Amid the Actors and Writers Strike the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off today until Sunday September 17th with screenings and events hosted at numerous theaters throughout the city of Toronto.
The Film Fest attracts 700,000 visitors a year with 114 Million in economic activity but businesses expect less traffic due to the strike and lack major A-List star power in the city.
King Street Toronto will be closed today until Monday for TIFF events between Spadina and University. STreet Cars will not operate between Church and Spadina.
Toronto’s biggest street party will feature Nickleback on Friday September 8th.
Images via Twitter/TIFF
Are you ready to rock n’ roll?
Toronto’s biggest street party kicks off Sept 7–10 with performances from @Nickelback, @MichieBadgalMee, and a #TIFFNextWave Block Party, presented by @Snapchat, featuring STRANGER THINGS star Finn Wolfhard's band The Aubreys. #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/OuWsPgdfyc
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 31, 2023
The opening night film is Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first feature in a decade and the first time in history that an animated film has opened the festival.
Video via Youtube: TIFF Trailers
TIFF’s Midnight Madness program will open with A24’s first-ever musical movie, Dicks: The Musical, and the Discovery slate — “a bold and exciting showcase of cinema and emerging talent from around the world” — will kick off with Gonzo Girl, the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette who will receive the Groundbreaker Award.
🏆 Announcing the recipient of the #TIFFTribute #ShareHerJourney Groundbreaker Award, presented by @Bulgariofficial: Patricia Arquette. #TIFF23 pic.twitter.com/OFi2Kgrggk
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) September 6, 2023
Video via Youtube: A24
The festival features world premieres of new works from Mahalia Belo (The End We Start From), Alex Gibney (In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon), Craig Gillespie (Dumb Money), Michael Keaton (Knox Goes Away), Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour), Viggo Mortensen (The Dead Don’t Hurt), Taika Waititi (Next Goal Wins), David Yates (Pain Hustlers) and more, as well as a 40th anniversary screening of Stop Making Sense, with a new 4K restoration of The Talking Heads’ classic concert movie directed by Jonathan Demme.
Happy Festival eve! Which films are on your @Letterboxd watch list? 👀
We will be sharing our favourite reviews from our Official Selection list so make sure to tag #TIFF23 to be featured. https://t.co/XaNoemCpUi pic.twitter.com/yXDZ4kwHrx
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) September 6, 2023
The #TIFFNextWave Committee has chosen these 10 films in our #TIFF23📷 lineup that are must-sees for young audiences.
Which of these Next Wave Approved titles, presented by @Snapchat, are you adding to your @letterboxd watchlist? https://t.co/7Ro7hulCHI pic.twitter.com/HWRYW3BJfa
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) September 5, 2023
TIFF will wrap up with the world premiere of Sly, Thom Zimny’s documentary about Sylvester Stallone.
Video via Youtube: Netflix
TIFF 2023’s official screening venues will include TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Cineplex’s Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, Glenn Gould Studio at the Canadian Broadcast Centre, and the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
The fifth edition of the TIFF Tribute Awards Gala will take place on September 10, 2023, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
You can get purchase your tix at TIFF https://www.ticketmaster.ca/promo/5mgrin?brand=tiff
Story Info and Featured Image from AFrame/Oscars
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