the film & television cluster of the gta 2
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The Film & Television Cluster of the GTA
Plus a look at other film and television clusters
The Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival
Film Festivals in the GTA
•Film festival for children
•April 12-18 2008
•68 film line-up
•30 foreign films with subtitles
•Director Helen Hood Sheer’s documentary
“Jump”
Film Circuit
Film Festivals in the GTA
•Located in Toronto & throughout Canada
•Currently has 190 groups
•Division of TIFFG
•Best film goers from under-served countries
•Notable films include:
•Away from her
•Volver
•la vie en rose
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Film Festivals in the GTA
•November
•Bloor Cinema, Isabel Bader Theatre, Innis
Town Hall, National Film Board Cinema
•Promotion through Meryl Streep
•November 12-18 2008 this year
Female Eye Film Festival
Film Festivals in the GTA
•Weekend of March 29th 2008
•6th annual
•Features all around the world
•Showcases woman's work
•Canada Square Cineplex & Cumberland 4
Cinema’s
•Opening film starring Ellen Page
Toronto Italian Film Festival
Film Festivals in the GTA
•10th annual
•June 11-15 2008
•1287 St.Clair Avenue West
•World, North American, and
Canadian Premiers
The Incredible Hulk
Other Film News in Toronto
•Filmed around U of T in August
•Filming done on Dundas to College
•7pm to 7am filming
•Soon to be released
Toronto Film School Attains New Technology
Other Film News in Toronto
•Recent up to date Sony cameras
•Gives graduates competitive advantage
Toronto Film Challenge
Other Film News in Toronto
•April 26th 2008
•Been running since 2005
•$200/ team of 8
•24 hour and 48 hour challenge
•Screenings on May 2nd at Bloor Cinema
Toronto Mono Viewer 2
Other Film News in Toronto
•Brought to you by the Toronto Film & Television Office
•Virtual scope Toronto for appropriate filming locations
•Some benefits
•Access to high resolution aerial images of the entire
City of Toronto
•Paste views into reports
•Create your own maps and label them
•Zoom into images at scales beyond 1:1,000
Linux New Soft Film Rendering Tool
News in Hollywood
•Modernize tasks and make operations easier
for production studios
•Suite of visual effects
•Increase productivity and effectiveness of
visual effect designing.
•Soon to be used in Hollywood
•Distributed in second quarter of the this year
Los Angeles Film School Degree Program
News in Hollywood
•Degree offering for immersive film program
•12 month program
•Located on Sunset Blvd.
•Program focuses on
•the art
•the technology, and
•the business
•Teaches
•Directing, screenwriting, producing, cinematography,
art direction, production, and postproduction
Los Angeles Film School
Vancouver International Film Centre presents SPARK VFX ‘08
News in Vancouver
•January 30 to February 4 2008
•featured 9 films
•Chosen from 50 nominated films of outstanding
visual effects
•Films of the nine
•Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Ark
•Jurassic Park
•Blade Runner
•King Kong
One million clicks on YouTube Canada
News in Vancouver
•Zack Matthew’s short animated video The
Switch
•About an animated character in a 3D
dimensional world that comes across a switch
•Great promotion for VFS as well as Vancouver
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