Month: September 2025

The Toronto International Film Festival Prepares for More In-Person Events

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced that it is preparing to return this fall with more in-person events. The planned activities include an opening night party, live public screenings, a variety of networking opportunities, and the traditional awards gala.
This Year’s Event
The year of 2022 will mark the TIFF 47th edition. The Festival will include a timespan of eleven days, from September 8 to September 18. The organizers have decided to reinstall the live celebratory and networking gatherings that were cancelled in the last two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The list of the planned in-person events features happenings, such as the opening night party, filmmaking dinners, industry networking events, press conferences, programmers gatherings, in-person film screenings, and the traditional industry conference and TIFF Tribute Awards Gala.
Despite the return of the in-person events, however, TIFF organizers say health remains a primary concern. According to the officials, the Festival will abide by all provincial Covid-19 measures to ensure the health and safety of all guests, audiences, staff, and volunteers remain intact. The team said more details would be announced in the following months.
New Appointments
In addition to bringing back in-person events, TIFF has prepared more surprises for its 47th edition. The Festival officials announced they are bringing in five new film curators to the programming team. The big difference this year will be in the curation of indigenous films. TIFF has appointed Jason Ryle, an Anishinaabe producer and arts consultant from Lake St. Martin, Man., to the position of international programmer, Indigenous Cinema at TIFF. Ryle is the former head of the imaginative...