Docs have greater prominence at TIFF2006

Forty-five docs from around the world will screen at TIFF this year - 34 in Real to Reel and the rest peppered throughout other programs, including, for the first time in 14 years, a couple of Gala Presentations. These are, from the U.S., Dixie Chicks - Shut Up and Sing by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia...

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Published inPlayback : Canada's Broadcast and Production Journal p. 19
Main Author Bracken, Laura
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 04.09.2006
Subjects
Actors
Awards & honors
Canadian movies
Cities
Documentary films
Dramatists
King, Allan
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion picture festivals
Racism
Canada
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Summary:Forty-five docs from around the world will screen at TIFF this year - 34 in Real to Reel and the rest peppered throughout other programs, including, for the first time in 14 years, a couple of Gala Presentations. These are, from the U.S., Dixie Chicks - Shut Up and Sing by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck and the polar bear doc The White Planet by Thierry Piantanida and Thierry Ragobert, a France/Canada copro, both of which make their world premieres. Having too much footage was not a problem for Ron Mann (Grass, Go Further) on Tales of the Rat Fink, his latest doc, which makes its Canadian premiere in Real to Reel. In fact, a distinct lack of footage of the film's protagonist, artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, ended up defining the character of this almost entirely animated documentary. Similarly using a photographer as its main subject is Catherine Martin's first feature doc, L'Esprit des Lieux, which follows Hungarian-Quebecois Gabor Szilasi as he returns to the rural Quebec region of Charlevoix, which he last photographed in 1970. L'Espirit is one of two features Martin has at TIFF, with the drama Dans les villes making its world premiere in the Visions program.
ISSN:0836-2114