TFO's le Cinema Canadien to share festival class films with all of Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 2, 2014 /CNW/ - We hear so much of the excellence of French-Canadian films yet it can be hard to get out and see them. Now, on Monday's From October 6, to December 29, 2014, Le cinéma canadien/Canadian Cinema will present a selection of internationally acclaimed films such as Xavier Dolan's Cannes-selected 'J'ai Tué Ma Mère' and 'La Face Cachée de la Lune' by Robert Lepage to all viewers in French with English subtitles.
CinéTFO will make French Canadian films accessible to cinephile audiences through English subtitling, while Anglophone films like Away From Her, by Sarah Polley will be subtitled in French. In this way TFO is turning television into a portal to engage French and English speakers alike in 13 TIFF-class Canadian films, commercial free. It is like moving ones' favourite art-house theatre into the living room, without buying a ticket or waiting in a line-up.
"Offering these great Canadian films in a way both Anglophones and Francophones can experience and appreciate, is our way of straddling the two solitudes," says CinéTFO Host, Claudia Hébert. "We take great pride in the wide and diverse selection of global and local films we have curated for our nightly CinéTFO line-up and are able to show commercial-free."
CinéTFO will air Le cinéma canadien/Canadian Cinema Monday's at 9 p.m. Throughout the three-month series, TFO will also post a selection of the subtitled films on its website at www7.tfo.org/smarty-pantalon.
Throughout each week CinéTFO presents contemporary films in French, restored French classics and World Cinema from as far afield as Italy, Russia and Japan. CinéTFO airs on TFO, Monday to Friday at 9 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. with a double feature starting at 9 p.m. on Saturdays. For a complete listing of CinéTFO's Passeport CinéTFO please visit TFO.org.
Le Groupe Média TFO is a premium destination for children and audiences seeking educational and innovative content in French. It provides stimulating experiences and award-winning products on the cutting-edge of digital learning. It offers TFO, MiniTFO, and edululu.org, the first online evaluation service for educational apps in French and English.
To find TFO channels in your area please visit http://www3.tfo.org/comment-nous-capter.
Image with caption: "Cove Passeport Cinéma - J'ai tué ma mère by Xavier Dolan (CNW Group/Groupe Média TFO)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20141002_C7011_PHOTO_EN_42933.jpg
SOURCE: Groupe Média TFO
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