The full lineup for the 33rd annual edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 4-13) was announced yesterday. The lineup includes 312 films, including 237 features (76 per cent premieres),from 64 countries. In total, 20,000 minutes of film will unspool, ranging in length from three minutes long to more than four hours.
Although the total film count is down by 40 films (12 of them features) over last year's lineup, the screen total will increase to 36 from last year's 29. This is because TIFF will be taking over an entire floor of the new AMC multiplex at the Toronto Life complex, as Yonge-Dundas Square becomes the festival's new hub. TIFF will be programming free movies and concerts in the square, themed to its lineup. This move South to Dundas from Bloor may be short-lived, however, as the festival is scheduled to be centred at the new "Bell Lightbox" facility, now under construction (to sit in the podium of a Daniels Festival Centre condo development) at King St. W. and John St., which is expected to open within two years.
TIFF's southern migration is welcome news to me, since both Yonge-Dundas Square and the Festival Centre are more conveniently accessible from our condo than Yorkville. Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts will likely preclude me from being as active a TIFF-goer this Fall versus prior years.
That won't, however, stop me from from reviewing the full schedule andt making my suggested selections on what to screen on this blog. Check back here frequently for future postings in my TIFF08 series!
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