The Toronto International Film Festival organizers today revealed its plan to retire the Vanguard and City to City sections and reduce the overall number of films in the 2017 lineup by 20 percent. The festival also announced their 2017 lineup of programs and programmers – unveiling 14 diverse programs and a programming team of 22, including two new additions.
“As we build on the success of the Festival’s past four decades, we’re challenged to balance providing a generous choice of movies for over 400,000 festival-goers with maintaining strong curatorial focus,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. “For 2017 we’re offering a refreshed, more tightly curated edition. In addition to trimming the lineup, we’re excited to introduce two new Festival programmers to the TIFF team.”
2017 Toronto International Film Festival Programs
Contemporary World Cinema
Compelling stories, global perspectives.
Discovery
Directors to watch. The future of world cinema.
Gala Presentations
Movie stars. Red-carpet premieres. Major audience interest.
In Conversation With…
Engaging onstage conversations with leaders in the film industry and beyond.
Masters
The latest from the world’s most influential art-house filmmakers.
Midnight Madness
The wild side: midnight screenings of the best in action, horror, shock and fantasy cinema.
Platform
Directors’ cinema now. Launched in 2015, this juried programme shines a light on up to 12 selections that demonstrate directorial vision from international filmmakers.
Primetime
Serial storytelling: television in its artistic renaissance.
Short Cuts
The world. In short form.
Special Presentations
High-profile premieres and the world’s leading filmmakers.
TIFF Cinematheque
Curated gems from the history of Canadian and international cinema.
TIFF Docs
Candid and unscripted: the best non-fiction cinema from around the world.
TIFF Kids and TIFF Next Wave
For the next generation of movie lovers.
Wavelengths
Daring, visionary and autonomous voices. Works that expand our notions of the moving image.
2017 Toronto International Film Festival Programmers
Piers Handling
Western Europe, Italy, Poland; Gala Presentations, Platform
Cameron Bailey
South Asia, Gala Presentations, Special Presentations, Platform
Michèle Maheux
Ireland, the Netherlands; Gala Presentations
Kerri Craddock
Western Europe, USA, Turkey, Gala Presentations, Special Presentations
Brad Deane
TIFF Cinematheque
Dimitri Eipides
Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia
Giovanna Fulvi
East and Southeast Asia
Steve Gravestock
Canada, the Philippines, Nordic Region
Peter Kuplowsky*
Midnight Madness
Michael Lerman
Primetime
Elizabeth Muskala
TIFF Kids
Andrea Picard
Wavelengths
Thom Powers
TIFF Docs
Kiva Reardon*
Africa and the Middle East
Diana Sanchez
Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Caribbean
Theresa Scandiffio
In Conversation With…
Jane Schoettle
Australia, New Zealand, Israel, USA
Magali Simard
Canada
Jesse Wente
TIFF Cinematheque
Jason Anderson
Short Cuts
Danis Goulet
Short Cuts
Karina Rotenstein
Industry programming
*new to the programming team.