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32-618: The film opens with the unveiling of the new NBA expansion team, the Toronto Raptors, one of the two Canadian teams since the Toronto Huskies folded in 1947. In a country dominated by hockey , basketball tries to find its way to the hearts of Canadian families. Tracy McGrady shares how he struggled as an 18-year old rookie out of high school to be living in Toronto and not having someone near his age to be around with. During

64-515: A digital streaming platform for the first time in its history over two weeks at the end of April 2020. For the 45th festival, with the pandemic continuing through 2020 into 2021, the festival opted to continue with a digital festival dubbed CIFF45 Streams. 2022 was the festival's first time at Playhouse Square during CIFF46. Recently, the festival has focused on films that dwell on social issues, including feminism , environmentalism , Jewish and Israeli issues, and LGBT issues. The festival also has

96-557: A focus on family-friendly films and films from Central and Eastern Europe. The Cleveland International Film Festival is sometimes confused with an earlier film festival in Cleveland with a similar name—the 1948 to 1956 Cleveland Film Festival—the first film festival in the country to honor sponsored films in all categories. The festival offers multiple awards and honors to its films and filmmakers, including for Best Documentary and for Best Central and Eastern European film. In 2006,

128-508: A potential game-winning shot and the 76ers advance to the conference finals. During the 2001 NBA off-season, Carter announces his contract extension with the Raptors. He hosts a charity game, partly to showcase to other players what the city of Toronto really has to offer even during the summer. The CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment , Richard Peddie , hires Rob Babcock as the new general manager . Injuries start to haunt Carter at

160-665: The 1998 NBA draft in Vancouver , the Toronto Raptors select Carter's college teammate, Antawn Jamison , with Carter being selected next by the Golden State Warriors before David Stern announces the trade between Carter and Jamison. Carter announces his excitement in playing for Toronto with his cousin McGrady. Carter and McGrady form a bond and is becoming one of the best young duo in the NBA. Carter and McGrady retell

192-612: The Memphis Grizzlies , visited, a video tribute of Carter played and the fans start to give him a standing ovation that gets Carter to tears. A wave of Canadian players start to make some noise in the NBA and the rise is being attributed to Carter's influence in the Canadian basketball scene. Canadian entertainers feel that Carter opened up opportunities for them. More and more Canadian fans are now embracing basketball and Raptors as LeBron James voices out that he respects how

224-607: The Minnesota Timberwolves , so they became the Toronto Raptors instead. Nevertheless, a group of fans have created a 'Bring back the Huskies' campaign, complete with a website, TorontoHuskies.org, with the intent of having the franchise revert to the historical 'Huskies' name. On December 8, 2009, the Raptors introduced a throwback jersey to commemorate the Huskies. The uniforms were the same, except for

256-717: The New York Knickerbockers before an opening night crowd of 7,090. Ossie Schectman scored the opening basket for the New York Knickerbockers against the Toronto Huskies. On that night, anyone taller than George Nostrand , the tallest Husky at 6'8", was given free admission. Attendance quickly dwindled and the Toronto Star published an estimate that team owners lost $ 100,000 in one season of operations. Managing director of

288-753: The St. Louis Bombers ), Frank Broyles from the Georgia School of Technology (who later became a college football coach and athletic director), former MLB player Wimpy Quinn from the University of Oregon , and Paul Hoffman from Purdue University . However, they would later join the Pittsburgh Ironmen in folding their teams simultaneously on July 27, 1947, joining the Detroit Falcons from July 9 and Cleveland Rebels from June 9 as

320-766: The Akron Art Museum, the Akron-Summit County Public Library, the Apollo Theatre in Oberlin, the Capitol Theatre on Cleveland's west side, and Shaker Cinemas on Shaker Square. After 30 years at Tower City Cinemas, CIFF announced that it would move to Playhouse Square ahead of the 2021 festival. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the 44th festival, its last at Tower City Cinemas, was canceled. The festival moved to

