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TIFF still planning some type of physical festival, execs say
TIFF leaders spoke at video conference for We Are One: A Global Film Festival
The Canadian Press · Posted: May 28, 2020
TIFF leaders spoke at video conference for We Are One: A Global Film Festival
The Canadian Press · Posted: May 28, 2020
Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival say they're still planning to have some type of physical festival this year.
But TIFF executive director and co-head Joana Vicente adds "it's definitely going to look different."
Vicente spoke Thursday, along with TIFF artistic director and co-head Cameron Bailey, in a live video conference panel for We Are One: A Global Film Festival.
Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube produced and organized the free digital festival, which starts Friday and runs through June 7 with TIFF as a co-curator.
Vicente said like many festivals during the COVID-19 pandemic, TIFF is developing a digital platform for its annual movie marathon. Her comments echo those TIFF made last month, when it said it was still planning to go ahead with the festival from Sept. 10-21, but was also exploring new ways to screen films.
"We're developing, of course, as everyone else, a digital platform for the festival and at the same time we're still planning to have some physical festival," Vicente said in the We Are One video panel.
"It's definitely going to look different," she said. "We're trying to figure out how we can still deliver incredible experiences to our audience, and that's really front and centre."