Toronto Star Industry Picks

0 Comments POSTED: September 4, 2006 14:10 | By: Thom Powers
SUGAR-CURTAIN.jpgThe Toronto Star critic Peter Howell polled several industry luminaries about the TIFF films they're most looking forward to seeing. There were 49 picks in all. Here are some of the documentaries named...

[Right : Sugar Curtain, one of B. Ruby Rich's picks to watch]

Matt Dentler, festival producer, South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival:

Kurt Cobain About A Son, AJ Schnack: "I've been following this film for months and, in so many ways, it sounds like an amazing anti-rockumentary.

Office Tigers, Liz Mermin: "An East meets West look at corporate office culture directed by Liz Mermin? I'll be first in line."

Piers Handling, TIFF co-director/CEO:

EMPz 4 Life, Allan King: "The world-famous documentary filmmaker who lives right here in Toronto takes on the explosive subject of race, guns and the Summer of Violence that our city experienced last year ? a must-see for anyone who cares about the future of T.O."

Eugene Hernandez, editor-in-chief/co-founder, indieWIRE.com:

Kurt Cobain About A Son: "The life and times of one of my favourite artists, in his own words."

Bill Marshall, TIFF co-founder:

"Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution, Nader Takmil Homayoun: "If the closest we can get to understanding Iran is 60 Minutes and Mike Wallace, don't you think it's worth learning something about one of Islam's rising nuclear powers?

"The White Planet: "Ah, co-productions, the saviour of Canadian film! Watch The White Planet and learn all the inconvenient truths from Thierry Piantanida and Thierry Ragobert, who'll both be here."

David Poland, editor, MovieCityNews.com:

Deliver Us From Evil, Amy Berg, ?A doc that feels like a feature film, thanks to the Hannibal Lechter of pedophile priest documentaries, Oliver O'Grady. Be prepared to be overwhelmed."

B. Ruby Rich, film critic/professor, UC Santa Cruz:

"The Sugar Curtain, Camila Guzman Urzua: "Cuba is more in the news than ever this year, and who better to enlighten us than a young woman who grew up there and just might have inherited part of her mission from a dad (Patricio) who's done a bit of historical tracking himself?"

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