Please join us for the Seventh Annual Toronto Italian Film Festival, June 8th - 12th 2005! Check back soon for more information about this year's festival.

For film entries please send to:

Toronto Italian Film Festival
1287 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite # 7,
Toronto, Ontario. M6E 1B8

Or Call: (416) 657-0100 Fax:(416) 657-0300

Note: all entries will not be returned. Include synopsis of entry and short bio on filmmaker.

CIAO A TUTTI! WELCOME TO THE 2004 TORONTO ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL. Website presented by Radiant Core.

Here we go again. My favorite time of the year is once more upon us. It is time for me to once again welcome everyone, this time to the Sixth Annual Toronto Italian Film Festival.

For thousands, the Toronto Italian film festival is the start of many great summer festivals and activities. We at the Festival try each year to bring to our delighted patrons the latest and the best that Italian filmmakers produce. This year is no exception. Our film line-up is exquisite including, some fantastic productions from our Italian/Canadian section. It is truly a pleasure and privilege to be entrusted with such a great responsibility in showcasing such terrific works. So, again thanks to you, our audience, we are sure that this year, you will enjoy the Festival with as much as fun and enthusiasm as we had in preparing for it. This year, once again, we will have some very interesting, visiting Italian and Canadian filmmakers, actors and directors for question and answer sessions.

This letter is where I get to indulge myself in thanking some very special and generous people, whom without their support this festival would not be possible. So, a BIG thank you to: my Co-Founder and Head Programmer, Mr. Frank Caruso; This year's Honorary Festival Chairman, Mr. Daniel Iannuzzi, President and Publisher of Corriere Canadese and Tandem News; Dr. Carlo Coen, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute and Programmer of our Italian Films; Mr. Lenny Lombardi, President of CHIN Radio and Television; Mr. Ali Bidibadi of CHIN Television; Mr. Enzo De Luca, President of Siena Foods and Colio Wines; Mr. Lou Lettieri and family of National Cheese; Mr. Marco Guglietti, Rosehaven Homes; Mr. George Friedman, President of the Windsor Arms Hotel; Ms. Alice Lee of Telus Mobility; Mr. Robert Stein and Rick Cece of Plaza Pontiac Buick; Dr. Angelo Infusino, Italian Trade Commissioner; Mr. Sam Scanga of Sage; Ms. Luciana Spagna of Alitalia Airlines; Mr. Tom Vella of Moretti Beer; Mr. Pierluigi Roi of OMNI Diversity Television; Mr. Sal Ritacca and Mr. Domenic Tassielli of Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts and Sciences; Mr. Rocco Mastrangelo, President of MVP Video; Mr. Paul Norris at Deluxe Labs; Mr. Carlo Settembrini, Italian Cultural Institute; Adriana Chiesa Enterprises; Intra Movies; Mr. Steve Kouch of CFRB Radio; Mr. Mark Mastrangelo owner and the whole staff at Eden Trattoria; Mr. Luca Viscardi,President, Toula Ristorante and Bar; Mr. Gabriele of Romagna Mia Ristorante; Mr. Lino Colangelo at Ital Records; Ms. Danielle Iversen, President, that PR Thing; Mr. Jay Goldman President, Radiant Core; all of the volunteers who, with tireless energy help with the logistics and day to day hard work that goes into this terrific undertaking and last and certainly not least YOU, the Italian cinema lovers, Mille Grazie.

Fred Lamberti
Festival Chairman

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