2011 Awards Ceremony
Having received over 550 film, video and screenplay submissions from all corners of the globe in the inaugural season - including award winners in other festival circuits - TIFVA’s name is spreading fast among the film circuit as the next festival to look out for. The first annual awards ceremony was held at 'The Revue Cinema'. It was a resounding success with winners in various categories awarded for their work during a 1920’s themed-event celebrating ‘The Revue’s’ 100th anniversary as the oldest theatre in Canada.
Recent News
A submission to TIFVA's 2011 festival "Communication Policy" has also been accepted into the Toronto Moving Image Festival. Congratulations!
Check out this article written by James Dubbeldam (the Executive Director) published on the Rogue Cinema website about the comparison between indie filmmaking
and running a film festival.
TIFVA is now offering services - from arranging double and triple bills to script consultation. Please contact us for more details.
We are happy to announce that Craig Heller, a four time Emmy winning writer, will be another judge on our panel this year.
Check out our Trailers page - it’s full of international submissions in every category! http://tifva.com/Trailers.php
We are pleased to announce that Suzanne Wilson, a Former judge of the Emmy's, Sprockets and various other film festivals, will be another judge on our panel this year! We now have four amazing judges as part of our team!
TIFVA is proud to announce that "Europolis, The Town of the Delta" a submission to this year's event, has won the Audience Award in London International Documentary Film festival.
TIFVA has awards valued at over $15,000 for this year’s event! Check out the Awards/Categories page for details.
TIFVA and Film Addict Productions Inc. have joined forces to connect filmmakers to projects within their community through providing exposure, funding and production elements. Community and charity involvement details will be posted shortly. Check back for updates.
Festival submission "ONE VOICE" has been accepted into Big Apple Film Festival, Vermont International Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival, and Louisville International Festival of Film.
The feature film submission "CURRENCY" has been getting buzz around the festival circuit and recently won the 2011 Breakthrough Creative Achievement Award at the Santa Rosa International Film Festival.
A submission to TIFVA's 2011 festival "Communication Policy" has also been accepted into the Toronto Moving Image Festival!
TIFVA submission "MEHERJAAN" which was released in Dhaka in January 2011, was quickly pulled out of theatres after it created a furor among audiences. See the trailer on the Feature Film tab on the Trailers page.
A recent submission to this year's event is getting all sorts of festival buzz. "NEUTRAL TERRITORY" was screened at the Ventura Film Festival in Times Square & the Tribeca theater in New York, in Washington, DC and on Long Island, NY all in AugusT, 2011.
The short film entry "Mother's House" is thrilled to be screening to sellout houses at the Woodstock Film Festival. Next dates include Ojai, Big Apple NY, Louisville, and Lucerne. After picking up a Silver Colorado Film Award and receiving fabulous reviews on IMDB, they're enjoying every screening!
The Judges
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Natalie Lisinska
(Actor, star of the TV series 'In Security') - Michael Jari Davidson
(Cinematographer, CSC Director Ex-Officio) - Suzanne Wilson
(Former judge of Emmy's, Sprockets and various other film festivals) - Craig Heller
(Writer, winner of 4 Emmy's) - New York Plaza – One hour series pilot (created and written by)
- Live from T5 – Half hour series pilot (created and written by)
- Spillville (feature film script)
- Self Dentistry and Other Ways to Avoid Another Recession – humor book
- General Hospital – Two Emmy Awards (Writers Guild Award for Best Script)
- As the World Turns – Two Emmy Awards
- Tracy Ullman Show
- Full House
- Thrown Together – Comedy Pilot for Fox TV
- Sexual Healing – Showtime (story consultant)
- Pleasure for Sale – Sundance Channel (story consultant)
- Opportunidad de la Vida – developed for TV Azteca
- Jail Birds – Aired on CBS
- Reds, White and Blue – Original Script for Fox
- The Office Christmas Party – Original Script for CBS
- Separate Ways – Script sale to Warner Bros., Lee Rich, Producer
- Ready or Not – Page one rewrite for Warner Bros., Lee Rich, Producer
- Baggage – Page one rewrite for Disney, Leonard Nimoy, Producer/Director
- From Metal to Mozart: The Rock and Roll Guide to Classical Music –
Published by Chronicle Books.
Translated into Dutch and Japanese. - Tel: 818-340-1276
- Email: CraigH4158@aol.com
Natalie Lisinska first came to the attention of Canadian audiences when she was cast, fresh out of Ryerson Theatre School, as the Series Lead of the CBC’s "At the Hotel". Directed by Ken Finkleman, Natalie was wonderful as "Jenny", the chambermaid who stumbles onto a murder unfolding in an upscale Toronto hotel.
Natalie made her Feature Film debut as one of the Leads in "Young People F*cking", an Official Selection at TIFF. Natalie received outstanding reviews for her portrayal of a sensitive, funny member of a ménage a trois, and the role earned her a Canadian Comedy Award nomination.
Natalie's other feature film credits include "Chloe" opposite Julianne Moore and the upcoming "Total Recall" with Colin Firth.
Selected Television credits include "Fairfield Road" (Hallmark), "Flashpoint" (CBS), "House Next Door" (Lifetime), "Degrassi" (Much Music) and "Less Than Kind" (HBO Canada).
Currently, Natalie can be seen as the Series Lead of "Insecurity", a hit comedy on the CBC. Natalie anchors the show as "Alex", an adorable, if sometimes misguided, Secret Agent in NISA, Canada’s answer to the CIA.
"Insecurity" has been picked up for a second season and Natalie will begin filming in late June.
Growing up on Vancouver Island, Natalie was a National High Jump Champion. Still running and jumping, Natalie now calls Toronto home.
After graduating with Distinction from the University of Western Ontario, Toronto-born cinematographer Michael Jari Davidson went on to become a sought after cinematographer in the Toronto film community due to his work ethic, creative eye, and tenacious spirit. Michael was recently invited to sit on the executive board of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers and accepted for membership as a Director of Photography in I.A.T.S.E 667.
Michael earned his first filmmaking award for the 2006 film Allegory and has since had official selections in over twenty-five film festivals as cinematographer, winning Best Film at the 2010 TIFF Student Film Showcase for Teen Getaway and Most Disturbing Short at the 2010 Atlanta Horror Film Fest for Eyes Beyond.
Michael has lensed four feature films (including the horror feature Nostrum, sold to Super Channel for Canadian broadcast in 2010), over fifteen short films, and over twenty music videos . Michael is set to produce and shoot the debut horror feature from writer/director Chris Alexander (editor of Fangoria Magazine) entitled Blood Opera in 2011.
You can find out more about Michael by visiting his website at www.michaeljaridavidson.com
Suzanne began her career with a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University. Since then, she has worked for Playback magazine, BBC Worldwide, Portfolio Entertainment, The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company, Lambur & Associates, Lenz Entertainment and the Chocolate Liberation Front in many aspects of the production and marketing of children’s entertainment and has been involved with properties including the Teletubbies, It’s itsy bitsy Time!, Miffy, Domo-Kun and many others. During this time, Wilson also earned her MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business.
Suzanne was also involved in the development and launch, in September 2009, of the Centennial College Children’s Entertainment: Writing, Production and Management post-graduate certificate and continues to coordinate the program and teach. She is also Senior Administrator of Business Affairs at Breakthrough Entertainment and Mom to a very busy six year old.
