I had an insightful and funny chat/interview with Canadian filmmaker Albert Nerenberg about “Let’s All Hate Toronto“, a film he and Rob Spence (also acted as Mr. Toronto in the film) co-directed which will be screened at the 2007 Calgary International Film Festival.
Albert and I talked about how the idea of the film came about, how he and Rob pitched it to CBC, some of the filming challenges when “Toronto Appreciation Day” was held by Mr. Toronto across Canada, technical details of the film making (budget, film or HD, the importance of negotiating good distribution agreements) and many other interesting topics.
You can listen to my interview with Albert in mp3, or you can stream or download the interview here.
Screening info: Sat, Sept 22, 6:45pm The Plaza (please click this link to confirm the latest info). Note: Albert plans to attend the screening.
Here is a trailer of the movie.
And here is a YouTube video of the big long line up to watch “Let’s All Hate Toronto” at the Toronto International Film Festival.
As a side note to small independent filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers, it is quite easy to create and post YouTube videos like the above “line up” video to capture the buzz and help promote the film for future sales. If you are not doing this kind of promo, the question is why not?!
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[...] Last night I watched “Let’s All Hate Toronto“, a mockumentary by Canadian filmmakers Albert Nerenberg and Rob Spence (Rob is Mr. Toronto in the film). See also my previous chat with Albert in this post. [...]