Toronto International Film Festival

Persepolis-Marjane Survived! In what ways has your family influenced the way you grew up or what you wanted to do in the future? Marjane’s family had different beliefs than the dictator and took action by rebelling on the streets. Marjane’s family influenced her on what to believe in and how to stand up for what she wanted. Throughout Persepolis, the beliefs of Marji’s family set a path for Marji to mature into a rebellious person. Marjane was taught to rebel against the king’s religious beliefs…

Both “Persepolis” and “The Armenian Community of Tabriz” are presenting the life in Iran during Reza Shah’s reign. However, each passage has its unique approaches and sides that sometimes correspond to each other. Both Satrapi and Gregorian are demonstrating their childhood period. Although it took place in the same period, there are also some differences in their early childhood, lifestyle, financial status and household accommodation. Satrapi’s early childhood was spent in an easygoing way.…

The central hub of downtown Toronto, Yonge-Dundas is a public square situated at the south-east corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East across from the Toronto Eaton Centre. The site is bordered on the north by Dundas Street, on the east by Victoria Street, on the west by Yonge Street, and on the south by a former street named Dundas Square. In 1998, as part of the Yonge Street Regeneration Project, Toronto City Council approved the expropriation and demolition of the…

TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) Next Wave- a committee member of 12 film loving teenagers. I help plan the TIFF Next Wave Festival by screening over forty films from across the world and creating ideas such as a zine fair (selling self published works such as comics) to engage youth throughout the festival. In addition, I assist in the planning of TIff Next Wave’s monthly film club which allows students to come to the lightbox to watch a film and enjoy a Q&A with an individual from…

Initially she explored acting and was actively involved with theatre but then got drawn towards film-making and from 1979 started making documentaries that explored the concept of India and Indianness. She found them to be “a marriage of my interests in the visual arts, theatre, and life as it is lived”. Her second non-fiction, “So Far from India” (1982) was a best documentary winner at the American Film Festival. She made two more and then switched to fiction as she wanted more control over the…

restaurants and a city full of multicultural people. Toronto, known as the fourth largest city in North America can be considered the best city for students to live in and pursue their career. The city blazes with sparkling lights, echoes with good cheer, and offers numerous ways to enjoy an enchanted life. Are you hungry and want to go for a quick lunch, or do you want to take your significant other on a fancy date, not to worry because Toronto offers a series of amazing restaurant that suite…

The 2014 short film Dead Hearts is the perfect movie to watch to close out this Halloween season. Stephen Martin wrote and directed the fantasy/horror short film as an ode to his wife, to whom he had just proposed at the time of the script’s development. He combined elements of whimsical timeless love, Kung Fu fighting sequences, and death scenes. As Stephen Martin and his wife both love horror and fantasy, he combined the two genres to make this award-winning Halloween film. The fifteen-minute…

gave her film debut in 2003 ‘Camp’. She rose to fame in her prominent supporting role as Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga. Anna attended the Deering High School in Portland. She began her relationship with director Edgar Wright in 2009 after meeting up in the sets of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World which broke up in early 2013. It is astonishing to know that Anna published her own memoir in 2016 namedScrappy Little Nobody.She also achieved recognition for starring as Beca Mitchell in the film…

That 's because of an "epidemic of invisibility" cited by researchers at the University of Southern California, who analyzed more than 21,000 characters and behind-the-scenes workers on more than 400 films and TV shows released from September 2014 through August 2015. Just 28.3 percent of characters with dialogue were from non-white racial/ethnic groups, though such groups are nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population. The black experience is one that…

Each scene in the film helps us to better understand the story. I have learned the importance of music in the 18th century. This movie best describes everything about the music. I really liked how Anna Holtz was excellent in composing and copying music, she was focused on…