Comments for Canadian news. Real. http://canadarealnews.wordpress.com Presenting observations and analyses of Canadian issues in the news, or that should be. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on TIFF and the political economy of Canadian films by Matthew Hays http://canadarealnews.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/the-political-economy-of-canadian-films/#comment-91 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:08:00 +0000 http://canadarealnews.wordpress.com/?p=215#comment-91 This is a very well written, thoughtful article. As a former programmer at TIFF in the Canadian features section, however, I can say that the fest does its level best to promote and pump up Canadian film and talent. This puts the fest in a tough spot: how to be the festival for everyone? It ultimately works along the lines of Vanity Fair magazine: put the Hollywood starlet on the cover to move copies off stands, while using that star power to fuel thoughtful, smart journalism inside. While Clooney and Madonna do get the lion’s share of attention in the press, the hope is that with everyone flocking to TIFF, that will lead to people buying tickets to other films, including low-budget Canadian ones.
This is an age-old dilemma, and it’s just become even more complicated, what with the collapse of the independent film market in the US and everywhere (due primarily to the Internet, which makes piracy of films dead easy) and the shrinkage of mainstream news organizations, which now, with even less space then they had before, will tend towards a piece about Madonna purportedly dissing TIFF volunteers rather than an interview with a Canadian director premiering their feature debut. Much of that, obviously, is completely out of TIFF’s hands.
And you’re right: Cam Haynes has done great work, and the Film Circuit is a brilliant idea, one TIFF should be commended for running.

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