Thirty short films about the Toronto film festival
With video camera in hand, our Associate Photo Editor sets out to chronicle the culture and people attending the 30th annual festival
VIDEOS BY JEFF HARRIS | Sep 23, 2005
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1. The Autograph Hound On the lookout for celebrities outside the Intercontinental Hotel, Bloor St. (1:04 min) |
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2. A few words from David Cronenberg Director of the critically acclaimed A History of Violence reminisces on his personal history with the festival (1 min) |
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3. Sarala speaks The 9-year-old Sri Lankan co-star of Deepa Mehta's film Water talks about shaving her head for the film and visiting Niagara Falls (0:35 min, Sinhalese with English subtitles) |
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4. At the Canadian Film Center barbeque Celebrity chef Michael P. Clive dishes out salad for other celebrities (0:52 min) |
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5. Press conference: Corpse Bride Johnny Depp and fellow cast members pose for the phalanx of photographers (0:43 min) |
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6. The Autograph Hound(part 2) Offers tips on where to find the rock band U2 around the city (0:54 min) |
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7. Bono at the movies U2's lead singer attends the premiere of Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (0:45 min) |
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8. Trailer Park Boys Ricky, Julian and Bubbles(having just wrapped their first feature film with director Ivan Reitman)relax at the festival (0:38 min) |
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9. Ron Sexsmith's blues The Canadian singer-songwriter has had "nothing but bad luck with Hollywood" (1:07 min) |
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10. Beowulf And Grendel premiere Sarah Polley offers her movie picks while rushing past on the red carpet (0:21 min) |
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11. The Autograph Hound(part 3) Report from Roy Thompson Hall, the "big kahuna" venue of the festival (1:02 min) |
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12. Impeccable taste in hats Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels, stars of Bam Bam and Celeste, on being noticed by Gwyneth Paltrow (0:49 min) |
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13. Hockey night in Canada Viggo Mortensen discovers the little C logo pin he's wearing belongs to the Montreal Canadiens (0:23 min) |
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14. The dusty foot philosopher Rapper K'naan "spits a rhyme" in Yorkville (0:51 min) |
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15. Souvenir Of Canada Douglas Coupland describes to director Robin Neinstein what it's like to be the subject of a documentary (0:31 min) |
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16. The Autograph Hound(part 4) In which our man meets actor Greg Kinnear leaving the hotel, but comes away empty-handed (1:22 min) |
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17. Fashion tips Rapper and actor LL Cool J on how to dress with style (0:20 min) |
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18. Perks Carol Schulte explains why she volunteers her time for the festival (0:49 min) |
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19. The money shot Celebrity photographer George Pimentel talks about his prize shot at this year's festival (0:20 min) |
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20. Angel A movie pick from film producer and R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe (0:28 min) |
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21. The Autograph Hound(part 5) Drawing the line between hunters and collectors (1:19 min) |
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22. I Wanna Rock Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, the co-directors of Metal: A Headbangers Journey with friends on Yonge Street (0:47 min) |
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23. It's not just about the movies... Sook Yin Lee explains what goes down on the 24th floor of the Sutton Place Hotel (1:04 min) |
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24. The judges Rachel McAdams, Lois Vossen and Rob Stefaniuk talk about the stamina required to be on the Short Cuts film jury (0:40 min) |
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25. The photo shoot Behind-the-scenes at the Wire Image studios for a photo shoot with Nick Nolte (0:49 min) |
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26. The Autograph Hound(part 6) Hunting down the closing gala party on the last night of the festival (0:58 min) |
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27. Le gagnant Director Jean-Marc Vallee wins the $30,000 prize for best Canadian feature film, C.R.A.Z.Y. (0:35 min, French with English subtitles) |
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28. Curse of the Were-Rabbit premiere Young critics offer their review of the new Wallace & Gromit feature film (0:52 min) |
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29. Phone Call From Don McKellar The Canadian director talks about his two mini-films, created on his cell phone, featured at this year's festival (0:55 min) |
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30. Bye, bye, bye Justin Timberlake, co-star of Edison, at the film's closing gala premiere (1:01 min) |
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