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After a star-studded week and a half of interviews, films, and red-carpets galore, the Toronto International Film Festival comes to a close. This years Film Fest builds upon last the year in potential Oscar winning contenders, and increases the bill of Toronto as the place to be for film festivals. Not too much controversy […]

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Christian Frosch is an Austrian/German director, whose previous film “Total Therapy” won a number of European awards. Epoch Times reporter Lidia Louk had an exclusive interview with Christian at the Toronto International Film Festival, the morning after the opening of his new film, “Silent Resident.”

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Milcho Manchevski is a Macedonian director, whose debut feature, “Before the Rain” (1994), won thirty international awards, and was nominated for a best foreign picture Oscar. His latest film, “Shadows,” opened at Toronto Film Festival on Sunday night. Here is an exclusive interview by Epoch Times reporter Lidia Louk.

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ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE has its Gala Screening tonight in Toronto (6:30 p.m.). This highly anticipated film returns Cate Blanchett to her Oscar-winning role as Queen Elizabeth I. More to come on the film and comments from the stars.

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There was a Gala Screening for MICHAEL CLAYTON Friday night, in which George Clooney plays a “fixer” at a leading New York corporate law firm. Clooney’s character, Clayton, faces a crises of conscience when a problem he’s brought in to fix puts him face to face with who he’s become. There was a lively […]

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Epoch Times reporter Lidia Louk screened EASTERN PROMISES this weekend and has lots of good things to say about it. Watch for her review and comments from the cast, coming soon.

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Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, and Alan Arkin are joined by Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard in a compelling drama about an Egyptian-born U.S. chemical engineer who disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington. His American wife desperately tries to track her husband down, who is being held at a CIA […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival includes 20 Gala Screenings this year. These are the films that often draw the biggest media and fan frenzy during the festival. They are stacked with Hollywood stars. Many of these films will have wide North American releases this fall. Some may contend for Oscars.

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