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Queer Toronto - Film | Film Festivals (updated weekly) Our top entertainment pages average of 42, 000 hits a day! Because our reporters are out in the community every single day of the week, digging up obscure events, news stories, talking to music promoters, theatre companies, festivals, DJ's and community groups to find out what's hot and what's not.
INTERNATIONAL GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST - 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Hollywood, CA - Ascreenplay contest dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trangender and queer individuals in film, celebrates it's 10th anniversary in 2008. Entries are now being accepted online and are limited to the first 300 for 2008. Executive Director, David Jensen, "We are excited to celebrate our 10th anniversary and are looking at a record number of entries this year. We are continually amazed with the quality of talent that comes through the door year after year." Jensen continues, "We receive entries from around the globe and Hollywood is taking notice in a very big way. Many of our past winners are now hard working screenwriters"
Prizes for 2008 include cash, industry exposure and merchandise. The 2008 One In Ten Screenplay Contest is sponsored by: Cherub Productions, Final Draft Inc., scr(i)pt magazine, www.inktip.com, www.TopFilmFestivals.com, www.ScreenplayContests.com and Jungle Software.
The submission deadline for 2008 ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST is September 1, 2008. Entry forms are available online through the contest website: www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com. Entry forms may also be obtained through the mail by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to:
CHERUB PRODUCTIONS One In Ten Screenplay Contest Post Office Box 540 Boulder, Colorado 80306 (303) 629-3072 E-mail: Cherubfilm@aol.com
16 mm Films every Second Friday @ Trash Palace. Trash Palace presents Halloween Spook Show: 8mm, Super8 and 16mm condensed versions of classic horror films. 9:30 pm (doors 8:30 pm). $5. 101 Niagara, ste 300. Advance tickets only from Tequila Bookworm (512 Queen W). 416-203-2389, www.trashpalace.ca Queer West Toronto, Ontario.
BLOOR CINEMA - 506 Bloor W. 416-516-2330, www.bloorcinema.com. Queer West, Toronto Ontario
CAMERA - 1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011, www.camerabar.ca Free. Queer West, Toronto Ontario
CINEMATHEQUE all screenings in Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W, 416-968-film, www.cinemathequeontario.ca Tonight: Jet Pilot 7 p.m., The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger 9:15 p.m.; Fri.: J'entends plus la guitare 7 p.m., The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger 9 p.m.; Sat.: J'entends plus la guitare 7 p.m., The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound 9 p.m. (regular tickets $10.14/$5.90; special/limited runs $11.56/$7.08 + GST). Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. W. 416-968-3456.
CINEFORUM - 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643. Cineforum Sat: The Salvador Dali Film Festival. 7 pm. The Best of the Sex and Violence Cartoon Festival. 9 pm. Sun: Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures (2001) D: Jan Harlan. 4:30 pm. The Shining (1980) D: Stanley Kubrick w/ Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. 7 pm. Mon: HG Well's Things To Come (1936) D: William Cameron Menzies, and Chapter Three of Flash Gordon. 7 pm. Metropolis (1927) D: Fritz Lang. Silent film. 9 pm. Tue: Alejandro Jodorowsky X 2: El Topo (1970) w/ Alfonso Arau, Jodorowsky. 7 pm. The Holy Mountain (1973) w/ Horacio Salinas, Jodorowsky. 9 pm. Both films Spanish w/ s-t. Wed: Dracula (1931) D: Tod Browning w/ Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler. 7 pm. The Horror Of Dracula (1958) D: Terence Fisher w/ Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee. 9 pm Queer West, Toronto Ontario
Revue Cinema 400 Roncesvalles. 416-531-9959, www.revuecinema.ca. Queer West, Toronto Ontario
CineCycle Bike Month Film Screening (Wed May 28): The Bicycle Thief CineCycle a Micro-Cinema and Bicycle Repair Shop, invites the public to a free screening of the Bicycle Thief, by Vittoria DeSica. This will be a real film presentation and not a video projection. This classic film gem, is one of many films from the archives of Martin Heath, founder of CineCycle. As an extra bonus, Martin Reis will screen his super 8 film, called My Summer with Olmo. CineCycle celebrates Bike Month in Toronto 2008 ! For all Bike Month Events visit www.toronto.ca/cycling/events. The CineCycle Coach House Theater is located at 129 Spadina Ave (backalley)For more info contact Martin Heath at 416 971 4273.www.flickr.com/photos/cinecycle
