Category: 2008
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TIFF’08 – Exclusive Interview with Trent Hagaa – Writer of Deadgirl
This year’s Midnight Madness features its perennial lineup of unpredictable edgy screenings, and Deadgirl is no exception. Already earmarked as a critics’ must-see, TheCulturepin.com had an opportunity to pry into the mind of the screenwriter whence this sordid tale was birthed. The Culturepin: So…one bright Sunday morning you woke up and thought “I should write…
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TIFF’08 – How To Get Tickets You Want – in layman’s terms
Even a TIFF veteran tends to find the process of getting tickets to the screenings they want daunting, and the cryptic instructions provided by the festival itself are of little help, that is, when you can find them. This year I wanted to make sure I spared myself wiling away some of my fading years…
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TIFF’08 – Treeless Mountain
After winning a Special Jury Prize for Independent Vision at Sundance for her first film, “In Between Days,” director So Yong Kim was invited to workshop her project “Treeless Mountain” at the exhaustive and consistently effective Sundance Writers and Directors labs. A US/Korean co-production, South Korean native Kim who cites Belgian directors the Dardenne Brothers…