Nothing real special happened during my first volunteer shift, which nearly consisted entirely of Press & Industry screenings. The most of those press screens was definitely that for the Belgium film Unspoken (pictured), which had not only the five assigned volunteers, but at least three representatives for the film, who gave out promotional materials and…
Tomorrow afternoon, I will be putting on the green T-Shirt (pictured) for my third year as a film festival volunteer. As always, I will log my experiences following my day. I have also been working on rebuilding my film list. After the blow of having my top picks eliminated, I am willing to consider films…
My film festival experiences don’t ususally get off to a good start and this year was no different. By the time I arrived at the box office, most of the films on my list were off sale, including my top pick for the festival, The Brothers Bloom. I managed to pick up tickets for three…
Tomorrow evening at 6:00pm EST, the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival opens to the public. Single tickets went on sale today and, as expected, I lost a few of my film choices. However, there should be enough films left when I go purchase my first batch of tickets tomorrow morning. If all goes well, I…
I was looking through the, now released, film schedule for the Film Festival and I am trying to figure out which films I will be going to see. The problem with this is that I have to work around both my schedules as a student at York University and as volunteer during the festival. This…
Yesterday, an additional 20 films were announced for the Film Festival’s Special Presentations programme. This programme is the most mainstream of the festival, since the films shown are already set for release and are usually just being shown as a premiere. Films for this programme have been announced all throughout the summer, however the films…
The Midnight Madness programme has always been one of the most popular programmes of the Toronto International Film festival. In a festival full of art films, Midnight Madness is all about the genre films. Some notable films to be featured at Midnight Madness in the past include Cabin Fever, Saw, and Hostel. This year’s selection…
The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival does not official start until September, but the buzz is already starting. A small handful of special presentations have already been announced, ticket packages will go on sale Monday, and more films are expected to be announced on July 25. Probably most importantly (for me), next week sees the…
Alright, it is now time for be to sum up the films that I saw at this year’s festival. This year, I shattered my record of the number of films I saw. I was a grand total of 11 ticketed films this year, plus one film I kind of saw while being stationed in the…
Before I continue with this log, I just want to make a quick note that because I have been leaving early and coming home late all week I didn’t have time to post my thoughts on films as I saw them. As such, I will post all my thoughts at once during my festival wrap-up…
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