Sunday, September 14, 2008

Back from TIFF

Hey Y'all, I'm back from TIFF 08. What a crazy week it has been. It's my first time being on a winning team at one of these events and I have made a few observations...

-There is a two tier system: Hollywood and Canadian Cinema. Unfortunately we reached the upper echelons of the Canadian world but weren't able to crack through the stratosphere to hang out with Michael Cera and Zooey Deschanel.

-There is such a thing as too much free food and booze

-Naked Sushi is never a good idea.

-Is it possible for a show as lame-ass as E Talk to have a good party? I'll ad the caveat: Ben Mulroney was in attendance.

-The Holiday Inn on King has gone all Boutique hotel on our asses. Gone are such frivolities as storage space and ergonomics.

-I was overly optimistic about doing one video podcast a day. Being a social animal I got caught up in the networking and all night parties. I will be posting three more on this blog very soon.

-The programmers at TIFF are the nicest and coolest people ever. For those of you who don't know who I speak of they are: Jesse Wente, Matthew Hays, and Steven Gravestock. They were are personal guides to the event and just the most accommodating folks you could ask for.

-Mona and I need to come back there some day with a film of our own.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

When Life Was Good at TIFF 08

In anticipation of the When Life Was Good entourage going to Toronto, I put together a 3 minute video. Check it at Vimeo...


When Life Was Good at TIFF 08 - #01 Prequel from When Life Was Good on Vimeo.

The next one should be up early morning on September 5th and then every day after that until the 9th if I can keep up.