2014 TOfilmfest tickets

The 2014 Toronto International Film Festival begins next week.
In the previous couple of posts we've covered:

• how to navigate through 400+ films, and
• our top 20 most anticipated films

Here's how to get tickets:

1. INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
   Sunday, August 31st – Wednesday, September 3rd
   9AM – 7PM daily before the festival starts
• online, tickets.tiff.net/WebTixsTickets/TicketingStartPage.aspx
• phone, 416-599-8433 or 1-888-599-8433
• festival box-office, 225 King St W
  (inside Metro Centre; Duncan St entrance)
• 4 TICKET LIMIT

2. MORE TICKETS DAILY
   Thursday, September 4th – Sunday, September 14th
   7AM+ daily during the festival
• additional tickets released for purchase at 7AM daily
  (reserved-seats, and returned-tickets, available)
• buy online, by phone, or at box-office
• 4 TICKET LIMIT

3. RUSH-LINE
   Line-up hours in advance of any screening
• If a screening is still off-sale, a rush-line will be created for non–ticket holders.
  Arrive as soon as possible; admittance based on availability; first-come, first-served.
• ONE TICKET PER PERSON
• CASH ONLY (regular $20; premium $40)

Questions?

• Ticket Wizard
• Ticket Product List
• Ticket FAQ
• Ticket Info
• Ticket Policies
• Official film schedule (PDF)

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2014 TOfilmfest Top 20 (anticipated)

Once again, we're very happy to be invited by Peter Howell, movie critic for the Toronto Star, to be a part of his annual Chasing the Buzz poll — a panel of critics/programmers/film-buffs name the film they are most looking forward to at the festival.

This will be our 7th year, and we are being asked to provide just one film title, and just one sentence to state the reason for our choice. As part of the process, we came up with a list of 20 films that we're most looking forward to at TIFF'14 – here they are, in no particular order:

1. Aire Libre, Anahí Berneri
2. The Little Death, Josh Lawson
3. The Dark Horse, James Napier Robertson
4. Heaven Knows What, Benny & Joshua Safdie
5. The World of Kanako, Tetsuya Nakashima
6. Sand Dollars, Laura Amelia Guzmán
7. Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
8. They Have Escaped, J.P. Valkeapää
9. Kabukicho Love Hotel, Ryuichi Hiroki
10. Mommy, Xavier Dolan
11. Maps to the Stars, David Cronenberg
12. Pasolini, Abel Ferrara
13. Breathe, Mélanie Laurent
14. Alleluia, Fabrice Du Welz
15. Teen Lust, Blaine Thurier
16. The Voices, Marjane Satrapi
17. Charlie’s Country, Rolf de Heer
18. The Tribe, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
19. Behavior, Ernesto Daranas
20. Girlhood, Céline Sciamma

The top picks from all panelists will be published in the Saturday Star on August 30th, and also appear online at TheStar.com.

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TOfilmfest selection process

Last year we did the Maryland Film Festival, and recently one of our friends (film-producer and festival-programmer), who's heading up from Baltimore for TIFF'14, asked:

• What movies are you looking forward to seeing the most and WHY?
  Is it the director, screening location, time of day, running time, time of week, better popcorn? What goes into everyone's selection process?

It's a great question, because the Toronto International Film Fest is a "no-time-to-eat-or-breathe" festival. It's just not possible to see more than a fraction of the 400+ films screening over 11 days — and it's especially challenging, from a scheduling perspective, because there are often 20+ films screening at the same time!



So, for what it's worth, these are some of the things we consider when selecting our screenings:

• Director/Actor/Actress – if you've followed and enjoyed the work of a particular director or actor/actress, you'll likely want to see their latest film
• Countries & Languages – if you want to visit another place in the world, be immersed into another language and culture, cinema makes it easy to travel the world
• Classification – although some movies may be intended for a younger audience, any film without an official OFRB rating will be restricted to adults 18+
• Release dates – some may want to be the first to see a new film, but we generally avoid films that have a theatrical release already set for the fall

