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July 11, 2023 / PN / Festival Prep

Contributor Caste System

Back in 2011 thanks to this blog a couple of strangers contacted me and asked…

September 10, 2015 / PN / Festival Prep

Off Sale as of Thursday September 10th 2015

Remember to check back on the TIFF…

August 15, 2015 / PN / Festival Prep

Festival Bag – MIDNIGHT MADNESS

One of my best festival memories was waiting in the line for Dogtown and Z-Boys…

August 13, 2015 / PN / Festival Prep

Festival Bag – GALA

For those of us that take the week off to see movies but aren’t actually…

July 6, 2015 / PN / Festival Prep

2015 Package Dates

Ticket packages go on sale in July this year. July 15 for TIFF Members,…

July 2, 2014 / PN / Festival Prep

Shut Up and Take My Money

This week ticket packages go on sale for Visa cardholders and next week for the…

September 8, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

Brand New Funk

I asked my friend to smell me. I knew I was still clean in my…

September 5, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

Power Bar

Those of us that remember the birth of the Lightbox recall when the Luma Lounge…

September 4, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

Two Seasons, One Festival

We have two seasons in Toronto. Winter (so Stark) and construction. Every year the natural…

August 27, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

When to line up at the Elgin

Had a friend ask when they should line up for the Elgin. As usual with…

August 19, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

You’re So Money

During the pre-search for TIFF some films jump out and smack you like they’re mad…

August 19, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

2013 Selection Pre-Search

Picked up the 2013 Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview. This year I went for a…

June 23, 2013 / PN / Festival Prep

Pick Your Package

Packages for TIFF members go on sale June 25. Visa cardholders can buy their packages…

September 4, 2012 / PN / Festival Prep

Rules Of The Mixtape

I keep feeling old this year. Maybe it’s that the demo of the member line…

August 25, 2012 / PN / Festival Prep

I Need A Drink

I am aware that 7:30 AM is too early to start drinking, however I don’t…

August 21, 2012 / PN / Festival Prep

It Smells So Good

I can’t be the only one that sticks their face into the crack of the…

July 23, 2012 / PN / Festival Prep

TIFF 2012 Venues – Princess of Wales Theatre

The Princess of Wales Theatre – 300 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 1J2 (416) 872-1212 G+ Link…

July 16, 2012 / PN / Festival Prep

TIFF 2012 Venues – Jackman Hall – AGO

Art Gallery of Ontario – Jackman Hall – 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M5T…

June 22, 2012 / PN / Festival Prep

Careful What You Wish For

Here is what little I know about the new process. Please bear in mind that…

September 3, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

First World Problems

So the line was long and the site was crashy. Welcome to TIFF. Good news…

August 30, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

Thirsty Travellers

@highlandertn posted a helpful matrix showing foot travel time between theatres for TIFF11. As someone…

August 29, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

Box 20

So the advance order process begins for TIFF11 and they have drawn box 20. If…

August 21, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

TIFF 11 Box Office

This year the box office is in Metro Hall on the concourse (underground) level. It…

August 11, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

The Draft

People always ask me how I make my picks. Then they regret it because the…

July 26, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

We need to talk

The first announcements came out today about TIFF11, and I’m already excited. The first film…

July 17, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

Festival Prep – The Workout

Based on my totally non-scientific research process which involves looking around me in lines and…

July 5, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

How Big is Your Package?

Every year after the festival is over I am exhausted. All I want is to…

June 19, 2011 / PN / Festival Prep

TIFF 11 Anticipation

Just had programming meeting where films were deliberated and invited! #TIFF11 June 17, 2011 2:33…

September 5, 2010 / PN / Featured

On Sale / Off Sale

On Sale Majority of these will be weekday, daytime second screenings with limited buzz and…

August 23, 2010 / PN / Festival Prep

363 King Street West

New pickup location for the programme books. Allegedly at the corner of King and Peter…

September 9, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

I’ve got a feeling

So it’s one sleep until my first movie. My excel, google calendar and iCal schedules…

September 3, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Fest-TIFF Special Episode 1

Chilled out with Social Media Art Director Jai Johnson and gave him the down-low on…

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September 1, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Labour Day Holiday?

I got all of my first picks, I have my schedule in Excel already (iCal…

August 31, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Best Box Ever

They drew box 48 I was in box 48. Got my email at 10:17 EST.…

August 30, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

World Enough and Time

This is the full list of movies I would see if I had unlimited funds,…

August 25, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Front of the line

The line today started at around 6:30 AM (for an advertised 10:00 AM opening time)…

August 23, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

For Your Consideration

With the full list of films available you can go through and select the movies…

August 19, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

TIFF Tent

The TIFF box box office is a lovely tent on the southwest corner of Nathan…

August 18, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Festival Favourite – Mads Mikkelsen

You may recognize him as hot mournful guy driving the getaway car in Flame and…

August 17, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Important Dates: August 20, 2009

The full film list should be online by 10 AM August 20th according to the…

August 14, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

The Road

John Hillcoat and Viggo will be at TIFF again this year, with The Road. Based…

August 12, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Mmmmmm Meat

For all my rules about picking movies based on the programmer (I love you Jane…

August 5, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

TOFilmFest

http://tofilmfest.ca/films/ is up for 2009 and it’s frakking fantastic this year. The design is better,…

July 27, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

2009 Reading Lessons

Last year I started to go through some of the common terms that you may…

July 27, 2009 / PN / Asides

Sold Out Package

Double date Gala package sold out.

July 22, 2009 / PN / Featured

Da Kink

Growing up before Google I would eventually get the question “why is your hair so…”…

July 22, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Sweet Circular Chakram

A sexploitation homage from Rick Jacobson, who worked on Baywatch AND Xena. My cups runneth…

July 18, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Best Served Awesome

Johnnie To is in the Special presentations program this year with Vengeance.

July 14, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

My Precious

So here’s the thing about galas – they can be a great introduction to the…

July 13, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Musical Lineup

Working on a new playlist for the pod-device for the pickup line. This list is…

July 8, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

I ate 63 jellybeans today

As the festival approaches so does the most dreaded activity in my festival preparations –…

July 7, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Easier With Practice

I hope this movie http://www.easierwithpractice.com/ comes to TIFF. Hee. I said ‘come’. I digress. Watch…

July 7, 2009 / PN / Asides

Doc it Out

The White Stripes doc may be part of TIFF http://www.chartattack.com/news/71161/white-stripes-doc-debuting-at-tiff

July 6, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

Outsource your Research

Picking the pictures based on the pictures on the TIFF site without prior knowledge of…

July 6, 2009 / PN / Asides

Sold Out Packages

Daytime Lite and Visa Screening Room Weekend and Evening Packages are sold out already.

July 6, 2009 / PN / Asides

New Box Office Location

Added Box Office location to Festival Map http://inatiff.com/tiffprep/festival-map/

July 5, 2009 / PN / Featured

General Public, Start Your Engines

Once again the navigation path on the website is not entirely intuitive. One of the…

July 1, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

VISA – it’s where I want to be every September

July 6th is just around the corner so it’s time to break the VISA card out the block of ice in the freezer and buy your coupons. http://tiff.net/boxoffice has a list of the options and places you can go to buy your package.

July 1, 2009 / PN / Festival Prep

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