North By Northeast Indie Music and Film Festival and Conference @ Along Queer West Queen St. Jun 12 to Jun 15. The Music Festival is recognized worldwide as the place for fans to see breakout performances from great bands at intimate venues and for musicians to get vital international exposure. The Film Festival features the planet's most eclectic schedule of music-related films--concert classics to indie docs, from Rio to Rwanda. And the Conference puts music insiders and veterans alongside next-generation thought leaders and cyber-punk upstarts who are defining the industry for the digital age. Jun 12 to Jun 15, 2008. Queen Street West, Queen St. West btw Spadina and University Ave, Playing: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Times: until the clubs close Cost: visitwww.nxne.com for options Queer West, Toronto Ontario
Silver Screens Arts Festival Ryerson University May 01 2008 - May 16 2008. The Silver Screens Arts Festival is a two week celebration of “Aging Creatively and Creativity in Aging.” Hosted by Ryerson University G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education’s Primetime Learning Program, the festival attempts to mirror the world of older adults, by showing the positive, contributing and creative side of aging. The festival includes film, art, music, photography, writing, theatre and lectures. Price $65 - $150 For more information call: 416-979-5013 http://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce_2007-2008/default.asp?id=2824
Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival - (Thurs May 15 to 25) Canada's largest & longest running Spanish language film festival, The Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival, returns for 11 days in 2008 to celebrate its 11th edition with a spectacular new selection of feature film dramas, comedies, and documentaries from Spanish speaking countries. Many films will be Canadian or Toronto premieres. Toronto venues are the Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. West) and the NFB Mediatheque (150 John St.).Advance ticket purchases are available on-line at www.thaff.com
Toronto International Portuguese Film Festival Portuguese language films from Brazil, Portugal and Canada Price: $7, $5 for Seniors & Students June 26 to 28. In its third year, the Toronto International Portuguese Film Festival features movies made by directors from Portugal, Brazil and Canada. The film lineup includes the award winning City of God, a story of two brothers growing up in a tenement in Rio, The Pope’s Toilet and Portuguese Joe: The Forgotten Pioneer.www.portuguesefilmfestival.com
Toronto Jewish Film Festival - The 16th-annual fest, running Sat, May 3 to 11, has two queer docs on offer among its 92 films from 13 countries. Jerusalem Is Proud to Present by Nitzan Gilady is a feature doc on the World Pride event in 2006 that saw event organizers from the city's LBGT Open House pitted against homophobic and religious protesters. 10:30pm. Mon, May 5. The Quest for the Missing Piece is Oded Lotan's humourous exploration of religious circumcision. Lotan, a young Jewish gay man living in Tel Aviv, pieces together the story of his own bris with his experiences in Germany (where his fully-equipped boyfriend is from) as he pulls together a statement of his unique identity. With eye-popping animated sequences and some frightening footage of circumcision. 2:30pm. Thu, May 8. $12; $7 weekday matinees; various passes available. Al Green Theatre. 750 Spadina Ave. 967-1528. www.tjff.com
34th Spring Photographica Fair Canada's oldest, largest, used photographic equipment sale. Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine. 140 tables. Sunday, May 25, 10am-3pm, $7 The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Rd. (at Hwy 7), Woodbridge info: marklsinger at gmail dot com 905-762-9031
8th imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival Video and 35mm. October 15-19, 2008 Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave., Queer West, Toronto Ontario
16th Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival Experimental, documentary, drama, animation dealing with mental health and addiction.November 6-15, 2008, Workman Theatre, 1001 Queen St. W., Queer West, Toronto Ontario
12th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival November 12-16, 2008 Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Ave., Queer West, Toronto Ontario
