The Toronto International Film Festival ® is coming into the town.
The 30th, the 3rd in the World, and the third for us.
Ten days that could shake your imagination from Thursday, September 8 to Saturday, September 17, 2005.

Looking forward to meet interesting people like an internationally acclaimed sculptor Uga Drava (the gargoyles on the Mississauga One Park Tower are his) or an internationally acclaimed moviefreak Girish (his blog will show you the best moments of the TIFF).
Thank you Mbabazi, Chris, Lucy, Dan, Steven, Anja for having us as volunteers for the fest.
TIFF is the best place to volunteer and meet old and new friends like Zjenia and Margarita, Ludmila and Volodia, Lili and Volodia, Patricia, Peggy, Yuryi, Marina.

Some media stats:

The 30th Toronto International Film Festival showcases 335 films from 52 countries, including 256 features, of which 84 per cent or 109 are world, international, or North American premieres, and 67 features are directorial debuts.
Visit the Festival's Official website at www.bell.ca/filmfest or call the Bell Infoline at 416-968-FILM.

What is on my list this year:
Film search for all of the Russian movie directors

Bed Stories
(Postelnye Stseny)

Programme: VISIONS
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Country: Russia
Year: 2004
Language: Russian
Time: 70 minutes
Film Types: Colour/Digital Betacam

SCREENING TIMES:
Thursday, September 15 6:15 PM ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
Friday, September 16 2:45 PM VARSITY 7

SCREENING WITH:
Twilight

Twilight
(Sumerki)

Programme: VISIONS
Director: Victoria Gamburg
Country: USA/Russia
Year: 2005
Language: Russian
Time: 21 minutes
Film Types: Colour/Digital Betacam

Dreaming of Space
(Kosmos Kak Predchuvstvie)

Programme: CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Director: Alexey Uchitel
Country: Russia
Year: 2005
Language: Russian
Time: 90 minutes
Film Types: Colour/35mm

SCREENING TIMES:
Wednesday, September 14 7:30 PM VARSITY 1
Wednesday, September 14 7:30 PM VARSITY 6
Friday, September 16 9:45 AM VARSITY 1

The Sun
(Solntse)

Programme: MASTERS
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Country: Russia/Italy/France/ Switzerland
Year: 2005
Language: Japanese, English
Time: 110 minutes
Film Types: Colour/35mm

SCREENING TIMES:
Friday, September 09 9:15 AM PARAMOUNT 1
Saturday, September 10 1:30 PM ISABEL BADER THEATRE

Oh, almoust forgot, for all who loves Russian ballet:

Ballets Russes

Programme: REAL TO REEL
Director: Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Language: English
Time: 118 minutes
Film Types: Colour/BW/35mm
Rating: PG

SCREENING TIMES:
Thursday, September 08 7:45 PM VARSITY 2
Thursday, September 08 7:45 PM VARSITY 3
Saturday, September 10 3:15 PM PARAMOUNT 1

One more film search with the keyword "russia":

I am
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska - Poland (studied at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow)
VISIONS
SCREENING TIMES:
Saturday, September 10 7:30 PM VARSITY 2
Monday, September 12 5:00 PM JACKMAN HALL THEATRE - AGO

Kinetta
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos - Greece
DISCOVERY
(In the off-season after all the tourists have left for home, there is a sudden spate of murders. An unnamed plain-clothes cop (Kostas Xikominos) with a pathological weakness for luxury cars and naughty Russian women investigates the killings.)
SCREENING TIMES:
Friday, September 09 5:30 PM JACKMAN HALL THEATRE - AGO
Sunday, September 11 12:45 PM CUMBERLAND 2
Friday, September 16 4:00 PM VARSITY 4

The District!
Director: Áron Gauder - Hungary
MIDNIGHT MADNESS
(Richie and his pals build a time machine, go back to the Stone Age and arrange for mammoths to be buried on the future site of their ghetto. They then return to the present to reap the rewards. Naturally, they don’t pull off the scheme without a snag: the oil fields attract the ire of the international community including Vladimir Putin (who uses the district’s Russian hookers as spies), the Pope, President George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden (who is hiding out in the basement of a local falafel shop)
SCREENING TIMES:
Tuesday, September 13 11:59 PM RYERSON
Thursday, September 15 12:15 PM VARSITY 4
Thursday, September 15 12:15 PM VARSITY 5

The Porcelain Doll
Director: Péter Gárdos - Hungary (began making films while studying Russian and Hungarian literature and linguistics at Eötvös Loránd (ELTE) University.)
VISIONS
SCREENING TIMES:
Tuesday, September 13 8:00 PM VARSITY 2
Thursday, September 15 9:30 AM CUMBERLAND 1
Saturday, September 17 9:15 PM CUMBERLAND 4

OK, one more film:

Dreaming Lhasa

Programme: DISCOVERY
Director: Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam
Country: India/United Kingdom
Year: 2005
Language: Tibetan, English
Time: 91 minutes
Film Types: Colour/35mm
(For many in the West, Tibet is the last romantic place left on earth. But beyond the stately mountain ranges, saffron robes and timeless traditions lies a struggle unfolding very much in the here and now. Dreaming Lhasa is the first film to capture both the majesty of Tibetan Buddhist culture and the complexity of its ties to the outside world. Dub reggae, family honour and the CIA all have their place here.)
SCREENING TIMES:
Monday, September 12 6:00 PM PARAMOUNT 2
Wednesday, September 14 10:00 AM PARAMOUNT 3
Friday, September 16 9:00 AM ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

Now it's your time...

