Toronto Mediatheque
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A film experience
The Toronto Mediatheque is a centre for media literacy and a public access point for groundbreaking films from the NFB and around the world. The NFB Mediatheque's digital viewing stations, educational programming, screenings and special events have attracted more than 500,000 visitors since its doors opened in 2002.
What's happening
March 16 2010
TAKE FILM INTO YOUR OWN HANDS
Adult Animation Workshop Presented in partnership with the Images Festival FREE Workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn about the history of the National Film Board, and experience...
March 17 2010
A WORLD OF SHORTS - Spotlight on Animation
Cartoons aren't just for kids! Indulge in wildly innovative character studies, surreal political commentaries, and expressive experimental pieces. THE NATURE OF BATTLE Nat Dart | Canada, 2008 | 3 minutes...
March 15 to 18 2010
FINDING FARLEY - March Break screenings for families
Directed by Leanne Allison, 2009, 63 minutes An invitation from Farley Mowat begins Leanne Allison (Being Caribou) and Karsten Heuer's journey overland from Calgary to Cape Breton, retracing the iconic...
New Releases
OVER 5,500 FILMS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Settle into a custom screening on our Digital Viewing Stations. Experience hard-hitting documentaries, innovative animations, short films that are long on impact, new releases, archival footage, cinema classics and award winners of every genre.
Our collection includes recent Oscar winners The Danish Poet and Ryan, classics such as The Log Driver’s Waltz and The Sweater plus the acclaimed documentaries Tiger Spirit and Shake Hands with the Devil.
Only $2 per person per day! Free for kids 12 and under.
New films include:
Passchendaele
114 min
Director: Paul Gross
Set during the height of WWI, Passchendaele tells the story of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse with whom he falls in love. When Sarah's younger asthmatic brother David (Joe Dinicol) signs up to fight, Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David, like thousands of Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a battle against impossible odds, commonly known as Passchendaele.
Night Mayor
10 min
Director: Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin's latest fantastical film is the story of inventor Nihad Ademi, who harnesses the power of the Aurora Borealis in 1939 Winnipeg. Ademi uses the power to broadcast images of Canada to its own citizens from coast to coast, but in the process angers the government.
