TOfilmfest does MDfilmfest, pt.2

Our research for the Toronto International Film Festival started early this year! — we headed to the Maryland Film Festival in Baltimore to look for possible titles for TIFF'13, and to catch up on a few TIFF'12 films we missed!  ;-)

• TIFF'12 films @ MDFF'2013
• Augustine, Alice Winocour
• Paradise: Love, Ulrich Seidl
• Berberian Sound Studio, Peter Strickland
• Post Tenebras Lux, Carlos Reygadas
• Boy Eating the Bird's Food, Ektoras Lygizos
• Here Comes The Devil, Adrián García Bogliano
• Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor / Verena Paravel
• Museum Hours, Jem Cohen
• The Pervert's Guide To Ideology, Sophie Fiennes
• Watchtower, Pelin Esmer

• MDFF'2013 films of note
• It Felt Like Love, Eliza Hittman (Sundance)
• Paradise: Faith, Ulrich Seidl (Venice)
• Computer Chess, Andrew Bujalski (Sundance)
• I Am Divine, Jeffrey Schwarz (SXSW)
• Downloaded, Alex Winter (SXSW)
• Willow Creek, Bobcat Goldthwait (Boston Indie Film Fest)
• The Lost World, Harry O. Hoyt (w/Alloy Orchestra)
• A Teacher, Hannah Fidell (Sundance)
• Mother of George, Andrew Dosunmu (Sundance)

And, since the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival is happening now (right downstairs from Festival Tower at the TIFF Lightbox building), a couple more films to mention...

• MDFF'2013 films @ InsideOutTO
• Before You Know It, PJ Raval
• Pit Stop, Yen Tan
• I Am Divine, Jeffrey Schwarz

As we said in TOfilmfest does MDfilmfest, pt.1 — we had a terrific time at the Maryland Film Festival — in addition to thanking our host Eric Cotten (film-producer; recently assisted in curating the inaugural Annapolis Film Festival), we would like to give a shout out to some of the film-makers we met, and had a chance to talk to, in Baltimore...

• Frances Bodomo, dir. Boneshaker (short)
• Vladimir de Fontenay, dir. Mobile Homes (short)
• Riley Stearns, dir. The Cub (short)
• Hannah Fidell, dir. A Teacher
• Lance Edmands, dir. Bluebird
• Jeffrey Schwarz, dir. I Am Divine
• Bobcat Goldthwait, dir. Willow Creek
• Alexie Gilmore, actress Willow Creek

...and some of our favourite-places, during the festival...

• Tapas Teatro restaurant
• Station North Arts cafe/gallery
• The Brewer's Art brew-pub/bistro
• XS cafe/sushi/bar
  (+ Miss Shirley’s cafe)

...and – being from Ontario / living under liquor laws written in the 1920's – we have to mention a couple observations about Maryland's alcohol laws:  you can buy 'carry out' alcohol from a bar(!) — and you can drink while shopping at a liquor store(!) ...in fact, at Lighthouse Liquors they have $2 draft-beer to enjoy, while you browse the isles...  :-)  — God Bless America!  ;-)

See you in September!
@TOfilmfest

PS.
shout-out to @CamilleInBmore (MDFF filmmakers' lounge) too – hope to see you and Eric in Toronto, this September!  :-)

PPS.
here's a link to the previous post, TOfilmfest does MDfilmfest, pt.1
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