Now playing: Toronto festival titles – Hollywood Reporter

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August 29, 2007 6:51 pm
By: tiffreviews

Hollywood Reporter, United States - In a bid to build word-of-mouth for its top picks, the Toronto International Film Festival is holding its first-ever advance press screenings in Los Angeles and New York this week. A festival spokeswoman said Wednesday that the screenings are designed to give U.S. writers a head start reviewing Toronto titles before the festival’s official opening Sept. 6. Films unspooling at the Wilshire Screening Room in Los Angeles this week include Canadian director Richie Mehta’s “Amal,” a drama set in India that bows next week in Toronto. “As a producer of a film, you hope that the press and industry will get out to see the film at the festival. That’s not always the case, and the fact that Toronto is pro-active and screening ‘Amal’ ahead of the festival is a good thing,” the film’s producer David Miller said Wednesday… [Full Story]

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