Two Seminars Explore Issues in Contemporary in Film

The Rogers Industry Centre continued its impressive program of Information Sessions with two seminars on 11 September that continued the exploration of contemporary issues on the film scene.
The Face of European Cinema was presented by the European Film Promotion, a pan-European promotional organization that assists in the promotion of European films and talents at the major film festivals in Toronto, Berlin, Cannes and Venice.
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Hefty Seminar Schedule on Tap in Toronto

The Toronto Film Festival, which will present a mind (and ass) numbing program of nearly 400 films over the next 9 days, is also presenting a hefty schedule of Information Seminars on a wide array of topics, drawing on the expertise of dozen of professionals assembled here.

From the urgency of film preservation to the challenges of the new media, the Festival covers the one hundred plus years of cinema, while adding to the international discourse of how to preserve our cinema heritage as we head into new areas of production and distribution that will radically change the industry and aesthetic of film. Here is a look at the topics that will be on the minds of many festival participants in the days to come.
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Toronto Galas

The star-studded, red-carpeted, media-rich Gala screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival continue this festival's reputation as must-attend event as literally dozens of directors, producers and talent take center stage each night to present their films.

Held at the Roy Thomson Hall, a performance venue most often the site of musical programs, the Galas are the presentation of film in all it's historical movie glamour. Introduced each night by Festival Director Piers Handling, the Gala films (chosen as a Gala because their director and talent were all able to be in attendance) this year are preceded by the Prelude Series: 10 films commissioned by the festival from 10 Canadian filmmakers. Each Prelude is a short commentary on film, Canadian film at large and Toronto Film Festival in particular, designed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the festival.
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25X25: Instant Filmmaking

The 25X25 event will be best memento of the Toronto International Film Festival's twenty-fifth year and should be released as a film. During the festival, twenty-five filmakers were given digital cameras and told to shoot a short film documenting a 25 hour day in the life of the festival. The resulting program proves to be a more informative compendium of the festival experience than any catalogue.
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