Hollywood and The International Film Festival Toronto

Now that the International Film Festival Toronto 2007 is over, it's time to take a look at some of the independent films that have won major awards and lapped at the center of the attention of advertising. As usual, there were a lot of films with Hollywood stars and big film production budgets attached to those who have received much publicity. But there were also some small independent films that managed to win prizes in one of the three major film festivals of the world.

The International Film Festival of Toronto is considered by mainstream Hollywood film industry people to be a jumping off point to the long and difficult season awards, which eventually ends with the largest film festival of all, the Oscars. Many big studios and stars disguised as independent filmmakers to enter their films in Toronto for advertising at the beginning of the season in the hope that Oscar buzz is created on the film and the stars together.

Sean Penn began his film Into the Wild, a film about a college graduate named Chris McCandles leaves the civilized world behind and embarks on a journey of nature through the wilderness of Alaska. Cate Blanchett was in two films at Toronto International Film Festival film. A film was about Elizabeth I and the other was on Bob Dylan. Veteran film festival circuit and a perennial candidate, Academy Awards, she and the studios supporting his films know very well the value of advertising at the beginning that is generated in this film festival.

Tommy Lee Jones was also in two films at Toronto International Film Festival film. One is a film Joel and Ethan Cohen called No Country for Old Men in which he plays a sheriff chasing a killer. The film was written by Paul Haggis, who also wrote the screenplay recent winner of the best film Oscar Billion Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood. Haggis also directed the Oscar winning film for Best Picture Crash.

While the Toronto International Film Festival film is one of the world's largest and most publicized film festivals up there with the Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film, it still manages to be friendly Independent Filmmakers who make small independent films with unique and intriguing stories.

Chris Chong Chan won the award for best Canadian short film with its pool movie, a movie underestimated about rising above traumatic experiences in life. The main character of this film is a water tank, hence the title. This up and coming young independent filmmaker won a $ 10,000 price for this independent film.

The award for Best Canadian First Feature Film was for a movie called Continental, A Film Without Rifle by Stéphane Lafleur. A movie called Rodrigo Pio Zone won the international critics. This is an award that is presented annually to the film festival to an independent filmmaker whose career is beginning to emerge in the scene of the film.

One of the best things about the Toronto International Film Festival film is that they allow the public to participate in a part of the voting process for the awards. The highest award of this type is popular Cadillac Choice Award. This year the prize was awarded to the independent filmmaker David Cronenberg for his film Eastern Promises. Cronenberg is a true independent filmmaker who managed to have a very successful career while working outside the traditional film industry in Hollywood. His unique and sometimes bizarre films such as The Fly, Dead Ringers and A History of Violence received numerous awards and earned him great status in the world of independent film.

While big Hollywood stars like Sean Penn, Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones received much attention in the International Film Festival Toronto 2007 were smaller independent filmmakers such as Chris Chong Chan I, and Stéphane Lafleur Rodrigo Pio that really well in this case 10 days. They are true independent filmmakers who made films about subjects that major movie studios are not willing to invest in the fear business failure. They made films that represent the true essence of independent filmmaking and was able to share the limelight with famous filmmakers and movie stars.

For stubborn upcoming independent filmmaker and it's an opportunity to show his film to the public and leverage your career as an independent filmmaker.

It is a strange mix of famous people who want to be on top and stay on top of the Hollywood film industry of the game and obscure independent filmmakers who want to make films for life, but most important, mean original stories, creative and persuasive.