April 25, 2006
ReelWorld Film Festival: More Film, More Training, More Stars!
Founded by Tonya Lee William six years ago, the ReelWorld Film Festival continues to meet its well-established diversity mandate. Most importantly, this year's festival delivered great film, the most comprehensive industry series yet and reaffirmed to the world that Toronto's creative film talent and creativity is beautifully diverse.
Read The Globe and Mail's Review here.
Adding to its already rich bank of programming, ReelWorld held its second Industry Series (sponsored by CBC Television), complete with workshops for emerging filmmakers, Top 10 Things You Need to Know Before You Pitch a Project, face-to-face sessions with movers and shakers in film and television, and a $2500 Pitch Competiton for a feature film with a strong diversity component (hosted by ultra-funny man and CBC celeb Jian Ghomeshi).
Special highlight was the ReelSpeak Panel, featuring CBC Television's Dragon Boys, the first North American TV-production with an all-Asian star-studded cast, including international superstars, Eric Tsang, Tzi Ma and Byron Mann.
The provocative panel ensemble included SEVEN-time Gemini Award winner for Best Director, Jerry Ciccoritti; infamous TV-writer Ian Weir; actors Jean Yoon and Byron Mann; and Susan Morgan, Creative Head of Drama for CBC Televison. Star sightings included Terry Woo in the audience. Dragon Boys to air in the fall.
More:
ReelWorld Film Festival 2006 Official Website here.
More about Dragon Boys on OMNI Films website here.
ReelWorld Industry Series Booklet (PDF, 3.45 MB)
Read PLAYBACK's article on Canadian Drama here.
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