Filmfestival in Kanada - World Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival 2007, Banff Mountain Film Festival (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: World Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival 2007, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Banff World Television Festival. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a publicly-attended non-competitive film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The festival begins the Thursday night after Labour Day (the first Monday in September in Canada) and lasts for ten days. Between 300-400 films are screened at approximately 37 screens in downtown Toronto venues. Total attendance at TIFF has exceeded 250,000 in the last few years, with figures from the most recent 2009 edition at 287,000 for public and industry admissions and a further 239,000 from the free programming scheduled at Yonge-Dundas Square. Founded in 1976, the TIFF is now one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. In 1998, Variety magazine acknowledged that "the Festival is second only to Cannes in terms of high-profile pics, stars and market activity." Quoted by the National Post in 1999, Roger Ebert claimed "...although Cannes is still larger, Toronto is just as great...." In 2007, Time noted that the festival had "grown from its place as the most influential fall film festival to the most influential film festival, period." It is the premiere film festival in North America from which the Oscars race begins. The festival is centred around the Yorkville neighbourhood, an upscale area in the downtown core. The festival is known for the celebrity buzz it brings to the Yorkville area with international media setting up near its restaurants and stores for photos and interviews with the stars. With the Fall 2010 opening of the Bell Lightbox, the festival's permanent home in the Entertainment District, it seems likely that the festival will increasingly spread out from its traditional centre to embrace other locations in the city. Content-wise, ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de