[url=http://expcinema.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&I... Highlights from the TIFF[/url]

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At the Toronto International FIlm Festival (TIFF), experimental cinema grows stronger year after year. This year's edition, running from September 7th to the 16th , holds the sixth edition of its [b]Wavelengths[/b] programme. Wavelengths (in homage to canadian artist Michael Snow), is devoted exclusively to experimental cinema, in its creator's words, "showcasing works by artists who use the medium as a means of personal expression to explore cinema's unique temporal, tactile, and aural qualities.". Among the works displayed in the [url=http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/wavelengths.asp?id=4 ]programme[/url], there are the new works by [b]Peter Tscherkassky[/b], [b]Matthias Müller[/b], [b]Lawrence Jordan[/b], [b]Cynthia Madansky[/b] and [b]Abbas Kiarostami[/b].

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Out of programme and in a one time only screening next September 8th, [b]Guy Maddin[/b] will premiere his new film [i]Brand[/i][i] Upon The Brain![/i]. The screening, that will have no previous press pass or follow-ups, ill be shown with a live narrator, two on-stage foley artists, a castrato, and an 11 instruments orchestra, conducted by the composer of the film music, Jason Staczek. [i]Brand upon the brain![/i] is defined as a film in "equal parts childhood reminiscence, expressionist horror movie, teen
detective serial and Grand Guignol reverie". You may find more details in the [url=http://www.moviecitygeek.com/arrays/butb_pk.pdf ]press kit[/url].