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Toronto 2009

Author(s) -

Brandon Wee

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

kinema a journal for film and audiovisual media

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2562-5764

pISSN - 1192-6252

DOI - 10.15353/kinema.vi.1203

Subject(s) - publicity , theme (computing) , escapism , famine , history , event (particle physics) , media studies , memoir , art history , advertising , political science , sociology , law , psychology , business , computer science , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009 HIGHLIGHTS There was no missing the withered appearance of Toronto's biggest film event this year, an inevitability that had been consuming it like a malignant tumour due to sustained economic famine. The cardinal symptoms were there for all to see: screening cutbacks, less-than-full houses, and sluggish industry business. Nevertheless, TIFF's choice of Tel Aviv for its inaugural 'City to City' program precipitated a spectacular publicity coup for itself when both detractors and supporters battled defensively - to the point of making international headlines. No particular theme or region stood out in this year's relatively tame line-up, although several thrillers provided welcome escapism: Accident (Soi Cheang, Hong Kong 2009) On paper, Soi Cheang's Accident sounds intriguing: the unity between four assassins specializing in disguising murders as accidents takes a hit when their latest job misfires and their ringleader (Louis Koo, dressed to kill) suspects he...

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