TIFF12 - Better Than Expected
The ten days 2012 Toronto International Film Festival ended
this weekend with the final closing gala film “Song of Marion”. To be honest,
as much as how high profile this film festival is in North America, I didn’t
expect anything spectacular when I first saw the films that were
selected for this year’s line up. I found many of the films were somewhat too
mainstream for my taste, as I usually enjoyed more independent production and
foreign film works. However I have to say though the result was better than I
anticipated (maybe good experience sometimes comes when least expected). Despite
of the long-lines and hassles for tickets, it was still considered well
organized, and I just really enjoyed the entire city’s energy and vibe. After
all, the festival is not about red-carpet glamour, but a business opportunity
between filmmakers and buyers & distributors. The stars also showed a more
casual side to friendly Canadian fans. Binzento was able to attend several red
carpet gala screenings, parties, and even met a couple directors. I’ve been
trying to keep up the day-to-day activities of the last ten days of the
festival. I guess my highlights were “saying hi” to Ryan Gosling, meeting an
aspiring filmmaker at Starbucks by chance, and finally got to see Christopher
Walken in person. Below are some of the recaps of the last ten days of the festival… (photos courtesy: Binzento Vincente, She Does The City, Canadian Press)





TIFF Launch Party at Drake Hotel

Day 1 - Opening

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10 - Closing

Thank you YYZ TIFF12 for the wonderful time :)..until next year TIFF13!

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