Светлой памяти нашей матери
Серебренниковой Елизаветы Леонтьевны
18 сентября 1911 -7 августа 2005


Мотылек

Л. Модзалевский

Расскажи, мотылек,
Чем живешь ты дружок?
Как тебе не устать
День-деньской все порхать?

- Я живу средь лугов
В блеске летнего дня;
Ароматы цветов –
Вот вся пища моя!

Но короток мой век, –
Он не долее дня;
Будь же добр, человек,
И не трогай меня!

Butterfly-1

L. Modzalevsky

Tell me, Butterfly,
How is the life treating you, my Buddy?
Haven'’t you tired yet?
To flit around for the whole day?

- I live among meadows
Under the shining sun;
Fragrances of flowers,–
Here is all my food!

But my era is short
- It is not longer than a day;
Be kind, Good Fellow,
And don'’t touch me.

Butterfly-2

L. Modzalevsky

Tell me, my Butterfly
How are getting you by?
Haven'’t you tired now,
To flit all day around?

"“I dwell amongst the meadows
In the dazzling sun fire;
And flavors of the flowers–
Is the only my diet.

But my life is like a dream
It is less than a day;
So, be kind Pilgrim
And let me fly away"”

Live and Learn

Among of zillions of blogs on the Blogger you can comb clicking on the Next Blog button, I came across one refreshingly sane and colorful Rurality blog.
So, I realized, that even we live maybe not inexact lush settings such as Alabama but for a big Urban sprawl as Toronto, we are not doing so bad with our organic vegetable garden, sauna, and evening tea party with a samovar and slow- cooking food made out of our own produce.
So there are a Black Russian reddish ("red'ka" good for your spleen), cherry tomatoes (native American), and yellow beans, just few of vegetables available right now.

Живи Проще

Среди огромных количеств блогов, которые вы можете прочесать на Блогере нажимая на указатель «Next Blog», был найден освежающе позитивный и красочный блог «Сельский Час».

Может быть мы и не живем в таком прекрасном месте как Штат Алабама, но для такой большой «деревни» как Торонто, мы устроились не так уж и плохо с нашим маленьким огородиком, сауной, вечерним чаепитием с самоваром и монастырской пищей, приготовленной из овощей нашего собственного сада.

На фотографиях вы можете видеть русскую черную редьку (полезна для вашей селезенки), помидоры- вишни (коренные американцы), и желтые бобы, те овощи, что сейчас созрели.

TAGS

Slow-cooking Tea party Organic Russia

Credit Card Fraud Prevention

I got a voice mail yesterday from the Royal Bank Visa Security , when I was told that somebody in Manitoba used my Visa paying $$XXX.XX for housing.
OK, I called from my work and talked to a guy and he advised to destroy the card and assured me that they will deal with the situation.

Only after I hanged up, I realized that it could be a VOIP phone fraud as well.
So, I went to their Web site and, alright!

I couldn't find that 1-800 phone number I just had called.
Then I called a Consumer Contact number and they told me that number I have called is a valid one and they don't want to have it listed on the Web site.

So, now for all of you out there, please use as a precaution measure whenever you get a call, verify, whenever it's possible, its authenticity.
My 2 cents (Canadian).

Prophet Elias in Chariot created a huge scare in Toronto today, August the 2nd.
Today, according to Russian Orthodox tradition he runs up in the sky in his Chariot and throws down lightning. At the Pearson International airport an Air France airbus overshot the runway and crashed into the gully off 401 highway.
I was at the York Cemetery at this time discussing a purchase of a plot for us.
To get home it took almost an hour for me, cars from 401 overflowed into the city streets.
But I was so relieved to know that everybody is alive and well. This is a miracle!

Илья Пророк создал огромную панику в Торонто сегодня, 2-ого августа.
В русской мифологии он гремит в этот день по небу в своей колеснице и мечет молниями.
В Международном аэропорту Pearson аэробус Эр-Франс промахнулся мимо взлетно-посадочной полосы и врезался в обочину 401 шоссе.
Я была на Йоркском кладбище в это время, обсуждая закупку участка для нас. Чтобы вернуться домой потребовался для меня почти час, автомобили с 401 переполнили городские улицы. Но я была рада, что все спаслись.