The second annual east-west bridge-building conference will take place on Sept. 2 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Hollywood studios putting star-driven films by veteran Canadian directors into the Oscar race via TIFF has opened up space for more local films to get into the prestigious Canadian festival (Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners pictured).
Director and CEO Piers Handling and artistic director Cameron Bailey also on Tuesday morning announced the festival’s opening and closing galas.
TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey and international programmer Dimitri Eipides said in a conference call the 10 yet-to-be-selected films will be contemporary works.
Next year’s festival will take place from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15, 2013.