TUFF 2007 Winners
Imaginary CIty: Power Lines by Stephania Gambaroff
MyTOwn: TO Untitled by Jesse Bellon
Forgotten Places, Uncommon Spaces: Intersection XOX by Dean Baldwin
905 to the 416: Coming and Going (remix) by Larissa Fan
Big Smoke, Big Dreams: Rockstar by Linda Matarasso, Tracey Ogonoski, and Corey Henry
Urban Ennui: Better Living – Director’s Cut for TUFF by Shinobu Akimoto
TUFF Choice Award: with 963 votes, Dundas n’ Bathurst by Charuvi Agrawal and Jeffrey Tran
Third Prize – Split by Steve Wright
Second Prize – Intersection XOX by Dean Baldwin
First Prize – Dundas n’ Bathurst by Charuvi Agrawal and Jeffrey Tran
Thank you to all the filmmakers, the audience, and everyone who took the time to vote; total number of votes received was close to 6000.
The call for submissions for TUFF 2008 will be in the spring so please be sure to check the site.
Festival Schedule
Our six guest programmers have selected a total of 60 films from the over 170 films submitted to TUFF this year. Watch for 10 new films each day, as you take the TTC, from September 8-14. Each day of TUFF will feature a different thematic programme of 10 films, with individual works cycling every 10 minutes throughout the day.
Saturday, September 8 - My TOwn programmed by John Greyson
According to these filmmakers, Hogtown is a study in conundrums: energized, caffeinated, lonely, brimming with wit and pigeons and pillows -- a pretty, gritty place of sudden shadows and hidden kindnesses.- Feeding Time, by Midi Onodera
- Walk in Rain, by Stan Kryzanowski
- The Secret to Toronto, by Laurie Townsend and Powsy Dewhurst
- Rivalry, by Jacob Migicovsky
- Pillows, by Peter Kastner
- Pigeon City, by Barbara Mainguy - TSV Pitch Award Winner
- My Beautiful City, by Nadia Tan and Maya Bankovic
- Everyone, by Monkia Szopinska
- Circles, by Irene Bindi
- TO Untitled, by Jesse Bellon
Sunday, September 9 - Forgotten Places, Uncommon Spaces programmed by Kim Simon
The interpretation of the theme Forgotten Places, Uncommon spaces was wonderfully diverse. These ten works ask viewers to see the potential magic in perhaps overlooked spaces and objects.- Sunday Sway, by Lisa Graves
- smov0048, by Terry Pidsadny and Megan English
- Sky Garden, by Melissa Levin
- Oneminrainbow, by Kelly Lycan and Jinhan Ko
- Mistints, by Stacey Dodge
- Kuleshov's Playground, by Stephanie Law
- Intersection XOX, by Dean Baldwin
- 1 Minute between Great Lakes with the Demon Girl, by Millie Chen
- Hydro, by Anita Corsini and Laura Hatcher - TSV Pitch Award Winner
- Songs of Praise, by Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
Monday, September 10 - 905 to the 416 programmed by Heather Keung
In the midways between the urban and suburban are unique players looking for new ways of seeing their transitional spaces.- Touch & Go 2, by Shelley Simmons, Jeff Howard, Nick Rudnicki, and David Clark
- Runner, by Caitlin Durlak
- Old Marsh, by Valerie Salez
- Nesting, by Jonathan Culp - TSV Pitch Award Winner
- The Greater Toronto Trip, by Martin Edralin - TSV Pitch Award Winner
- Dramatization 02, by Walter Willems and Sherri Hay
- Coming + Going (remix), by Larissa Fan
- Off to Work, by Midi Onodera
- Anger, by Lai Chung Poon
- Portraits of Traveling Players, by Howie Shia
Tuesday, September 11 - Big Smoke, Big Dreams programmed by Jacqueline Nuwame
Big Smoke, Big Dreams was a venue for artists to live out their fantasies about an ideal urban centre, and overwhelmingly the films were nostalgic, harkening to a simpler way of life. A secondary theme was about alienation - it seems that we want to be closer but instead we feel further away from each other.- Cherry Beach Soundsystem, by Tony Paffandi and Hart Massey
- Animals in the City, by Valerie Salez
- 60 Second Franco, by Noelle Elia
- Haiku Toronto, by Zev Farber
- The Lost City, by Chi-Ngay Le
- Postering, by David W Scott and Andrea Medovarski
- Urban Escape, by Matthew Krist and Sam Cooper
- Whispers, by Powsy Dewhurst
- Rockstar, by Linda Matarasso, Tracey Ogonoski, and Corey Henry
- Make a Wish!, by Annie Cheung
Wednesday, September 12 - Urban Ennui programmed by Jon Davies
The drudgery of daily routine can be explored, even embraced, in this program. Here periods of boredom, stasis, solitude and frustration become charged with tension and possibility: for critique, for pleasure, for observation, for reflection, or for just staring off into space.- 505, by Paul Moran
- Allitermation, by Kwan Tse
- Dramatization 01, by Walter Willems and Sherri Hay
- AIDS Has Not Left the Building, by Andrew James Paterson
- Better Living -Director's Cut for TUFF, by Shinobu Akimoto
- Passed Time, by Mani Mazinani
- Park, by Chelsea McMullan, Cole Alvis, and Raha Shirazi - TSV Pitch Award Winner
- Men with Brooms, by Gerda Cammaer
- Streaks of Gravity, by Stefan Petranek
- Humanity, by Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
Thursday, September 13 - The Imaginary City programmed by Steve Reinke
Does the imagination need a city to imprint itself upon? Or are cities created through the power of imagination? Is the city fodder for dreams? Or the concrete result of its citizen dreamers?- Community Chalkboard, by Brendan Dunlop
- iZombie, by Melissa McDowell and The Ai 9 Production Team
- T.O. Fortune Teller, by Minerva Hui
- Voyeur, by Nick Fox-Gieg
- Split!, by Steve Wright
- Florence/Montreal, by Kathy Kenny and Rod den Daas
- Contents May Settle, by Kemi Craig, Geoffrey Tomlin-Hood and Adeline Huynh
- The Presence of Memory, by Bryan Besant
- Power Lines, by Stephania Gambaroff
- Dundas n' Bathurst, by Charuvi Agrawal and Jeffrey Tran - TSV Pitch Award Winner
Friday September 14th - Viewers Choice - based on the results of viewers votes.
Dundas n’ Bathurst with 707 votes
Passed Time with 539 votes
iZombie with 500 votes
My Beautiful City with 488 votes
Postering with 323 votes
Greater Toronto Trip with 292 votes
Cherry Beach Sound with 223 votes
60 Second Franco with 175 votes
TO Untitled with 160 votes
Runner with 111 votes
Questions or Comments email a4c@torontourbanfilmfestival.com