Film Reference Library
The Film Reference Library (FRL) is Canada’s film research collection located on the 4th floor of
History
The Library assumed operation of the
Reference collection
The library contains 60,000 film research files, which include presskits, photographs, and clippings, 20,000 book titles, 13,000 film, 2000 film scripts, 700 magazine and journal titles, 80 Special Collections, and a large and varied selection of other research materials, including 300,000 images, 11,000 posters, 6000 soundtracks and television titles.[3][4]
Special collections
The Film Reference Library houses over 80 Special Collections that illuminate the history of
The library's holdings include the personal research archives of film journalist and celebrity interviewer Brian Linehan, in whose memory the library's public reading room is named.[5]
Exhibition
Previous exhibitions include:
- In Love with the Stars, September 8, 2015 – April 2, 2016
- The Unseen Seen, April 10, 2015 – June 14, 2015
- The Booth, May 2, 2014 – 15 June 15, 2014
- X-Men Master: Gordon Smith, August 17, 2012 – March 31, 2013
- Otherworldly: The Art of Canadian Costume Design, September 2, 2011 – April 1, 2012
- Mary Pickford and the Invention of the Movie Star, January 13, 2011 – July 3, 2011
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-415-14281-6.
- ^ "Library + Collections". TIFF. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "The TIFF Film Reference Library Gets New Digs". Torontoist. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ISBN 0-9689132-4-5.
- ^ Brian Linehan at The Canadian Encyclopedia.