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Izvestia culture editor George Melikjanz describes some of the films from the U.S.S.R. that will be playing at the Festival of Festivals this year.
Izvestia culture editor George Melikjanz describes some of the films from the U.S.S.R. that will be playing at the Festival of Festivals this year.

Izvestia culture editor George Melikjanz describes some of the films from the U.S.S.R. that will be playing at the Festival of Festivals this year.

Date9/8/1989
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As director of the Festival of Festivals, Wayne Clarkson spends half the year raising money, the other half flying around the world looking at films. (...)
As director of the Festival of Festivals, Wayne Clarkson spends half the year raising money, the other half flying around the world looking at films. (...)
9/7/1982
Asian treasures: Leonard Schein, director of Toronto's highly successful Festival Of Festivals, has placed a traditional brass Buddha from India and a pair of brass desert teapots from China on the mantel in his living room
Asian treasures: Leonard Schein, director of Toronto's highly successful Festival Of Festivals, has placed a traditional brass Buddha from India and a pair of brass desert teapots from China on the mantel in his living room
8/12/1986
The far East: These days Chinese films are not much different from Western films, says Kwan Mok, the far East Theatre's executive assistant.
The far East: These days Chinese films are not much different from Western films, says Kwan Mok, the far East Theatre's executive assistant.
4/13/1987
Dom Petruccelli holds some of his film's orange sponge balls
Dom Petruccelli holds some of his film's orange sponge balls
5/24/1993
Troubled co-op: If Bob Down, UCO chairman (left), and Garth MacGirr, whose firm is overseeing a rescue, are looking a little wary, it could be because a firm official describes dealing with hungry creditors as a zoo where all the cages were left unlocked
Troubled co-op: If Bob Down, UCO chairman (left), and Garth MacGirr, whose firm is overseeing a rescue, are looking a little wary, it could be because a firm official describes dealing with hungry creditors as a zoo where all the cages were left unlocked
8/30/1984
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
7/10/1969
Self-help: A mini-society that will help individuals in trouble: That's how one administrator describes the student groups that meet with adult leader Ken Morris, left, at Downsview Secondary
Self-help: A mini-society that will help individuals in trouble: That's how one administrator describes the student groups that meet with adult leader Ken Morris, left, at Downsview Secondary
5/26/1980
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
6/9/1972
Fans of French actress Jeanne Moreau were given a treat at the film Festival of Festivals yesterday when she arrived to present her latest movie, Lumi(...)
Fans of French actress Jeanne Moreau were given a treat at the film Festival of Festivals yesterday when she arrived to present her latest movie, Lumi(...)
10/21/1976
A young violinist with much beauty and strength in his playing, is how Ronald Hambleton describes 15-year-old Victor Schultz, debut solo appearance wi(...)
A young violinist with much beauty and strength in his playing, is how Ronald Hambleton describes 15-year-old Victor Schultz, debut solo appearance wi(...)
7/16/1975
Mike Pilon: The owner of Oshawa's National Home Video stores objects to a court decision ruling 11 films were obscene and must be removed from stores
Mike Pilon: The owner of Oshawa's National Home Video stores objects to a court decision ruling 11 films were obscene and must be removed from stores
10/31/1983
Film Realism: Michael Gibbon, Imax's vicepresident of technology, wears special glasses to give films a three-dimensional effect.
Film Realism: Michael Gibbon, Imax's vicepresident of technology, wears special glasses to give films a three-dimensional effect.
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