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Glitz, glamour and geopolitical anxiety as TIFF gets underway
TORONTO — As film fans filed into star-studded screenings Thursday for the first day of the Toronto International Film Festival, a larger-than-ever contingent of industry players gathered nearby to find partners and make deals. The two factions of the film world converged at parallel events — TIFF and TIFF: The Market — in Canada's most populous city as Prime Minister Mark Carney identified the country's culture as a "red line" in trade negotiations with the United States.
The film industry is a flashpoint in Trump's trade war. Enter TIFF: The Market
TORONTO — When Cameron Bailey was shopping around the idea for TIFF: The Market a few years ago, he didn't make an argument about supporting the arts or enhancing high culture. The Toronto International Film Festival CEO made an economic case — not just for TIFF, but for Canada as a whole.
'Heated Rivalry' wins best drama, 'North of North' wins best comedy at Canadian Screen Awards
TORONTO — "Heated Rivalry" dominated the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, taking home three awards at the televised ceremony: audience choice, best drama series and best lead performance for star Hudson Williams. Fans of the B.C.-born actor were eager to see him at the awards show and receive the honour for portraying the reserved hockey player Shane Hollander, who is caught up in a whirlwind romance with a rival.
Amanda Leduc, Katie Kitamura among 15 authors longlisted for Carol Shields Prize
TORONTO — Books by Amanda Leduc, Megha Majumdar and Katie Kitamura are among the 15 titles longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The US$150,000 award is the world's largest literary purse for English-language books by women and non-binary writers, and it's open to American and Canadian authors. Hamilton-based Leduc made the list for her novel "Wild Life," while Majumdar is longlisted for "A Guardian and a Thief" and Kitamura's book "Audition" is in the running.
Barbara Hannigan, James Cameron win Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
TORONTO — Barbara Hannigan has had what most people would consider a very busy year: dozens of performances across the globe, an album release and several prestigious awards. For the soprano and conductor, though, it's just another 12 months in the books. "This is kind of what my years are like," she says. "Every year is very full and always has been since I was a kid.
A quicklist of Frank Gehry's accomplishments as one of the world's best-known architects
The Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based architect Frank Gehry died on Friday. A titan of his field, here's a summary of some of the awards and accolades he received over a career that spanned more than half a century: In 1974, he was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. In 1977, he was named recipient of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Siminovitch winner Ravi Jain on making meaning - and theatre - out of anger
TORONTO — The first three times Ravi Jain was up for Canada's top theatre prize, the finalists found out who won ahead of the ceremony. This year, that changed, leaving the founder of Toronto's Why Not Theatre in suspense much of Monday in the lead-up to the event where the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize would be handed out. "Yesterday was a really intensely anxious day," Jain said by video call on Tuesday morning. "I was just trying to keep everything measured. So win or lose was sort of just medium.
TORONTO — A controversial documentary about a retired Israeli general's rescue mission on Oct. 7 has won the People's Choice Award for best documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival. "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue," directed by Barry Avrich, drew competing pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests outside its single screening this week. The list of winners was emailed out on Sunday morning.
Protesters gather outside TIFF premiere of documentary about retired Israeli general
TORONTO — Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters have started to gather outside the theatre where a documentary about a retired Israeli general's rescue mission during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks is due to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival. Police are also outside Roy Thomson Hall, where “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,” directed by Montreal's Barry Avrich, is due to screen this afternoon.
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