352-794: The Cleveland Film Festival which ran from 1948 to 1956 and honored sponsored films with "Oscars," , the CIFF had its inaugural festival in 1977 with seven feature films over eight weeks at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights . In 1991, the festival relocated to Tower City Cinemas in Downtown Cleveland . At points during its nearly five-decade run, the festival has also put on additional programming and events at other local venues, including

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384-466: The Huskies acquired the tallest player in the league, 7'1" Ralph Siewert, from the St. Louis Bombers . Despite his height, Siewert averaged just 1.1 points per game with the Huskies and had the lowest field goal percentage on the team. The team's leading scorer was Mike McCarron , with 649 points in 60 games. He and Fitzgerald were the only players to appear in every game. Sadowski had the most points per game, averaging 19.1 points over his 10 games with

416-606: The Huskies was Lew Hayman , coach and general manager of the Alouettes and future president of the Toronto Argonauts and the Canadian Football League , who had been a star basketball player at Syracuse University . Charles Watson was team president. Ben Newman and Salter Hayden were the other co-founders. Annis Stukus was also a member of the front office. Future all-star Ed Sadowski began

448-519: The Huskies. Hank Biasatti and Gino Sovran were the only Canadians on the Huskies, each playing just six games. Neither of the Huskies' head coaches (or their interim coaches) would coach another game in the BAA/NBA after their time in Toronto. Of the 20 players to make it to the floor for the Huskies, only five would go on to play 10 or more games in the BAA/NBA following the 1946–47 season: Sadowski, Mogus, Hermsen, Nostrand, and Dick Schulz . Hermsen

480-523: The bench for three games), Hayman hired former Major League Baseball player Red Rolfe , who had also been the coach of Yale University 's basketball team. Hayman traded the playing rights to Sadowski to the Cleveland Rebels for Leo Mogus, at the time one of the league's top scorers. Hayman had previously traded Nostrand to the Rebels for another 6'9" giant, Kleggie Hermsen . In February 1947

512-427: The different team name and the shorts were longer than the originals. These uniforms were worn in six games in the 2009–10 season and have since been used as "retro" jerseys. On August 23, 2016, the Raptors unveiled the Huskies throwbacks as new alternates, along with their Chinese New Year jerseys. An alternate Air Canada Centre floor with the Huskies dog logo at centre court and the Huskies logomark text at each end

544-708: The fans support their team. The film ends with Drake asking "What if?" Carter never played for the Raptors. The film was initially released on September 9, 2017 in Canada at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival . It was also released in the United States on April 13, 2018 at the Cleveland International Film Festival and on April 23, 2018 at the RiverRun International Film Festival . It

576-478: The festival introduced The Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition, which honors films focused on social justice and activism and is sponsored by The George Gund Foundation in honor of Greg Gund, who died in a plane crash in 2005. Another major award is the Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film, which has been awarded annually since 1988 and is named in honor of the late Roxanne Mueller, who

608-417: The first four BAA (now NBA) teams to ever fold in the league's existence. Reviving the Huskies name was originally considered at the time of selecting a name for Toronto's new NBA team in 1995 (marking a return of professional basketball to the city after a 48-year absence). However, management ruled that option out when it became apparent there was no way to design a suitable logo that didn't resemble that of

640-454: The first game, forcing Newman to leave the Huskies to take over the family scrap and steel metal business in St. Catharines , Ontario. Lack of co-operation from the local media and lack of talent on the court kept crowds low, despite the use of such gimmicks that included free stockings to all women in attendance. On November 1, 1946, they hosted the first game in BAA league history losing 68–66 to

672-681: The first time in franchise history but lose to the New York Knicks . This marks the last time McGrady and Carter play together as McGrady leaves for the Orlando Magic during the off-season. Controversy surrounds Carter during the Conference semifinals at the 2001 NBA Playoffs when Carter attends his graduation ceremony at University of North Carolina in the morning of Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers . Carter misses

