2013 Discovery, Masters, Mavericks, and more!

On Tuesday, August 20th, the final film announcements of the Toronto International Film Festival were released, in addition to the official schedule:

• Download
  PDF of the official 2013 film schedule
• Browse
  2013 film schedule by date / time
• Browse
  2013 film schedule by cinema location

Many new films were announced for the Discovery, Masters, and Mavericks programs; several cinema-related art exhibits will be showcased in the Future Projections program; and three new Special Events were added:

• List of films announced, August 20

We're now looking forward to Peter Howell's annual 'Chasing the Buzz' poll, in next Sunday Star [September 1st, 2013] — an annual round-up of the most anticipated films from critics, programmers and regular film-buffs (like us! ;-) ...here's a look back at previous picks...

• 2012: To the Wonder, The Master top our Buzz poll
• 2011: Festival faceoff: Cronenberg and Polley top poll
• 2010: Ten bee-utiful years of great TIFF buzz
• 2009: TIFF: Serious buzz
• 2008: TIFF's must-see films — our first year as buzz panelist!
• 2007: TIFF: The buzz

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PS.
btw, here's an official promo video for the 2013 film-fest...

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Tale of three schedules

Shortly after the complete official film festival schedule was released, we provided some advice on scheduling your films.

In preparation for our first film of the festival tomorrow, we tried three different online tools for creating a personalized printed schedule:

• tiff.net
  1. click Login|Register
  2. click Register Now
  3. enter Email, Name, Password
  4. click Register
  5. browse films by title, or date
     
  6. click Add to mySchedule (next to any film screening time)
  7. click mySchedule, to view your schedule
  8. click Export your schedule, to save a .CSV file
     — no way to print, or share, your schedule... :-(


• tiffr
  1. click join tiffr
  2. enter username, email, password
  3. click join tiffr again
  4. there are no films listed on the website,
     instead you must install a 'bookmarklet'
     on your browser's bookmark toolbar
  5. then, browse the official website for a film, and
     
  6. click the Shortlist on tiffr 'bookmarklet' button
     – while viewing the official website for the film
  7. click shortlist to see your list of shortlisted films
  8. click schedule to view schedule (now empty)
     
  9. click view festival planner to see screenings
  10. click ADD on screening to add to schedule
  11. click again on schedule to view schedule
  12. print, share, or export to Apple's iCal
      — no way to export to Google calendar... :-/


• tiffReviews
  1. first, visit google.com/calendar
  2. if you have a Google account, enter your email & password; if not, click Create an account (free)
     
  3. next, visit tiffReviews.com
  4. click FILM LIST (no need to login)
     
  5. browse films by title
     
  6. click Google calendar button beside screening time
  7. click Save in Google calendar
  8. print, or share, using Google calendar,
     — also works with Apple's iCal, too... :-)
     

Since the official film festival website is often unreachable during critical times of film selection and scheduling — both tiff.net's and tiffr's online tools cannot be recommended. Using tiffReview's schedule links – which work well with iPhones (iCal), and Android phones (Google Calendar) – seems the only reliable choice.

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PS. individual tickets for the film fest are still available!

• Online (Visa only)
• By Phone, 7am-7pm
  at 416-968-3456 (or, 877-968-3456)
• Box-office, King+Peter, 7am-7pm

Films, tickets, scheduling, tips

Films

This week marked the final announcement of film titles for the Toronto international film festival, and the release of the official film schedule. Over 100 new film titles were added to the following programs:

• Contemporary World Cinema – 45
• Discovery – 27
• Vanguard –11
• Visions –10
• Masters –10
• Mavericks –7

As well, the Short Cuts Canada program was organized into six screenings.



Tickets

If you have questions on how to get tickets for the festival, we recommend visiting TIFFtalk. For years, Richard has put together the definitive guide on the process:

• Part 1 – what type of tickets to buy
• Part 2 – Advance Order procedure
• Part 3 – selecting which films to see
• Part 4 – buy tickets during the festival

Scheduling

Many people will be organizing their film schedule this weekend, and there are a few websites that aim to ease the process. The official tiff.net has a Login | Register at the bottom of their website; it allows you to build a film list. Our friends at tiffReviews have a one click addition to your Google Calendar or iCal (Apple). Last year tiffr appeared, but it's late again getting reliable data. We've tried all three — but every year ended up on the dining room table with Post-it notes and highlighters... ;-)

Tips

Finally, a friend we've met in ticket lines many times, Larry has put together a nice series of practical tips on attending the festival.

Updates

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