The Madhatter: Archive

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Documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger (“The Red Chapel”) exposes the illegal blood diamond trade in new film “The Ambassador”

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Stash "Best of 2011" Collection →

Stash Media has announced its “Best of 2011” Collection: 42 outstanding projects in eight categories. Curated by the editors of Stash, the “Best of 2011” includes behind-the-scenes materials, production notes, links, toolkit details and full credits for each project.

Dec 20th

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A man wakes up one morning to find his hands afflicted by a debilitative shaking that makes his everyday routine impossible …

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Title sequence for the film, Herbst (German for “Autumn”), a project of alumni and students of the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg. Visit Art of the Title for the project breakdown as explained by director and macro photographer Clemens Wirth.

Jun 21st

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Jun 19th

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“The Avenue” is a reality-based web series set in Toronto, Canada. Produced by students from the Radio and Television department at Ryerson University, “The Avenue” follows five affluent and ambitious twenty-somethings as they fight for the top spot in Toronto’s most exclusive social and professional circles. Friendships, fights and dramas!

Jun 19th

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Brooklyn-based band “TV on the Radio” made a music video for each of the ten tracks on its new album, and is stitching them together for release as a feature film.

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Feb 22nd

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The Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT) is holding a conference dedicated to previsualization and virtual production at their Pinewood Toronto Studios facility, February 24 - 25, 2011. Speakers include Ron Frankel (The Green Hornet, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and Brian Pohl (Star Trek, Star Wars: Episode I and II) who are both featured in this trailer from the Previsualization...

Feb 2nd

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Runner-up for the People’s Choice Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, this remarkable true story speaks to the universal human urge to improve our lives by improving ourselves. “The First Grader” screens Sunday, February 27, 2011 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, part of the 8th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Feb 2nd

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“In Enemies of the People” the men and women who perpetrated the massacres under the Khmer Rouge regime — from the foot-soldiers who slit throats to the party’s ideological leader, Nuon Chea aka Brother Number Two — break a 30-year silence to give testimony never before heard or seen. Screens Friday, February 25, 2011 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, part of the 8th...

Jan 29th

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A wrenching portrait of the displacements wrought by poverty, “Familia” observes Daniel and Naty, a middle-aged couple living in Peru. Unable to pay for their eight-year-old son’s education, Naty takes a job as a hotel maid in Spain. Screens Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, part of the 8th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Jan 28th

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“The Oath” is a complex portrait of the interlinked lives of two men: Salim Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden, who was captured and detained at Guantanamo Bay; and his brother-in-law Abu Jandal, a former bin Laden bodyguard and Al Qaida recruiter, who was released by the US government after naming names in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. “The Oath” screens...

Jan 24th

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In Lebanon’s largest and most notorious prison, forty-five inmates participating in a production of Reginald Rose’s courtroom drama “12 Angry Men”, use the play as an opportunity to examine their own lives and decisions while preparing for their performance before a curious public. Screens Monday, February 28, 2011 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, part of the 8th annual Human Rights Watch Film...

Jan 23rd

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Based on a highly publicized honour killing in Berlin in 2005, When We Leave stars Sibel Kekilli as ‘Umay’, a young Turkish Muslim woman who courageously decides to leave her abusive husband in Istanbul and join her family in Germany with her young son. Screens Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 8 PM at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. One of 10 films programmed for the 8th annual Human Rights...

Jan 6th

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Interview with Feo Aladag, director of When We Leave, German’s entry for the “Best Foreign Language Film” Oscar. The story is based on a highly publicized honour killing in Berlin in 2005. When We Leave screens Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 8 PM at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre in Toronto.

Jan 5th

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Animation by Henning Ricke for the documentary, The Green Wave, which opens this year’s Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Tickets to the festival go on sale today (January 5) to TIFF members, and on January 18th to the general public. Buy online at TIFF.net.

Jan 4th

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