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Atom Egoyan, One TUFF Judge

Julie Giles — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan will guest judge the fifth annual Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF). Egoyan, who was on the jury of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, joins a prestigious roster of former guest judges that includes Deepa Mehta, Don McKellar, Mark McKinney, and Jeremy Podeswa.

This is the fifth edition of TUFF, which was named one of MovieMaker Magazine‘s “20 Coolest Film Festivals” of 2010. TUFF takes place September 9 – 18, 2011 (concurrent with TIFF) on Onestop platform screens across the Toronto subway system.

The call for submissions is now open.

Submissions are free prior to June 1, 2011. After that date, there will be submission fees: $10 (June 1 – June 30) and $15 (July 1 – July 15). Final deadline is July 15, 2011. Films can be submitted through the TUFF Website.

TUFF Among ’20 Coolest’ Film Festivals Of 2010

Julie Giles — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:50:40 +0000

The Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) has been named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “20 Coolest Film Festivals” of 2010. The annual list appears in the Fall 2010 issue of the magazine.

Writing for MovieMaker, Jennifer M. Wood said:

More akin to a public art installation than a traditional film festival, the Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) takes “undergound” moviemaking to a literal level. This 10-day, totally public, September event actually screens urban-themed films to more than one million commuters via the ONESTOP TTC subway platform screens in Toronto. By the numbers: Films screen every 10 minutes on 270 screens in 50 subways stations across the city.

Congratulations to TUFF Executive Director, Sharon Switzer, and all the team. TUFF will kick-off again in the spring with a call for submissions for the 2011 version of the festival.

Last year, we helped TUFF grow its national submissions by 40 percent and its international submissions by 100 percent.

Art for Commuters Inspires Conscious Creation At 01SJ Biennial

Julie Giles — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:11:55 +0000

The CFC Media Lab and Art for Commuters’ Executive Director, Sharon Switzer, presented a number of works from the Art For Commuters library at the 2010 01SJ Biennial in San Jose, California.

The biennial is a project of ZER01, a nonprofit arts organization whose mission it is to inspire creativity at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture.

Art for Commuters spoke on the theme of conscious creation and presented several juried shorts from the 2009 Toronto Urban Film Festival.

This year’s 01SJ Biennial was focused under the theme “Build Your Own World” and featured hundreds of artworks, performances, events, and artist talks.