Bell Lightbox will also host "Farewell My Concubine's" Chen Kaige and Hong Kong movie producer Nansun Shi as TIFF spotlights Asian cinema from an artistic perspective. READ MORE
The Toronto International Film Festival co-pro forum by the EFP and the OMDC is looking to generate more global collaboration with traditional Canadian and European partners. READ MORE
After debuting at last year's Toronto Film Festival, the movie based off the turn of the century novel by Henry James is set to hit theaters later this year. READ MORE
Zamie Pictures also optioned the Korean-language remake rights to Sean Garrity's sex comedy co-starring Jonas Chernick, Vik Sahay and Emily Hampshire. READ MORE
The west coast Canadian fest is allowing local films to shape their launch into the commercial marketplace outside of the star-driven Toronto orbit. READ MORE
TIFF organizers, in announcing the September 5 to 15, 2013 edition, said the scheduling conflict was unavoidable as its annual summer slot is set in stone. READ MORE
In a letter to the European Parliament, the heads of the Berlin, Toronto and Sundance film festivals also push for continued funding for the EFP. READ MORE
Eran Riklis' thriller starring Stephen Dorff follows a Palestinian refugee and an Israeli air force pilot in the war-torn streets of Beirut in 1982. READ MORE
Directors Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori's debut feature follows a guide who has to guard seven mysterious, sealed boxes with his life. READ MORE
Filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's docu centers on Lebanon’s forgotten space program and the professor in Beirut who developed rockets with his students. READ MORE
