TIFF BELL Lightbox Jan 20-Feb 3

PROGRAMMING AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX
January 20 – February 3, 2011

EXHIBITIONS
Tim Burton – November 26, 2010 to April 17, 2011

A major exhibition, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, explores Burton’s creative vision and his artistic development from early significant drawings he made as a teenager to sophisticated renderings used to create characters for his most treasured recent films. Tim Burton runs until April 17, 2011 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. 

FREE! Drop-In Activities

Family Activities and Workshops

Every Saturday and Sunday (excluding February 19, 20, 21), from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, parents and children can drop in

to participate in the following free activities. Ages recommendation 8 and up

Crafty Characters*

Create your own Burton-inspired creatures from our bins of quirky parts, pieces and craft supplies.

Animation Station

Take a favourite toy or a creature of your own design and bring it to life through the magic of stop-motion animation.

Be in the Scene

Through the magic of green screen technology, immerse yourself in the stunning sets of Tim Burton’s films.

* This activity will also run every day the week of March 14-18.

Mary Pickford and the Invention of the Movie Star – Running now through the summer

The inaugural exhibition in TIFF’s new Canadian Film Gallery, Mary Pickford and the Invention of the Movie Star chronicles the life and career of one of the first and greatest stars of the silent cinema.. Amassed over a 30-year period by private collector Rob Brooks, this exhibition draws on his extraordinary collection of 1,900 items including photographs, posters, memorabilia, postcards, and products endorsed by Pickford. The exhibition is curated by Sylvia Frank, Director of TIFF’s Film Reference Library and Special Collections.

CANADA’S TOP TEN

Canada’s Top Ten – January 20 to February 1, 2011

Established in 2001, Canada’s Top Ten is devoted to celebrating excellence in Canadian cinema and raising public awareness of Canadian achievements in film. A panel of film experts selects the ten best features and ten best shorts made in Canada during the past year.

Features:

Incendies, Denis Villeneuve (Incendies also plays as a New Release, see Exclusive Engagements below)

Thursday, January 20 - 6:30 p.m

Friday, January 21 - 12:30 p.m

Curling, Denis Côté (Curling also plays as a New Release)

Thursday, January 20 - 9:00 p.m.

Friday, January 21 - 3:15 p.m.

The High Cost of Living, Deborah Chow

Friday, January 21 - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 23 - 12:30 p.m. 

Saturday, January 29 - 9:00 p.m.

Modra, Ingrid Veninger

Monday, January 24 - 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 25 - 12:30 p.m.

Last Train Home, Lixin Fan

Monday, January 24 - 9:00 p.m.

Tuesday, January 25 - 3:15 p.m.

Friday, January 28 - 6:30 p.m.

Trois temps apres la mort d’Anna, Catherine Martin

Tuesday, January 25 - 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday, January 26 - 3:15 p.m.

Les amours imaginaires, Xavier Dolan

Wednesday, January 26 - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 30 - 3:15 p.m.

Trigger, Bruce McDonald

Thursday, January 27 - 9:00 p.m.

Friday, January 28 - 3:15 p.m.

Splice, Vincenzo Natali

Thursday, January 27 - 3:15 p.m.

Tuesday, February 1 - 6:00 p.m.

Barney’s Version, Richard J. Lewis

Barney’s Version is currently in wide theatrical release. Please consult Cineplex listings for locations and times.

Shorts:

Shorts Programme 1: Les Fleurs d l’age, Vincent Biron; Lipsett Diaries, Theodore Ushev; Mokhtar, Halima Ouardiri; Above the Knee, Greg Atkins; The Legend of Beaver Dam, Jerome Sable.

Saturday, January 22 - 6:30 p.m.

Shorts Programme 2: I was a Child of Holocaust Survivors, Ann Marie Fleming; Vapor, Kaveh Nabation; On the Way to the Sea, Tao Gu; Marius Borodine, Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais; The Little White Cloud that Cried, Guy Maddin.

Saturday, January 22 - 9:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion:

January 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Canada’s Top Ten filmmakers Denis Côté (Curling); Deborah Chow (The High Cost of Living); Ingrid Veninger (MODRA); casting agents John Buchan and Jason Knight (Splice); and producers Leonard Farlinger and Jennifer Jonas (Trigger) share their thoughts on and experiences with the art of casting. The panelists will discuss the different approaches they took when casting and developing their films. The panel will be moderated by noted producer Damon D’Oliveira (Rude, Law of Enclosures, Proteus, Lie With Me, Poor Boy’s Game).

TIFF CINEMATHEQUE

Fashion, Fascists and F**king: The Films of Bernardo Bertolucci – running until January 26

This complete retrospective celebrates the visually lush, erotically charged oeuvre of one of cinema’s modernist masters.

1900 (1976)

Bertolucci’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to Last Tango in Paris countered his previous film’s intimate duet with a widescreen, decade-spanning multi-character epic.

Saturday, January 22 at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 22 at 1:30 pm

Luna (1979), the controversial family drama about a mother who attempts to save her drug-addicted

son only to slip into an incestuous relationship;

Sunday, January 23 at 9:00 pm

The Free Screen

From Ecstasy to Rapture: 50 Years of the other Spanish Cinema, an unprecedented retrospective of Spanish experimental cinema of the last half century.

Investigation/Metacinema - Wednesday January 26 at 7:00 p.m.

A diverse and richly amorphous programme mined with reflections on the nature and essence of the medium and the intersections between film and other art forms such as dance, performance, photography and poetry.

Arrebato (Rapture) – Wednesday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m.

A new, subtitled print of Iván Zulueta’s underground masterpiece Arrebato, a hypnotic reverie charged with eerie mysticism.

EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS

Release date: January 21, 2011

Incendies

Denis Villeneuve, 2010, Canada, eOne Films

After their mother Nawal’s death, twins Simon and Jeanne embark on a journey to the Middle East that shines a disturbing light on their mother’s past and culminates in a shocking revelation. Based on the acclaimed play by Wajdi Mouawad and directed by Genie Award-winner Denis Villeneuve (Polytechnique). Winner of Best Canadian Feature Film - Toronto International Film Festival 2010 and ET Canada Award for Best Canadian Feature Film - Vancouver International Film Festival 2010

Release date: January 27, 2011

The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector

Vikram Jayanti, 2009, USA/UK

One of the greatest producers in pop music history, Phil Spector used his trademarked “Wall of Sound” style to generate legendary hits for groups as diverse as The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner and The Beatles. While living a decadently reclusive life east of Los Angeles, Spector’s famous penchant for wild behaviour reached its tragic zenith when the actress Lana Clarkson died from a gunshot wound at his house. Charged with murder, Spector would go through two trials, during which he conducted a career-spanning interview with Vikram Jayanti of the BBC in 2007. Jayanti uses this interview as the basis for this candid portrait of Spector, who is equal parts charming and frightening, comparing himself to everyone from Galileo to Leonardo da Vinci, Bach and Roman Polanski while savaging pop legends from Brian Wilson to Paul McCartney.

Release date: Thurs. Feb. 3, 2011

The Robber (Der Räuber)

Benjamin Heisenberg, 2009, Austria/Germany

A story so unbelievable that it could only be true, The Robber is a thrilling account of thoroughly unreformed ex-con Johann Rettenberger (Andreas Lust), who embarks on a string of bank robberies equipped with a pump gun, a ludicrous mask and a foolproof means of escape: his astonishing, prison-honed running abilities, allowing him to outpace and outdistance any pursuers.