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Now in its 5th year, the Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival is a project of the Human Rights Watch Toronto Committee, and a leading showcase for distinguished films and videos that incorporate human rights themes.
The festival, co-presented by Cinematheque Ontario, opens at Isabel Bader Theatre on February 28 and runs from February 29 to March 5 at Jackman
Hall, the Art Gallery of Ontario. Seven new films from six countries will be screened, including the Oscar-nominated "Taxi to the Dark Side," which documents the death of a taxi driver in a US military prison in Afghanistan.
Film Festival Schedule:
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 8:00 PM
OPENING NIGHT GALA
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Iran)
NEW LOCATION -- Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West
Friday, February 29, 2008, 7:30 PM
El Ejido, The Law of Profit (Belgium)
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 7:30 PM
These Girls (Egypt)
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Sunday, March 2, 2008, 2:30 PM
We’ll Never Meet Childhood Again (UK/Romania)
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Monday, March 3, 2008, 7:30 PM
Taxi to the Dark Side (USA)
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Co-presented with HotDocs
Director ALEX GIBNEY in attendance.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 7:30 PM
Chop Shop (USA)
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 7:30 PM
CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION & FILM
A Love During War (Congo/Cameroon)
Screens at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Co-presented with HotDocs.
ATTENTION EVERYONE!! BIG TICKET GIVEAWAY FOR TAKINGITGLOBAL MEMBERS-- 2 PAIRS OF TICKETS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY FOR THE TORONTO SHOWING OF "We’ll Never Meet Childhood Again" on March 2, 2008.
ANSWER THE SKILL TESTING QUESTION AND SEND YOUR RESPONSE by TAKINGITGLOBAL MESSENGER TO http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/kurshauna#tigmessenger
Skill testing question:
What are the names of the directors for the film "We’ll Never Meet Childhood Again"?
(Check out the festival site at http://humanrightsfilmfestival.cahttp://humanrightsfilmfestival.ca for answers and hints).
THE FIRST 2 PEOPLE TO CORRECTLY ANSWER THE SKILL TESTING WILL BE WINNERS! Contest closes February 22, 2008 at 11:59pm.
Tickets can be purchased online at the Cinematheque Ontario Website (http://www.cinemathequeontario.ca), by phone at 416-968-FILM (3456), or at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Year-Round Box Office, located on the main floor of the Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (at Bay).
For more information, please visit our Weblog at http://humanrightsfilmfestival.ca.
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BIG TICKET GIVEAWAY!!! - Posted By: Sheridy Leslie
February 12, 2008 @ 17:06:10 | 0 comments | post a comment
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