Toronto International Film Festival

News from the Toronto International Film Festival

• Toronto film fest to put spotlight on Tel Aviv, announces int'l selections The Canadian Press - Tue Jun 23, 1:07 PM

  TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival is putting the spotlight on Tel Aviv this year with a new program that will present the best movies from and about a selected city.

• Toronto International Film Festival announces first batch of featured titles CBC - Tue Jun 23, 12:22 PM

  Organizers of this year's Toronto International Film Festival made their first programming announcement of the year on Tuesday, introducing a batch of titles that includes the latest from Portugal's Manoel de Oliveira and 23 other noted titles from recent festivals in Cannes, Berlin and other cities.

• French, Canadian movies among prizewinners at short film fest CBC - Mon Jun 22, 11:42 AM

  Short films hailing from France, Australia, Canada and other countries nabbed prizes in Toronto on Sunday, as the 15th edition of the Worldwide Short Film Festival.

• Quebec minister blames 'intolerant' sovereigntist fringe for concert brouhaha The Canadian Press - Mon Jun 15, 7:57 PM

  MONTREAL - An attempt to banish two English-speaking bands from a Fete nationale concert drew widespread criticism Monday, prompting a main sponsor to offer a different explanation for saying it wanted to dump them.

• Attempt to boot English bands from Fete nationale concert drawing criticism The Canadian Press - Mon Jun 15, 6:00 PM

• Attempt to boot English bands from Fete nationale concert drawing criticism The Canadian Press - Mon Jun 15, 5:00 PM

  MONTREAL - An attempt to remove two anglophone bands from a Fete nationale concert in Montreal is drawing widespread criticism from the public and politicians alike.

• English bands may be dropped from Fete nationale concert over language issues The Canadian Press - Sun Jun 14, 6:19 PM

  MONTREAL - Two Montreal English bands may be dropped from a St-Jean-Baptiste concert after one of the backers threatened to pull out over language issues.

• Rain puts damper on Bolt's flash at Toronto meet CBC - Thu Jun 11, 7:53 PM

  Not even rainy conditions in Toronto on Thursday night could stop sprinter Usain Bolt from generating a buzz that the sport of track and field hasn't seen in Canada in more than a decade.

• Usain Bolt set to hit Toronto track CBC - Thu Jun 11, 10:45 AM

  Jamaica's Usain Bolt, who won triple gold at the 2008 Games and set three world records in the process, is the headline act for Toronto's Festival of Excellence on Thursday at Varsity Centre.

• Usain Bolt honoured ahead of Toronto meet CBC - Thu Jun 11, 5:28 AM

  The world's fastest man, triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, is the 2009 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, an award the 22-year-old was presented with one day before he competes at Toronto's Festival of Excellence.