Welcome to our annual coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival.
The following breaks down some of the key elements of our coverage:
- Number of years TIFF has been going on: 35
- Number of years we’ve covered TIFF online: 14
- Number of films playing at the festival: 258
- Number of films on our shortlist: 125
- Number of films to be screened over the next 11 days: 60+
- Odds of us actually seeing the People’s Choice award winning film during the fest, given past history: 30% (4/13)
- Number of eventual Oscar winners that we will end up not seeing: Unknown
- Most anticipated film: Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Film we won’t bother seeing see but may review anyway: Casey Affleck’s I’m Still Here
- Most anticipated Midnight Madness film: The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman
- Celebrity in town we’d most want to run into and be invited to jam with: Bruce Springsteen
- Hours of films per day: 17
- Hours of sleep per night: 5
- Number of years being cajoled about building/funding Lightbox: 7
- Genuine excitement about Lightbox being part of the Toronto film community: High
May you have a wonderful fest in 2010, either attending or living vicariously through our reviews and stories. Keep checking back daily for updates, reviews and more.
~Jason Gorber