Zip.ca and the Toronto International Film Festival® are teaming up for the second year to deliver 30 years of great Festival films to the doorsteps of movie lovers across Canada.
Building on last year’s program, members will have access to over 1,000 Toronto International Film Festival® titles for rental and over 200 for purchase. Zip.ca has also unveiled www.zip.ca/tiff, featuring Festival news and information, with spotlights on Canadian directors, actors and featured films throughout the Festival’s duration September 8th to 17th and daily blog updates from Zip.ca’s on-site reviewers.
“Since opening our virtual doors in February 2004, we have committed ourselves to promoting festivals of Canadian film. The Toronto International Film Festival® is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world and has become a cornerstone of Canadian film,” said Rick Anderson, President and CEO of Zip.ca. “Our involvement in TIFF extends the Festival’s reach to all Canadians, by making titles available for rent or purchase year round, to each and every Canadian household.”
Zip.ca also supports the Festival’s regional Film Circuit, which facilitates the screenings of Canadian and international independent films in over 190 communities across the country. The mandate of Film Circuit is to help communities to access Canadian and international films in underserved markets. Film Circuit responds to an increasing demand for independent and international cinema and develops audiences for Canadian films.
“Our partnership with Zip.ca as the Official Online DVD Rental Service of the Toronto International Film Festival® and Film Circuit creates a wonderful opportunity for us to reach a larger audience and to foster greater awareness of quality Canadian and international films,” said Heather Sinclair, Director of Sales and Marketing of the Toronto International Film Festival Group. “Zip.ca is blazing a great trail into the homes of Canadian movie lovers through its promotion of TIFF and the Film Circuit. The Toronto International Film Festival Group has become world renowned as a celebration of past, present and future achievements of filmmaking, and we are thrilled that Zip.ca is our partner in this celebration.”
About Zip.ca: Zip.ca (www.zip.ca) is Canada’s leading online DVD service, offering the largest selection, best service and best value in DVD rentals. Zip.ca offers Canada’s most extensive DVD library (over 35,000 titles and growing) and best prices for DVD rentals. Zip.ca provides members with 24/7 online convenience for creating and managing their own personal ZipLists of must-see DVDs, and daily delivers thousands of DVDs right to members’ doors across Canada. For a low monthly membership fee, Zip.ca provides unlimited DVD rentals, with no deadlines, no late fees, and free two-way shipping. DVDs can also be purchased at a discounted member price. Since opening its virtual doors to Canadian movie lovers on February 11, 2004, Zip.ca has shipped over 2 million rental DVDs to members. Based in Ottawa, Zip.ca is a member of the Momentous.ca family of online enterprises, providing customers with high-quality high-value online services.
About the Toronto International Film Festival®: The Toronto International Film Festival®, one of several programming initiatives of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, is widely recognized as the most important film festival after Cannes and the largest and most successful public festival in the world. It is the discriminating and sophisticated Toronto filmgoers who make the Toronto International Film Festival a must-attend event for the public, industry, and press alike. Over the last 30 years, the film going public has supported and shaped the Festival into what it is today. Every September, the city opens its doors and experiences the best cinema in the world, and boasts 250,000 admissions annually.
About Film Circuit: A division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, Film Circuit facilitates the screenings of Canadian and international independent films in over 190 communities across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. The mandate of Film Circuit is to provide filmgoers in under-served communities with access to Canadian and international films that would otherwise screen only in larger centres. Film Circuit responds to an increasing demand for independent and international cinema and develops audiences for Canadian films. Film Circuit is a grassroots, community-driven network. Since it started in 1995, this immensely popular initiative has expanded nationally and internationally supplying Canadian films to over 25 countries throughout the world.
®Toronto International Film Festival is a registered trade-mark of Toronto International Film Festival Inc.
For more information on Zip.ca, please visit www.zip.ca
Zip.ca Media Contact: Shelagh O’Connor
(613) 231-3355 (ext. 225), shelagh@zip.ca
Or
Susannah Kilroy
(416) 515-7517 (ext. 249), susannah@zip.ca
For more information on the Toronto Film Festival, please visit www.e.bell.ca/filmfest
For more information on the Film Circuit, please visit www.bell.ca/filmcircuit/
Toronto International Film Festival Group Press Office: 416-934-3200
