The three Quebec pics that repped Canada at this year’s Cannes Film Festival are among the films selected by the Toronto Intl. … They are Denis Cote’s experimental docudrama “Carcasses,” 20-year-old writer-director Xavier Dolan’s gay-themed dramedy “I Killed My Mother” and seasoned helmer Denis Villeneuve’s “Polytechnique,” based on the true story of a Montreal university shooting spree in December 1989.

…There will be public screenings of the pics and Q&A sessions with the filmmakers between Jan. 14 and Jan. 21 at the Toronto Intl.

…”By screening the top 10 selections at (the) Cinematheque and in cities around the country, we provide a unique opportunity for the public to see the best films of the year.

…The list includes Montreal director Jacob Tierney’s Montreal-shot “The Trotsky,” which toplines Jay Baruchel in a high school comedy; Matthew Bissonnette’s L.A.-set road movie “Passenger Side”; and Alexandre Franchi’s “The Wild Hunt.”

…The Toronto Film Festival’s Top Ten was chosen by a panel of 10 filmmakers, journalists, programmers and industryites, including helmer Jerry Ciccoritti, author Tom McSorley and producer Nicole Robert.

See the complete article in Variety

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Toronto Film Festival starts today, the 10th of September.

The 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is considered one of the most influential film festivals in the world today. Running from September 10th to 19th, this annual celebration of cinema and culture attracts some of the most recognized actors, directors, executives and critics from around the globe.

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imagineNATIVE is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, and new media.

Each fall, the festival presents a selection of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe.

The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world’s Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2009

For further information please visit the website at: www.imaginenative.org

This will be the fifth year that the Member companies of the GVPTA have participated in this international event, whose goal is “to promote international exchange of knowledge and practice in theatre arts (drama, dance, music theatre) in order to consolidate peace and solidarity between peoples, to deepen mutual understanding and increase creative co-operation between all people in the theatre arts.”

This year’s World Theatre Day celebrations will take place across the Lower Mainland, Vancouver BC, Canada.

For the complete Press Release pleas click here World Theatre Day 2009

Singing sensation, Sarah McLachlan will headline the array of local and overseas talent with the concert launch as one of 400 artistic performances, ranging from music, dance and theatre, to visual art, film and performance art.

The events will happen at more than 70 venues in and around Vancouver and Whistler between February 1 and March 21, 2009.

For further details visit the website at: www.travelvideo.tv.