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704-422: The longest-running in the United States. The festival is held at Playhouse Square , the largest performing arts center in the United States outside of New York City . Throughout its history, CIFF has experienced tremendous growth. Its 48th festival in 2024 included an in-person and virtual component with 363 films from 60 countries. CIFF is also an Academy Award qualifying festival. Not to be confused with

736-536: The same time he begins to feel the new management is going in a different direction. Carter gets traded to the New Jersey Nets . Fans felt Carter wanted out, on his return game, they showered Carter with boos as the announcer introduces him as well as every time he touches the ball. It has been like that until about 10 years later, with the Raptors celebrating their 20th season anniversary, they have been playing tribute videos during home games. When Carter's team,

768-494: The season as player-coach and was initially the team's top player. Three weeks into the season, with the team off to a poor start, the Star reported that the players had divided into two or three cliques that rarely spoke to each other. Sadowski's coaching was openly questioned and, just a month after the first game, he quit the team. After four games with interim coaches (Hayman coached one game, and Huskies player Dick Fitzgerald ruled

800-568: The sneaker industry in Toronto. Carter starts to leave his footprint in the Toronto area, opening a nightclub where NBA players can go to when in town, inaugurating a basketball court, getting companies to endorse in basketball in Canada. The Raptors finally lands a spot on national TV against the Phoenix Suns , they win the game and Carter was phenomenal. The Raptors reach the NBA playoffs for

832-441: The story of how they almost did not make it to the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and how Carter have forced McGrady to join him in competing despite McGrady knowing Carter is going to win anyway. Carter impresses and becomes the 2000 Slam Dunk Champion . This made people talk about Carter and the Raptors more as Canadians become prouder of having the Raptors as their team. With Nike signing Carter to an endorsement deal, it catapulted

864-576: The would-be basketball owners were involved with the National Hockey League and wanted to fill empty dates. The only Canadian delegation invited was from Maple Leaf Gardens: Frank Selke Sr., who was in charge of the Gardens while Conn Smythe was overseas, got in touch with Ben Newman (who had coached two Canadian national championship teams and had staged a game in the Gardens previously.) The franchise cost approximately $ 150,000 which

896-794: Was a forerunner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), during the 1946–47 season . They were based in Toronto . The team compiled a 22–38 win–loss record in its only season before disbanding in the summer of 1947. In 1946, a group of owners and operators of some of the larger arenas in America held a meeting in New York, to establish the Basketball Association of America (now the NBA). The majority of

928-512: Was also utilized by the Raptors on these retro nights. The Huskies played only a single season and never appeared in the playoffs. Note: W = wins, L = losses, % = win–loss % Cleveland International Film Festival The Cleveland International Film Festival ( CIFF ) is an annual film festival based in Cleveland , Ohio . CIFF is the largest film festival in Ohio and among

960-479: Was funded mostly from Bay Street backers in Toronto. The major partners in the ownership group were Eric Cradock (co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes football team), Harold Shannon and Newman. "I honestly thought we could have made a go of the team," Newman once said, "but we were given the worst possible home dates." The hardships started almost immediately when Newman's father took ill soon after

992-435: Was made available through Netflix on May 1, 2018. The film received an unfavorable review from critic Radheyan Simonpillai of NOW , "To fill out its run time and over-emphasize its point that [Vince] Carter put Toronto on the map not just in basketball but hip-hop culture, the film starts fumbling with facts." Toronto Huskies The Toronto Huskies were a team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which

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1024-553: Was the last active NBA player from the Huskies roster, retiring in 1953 as a member of the Indianapolis Olympians . The Huskies would continue to stick around long enough to participate in the inaugural 1947 BAA draft at The Leland Hotel , with them having the #2 pick and selecting guard/forward Glen Selbo from the University of Wisconsin with it alongside multiple other players like forward/center Red Rocha from Oregon State University (who would be traded to

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