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The Toronto Film Society (TFS) is one of Canada’s oldest non-profit film organizations. The TFS was established later when in 1934, the National Film Society in Ottawa was founded, prompting many other film societies to come up in cities all over Canada. One of those film societies was the Vancouver Branch of the National Film Society of Canada organized in 1936. Members of the Vancouver branch were Dorothy and Oscar Burritt. Dorothy, Oscar Burritt, and a group of dedicated film enthusiasts established the Toronto Film Study Group (TFSG) in 1948, eventually becoming the TFS. The TFS is an organization meant to preserve, restore, and meet the demand for films from Canadian and international films. Some films incorporated into the TFS vast collection were once banned, independent, fringe sound and silent films. The new TFSG launched with a 1948 summer series that continues today. Now the TFS does various events such as the annual summer series, BUF series and study group. TFS also partners with the Toronto International Film Festival and other international film festivals.
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Toronto, ON
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Created March17, 2023 by Khadija Alexander
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Sources:
Toronto Film Society. “About Us”. https://torontofilmsociety.com/about-the-toronto-film-society/
AGE Film Society of Toronto. “A-G-E”. https://torontofilmsociety.com/a-g-e-film-society-of-toronto-1955-1962/
Amateur Cinema. “Evangelists”: The Other Cinema of Dorothy and Oscar Burritt”. https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/article/evangelists-the-other-cinema-of-dorothy-and-oscar-burritt#:~:text=Shortly%20afterwards%2C%20the%20Toronto%20Film,of%20film%20as%20an%20art%E2%80%9D.