The International festival of Film of Toronto ( International Toronto Film Festival, tiff ) is a cinema festival annual, which is held with Toronto (Canada).

The festival begins Tuesday after the Labor Day (first Monday of September) and lasts 10 days. 300 to 400 films are presented there in various categories. The festival does not decree a prize list.

He is regarded as one of the most important festivals in the world and this fact one of the first in North America. In 1998, the magazine Variety writes that “ the Festival of Toronto is the second after Cannes in term of presence of stars and economic activity”. Questioned by the National Post in 1999, Roger Ebert declares “… Although Cannes remained largest, Toronto is most useful and most active. ”

The festival begins in 1976 like a retrospective from the best festivals in the world. It became since an important partner of Hollywood. The festival is sometimes regarded as a first gallop of test in direction of the Oscars.

External bonds

• Official site of the festival
• tiff coverage
• the festival of film of Toronto on DigitalHit.com