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Editor’s note: One in a series of remembrances on the 20 years since 9/11. The 2001 Toronto Film Festival was at its midpoint on a clear and sunny Tuesday morning, when American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m., followed by United Airlines Flight 175 crashing…

Toronto Film Festival artistic director Cameron Bailey has been promoted, with the fest’s board of directors saying today he has been upped to the newly created position of Artistic Director & Co-Head of TIFF. The role expands Bailey’s duties; he has been artistic director since 2012, and before that was festival…

After nearly 25 years as Toronto International Film Festival Director/CEO, Piers Handling announced this morning that 2018’s festival will be his last. He has guided the festival, which begins next week, from a small gathering to a preeminent 10-day event that is a vital awards season launch pad and acquisitions…

After establishing itself as a Best Picture candidate in a summer launch that brought $412 million in global ticket sales, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk will still get a berth at the Toronto Film Festival that has been a launch pad to so many Oscar season films. The festival announced a special screening on Sunday…

The Toronto International Film Festival today announced that filmmakers Jia Zhang-ke, Claire Denis and Agnieszka Holland will make up its inaugural Platform jury. The new section will champion directors' cinema from around the world, with the winning film receiving a $25,000 prize at the September 20 awards…

Toronto – Piers Handling today announced that Cameron Bailey, formerly titled Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival® will receive a new title, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival. Handling's title remains unchanged as Director and CEO of TIFF. "Today's announcement is part of our…