light-hearted affairs. However, the films I saw last night and this morning were, in contrast, quite serious. Good is a story about a German university professor (Viggo Mortensen), who joins the Nazi party and slowly moves from being a “good” guy to being totally…
With the exception of two additional films on Saturday, my film list for this year’s festival in just about complete. First, tonight I will be seeing Good staring Viggo Mortenson. Tomorrow morning, I will attend Fifty Dead Man Walking, which is a repeat showing of one of this year’s galas. For Saturday, I finally purchased…
Two screenings sandwiched my third volunteer shift (which was my busiest) and they were both decent offerings. First, in the morning, I saw the Greg Kinnear film Flash of Genius, which is about the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, who sues Ford after they use his design without his knowledge. It was touching movie….
I saw my first film of the Film Festival today with the Canadian film Real Time, a darkly comic film about a hitman (Randy Quaid) giving a gambler with huge debts (Jay Baruchel) an hour to make peace before killing him. As the title suggests, the film was shown in real time and the film…
My second volunteer shift this year wasn’t the happiest of times. This would have have been mostly due to my first talk lasting over two hours, with me actually doing something for about 15 minutes of that time. That set the tone for a day, which only had be stationed at two screenings, in addition…
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