TJSFF 2011 Report!
April 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
Thank you for coming to the 8th Annual Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival 2011! This year’s festival welcomed more than 700 people in the audience over the 4 nights. We really appreciate your support and interest.
Thank you also to all those who were able to join us at the Closing Party. More than 70 guests came out to celebrate and mingle with other film lovers and our guest filmmaker from Japan, Rikiya Imaizumi, and his family. We hope you enjoyed too the Asahi beer and Wafu Japanese vinaigrette.
This year we tried something new with the TJSFF pre-event, co-hosted by the Japan Foundation. We were very pleased that more than 70 people were able to come on March 17th to watch films by Canadian and Japanese filmmakers and hear the artists from both countries talk about their work and the specific practices and challenges in making cinematic shorts. Thank you to all for the fascinating questions and conversations.
And thank you very much for your contributions to the Japan relief efforts. We put out a donation box at the theatre during the festival and we received $513.05 over the 3 nights, which is being donated to the Japan Red Cross.
In wrapping up the 8th Annual TJSFF, we would like to thank again all of the people who continue to help make the festival happen, in particular our enthusiastic volunteers, our important sponsors, and of course our wonderful audience.
We are looking forward to seeing you all next time at the 9th Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival.
