The Toronto International Film Festival, announced that Short Cuts International, a program of international short films will premiere at the 2014 Festival. “With new technologies and a constant influx of new talent, short filmmaking is flourishing,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. “As TIFF expands its global reach, we want to bring some of the world’s finest short films to the audience, industry and media that gather in Toronto every year.”
Selected international shorts will screen in five curated programmes this September. The Festival’s Short Cuts International screenings will kick off a new monthly shorts programme that will run year-round at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Shane Smith, TIFF’s Director of Special Projects, will oversee Short Cuts International. Programmers will be announced in the coming months.
The Festival will begin accepting film submissions for all film programmes on Wednesday, February 12, with an early-bird deadline of May 2 and a late deadline of May 30. Canadian short films will continue to be programmed in the Short Cuts Canada program.
The 39th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4 to 14, 2014.