Toronto
Glendyn Ivin
Just had a great week in Toronto. It's a cool city to visit and the festival itself is amazing, well organised, friendly and very passionate about cinema.
Last Ride screened three times to packed theaters (with the first screening Sold Out). For me it was great to screen the film to an audience that had no preconceptions of it as an 'Aussie film', and could just view it as 'A FILM'. The response was fantastic, and I had great feedback and conversations from punters directly after each screening.
I haven't discussed 'reviews' on this blog and I have generally avoided reading them, but it's been interesting reading some of the very positive international critiques coming off the Toronto screenings. Here are three that have been sent to me Movie Line, Twitch and Row Three.
Also some video clips of the Sunday Q & A. It's dark but the audio is clear...
The whole experience was great as I continued to learn more about this crazy yet amazing industry. I'm sure I have said this before, but I have learnt more about film making since I actually finished making the film...
On a totally geeky front with the help from my new friend Elisa and old friends Jane and Nick we tracked down a very important Toronto street from my childhood!