Courses, Workshops, Speaking Series
Lovable Doug Glatt, slacker hero and hockey goon extraordinaire, will be appearing on home theatre screens across Canada when the Alliance Films home release of Goon on DVD hits store shelves on May 29, 2012! You COULD rush out and buy a copy OR you can enter to a win free Goon DVD from the Toronto Film Scene! That’s right – we’ve got 3 of ‘em and one of them can be yours, all yours! Just fill out the entry form and check your email obsessively on May 29! Entries will be accepted ’til 11:59 pm on May 28, 2012....
Win passes to DIY Art and Life: A Day with Joe Swanberg, May 13 at Innis Town Hall! On Sunday May 13, 2012, Ultra8 Pictures, CINSSU and Refocus will co-present DIY Art and Life: A Day with Joe Swanberg at Innis Town Hall. The event features the Toronto premiere of Swanberg’s Full Moon trilogy, including Art History, The Zone and Silver Bullets, plus a Q&A sessions and a filmmaking masterclass with the man himself after the final film. Toronto Film Scene has two all-day passes to give away to a lucky movie goer! Trust, us you do not miss this exciting event! Just fill out the form below to enter....
DIY Art and Life: A Day with Joe Swanberg is co-presented by Ultra8 Pictures, CINSSU and Refocus, featuring the Toronto premiere of Swanberg’s Full Moon trilogy, including Art History, The Zone and Silver Bullets. The film screenings will be followed by Q&A sessions and a filmmaking masterclass after the final film....
From March 31 to April 1, the Ted Rogers School of Management (Yonge and Dundas) in Toronto is the place to be for professionals working in screen-based media. As always, the annual Toronto Screenwriting Conference packs a busy schedule over two days with an impressive list of industry speakers including high-profile showrunners and screenwriters. Speakers include Robin Gurney, Lee Aronsohn, Dean DeBlois, Sarah Fowlie, Michael Hirst, Sheldon Bucks, Abi Morgan and David F. Shamoon just to name a few....
The NFB Mediatheque has another great workshop on offer this weekend if you’re looking to find out more about digital storytelling. Created in partnership with the Toronto International Flamenco Film Festival, NFB facilitators will be on hand to help you share your ideas and make your dreams come (digitally) to life....
If you’re interested in film animation, there’s an evening coming up at the NFB Mediatheque that you won’t want to miss. On Tuesday, September 27th from 7:00 to 10:00 pm, the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS), the NFB, and the Goethe-Institut, present a retrospective and workshop with award-winning animator, Gil Alkabetz. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, Alkabetz has created many short animated films, participated in several solo and group exhibitions, and has had 13 retrospectives of his work to date. He has also taught at schools in the US, Switzerland and Germany, but is probably best known for his work as animation...
For two days this September, White Dog Creative, Inc. presents screenwriting guru Syd Field, here to inspire you with the huge wealth of knowledge he has acquired in the art of the screenplay. He is widely considered the final word in screenwriting today. His Master Class Workshops are highly sought after, teaching the foundations and creative process of a great screenplay....



