THE 14th ANNUAL CANADA’S TOP TEN FILM FESTIVAL
JANUARY 2–11 AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX
Guests include David Cronenberg, Keanu Reeves, Sturla Gunnarsson, Maxime Giroux, Harold Crooks, Bonnie Sherr Klein, Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis
The 14th annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival kicks off at TIFF Bell Lightbox on January 2, 2015, offering 10 days of public screenings of the year’s top 10 features, shorts and student films. Established in 2001, the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival celebrates excellence in Canadian cinema and raises global awareness of Canadian achievements in film. The festival features introductions and Q&A sessions with filmmakers — including Sturla Gunnarsson, Harold Crooks, Maxime Giroux, David Cronenberg, Andrew Huculiak, Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Stéphane Lafleur— as well as two special onstage events: In Conversation With... Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis on January 10, and In Conversation With... Keanu Reeves on January 11.
The Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival runs until January 11 in Toronto. The festival travels across the country with stops in major cities, including Vancouver’s The Cinematheque (January 8 to 18), Edmonton’s Metro Cinema (January 22 to February 2), Calgary’s Globe Cinema in association with the Calgary International Film Festival (February 20 to 26), Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque (March 6 to 19), and Montreal’s PHI Centre (dates TBA). Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director for the Toronto International Film Festival, will sit down with Sandra Oh at TIFF's very first In Conversation With… event in Vancouver on January 18.
The Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival schedule and expected guests:
Friday, January 2
7 p.m. Monsoon—in person: director Sturla Gunnarsson
Saturday, January 3
3 p.m. Monsoon—in person: director Sturla Gunnarsson
6 p.m. Félix et Meira (Felix & Meira)—in person: director Maxime Giroux
8:45 p.m. Mommy
Sunday, January 4
4 p.m. Félix et Meira (Felix & Meira)—in person: director Maxime Giroux
6:45 p.m. Sol
9 p.m. Mommy
Monday, January 5
6 p.m. Sol—in person: director Marie-Hélène Cousineau
8:30 p.m. Tu dors Nicole—in person: director Stéphane Lafleur
Tuesday, January 6
3 p.m. Tu dors Nicole—in person: director Stéphane Lafleur
6 p.m. Violent—in person: director Andrew Huculiak
8:45 p.m. In Her Place—in person: director Albert Shin
Wednesday, January 7
3 p.m. Violent—in person: director Andrew Huculiak
7 p.m. Canada Cocktail Party—in person: Canada’s Top Ten filmmakers and special guests. The party includes a performance by We Are the City (the band behind the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival selection Violent), and an installation by Canada’s Top Ten alumni Shayne Ehman and Seth Scriver (Asphalt Watches).
Thursday, January 8
3 p.m. In Her Place—in person: director Albert Shin
Friday, January 9
12 p.m. Higher Learning panel discussion | FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Rules of Engagement: Documentary Filmmaking in Canada
panelists: directors Bonnie Sherr Klein (Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography), Harold Crooks (The Price We Pay), Elle Máijá Tailfeathers (Bihttoš) and Candy Fox (Backroads), and producer Ina Fichman (Monsoon); moderator: Rebecca Sullivan, director of the Institute for Gender Research at the University of Calgary and author of a new monograph on Klein's film.
2:30 p.m. Canadian Open Vault: Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography | FREE
in person: director Bonnie Sherr Klein and author Rebecca Sullivan
6 p.m. Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival Student Shorts Programme
Backroads—in person: director Candy Fox
Dinner Time—in person: director Alexander Mainwaring
Elpis—in person: director Akreta Saim
Fallow—in person: director Breanna Cheek
La dernière danse sur la Main (Last Dance on the Main)—in person: director Aristofanis Soulikias
Lifers—in person: director Joel Salaysay
Light—in person: director Yassmina Karajah
Never Stop Cycling—in person: director Colin Lepper
Running Season—in person: director Grayson Moore
Tomonster—in person: director Pui Ka Wong
9 p.m. Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival Shorts Programme
Bihttoš (Rebel)—in person: director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Bison—in person: director Kevan Funk
La Coupe (The Cut)—in person: director Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Cutaway—in person: director Kazik Radwanski
Day 40—in person: director Sol Friedman
Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes—in person: director Scott Brachmayer
Mynarski Death Plummet—in person: director Matthew Rankin
Sleeping Giant—in person: director Andrew Cividino
Still—in person: director Slater Jewell-Kemker
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer—in person: director Randall Lloyd Okita
Saturday, January 10
12 p.m. The Price We Pay—in person: director Harold Crooks
3 p.m. In Conversation With... Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis—in person: Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis and Cameron Bailey
6 p.m. Maps to the Stars
9 p.m. Corbo—in person: director Mathieu Denis
Sunday, January 11
12 p.m. Corbo—in person: director Mathieu Denis
3 p.m. In Conversation With... Keanu Reeves—in person: Keanu Reeves and Cameron Bailey
6 p.m. The Price We Pay—in person: director Harold Crooks
9:15 p.m. Maps to the Stars—in person: director David Cronenberg. This screening is co-presented by
the Directors Guild of Canada
The Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival expected guests at The Cinematheque in Vancouver:
Sunday, January 18
6 p.m. In Conversation With... Sandra Oh—in person: Sandra Oh, director Ann Marie Fleming
(Window Horses) and Cameron Bailey.
Tickets and ticket packages for Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival events at TIFF Bell Lightbox are on sale now. Purchase tickets online at tiff.net, by phone from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 416.599.TIFF and 1.888.599.8433, or in person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox box office from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET. Pricing as follows: standard screening ticket is $10 (feature film or shorts programmes); purchase a six-pack for $50 and get six tickets for the price of five; tickets for In Conversation With... Keanu Reeves and In Conversation With… Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis are $20 each; tickets to the Canada Cocktail Party are $15 for TIFF Members and $20 for the public (19+ ID required). Canadian Open Vault and Higher Learning events are free. TIFF prefers Visa. Tickets for events at The Cinematheque in Vancouver are on sale now through their box office. Visit thecinematheque.ca for more information.
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About TIFF
TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film. An international leader in film culture, TIFF projects include the annual Toronto International Film Festival in September; TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features five cinemas, major exhibitions, and learning and entertainment facilities; and innovative national distribution program Film Circuit. The organization generates an annual economic impact of $189 million CAD. TIFF Bell Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including Founding Sponsor Bell, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.
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