TUFF Official Selection, 2008
Please note: films are listed alphabetically by category. Films may not be programmed into the category that they were originally submitted to. If you are looking for a film, be sure to check the entire list.
Most of the films will be available here for viewing and voting once the festival begins in September. The final day of TUFF is programmed based on audience votes, so remember to come back and vote for your favourite!
Friday September 5th
Urban Imaginary – hopes for the future of municipalities
Selected by Deirdre Logue:
“The Urban Imaginary is a place located somewhere between the conscious and the unconscious mind, where the surreal and the dreamlike work to interrupt our daily urban routine. The films and videos selected for exhibition in the Urban Imaginary category rely less on traditional narratives and more on our ability to see past the obvious, asking us to embrace a fragmented and hopeful place of possibility.”
Anchor Your Heart by Elizabeth Belliveau
Dali on Toothpaste Tubes by Brian Hunter
Imagined Piety by Stephen Carroll
Moving by Leslie Supnet
News Alert by Tim Moody
Nuit Blanche by Francois Gaudet
Running on Empty by Jeff Hammond and Ashleigh Harrington
The Great Divide by Bryan Besant
Token by Brendon Foster-Algoo (TSV Award Winner)
Top Floor by Serena Lee
Windshield Wiper by Emily Rosamond
Saturday September 6th
Urban Encounters – the moments that make city-living worthwhile
Selected by Judy Gladstone:
“All the shorts in the 'Urban Encounters' program present the viewer with a reflection of daily life as it is, or a reminder of what it could be. These short films take only a minute to reveal to us the immense range of possibilities of human interaction throughout our day in a big, busy city”.
Alchemy by Marc Roussel
All Out War Trailer by Robert Pilichowski
Change by Carlo Ghioni and Isabella Stefanescu
Hi by Vinu Senthil
Homeless in Toronto by Katy Sems and Katie Meyer
How We Dance by Steve Reinke
Like No One’s Watching by Hayley Redpath and Scott Rogers
Rooftop Encounter by Raymond Ng
Smile by Christos Tsirbas
The Kissing Project by Anna-Lea Boeki (TSV Award Winner)
The Remains of the Date by James Teevan and Melissa Hood
Sunday September 7th
Urban Natural – the living city, both nurtured and oppressed
Selected by Brenda Longfellow:
"In our new age of environmentalism, the city takes on a whole different complexion: as a carbon intensive nightmare of car culture and smog days, paradise paved over to put up a parking lot. These films about nature in the city sing a whole different tune about the whole buzzing, rooting, fecund persistence of the natural world springing to unlikely life between the cracks in the pavement, about humans imitating nature, and about gardens blooming in the most unlikely of places.”
33 Revolutions by Dan Sacco
Cherry Beach by Denise Duric
Coronation Park by Kim Derko and Su Rynard (TSV Award Winner)
Deer…Foraging by Leila Armstrong and Chai Duncan
Eddie's Revenge by Ariana Andrei
Gayla's Garden by Stacey Dodge
Proliferation by Derek Sookdeo
Sewing the City Green by Robert Marks and Audrey Lawson
Spring by Stefan Petranek
Tall Grasses by Emily Rosamond
The Spit by Lemei Koo
Monday September 8th
Urban Travels - from taking public transit to practicing Parkour
Selected by Robert Ouellette:
“The entries in the travel category illustrate that traveling does not necessarily mean leaving your city, or even your neighborhood. Travel is the adventure we all engage in when moving from one place to another—even going to work or visiting your favourite Toronto park. The creative amongst us are able to turn those conventional, even predictable experiences into a film minute that are adventures in their own right. Enjoy them.”
9 Days by TO Roadie
Bloor Viaduct by David Frankovich
Drive by Stan Krzyzanowski
Last Stop by Jessie Lam
Me and My Bicycle by Lucas Cheong
Rainy Day by Andres Victorero Rey
Ramblers: Halifax Synchronized Bike Team by Rebecca Singer
Subway Fantasy by Jonathan Robbins
Terminus by Christopher Ernst and Geoffrey Alan Rhodes
Walk by Brian Gotro
We took the Gardiner by Rachel Conduit (TSV Award Winner)
Tuesday September 9th
Urban Fears – the darker side of living in a metropolis
Selected by Jason St-Laurent:
“Media artists from Toronto and afar explore urban fears in fascinatingly diverse ways. From cranky zombies in search of coffee to animations of consumerism gone wild in Hogtown, these short works sure pack a punch.”
Black Handed Man by David Rendall
Disposal World by Lena Chun
Infestation by Nathan Saliwonchyk and Anuta Skrypnychenko
Losing Streak by Cameron Moffat and Daina Hodgson (TSV Award Winner)
Nocturne by Geneviève Sideleau
Positive Reinforcement Therapy by Michael Stecky
Privacy by Midi Onodera
Recursion by Sean Wilson
Sin Salida (No Way Out) by Andres Victorero Rey
Urban Zombies by Linda Matarasso
Withered City Soul by Nathan Zimmerman
Wednesday September 10th
Urban Growth – from skyscrapers to suburban sprawl
Selected by Richard Fung:
“We celebrate the healthy growth of a beautiful shrub, but we dread the malignant growth of cancer cells in our bodies. The videos in this program respond to the full range of meanings associated with urban growth: from the flowering of diversity in the metropolis to the blight of urban sprawl.”
Gerrard and Coxwell by Zaheed Mawani
Kinetic Graffiti by William Angus
Little Boxes by Sarah Alden
See-d-city by Karen Richardson
The Human by Elinor Whidden
TO, Our City by Jean-Pierre Joubert
Turcot Interchange by Karen Vanderborght
Urban Growth by Gil Gavreau
Urban Planning (lament for the city of Toronto) by Michelle Gay
Utopian by Jonathan Shaw
Your Ad Here by Jeremy Bailey (TSV Award Winner)
Thursday September 11th
Urban Secrets - stories about the hidden or forgotten city
Selected by Michelle Jacques:
"Through this program of films we see how many secrets our cities hold. Whether conveying forgotten histories or picturing the small, intimate moments that occur in city spaces, each of these films reveals an aspect of the urban experience that otherwise may have gone unnoticed."
77 Dunfield by Barbara Staulus
City Revenge by Faisal Anwar
Glide by Aubrey Reeves
I Could Never Forget You by Midi Onodera
Leonard's City by Nadia Tan
Outside the Box by Nick Fox-Gieg & Nicole Stamp (TSV Award Winner)
Requiem for Coney Island by Liss Platt
SPARK by Arlin Schaffel
Swingsite by Corwyn Lund
The City Tells by Steve Reinke
The Old Crick by Sonia Edworthy
