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| Independent films about the cities we live in, the spaces we share, the obstacles we face and the people who are trying to make a difference. |
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| The Toronto Public Space Committee is dedicated to celebrating our shared common spaces, and protecting them from political erosion, commercial influence, and privatisation. Our annual fundraising film series raises awareness about urban issues through the power of film. Welcome, and we hope your eyes will be opened, your mind awakened, and your heart moved. WINTER SEASON OPENS NOV 23 WITH THE CANADIAN PREMIERE OF "TWO SQUARE MILES" CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS! |
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| WHAT'S NEW |
Latest updates and breaking news about the Streets to Screens Film Series: • Nov 16: The winter season schedule is now online. • Nov 12: Cavan Young's documentary short Citizen Z has been added to our Grassroots Democracy programme. Cavan Young will be in attendance! • Nov 10: Thanks to everyone who came to close out our fall series at the Toronto Free Gallery last night! The Canadian premiere of Barbara Ettinger's Two Square Miles has been announced as the opening feature of our winter season, which kicks off Nov 23 at the Bloor with our Grassroots Democracy programme. Older news archived below. Found an article about us? Written one? Tell us! Email Kali Pearson, the Streets to Screens publicist. |
| DATES & TIMES |
The 2006/07 Streets to Screens Film Series will take place over two seasons: Fall Season, August 24, 2006-November 9, 2006 Launch Party: August 24 Regular Screenings: August 31, September 28, October 26 at the Bloor Cinema Bonus Screenings: September 21, October 12, November 9 at the Toronto Free Gallery Winter Season: November 16, 2006-February 8, 2007 Programme Online: November 16 Regular Screenings: November 23, December 28, February 1 at the Bloor Cinema Bonus Screenings: December 14, January 11, February 8 at the Toronto Free Gallery Screening dates subject to change. Check the Streets To Screens website frequently for the latest information! Films at the Bloor Cinema will start at 7pm and will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and a panel discussion with the audience and invited guests. Bonus screening films at the Toronto Free Gallery will start at 7:30pm. |
| PROGRAMMING | 2006 Fall Season Schedule now available online! 2006 Winter Season Schedule now available online Accredited members of the press may request a press kit by sending an email to Kali Pearson, the Streets to Screens publicist. |
| VENUES | Streets to Screens will take place in two venues this year: Bloor Cinema 506 Bloor Street West (just east of Bathurst) 416 516 2331 www.bloorcinema.com and Toronto Free Gallery 660 Queen St East (at Carroll St, between Broadview & the Don River) 416 913 0461 www.torontofreegallery.org |
| TICKETING | Tickets for screenings at the Bloor Cinema are $9 and will be available at the venue box office starting at 6pm the night of the screening. Bonus screenings at the Toronto Free Gallery are free or PWYC with a suggested donation of $3. The gallery will open at 7pm for mingling and conversation with the screenings starting at around 7:30pm. |
| NEWS ARCHIVE | Archived news about the Streets to Screens Film Series: • 27 Oct: An amazing panel and great turnout for our Traffic Tales programme! Thanks to everyone who participated and attended. Special thanks to the community groups who sent representatives, including Hamish Wilson from Take The Tooker, Bruce Ward and the Toronto Coalition for Active Transport, and transportation writer Ed Drass from the GTA Transit Summit. Last bonus screening programme of the fall season, The City and the Future, takes place November 9 at the Toronto Free Gallery. • 26 Oct: Paul Matthews plugs tonight's Traffic Tales programme on Toronto Life's movie blog The Screening Room. Thanks Paul! • 25 Oct: One day 'til our Traffic Tales programmme and we're all over the blogosphere! Matt Thomas, writing about our film night on BlogTO, calls the Toronto Public Space Committee "amazing folks...pretty much one of the great treasures of Toronto." Meanwhile, Ron Nurwisah sparks much visitor commentary on our screening over at Torontoist. Thanks Matt & Ron! • 24 Oct: Maogosha Pyjor (Community Bicycle Network), joins the panel at our Traffic Tales programme. Maogosha has just returned from Colombia and will no doubt have great perspective on Clarence Eckerson Jr's documentary short "A Conversation With Enrique Peñalosa", which is also screening in its Canadian premiere! • 23 Oct: Les Kelman, Traffic Management Centre Director for the City of Toronto's Transportation Services Division, joins the panel at our Traffic Tales programme. • 19 Oct: We're on the This Magazine blog today for our Traffic Tales programme. Thanks Mason! • 13 Oct: Yvonne Bambrick (Streets Are For People/PSKensington) joins the panel at our Traffic Tales programme. • 18 Sep: On CBC Radio One 99.1FM, Metro Morning's Tori Allen says Streets to Screens is What's Goin' On This Week! (web archive here) • 31 Aug: Great turnout for our first screening and panel at the Bloor Cinema! Programming announced for our first bonus screening — click here for details! • 30 Aug: Our Housing In Crisis programme is on The Spacing Wire. • 29 Aug: Two days to our Housing In Crisis programme...and pictures from our launch party in the park are here • 25 Aug: Wow! More than 200 people attended our screening under the stars! Thanks to everyone who came out to kickoff our campaign and raise funds for the Toronto Public Space Committee. • 24 Aug: Heads Up! We're one of Eye Weekly's best bets in their Heads Up City feature. • 23 Aug: Toronto Life's movie blog The Screening Room calls us "a perfect cinematic antidote" to a certain, better-known, other film festival. • 23 Aug: The Fall Season Launch Party is one day away! Read all about us on Torontoist (thanks to Ron) and The Spacing Wire (thanks to Dylan!) • 21 Aug: We've been posted to Martino's Bike Lane Diary — thanks Tino! • 18 Aug: DJs announced for our Fall Season Launch After-Party, and we're selected by the Globe & Mail's "7" section as their pick for August 24! (See archive here) • 14 Aug: We welcome aboard CIUT 89.5 FM as an official promotional partner. • 11 Aug: Former Tent City resident Rainer "Dri" Driemeyer joins the panel at our Housing In Crisis programme. • 10 Aug: Harvey Stein, Manager of Homelessness & Housing Help at WoodGreen, joins the panel at our Housing In Crisis programme. • 09 Aug: We're in the Toronto Star! Read the archive here • 09 Aug: Michael Shapcott, Sr Fellow in Public Policy at The Wellesley Institute, joins the panel at our Housing In Crisis programme. • 08 Aug: Programming for the Fall Season Launch Party screening in Bellevue Square Park announced — see details here • 03 Aug: Constance Exley of Planners For Tomorrow joins the panel at our Traffic Tales programme. |
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