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On November 17th, 2009, we kicked off our fall season in Toronto, and things suddenly got so hectic that I no longer had time to write. Now I'm catching up. 

The first day of our Toronto run of festivals was at Marshall McLuhan CSS. We've been to McLuhan a few times, and it's always a blast. The volunteers are always amazing, and the turnout we had was pretty spectacular. Imagine 600 students attentively watchingMeatballs in a school gym outfitted with a huge screen and powerful digital projector? At McLuhan, they didn't need to imagine it. Meatballs was our Morning Gala, and REEL CANADA Executive Director Jack Blum was on hand along with REEL CANADA Facilitator Norma Dell'Agnese to answer questions after the film. Jack and Norma both happen to be stars of Meatballs, which is currently celebrating it's 30th anniversary, and remains one of Canada's most popular films ever. Read More...

Hi everyone,

We still haven't had time to sift through our photos and videos from the amazing day we had in Windsor earlier this week, but I wanted to update you on a great festival that we just had at Northern Secondary School in Toronto.

Northern is a REEL CANADA alumni - with two festivals under their belt, this year the school took on the challenge of mounting their own festival with a bit of help from us. The school organized their own projectors, screens and crew to staff the screening rooms, and showed four films today to a group of senior media, drama and English students. We provided REEL CANADA catalogues, DVDs, facilitators, lots of advice, and of course, help in finding some very cool guests. Read More...

My colleague Mark and I are currently at the train station in Windsor waiting for our ride back home after an amazing festival day here. It's been a long and really fantastic couple of days, so stay tuned here for photos and reports about it in the coming days.

Meanwhile, here's a little story for you. While setting up for our REEL CANADA Festival here in Windsor, I noticed a star for Colm Feore (a Windsor native) on their walk of fame: Read More...

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, we're launching our season with a nine school event in Windsor, Ontario, on Tuesday - in fact, less than three days away! 

We're heading out there on Monday November 9th to set up our travelling roadshow in the beautiful and historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Windsor. On the morning of November 10th, students from nine high schools across he public and Catholic school boards will be descending on the place to watch three films over the course of the day. Read More...

Dear friends,

It has been a very hectic summer and early fall at REEL CANADA headquarters. We've been busy moving into a fabulous new office (here's a picture I took of my desk, on my phone - I'm especially pleased about the amazing poster for the Canadian classic The Rowdyman that I managed to find - it stars Gordon Pinsent, who is also in the REEL CANADA film Away From Her):

It's been a while since we have written to you, so let me update you on our fabulous Fall Season plans.  Read More...