October 3, 2010 – Sundance Institute, the global nonprofit arts organization, today announced it has been selected to represent the private sector in a unique program entitled Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue. This program continues the public/private cultural exchange effort by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) in cooperation with its federal cultural partners, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), to foster cross-cultural understanding through cinematic storytelling.

September 23, 2010 – The Sikh Art and Film Foundation will present its Seventh Annual Sikh Film Festival on October 22-23, 2010. The Sikh Film Festival will offer a range of 12 films, all documentaries in English or in Punjabi with English subtitles, featuring Sikh stories from across the globe, from both established and emerging filmmakers. The two-day event will be held Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, at Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street in New York, with an October 23 evening gala and awards ceremony closing the festival at the New York Public Library in Bryant Park. 

The Cadillac People's Choice Award is voted on by Festival audiences. This year’s award goes to Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech (UK/Australia). The King's Speech tells the story of King George VI (Colin Firth) and his speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush). 

oronto Film Fest 2010: Global Impact

N.Y. Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/movies/18toronto.html?_r=1

Toronto Film Fest 2010: High, Lows, Lessons

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118024286.html?categoryid=19&cs=1&ref=vertintl&ref=ss