Post by Meg on Sept 8, 2008 14:10:25 GMT
TORONTO—The Toronto International Film Festival has quickly picked up speed with lines getting longer for its numerous public screenings.
As tradition goes, the festival venues are open all day long and guests receive help from ever-courteous volunteers, decked out in green.
“This is the biggest film festival in the world—for public” said on-site manager Tammy Piexoto of her daily work flow. “It has grown so large through years of work and commitment from everyone: staff, volunteers, and good programmers, bringing us good films from all around the world.”
Film variety, numbers, and international breadth are indeed impressive—as part of TIFF08, 312 films from 64 countries will screen. A big part of the TIFF experience over the years has been the general public’s inclusion into this great learning experience about other people, cultures, and places in the world.
Actress and writer Stephanie Biela, said, “I just saw Three Wise Men, which is a Finnish film. I wanted to see something from a country I had never seen a movie from before. It was incredible! It really showed the Finnish way of life the way I had never seen it, it was very honest, the actors were incredible—you often did not need words to understand what they felt.”
Together with the hundreds of screenings, there are also many parties held throughout the city. Its quite common to run in to the many famous actors and musicians who are in town to attend a premiere or perform on stage, and most are happy to attend for little bit of mix-and-mingle.
Decked out in a dreamy pink dress and high-heels, actress Lorene Scafaria(Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) attended the “E-Talk” party on Friday and commented on TIFF: “I’ve been to a few other festivals. I’ve been to Sundance, I’ve been to Cannes, and Toronto has the friendliest atmosphere and the best audience.”
Sophia Bush, who is in Toronto to promote her new film The Narrows (premiering on 9/8) and is currently shooting the new season of One Tree Hill in Montreal,” looked dazzling in a light-blue dress and was ready to take in the TIFF experience. “I just got here today, and it’s been incredible. There are so many films I’d like to see. I have my little [program] book all circled up. I went out and bought all my tickets today, both to the big ticket movies, like The Secret Life of Bees, New York, I Love You, Rachel Getting Married, and the little foreign films—there is just so much to see!”
Off to a good start, Toronto International Film Festival will be running for another week, so it is not too late to come and join. For those who can’t—we will keep you posted.
As tradition goes, the festival venues are open all day long and guests receive help from ever-courteous volunteers, decked out in green.
“This is the biggest film festival in the world—for public” said on-site manager Tammy Piexoto of her daily work flow. “It has grown so large through years of work and commitment from everyone: staff, volunteers, and good programmers, bringing us good films from all around the world.”
Film variety, numbers, and international breadth are indeed impressive—as part of TIFF08, 312 films from 64 countries will screen. A big part of the TIFF experience over the years has been the general public’s inclusion into this great learning experience about other people, cultures, and places in the world.
Actress and writer Stephanie Biela, said, “I just saw Three Wise Men, which is a Finnish film. I wanted to see something from a country I had never seen a movie from before. It was incredible! It really showed the Finnish way of life the way I had never seen it, it was very honest, the actors were incredible—you often did not need words to understand what they felt.”
Together with the hundreds of screenings, there are also many parties held throughout the city. Its quite common to run in to the many famous actors and musicians who are in town to attend a premiere or perform on stage, and most are happy to attend for little bit of mix-and-mingle.
Decked out in a dreamy pink dress and high-heels, actress Lorene Scafaria(Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) attended the “E-Talk” party on Friday and commented on TIFF: “I’ve been to a few other festivals. I’ve been to Sundance, I’ve been to Cannes, and Toronto has the friendliest atmosphere and the best audience.”
Sophia Bush, who is in Toronto to promote her new film The Narrows (premiering on 9/8) and is currently shooting the new season of One Tree Hill in Montreal,” looked dazzling in a light-blue dress and was ready to take in the TIFF experience. “I just got here today, and it’s been incredible. There are so many films I’d like to see. I have my little [program] book all circled up. I went out and bought all my tickets today, both to the big ticket movies, like The Secret Life of Bees, New York, I Love You, Rachel Getting Married, and the little foreign films—there is just so much to see!”
Off to a good start, Toronto International Film Festival will be running for another week, so it is not too late to come and join. For those who can’t—we will keep you posted.
