Search Results by tag: TIFF

The Breadwinner film adaptation to make world debut at TIFF

The film adaptation of Deborah Ellis's internationally bestselling 2000 novel The Breadwinner (Groundwood Books) – the first in a children's series about an 11-year-old in Kabul who disguises herself as a boy to make money for her family ... Read More »

July 25, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Deals

Q&A: Emma Donoghue on writing the film adaptation for Room

By Alexander Huls

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read Emma Donoghue’s international bestselling novel Room that it would eventually find its way to the big screen. What’s particularly exciting about the movie version ... Read More »

September 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: filmmaker Brian D. Johnson on Al Purdy, poetry, and persona

By Sean Flinn

Al Purdy is packing the house, or houses. There are the two sold-out screenings of Brian D. Johnson's documentary, Al Purdy Was Here at the Toronto International Film Festival. Then there's the Al Purdy A-Frame Association's ... Read More »

September 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

How do literary agents deal with TIFF mayhem?

By Alexander Huls

For 10 days, the Toronto International Film Festival turns Canada’s largest city into the epicentre of the movie world. Hundreds of films grace the metropolis’s big screens, a who’s who of filmmakers flood the hotels ... Read More »

September 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Klein and Purdy docs premiere at TIFF’s 40th anniversary fest

By Steven W. Beattie

It's August, which means (for film lovers, at least), the Toronto International Film Festival is right around the corner. Since its humble beginnings in 1976, the festival has grown in prestige and importance; it now ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Q&A: Christiane Kubrick on Stanley Kubrick’s “voracious” reading habits

By Sue Carter

TIFF's new exhibition, Stanley Kubrick, celebrates the master filmmaker through nearly 1,000 artifacts that provide insight into his influences, processes, and personal obsessions. Of the 16 films Kubrick created over his 48-year career (three shorts ... Read More »

October 30, 2014 | Filed under: Events

How to Be Alone co-creators release feature film at TIFF

By Sue Carter

On Sept. 6, Halifax director Andrea Dorfman premieres her new movie, Heartbeats, at the Toronto International Film Festival. The feature film, about a heartbroken musician with stage fright, stars Tanya Davis, Dorfman's co-creator of the ... Read More »

September 4, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

14 lit-inspired films to watch for at TIFF 2014

By Julie Baldassi

This Sunday, the box office opens for nearly 400 films set to screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place on Sept. 4–14. From author biopics to novel adaptations, this year’s festival is ... Read More »

August 26, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Does Ben Affleck owe ex-Iranian ambassador Ken Taylor an apology?

By Stuart Woods

Of the many films to debut so far at the Toronto International Film Festival, Ben Affleck's latest directorial effort, Argo, has much to set it apart. The film, about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, has ... Read More »

September 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Midnight’s Children, Rust and Bone among literary adaptations at TIFF 2012

By Sue Carter

This morning, the Toronto International Film Festival revealed the first 62 films that will screen at this year's event, which takes place Sept. 6“16. Although the festival is widely known as a Hollywood fan-fest, literature ... Read More »

July 24, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

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