- Precious wins TIFF People's Choice Award
- Having already won backing from the likes of Oprah Winfrey and filmmaker Tyler Perry, director Lee Daniel's harrowing coming-of-age story Precious has now captured the Toronto International Film Festival's prestigious People's Choice Award.
- Stylish doc follows White Stripes on cross-Canada tour
- Capturing authentic, honest moments with the eccentric — and private — White Stripes during the rock duo's landmark 2007 Canadian tour was the goal of White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights, the documentary's director said ahead of its world premiere in Toronto on Friday.
- Ed Norton plays wildly different twins in Leaves of Grass
- Ed Norton wasn't looking for a job when the script for Leaves of Grass was put in his hands. The star of such films as Fight Club and The Incredible Hulk said he was doing some writing of his own and was 'determined to keep the doors closed against invitation into someone else's head space.'
- Egyptian film pulled from TIFF amid ongoing protest
- The Toronto International Film Festival is winding down to its finale Saturday, but controversy over its spotlight on Tel Aviv continues.
- France picks A Prophet as Oscar contender
- France has chosen Un prophète (A Prophet), Jacques Audiard's prison film about a French-Arab man who becomes a mafia kingpin, as its Oscar contender in the foreign-language film category.
- Ireland well represented at TIFF
- Irish eyes are smiling at the Toronto International Film Festival, where seven Irish features, including two featuring Dublin star Colin Farrell, are part of this year's movie marathon.
- TIFF deal-makers face less than stellar year
- Uncertainty has emerged as a theme in many films and amongst deal-makers alike at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
- Film Circuit outreach marks 15th year
- Dedicated volunteers who organize movie screenings for 169 communities across Canada are arriving at the Toronto International Film Festival this week to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the acclaimed Film Circuit program.
- Portman replaces J. Lo for relationship drama at TIFF
- When J. Lo was out, "Nay Po" dove in and the result was pitch-perfect, says Don Roos, writer-director of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, starring Natalie Portman.
- Fake news comedy wins $10K Pitch This! prize
- While watching the docudrama Shattered Glass, Daniel Perlmutter envisioned the comic potential of a reporter fabricating stories who must run around covering his tracks. His screwball comedy riff on the tale has also convinced the judging panel at the 2009 Telefilm Pitch This! contest.
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