YORK UNIVERSITY'S FILM EXPERTS COMING SOON TO A FILM FESTIVAL NEAR YOU

TORONTO, September 11, 1998 --If you are looking for expert commentary, analysis and criticism during this year's Toronto International Film Festival, look no further:

Tereza Barta teaches film production at York University, and has extensive experience as a director, writer, researcher and editor. She has written and directed for the Romanian and Austrian film boards, and at CBC Radio-Canada in Montreal. Her films have been screened at festivals in Spain, Germany, Bucharest, Chicago and Montreal, and she won a Gemini award in 1994 for her documentary, Chez nous, c'est nous ici. She is available to discuss European cinema (particularly Eastern European and French film), and Canadian cinema. She can also comment on women in film, political film, and social documentaries. Barta is fluent in French, Italian and Romanian and will be attending this year's Festival. She can be reached at (416) 736-2100, ext. 22168 (work); (416) 767-9200 (home), or email: tereza@yorku.ca.

Seth Feldman, is a film historian, media critic and broadcaster who teaches film and television studies at York. A past president of the Film Studies Association of Canada, he has edited three anthologies on Canadian film and has published widely on national and international cinemas. His academic work includes two book-length studies of Soviet director Dziga Vertov. He is a frequent commentator on arts and media for Canadian broadcasters and print media. Feldman can comment on film festivals in general, and the impact of the Toronto Film Festival on Canadian film culture and the film industry. He can be reached at (416) 736-2100, ext. 33485 (work) or email: sfeldman@yorku.ca.

Scott Forsyth, chair of the Film and Video Department in York's Faculty of Fine Arts, is a film critic, editor and historian. The author of several documentary films, he has published widely on film and politics in journals such as CineAction, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, and Canadian Dimension. His academic work focuses on applying Marxist cultural theory to genre, documentary and experimental film, and to debates in film theory. Forsyth will be attending the Festival regularly, and is available to discuss many aspects of the Festival, from this year's screenings to the state of the Canadian film industry. You can reach him at (416) 736-2100, ext. 33245 (work) or email: sforsyth@yorku.ca.

Joe Green is a retired York professor who teaches part-time in York's Schulich School of Business and the Department of Theatre. He has produced many works for stage and screen, including the award-winning TV mini-series, Glory Enough for All, aired on CBC, Thames Television, and PBS. He is available to discuss general cultural policy issues, the history and future of the Canadian film industry, and the relationship between cultural industries, trade policy, and Canadian culture. He can be reached at (416) 922-8968 (home) or cell phone: (416) 560-6684.

Janine Marchessault teaches film theory at York. She is president of the executive of the Film Studies Association of Canada, and has published in the fields of Quebec, feminist and Canadian cinema, and cultural theory. Fluent in French, she can comment on a wide range of topics relating to Quebec cinema, Canadian film, experimental film, and women in film and video. She can be reached at (416) 736-2100, ext. 22178 (work) or (416) 486-6042 (home).

Peter Morris, a film studies professor at York University, is an expert on Canadian and international film. A former member of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Film Studies, he is the author of Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema and The Film Companion. His most recent book is David Cronenberg: A Delicate Balance. Morris will be attending many of this year's screenings. He can discuss a wide range of issues relating to Canadian and world cinema. You can reach him at (416) 762-5536 (home) or email: pmorris@yorku.ca.

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For more information, please contact:

Sine MacKinnon
Senior Advisor for Media Relations
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22087
email: sinem@yorku.ca

Ken Turriff
Media Relations Officer
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22086
email: kturriff@yorku.ca
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