Toronto Film & Television Cluster

By: Vanja Vojvodic

Well known for being a hotspot for movie production!

• 3RD In all of NORTH AMERICA• HAS HOSTED NUMERIOUS BLOCKBUSTERS INCLUDING X-MEN• The Hulk was actually filmed on Queen street• The cluster adds $1.1 billion annually to the economy• Toronto is ranked among the top ten North American cities for independent production

The GTA introduced the iMAXformat

Innovation leader with iMAX film technology

They have the capacity to display images of far greater resolution than most conventional film systems

Most widely used system for special-venue presentations

Support Systems

Toronto Film & Television Office

Mayor’s Toronto Film Board

FilmOntario

GTA STRENGTHS

Innovative

Diverse

Attractive city to film in

Competitive Dollar

Diversity

Toronto Jewish Film Festival turns 18 this year

Celebrating their birthday with 93 films in total

Films range from gangsters, to history lessons

• Sony Centres new season is all about diversity!• The centre has invested $28 million in restoring its original glamour

NEWS

Reports Of TVs Death Highly Exaggerated

Lots of people have been talking about the death of the TV but TV advertising is still where the money is.

Internet needs time to catch up

Excitement

Brooklyn’s Rooftop Films Coming to the T.Dot!

Rooftop film screening is taking place in Toronto in early

May at Citipark Cumberland Garage in Yorkville

There will be three screenings!

Product Placement...

iPAD...consipary...ABC?

In the show Modern Family the iPAD was displayed pretty much throughout the whole show. This was a case of extreme product placement.

Weird part is Steve Jobbs owns a controlling interest in Disney which is ABCs parent company and there is already an iPAD application that brings ABCs entire line-up to the iPAD!

Competing Cluster (L.A.)

Largest Film & Television cluster in the world Most well-known Well funded Plenty of Blockbuster HITS Everyone wants to work for Hollywood

because the means they made it “big”

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