Toronto International Film Festival 2022

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History:

This year, in Toronto, from September 8 to 18 was held the 47th edition of the Toronto
International Film Festival.

But what’s this “Toronto Film Festival”? Well, in 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a Festival
called TIFF ( short for Toronto International Film Festival) was created as the (and I quote )
“Festival of Festivals” with the aim of screening movies from other film festivals, and has since
become one of the world’s largest annual showcase of film attended by both industry
professionals and the public. It was renamed the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in
1995. Since 2010 the festival has been headquartered at TIFF Bell Lightbox, a five-story
complex featuring cinemas, galleries, and a variety of film resources.

TIFF runs for 10 days, starting on the Thursday after Canada’s Labour Day. It screens 300 to 400
films from around the globe and has an average attendance of more than 250,000. The festival
is particularly known as a platform for promoting and popularizing new films. For example, The
Hurt Locker (2008), a low-budget drama about the Iraq War, was able to find a distributor in
the United States in part because of the favourable reviews it received at TIFF. It went on to
win six Academy Awards in 2010, including best picture. Because TIFF coincides with the start
of the fall movie season—when studios often begin their Oscar campaigns—many films that
already have distributors debut at the festival as well, with the hope of generating early buzz.
Aside from launching future Oscar winners, TIFF also provides an exceptional showcase for
Canadian films and filmmakers. Special programs have focused on Canadian short films and on
debut features from Canadian filmmakers.

Juried prizes are given in several categories, including best Canadian feature film and best
Canadian short film. The popular People’s Choice Award for the best film at TIFF has honoured
a number of international crowd-pleasers, including Chariots of Fire (1981), American Beauty
(1999), and Slumdog Millionaire (2008). In 2009 TIFF added People’s Choice Awards for best
documentary and best film in the festival’s “Midnight Madness” category, composed of genre
movies more likely to end up as cult favourites than mainstream hits.

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The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival has come and gone faster than you can say The
Banshees of Inisherin.
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Fully in-person for the first time in two years, TIFF welcomed celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence,
Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Jessica Chastain, Kate Hudson, Eddie Redmayne and Seth Rogen
back to King Street West — a place where chaos reigned and Harry Styles fans camped outside
for hours just to catch a glimpse of the pop star.

Buzzy films like Glass Onion, The Fabelmans and Women Talking triumphed, while Weird: The
Al Yankovic Story, The People's Joker and My Policeman made headlines.

But audiences and reporters alike were flummoxed by ticketing difficulties ahead of the
festival's 10-day run, with organizers introducing a new system to get people into downtown
Toronto's theatres, and some screenings allowing moviegoers in without tickets.

Yup, the famous fest's 47th edition was a star-studded whirlwind of red carpet moments,
boisterous screenings and the odd scandal — and CBC News was on the scene for all of it.
Most of it, anyway.

Yup, the famous fest's 47th edition was a star-studded whirlwind of red carpet moments,
boisterous screenings and the odd scandal — and CBC News was on the scene for all of it.
Most of it, anyway.