Shinsedai Cinema Festival

If you're in Toronto and looking for a warm-up to TIFF, check out the new Shinsedai Cinema Festival, on next weekend, from Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23, 2009. The festival will be held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre at 6 Garamond Court (just around Wynford Drive and the Don Valley Parkway), and features new, independent Japanese films. There are 12 feature-length films, a number of shorts, a round table discussion on Sunday (which is free), and a number of special guests. I hope to be able to catch a film or two that weekend.

Individual tickets are $12, or you can buy 5 for $50, or 12 for $105.

Check out the festival site for more details: http://shinsedai-fest.com/

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