• Ticket prices – with advance ticket package prices up 28% this year, and $46 'premium' screenings appearing across many different programs, it's important to consider whether your choices are likely to be worth the expense
• Star-rated reviews – many films that have screened previously have been reviewed by critics, so it's wise to check (although, it's possible that whatever earned a film a rave-review, may cause you to avoid it; likewise a damning review might cite something that compels you to want to see it for yourself)
• Location – certainly some cinemas are better than others, but it's not a factor for us (we still believe it's better to watch a great film in vintage-seats, than some movie you'll soon forget, in comfortable/modern ones)
• Timing – it's definitely advisable to plan most of your screenings within a reasonable walking radius, and give yourself ample time to get in the line, for the next film

Also, you may be interested to browse films by program:

•  Gala-premieres, red-carpets, movie-stars
   Special Presentations, high-profile premieres
•  Masters, art-house filmmakers
   Conversations with film Mavericks
•  Contemporary World Cinema
   Contemporary World Speakers
•  City To City: Seoul, South Korea
•  Discover new directors
•  Vanguard cinema, leading-edge
•  Wavelengths: Avant-garde cinema
•  Documentaries
•  Short-films Canada
   Short-films International
•  Kid-friendly family films
•  Midnight Madness, action/horror/schlock/fantasy
•  FREE: Special events
   FREE: Cinematheque classics
   FREE: Future Projections, cinematic art

Btw, if you want to filter, sort, and search all the feature-films from your smart-phone, try TIFFwidget — it's a mobile-browser friendly version of our full TOfilmfest.ca website. Also, there's a PDF of the 2014 official film schedule, in case you can't pick one up.

So, what's on our list?

Our next post will highlight our picks for TIFF'14...  :-)

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2014 Full Festival Line-up Complete!

The final film titles have been announced for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival:

Discovery

• ’71, Yann Demange
• Adult Beginners, Ross Katz
• Atlantic, Jan-Willem van Ewijk
• The Crow’s Egg, M. Manikandan
• Dukhtar, Afia Nathaniel
• Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere, Nguyen Hoang Diep
• The Great Man, Sarah Leonor
• I am not Lorena, Isidora Marras
• The Intruder, Shariff Korver
• Life in a Fishbowl, Baldvin Zophoníasson
• The Little Death, Josh Lawson
• Los Hongos, Oscar Ruiz Navia
• Magical Girl, Carlos Vermut
• Mardan, Batin Ghobadi
• May Allah Bless France! Abd Al Malik
• The Narrow Frame of Midnight, Tala Hadid
• OBRA, Gregorio Graziosi
• Run, Philippe Lacôte
• La Salada, Juán Martín Hsu
• Second Coming, Debbie Tucker Green
• Senza nessuna pietà, Michele Alhaique
• Stories of Our Lives
• Sway, Rooth Tang
• Theeb, Naji Abu Nowar
• The Tribe, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
• Unlucky Plaza, Ken Kwek
• The Vanished Elephant, Javier Fuentes-León
• Villa Touma, Suha Arraf
• X+Y, Morgan Matthews

Mavericks in Conversation

• David Thorpe, Do I Sound Gay?
• Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua
• Jon Stewart
• Juliette Binoche
• Reese Witherspoon
• Richard Gere
• Robert Duvall
• Julie Taymor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Special Events

• Ghostbusters [1984], Ivan Reitman
• Groundhog Day [1993], Harold Ramis
• Stripes [1981], Ivan Reitman
• People's Choice Award Winner

Kids

• Labyrinthus, Douglas Boswell
• Paper Planes, Robert Connolly
• Secrets of War, Dennis Bots
• Song of the Sea, Tomm Moore

There were also additions to some previously announced programs:

Special Presentations

• Roger Waters The Wall, Sean Evans and Roger Waters
• St. Vincent, Theodore Melfi

Contemporary World Cinema

• Cut Bank, Matt Shakman
• Tigers, Danis Tanovic

Masters

• Foreign Body, Krzysztof Zanussi
• Murder in Pacot, Raoul Peck
• The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata
• Winter Sleep, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Documentary

• The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, Mami Sunada
• The Years of Fierro, Santiago Esteinou

Vanguard

• The Voices, Marjane Satrapi

Including short-films and free screenings, the festival is bringing over 400 films to Toronto this September!

See you at the fest,
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PS.
btw, here's the 2014 complete film schedule in PDF format.
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