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Toronto Film Fest Celebrates New Directors
2004-08-04
TORONTO - Eric Stoltz and Jennifer Tilly are among the stars featured in movies by emerging Canadian filmmakers at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.The festival, which will run Sept. 9-18, will include Don McKellar's ``Childstar,'' starring Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dave Foley and Gill Bellows, and ``Saint Ralph,'' directed by Michael McGowan and starring Tilly, Campbell Scott and Gordon Pinsent. The festival puts Canadian ``cinema and emerging filmmakers at the very front and center of one of the grandest stages for films today,'' Noah Cowan, co-director of the festival, said Tuesday. Other Canadian films include Bruce McDonald's ``The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess'' and Andre Forcier's ``Acapulco Gold.'' The festival also announced that Olivier Assayas' ``Clean,'' starring Nick Nolte, would have its North American premiere at the festival. Organizers hope to schedule more than 300 films from 50 countries on 21 screens during the two-week event. The full listing is expected by late August. AP On the Net: http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2004/default.asp
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