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Founded in 1997 by producer Anita Lee and journalist Andrew Sun, this non-profit community-based festival has grown into an eagerly anticipated annual event that attracts thousands of attendees to 6 exciting days of galas, screenings, forums, workshops and parties. | Founded in 1997 by producer Anita Lee and journalist Andrew Sun, this non-profit community-based festival has grown into an eagerly anticipated annual event that attracts thousands of attendees to 6 exciting days of galas, screenings, forums, workshops and parties. | ||
==Festival== | |||
Every year, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival shows a strong selection of work from all over the world, including some of the best films from Asia. Past festival selection includes Gallants (打擂台 - Hong Kong Film Award Best Film 2010), Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, Buddha Mountain (观音山 - starring Fan Bing Bing), Overheard (竊聽風雲 - starring Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu), Au Revoir Taipei (一頁台北 - NETPAC Prize, Berlin), Jump Ashin (翻滚吧！阿信 - nominated for multiple Golden Horse awards), Dooman River (두만강 - Crystal Bear, Berlin), Eighteen (회오리 바람), and The Drummer (戰·鼓 - starring Jaycee Chan and Tony Leung Ka Fai). | |||
The 2012 festival will be held on November 6-11 in Downtown Toronto and November 16-17 in Richmond Hill, Ontario. | |||
==Pitch Competition== | |||
The festival also hosts an annual pitch competition where Asian-Canadian filmmakers pitch a project to industry experts for a chance to win cash and filmmaking resources to make their film. The work from the winning pitches will premiere at the following year's festival. | |||
==Community== | |||
Reel Asian also supports many community initiatives and co-presents films with Asian content and themes at other local film festivals. | |||