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Arts Alert Tuesday Sept. 5 by Cathleen Bond
A group of disgruntled filmmakers have taken on the "Salon des Refusés" moniker
for their screenings, tonight and tomorrow, of short films rejected by the Toronto International Film Festival.
The historical "Salon des Refusés" were a group of Parisian artists rejected by the Emperor Napoleon III, who launched their own collective and went on to
some noble success of their own. The salon included names we remember today as some of the greats: Cézanne, Manet, Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Degas.
In the early years of the film fest, Atom Egoyan and Bruce McDonald were Refusés. The duo set up a projector and a screen on a sidewalk at one of the gala premieres, to show their rejected student films... so there seems to be some merit in this Paris-tradition of rejection. If you live in Toronto and feel in the mood for an alternative to the big festival, check out the screening list:
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For the next 10 days, the Toronto International Film Festival will glitter with the presence of stars like Robert DeNiro, Gwyneth Paltrow, Al Pacino, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Gere, Liv Ullmann, Cameron Crowe and Robert Altman. But this is also known as a "people's" film fest, with plenty of public access to screenings and celebs. Despite this effort, there are always a few who feel left out ... rejected ... and refused. And they're not just folks who can't score last-minute tickets to galas.
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