16 May 2010
Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica’s hard-hitting documentary Videograms of a Revolution (1992, 106 minutes) subversively records Romania’s 1989 revolution. The film documents the historic first-ever revolution in which television played a major role, stitching together official Romanian state television broadcasts with amateur archival footage. For this remarkable film, the directors collected over 125 hours of [...]
30 April 2010
In honour of its co-presentation of Alexander Nanau’s “The World According to Ion B.” at this year’s Hot Docs festival , ToRo has curated an online exhibit showcasing the work of Ion Barladeanu. This online exhibit covers more than 30 of Ion B.’s works, in the hope that it offers a different look into the artist’s [...]
06 April 2010
Having awoken from a brief mid-winter hibernation, we’re very excited to bring you the following news. North America’s largest documentary festival, Hot Docs, is set to begin on April 29 (running until May 9), showcasing over 170 films from 40 countries. We are extremely happy to announce that ToRo Arts Group will be co-presenting the [...]
15 March 2010
We have recently been informed that Martin Crimp’s ‘The City,’ an Actors Repertory Company (ARC; arcstage.com) production, is scheduled to open, at Toronto’s Berkeley Street Theatre, on March 19th and close on April 3rd. To commemorate the Toronto debut of the production’s director, Theodor-Cristian Popescu, discounted tickets will be made available to the Romanian community in [...]
10 March 2010
Hello everyone! As the weekend is fast approaching, we would like to let all you ToRolinos know about the 9th annual University of Toronto Film Festival, happening this Saturday, March 13. Alongside the University, we would like to invite you to this special event – it’s one day, and one day only, so come out and enjoy [...]
16 February 2010
Thank you to all who attended the festival, either in its entirety or otherwise, to our special guests, Tudor Giurgiu and Andrei Dascalescu and, of course, our dedicated volunteers without whom this event would not have been as successful. We will be posting more details shortly. The ToRo Team
04 February 2010
Due to flight complications Hanno Hofer will no longer be in attendance at the screening of Tales From the Golden Age on Friday. We apologize for this inconvenience. The ToRo Team
01 February 2010
Continuing our dedication to doing the ToRo, we have prepared an exciting night, following our opening-night screening of “Tales From the Golden Age.” Taking note from last year’s packed opening celebrations, we made the necessary accommodations, and collaborated with our friends from Shades@Nite and Liquid String Productions. WHERE: Situated at Yonge & Bloor, Peridot Resto.Lounge will function as [...]
30 January 2010
Once again, the festival’s official media sponsor, EYE Weekly, is giving away festival passes. For your chance to win, visit http://www.eyeweekly.com/static/82268. Good luck!
30 January 2010
Katalin Varga (2009) Director: Peter Strickland Screenwriter: Peter Strickland Cast: Hilda Peter, Norbert Tankó, Tibor Pálfy, Melinda Kántor, László Matray, Roberto Giacomello, Sebastian Marina Running time: 90 min. An avenging angel by the name of Katalin Varga scales the Carpathian Mountains by horse and is in possession of the one thing that can redefine her husaband’s notion of redemption. 2009 – [...]
