By Marise Strauss for PLAYBACK:


Through makeshift movie theaters in classrooms and gymnasiums, 6,000 Toronto-area high school students are getting a front row view of films by Deepa Mehta, Jean-Marc Vallée, Allan King and others through the Reel Canada Film Festival. The second annual program, now partway through a four-week run ending March 9, aims to raise awareness among Hollywood-minded high school students about Canadian cinema through screenings and Q&A sessions with the filmmakers. Read More...