TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST

DETAILS

• The festival is held on TIFF Bell Lightbox, a Toronto landmark that opened its doors in 2010.
• The festival starts the first Tuesday in September every year.
• Between 300 and 400 movies are played in different categories.

RELEVANCE

• It is one of the most important festivals of the world and North America.
• Variety Mag, 1998: "Toronto Fest is the second after Cannes in economic activity and stars attendance".

RELEVANCE

• National Post, Roger Ebert: "Cannes is the biggest, but Toronto is better and more useful".
• Cinema critics say that in terms of quality is the best in the world.

HISTORY

• The festival was first held in 1976, in retrospective as one of the best festivals in the world.
• Since then, it has become an important partner of Hollywood, so much that it has been considered the antechamber of the Oscars.

COSTS AND GOALS

• It is an event with a charitable propose.
• Every year there is a guest city that presents its movies. And that is part of what makes it so special.

I MEAN, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GO?