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TIFF opener The Fifth Estate will be joined by the short Wakening |
Hot on the heels of this afternoon’s Short Cuts Canada
programming announcement comes a major addition to the presence of short films
at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. It was announced today that
TIFF would kick-off with the unprecedented inclusion of the first independently
produced short film to launch TIFF’s public opening night gala screening. That film
is the bravoFACT funded short Wakening, directed
by Danis Goulet and written by Orphan Black’s Tony
Elliott. Wakening will screen before
the WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate,
directed by Bill Condon and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Brühl,
which nabbed the prestigious opening night slot.
The six Stage to
Screen shorts are:
THE ARCHIVIST
(Jeremy Ball, British Columbia)
A young assistant projectionist investigates a series of
mysterious disappearances at the cinema where he works.
THE GOOD ESCAPE
(Nadia Litz, Ontario)
Set in a time when the movie house was a place of escape and
dreams, a criminal takes a break in a theatre audience.
SILENT GARDEN
(Dylan Reibling, Ontario)
A silent film set against the backdrop of popular
entertainment’s tumultuous transition from live vaudeville performances to
silent film projections.
TINY DANCER
(Doug Karr, Nova Scotia)
The young daughter of a tiny family that lives in the Winter
Garden Theatre longs to dance on the big stage.
WAKENING
(Danis Goulet, Ontario)
An ancient aboriginal myth told as a post-apocalyptic story,
set in the Winter Garden Theatre.
WINTER GARDEN
(Alex Epstein, Quebec)
A wildly successful playwright desperately tries to
renegotiate a deal he made for his success.
The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival opens September
5th.
Please check www.tiff.net
for final show times and screening info.