TIFF + Toronto.

Pedro Costa's Colossal Youth will be screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (September 7 through 16) and Andy Rector is among those who are hoping this will drum up interest in his work in North America (e.g., Cinema Scope). In the first of a series of entries at Kino Slang aimed at just that, he offers a translated transcription of a talk Costa delivered to young filmmakers in Tokyo in 2004. As Zach Campbell writes in his comment on the entry, "Whew, that's some read!"

"Throw Another Blog on the Fire." J Robert Parks launches framing device, just in time for Toronto. Doug Cummings has his schedule worked out; Girish is hosting a discussion of the lineup.

Fresh entries at the Doc Blog come from Andrea Picard (on experimental docs), Lucy Walker (a journal entry written while shooting Blindsight), Liz Mermin (on the origins of her Office Tigers), Hoabam Paban Kumar (on A Cry in the Dark) and Amy Berg (on the already feted Deliver Us From Evil).

"If you think Australian films have felt a bit safe lately - often dark, yes, but nothing like the art house films made overseas - it might be time to think again." Garry Maddox in the Sydney Morning Herald on three films screening in Toronto: The Book of Revelation, Macbeth and the controversial 2:37. Via Movie City News.

At Twitch, Todd unveils seven titles to be screened at Toronto After Dark (October 20 through 24).

Only somewhat related, but interesting anyway: Michael Barclay in Exclaim!: "This is Torontopia." Via Chromewaves.

Posted by dwhudson at August 30, 2006 9:10 AM