GTFF concludes in Canada

The film fest held at North Bay in Ontario witnessed seminars and aimed at encouraging screening of destination films, and an understanding of tourism sector.

TT Bureau

The Global Tourism Film Festival (GTFF) 2023 was organised to draw together moviegoers, travellers and experts of the travel and film industry. The main highlights of the film festival were presentations from tourism agencies (national and international), workshops for professional growth and event programs by film boards on filmmaking as well as indigenous culture.

The event was completed with unique elements, including opening party, which showcased various cuisines of the countries. GTFF radiated a spotlight on Canada with ‘Cinema Canada’; a segment of Canadian produced film promoting the destination’s heritage.

The program also included tours of Canadore College’s post-production facilities, local visit to studios and North Bay animation production seminar that touts the city as emerging film production hub of Canada.

Professional received first hand introductions to touristic landmarks of North Bay like Heritage Railway, Carousal Company, Canadian Forces Museum of Aerospace and the Dionne Quints Museum telling the story of the quintuplets

GTFF saw the world premiere of ‘Closer to Heaven’ directed by Zara Janjua, which received Women Filmmaker Award. The other award winning films were: Kumari – Global Cine Award (India); Visit Cascais – Best Tourism Commercial (Portugal); Southwind Blows – Best Short Film (Taiwan); and Blueback – Best Feature (Australia).