TIFF 2021: What’s Premiering and What’s Missing So Far
A festival that will henceforth be known as TIFFord.
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Well, gang, it’s that time of year again. The smell of Tim Hortons double-doubles is in the air. The Scotiabank escalator has broken down. And you can practically taste the excitement of looping around the corner of Yonge Street in the middle of a torrential downpour. The
Toronto International Film Festival is back, baby. Where last year’s festival was fully digital, things are looking a little more in-person this year, hopefully. While the specifics (especially for non-Canadians) have yet to shake out, we’re at least excited to see the first inklings of a schedule taking shape.
Toronto Film Festival 2021 to open with Dear Evan Hansen
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TIFF 2021 Gala and Special Presentation Line-Up – /Film
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Jagged, Alison Klayman’s HBO film about iconic Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, are two of the feature documentaries set to screen at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival this fall.
The in-person and digital festival runs Sept. 9 to 18, with more than 100 films forming its official selection. The industry conference takes place Sept. 10 to 14.
Further programming announcements including TIFF Docs are expected to be announced in July and August.
In-person screenings will take place at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Festival Village at Ontario Place, which comprises the Cinesphere IMAX Theatre, Visa Skyline Drive-in, RBC Lakeside Drive-In and the West Island Open Air Cinema.
Dune to lead Toronto film festival s return to in-person moviegoing AFP 22 hrs ago AFP © Emma McIntyre The Toronto International Film Festival will have social distancing and masking rules when it resumes in-person screenings in 2021
The Toronto film festival announced Wednesday it will resume in-person screenings at its September gala including Denis Villeneuve s Dune remake after the pandemic forced it to scale down and go virtual last year.
But there won t be any popcorn at the September 9-18 event as theatre snack bars will be closed.
And the red carpets will look different due to social distancing and masking rules, as well as a possible clampdown on large crowds.