TUFF Launches 9th Annual Public Film Festival With 9 Days of Films in the TTC and Across Canada September 12 - 20, 2015
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 09/09/15 -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
The (TUFF), North America's largest commuter film festival, is ready to roll out some of the world's best one-minute silent films to millions of viewers across the Toronto subway system from September 12 to 20, 2015.
TUFF screens at 5-minute intervals on over 290 platform screens across Toronto's subway system, entertaining an audience of over one million daily commuters for the price of a token. Commuters can also view the full daily programme in just 15 minutes on screens at St Andrew subway station (King St. and University Ave.).
Selected from the 420 submissions by emerging and accomplished filmmakers, video artists and animators from 43 countries, TUFF 2015 features seven programmes of official selections, special artist projects by TUFF Director Sharon Switzer, the artist collective Timeanddesire, and a co-presentation with Pakistan's 60 Second International Film Festival (60SIFF), a total of 78 one-minute films.
"TUFF turns an ordinary Toronto subway commute into an extraordinary moment," said TUFF Director Sharon Switzer. "Our ninth festival includes some amazing films from around the world as well as gems from local artists that range from charming to powerfully political."
All TUFF films can be seen online and viewers are encouraged to cast their votes for the Viewers' Choice Award from September 11 to 17, 2015. .
TUFF 2015's guest judge, accomplished Canadian filmmaker, Patricia Rozema (the recently completed Into the Forest starring Ellen Page, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Grey Gardens, Mansfield Park) selects the top three films of the festival. Over $20,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded at the TUFF Gala on Sunday, September 20, 2015.
"I was delighted to watch all the films in this year's TUFF. The range of subjects and styles were vast: from rough and ready to commercial and polished. The best films demonstrated an urgent reason to communicate along with the technique to support it," said Patricia Rozema. "Viewers are sure to be captivated."
TUFF 2015 Line-Up
TUFF's Special Screening Rooms
Additionally, PATTISON Onestop is once again proud to co-produce a sister-festival to TUFF, the Gotta Minute Film Festival - featuring silent, one minute films on PATTISON Onestop screens in Edmonton Transit's LRT system, from September 14 to 20, 2015.
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TUFF is produced by PATTISON Onestop, co-produced by Art for Commuters, supported by the Toronto Transit Commission and the Toronto Public Library, and is funded by NBCUniversal Canada, Ontario Arts Council and the City of Toronto.
About PATTISON Onestop - (at)onestopmedia
PATTISON Onestop, a division of PATTISON Outdoor Advertising Canada's largest Out-of-Home advertising company serving 200 markets coast-to-coast, is a world leader in the development and operation of Digital Out-of-Home Media (DOOH) for mass transit, mall, retail, hospitality, residential, office, and outdoor environments. Art in Transit represents PATTISON Onestop's ongoing arts and culture programme.
About Art for Commuters - (at)art4commuters
Art for Commuters (A4C) was founded in 2007 by Sharon Switzer, and brings over 100 artworks per year to the Pattison Onestop TTC subway platform screens. Through these projects, Art for Commuters offers a wide range of contemporary artistic voices the opportunity to showcase their work in the public spaces frequented by urban travelers.
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