Category: Membership renewals

Deadline: March 6th, 2017 – TAIS is seeking submissions of animated film and video works by Toronto and GTA artists. This program will present narrative or experimental animation films or projects, up to 10 minutes in length. Submissions can be recently completed works, or projects created years ago. The primary interest of this program is to prioritize the…

April and the Extraordinary World Directors: Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci @ Co-presented with TAIS  Saturday, November 26, 2016 @ 11:15 am 14th Annual Regent Park Film Festival 585 Dundas Street East Free Admission & Free Childcare France/Belgium/Canada • 2014 • Rated PG • RT 106:00 •  French with English subtitles   Orphan April and her talking cat Darwin are the…

Presented by Pleasure Dome Co-presented by TAIS and the CFMDC Saturday, December 3, 2016 @ 7:30 pm Doors, 8pm Screening CineCycle – 129 Spadina Avenue $8/ $5 Members + Students Madi Piller has worked diligently and with a great appetite for the past fifteen years, working up her hybrid chops, mix-mastering a rigorous, emulsion-based formalism with a commitment to process…

Window Horses Director: Ann Marie Fleming @ Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Presented with the support of TAIS as a Community Partner  Wednesday, November 16, 2016 @ 8:30 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 2 350 King Street West Canada • 2016 • Rated G • RT 88:00 • English, Mandarin and Farsi with English subtitles Rosie Ming is a 20-year-old poet who lives…

  New experimental and installative works exploring frame anomalies as a new frontier within animated art making. November 10, 2016 – December 16, 2016 Featuring new works by: Becka Barker Leslie Bell Marten Berkman Philippe Blanchard Stephen Broomer Sabrina Ratté Nicolas Sassoon Curated by Madi Piller, with an essay by Clint Enns Opening Reception, November…

Tyrus Director: Pamela Tom @ Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Presented with the support of TAIS as a Community Partner  Saturday, November 12, 2016 @ 12:00 pm AGO Jackman Hall 317 Dundas Street West McCaul Street entrance USA • 2015 •  PG • RT 73:00 • English • Canadian Premiere In 1920, a young Tyrus Wong and his father emigrated from China to California. Upon…

Seoul Station Director: Yeon Sang-Ho @ Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Presented with the support of TAIS as a Community Partner  Saturday, November 12, 2016 @ 9:30 pm AGO Jackman Hall 317 Dundas Street West McCaul Street entrance South Korea • 2016 • Rated 14A • RT 93:00 •  Korean with English subtitles • Toronto Premiere In this animated prequel to Yeon Sang-Ho’s…

Welcome to the House of Unconsciousness Artist Talk + Screening with Estonian Animator Priit Tender November 5, 2016 3pm, PWYC CineCycle 129 Spadina Ave. (Alleyway Coach House) Join TAIS for an afternoon with Priit Tender, Estonian master animator and international award winner. TAIS is very pleased to welcome Priit Tender to Toronto. Tender will present an artist talk on his…

Torrey Pines FEATURE FILM & PERFORMANCE by Clyde Petersen with Your Heart Breaks November 3, 2016 8PM Doors, 8:30PM Start | PWYC (Suggested $5) | All Ages event (13+) Presented by TAIS at Double Double Land 209 Augusta Ave, Kensington Market TAIS is thrilled to host Torrey Pines! Torrey Pines is both a new stop-motion animated…

Little Spells Wednesday, October 26, 8pm, PWYC Presented by TAIS in PIX Film Gallery 1411 Dufferin St. Unit C Little Spells brings together recent Canadian and international animated short films exploring dream-like states and nocturnal magic. Featuring work by TAIS Members, artists Ashley LoRusso, Laura Dobson, and Susan Wolf, alongside work by artists Andy Kennedy, Magnus Lenneskog, Gabriel…