Netflix secures global rights to Justin Timberlake concert documentary

 Justin Timberlake on Hudson’s Bay striped carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the premiere of Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids, during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 13, 2016.
Photo credit: George Pimentel Photography

By Sonya Davidson

Justin Timberlake is in town for the Toronto International Film Festival for the world premiere of the film Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids. While the tickets are already pretty much sold out for all the screenings during TIFF, we were given confirmation last week that the film will actually be airing worldwide starting October 12 on Netflix.

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TIFF's premiere of LION and how it brings us home

 

By Sonya Davidson (above photo courtesy of TIFF)

There is much buzz already with the World Premiere of Garth Davis's LION here at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The first screening apparently received a standing ovation and the trailer is enough to have me go through several tissues. 

The film stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) in the lead adult role in the real life story of Saroo Brierley who was separated from his family at four years old in rural India. Based on his book A Long Way Home, Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometres across India away from his home and family. Saroo learns to survive alone in Kolkata before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. 

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TIFFxPOP features high-end VR experiences from around the world

By Sonya Davidson

This summer TIFF brings virtual reality experience in a series of pop-up installations. Part 2 opens July 15 to 17, 2016 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Titled POP 02: VR + Empathy + Real-World Storytelling is all about real-life storytelling. Experiences are through the eyes of someone else and seeing things from another person's perspective. Installations offer human emotional connections along side technology. A look at how virtual reality meets real life. 

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digiPlaySpace: an interactive playground for kids

 

By Sonya Davidson

The fourth annual digiPlaySpace exhibition is getting ready to wow kids, families and interactive media lovers once again. The award-winning, hands-on technology playground opens to the public at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto from March 7 to April 19, 2015. It's a definite must see & do in the city!

The 2015 exhibition features engaging interactive fun stations created by some of the world's most innovative gaming, robotics, artists and app developers. Numerous installations are making world premiere's here at digiPlaySpace.

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