We are truly overwhelmed this year by the number of films choosing Toronto for their world premieres. Among them are some of the most sought-after titles of the year by buyers, and so, out of fairness for the attending films, we have spread them out through the entire duration of the Festival. |
We didn't anticipate that there would be major studio-like deals happening, ... When you are dealing with that, suddenly everybody gets a little nervous. When the big boys start to play, everyone else has to kind of fall back a little bit. |
We perceive Toronto as the festival that has the widest brim. We try to fit as much under this umbrella as we can. |
We were thrilled to host so many wonderful films from around the world, |
We wouldn't be showing the Hollywood films we do unless we felt it was going to benefit all the films that are playing, |