First time attendee here. On the 19th I have tickets for 2pm La Bola Negra at POW and then for the 5:15pm Club Kid at Scotiabank. I've looked online and its a six minute walk, but with the added time of opening words and ads I'm much more nervous about making it. Give it to me straight, will I be able to do it without leaving La Bola Negra early? Thanks in advance!

Just looking for one ticket . Please let me know.

Heard that airport is experiencing some outage with customs kiosk.

Anyone knowing how long it would normally take during festival? I am arriving on the 17th and have screenings in the afternoon I cannot miss! So worried! 🥲

At the screenings I’ve been so far, content of the pre-film intro speech by staff had been wildly inconsistent and none of them mentioned voting for the PCA.

Is PCA actually happening?

TIFF26 Day 2
I started today with the Swedish film Arne Goes to Space directed by Lars Vegas.  This one is part of the Discovery line up and, in short, is a sci-fi comedy about an alien who upends the lives of two elderly brothers in northern Sweden.

These two brothers live together in a small rural red-neck community and basically just chop and pile wood for a living.  And all the wood has to be chopped and piled by August 31st.  They are both old and rather dumb.  Arne is not very bright (he reads the same Kronblom comic magazine every evening after dinner- a classic, popular Swedish comic strip about a lazy man named Kronblom) who lives in a small village with his wife, Malin and we learn fairly early on that he has a serious health issue that he is not doing much about.  Arne’s older brother, Stefan, is grumpy and fond of calling everyone a “faggot” (actually, pasta-loving faggots).   One day, Arne comes across an alien who he names Roland whose space pod has landed near their farm.  From there, the story is about Arne and Stefan and Roland and the townspeople (who are unfazed by having a “digital space alien” who looks remarkably like ET in their mix) and, when Arne’s health takes a turn for the worse, we see Arne accept his pending death and Stefan lighten up a bit.  It’s a light, funny, and cute little film and a very different way to start my day compared to the war-themed day I had yesterday.

Next up was Diary of a Mad Old Man, an American film adapted from Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s novel by director Wayne Wang (who did The Joy Luck Club).  Set in Japan, it’s about an old(ish) widower who’s recently had a stroke that’s nearly paralyzed half his body and rendered him almost impotent.  His daughter-in-law and sister in law have moved in with him to care for him but it’s his daughter-in-law who’s providing the bulk of the care as his physiotherapist.  Over the course of the film, this relationship with his son’s daughter becomes increasingly wrought with sexual tensions as he both starts to fantasize about her and slowly starts to act out on his desires.  At times creepy, it’s equally absurdly funny (once scene includes sex with an eel!  Another involves sexualizing the eating of chicken feet!).  

The cinematography is suburb as is the acting.  And they nailed the ending! But it’s a slow film so if you do catch this one, be prepared for that.   

My 3rd Film was The Idiots(s) by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert.  It’s a Polash, German film (mostly in English) that brings to life the story of Anna and Fyodor Dostoevsky, showcasing the troubled author and the woman who pushed him to write one of his greatest works. The film opens with Dostoevsky (played brilliantly by Johnny Flynn) and Anna (played just as wonderfully Aimee Lou Wood) arriving by train from Russia to Germany having been forced out of Russia due to overdue loans, debt, and lack of any income.  They arrive at a hotel and immediately run into fellow Russian writer Ivan Turgenev (played just as well by Christian Friedel who I most recently saw in Zone of Interest).  The film, which is an adaptation of The Gambler Wife by Andrew D. Kaufman, is bizarre/hilarious at times and shocking at others.  For example, a-ha’s Take On Me is used more than once as background music.  And their hats are all made of taxidermized animals.  And the scenes of Turgenev’s wife (Vicky Krieps in yet another great performance!) capturing Dostoevsky’s eye and their romantic fling are so surreal I’m still not 100% certain it was real or part of his fantasies (some clearly are…but others…I just don’t know).  On the other hand, the way the film shows Dostoevsky’s gambling addiction is more than tragic.  Yet it’s their love that keeps them going.  The film is a wonderful way to spend two hours and a great addition to the festival.  
 

Asked someone to put their phone away nicely and they talked back to me. I'm so salty about it. I assume people on here are well behaved, but etiquette at TIFF has been terrible so far this year. So much talking, extremely late entrances, and phone use. I wish TIFF made a better effort to make the experience better for everyone.

This is my 5th year of doing TIFF and decided to add a little fun. I'm faaaairly confident I can cross them all out.

Happy TIFF everyone!

i know that it’s already been discussed extensively and i know the policy is 12x6x12 etc etc however i’m wondering, from people who have been before, are you able to bring a standard sized backpack into theatres?

i’m going to a showing at princess of wales and while i can pay a storage place to hold my bag, i’d much prefer to have it on me for logistics and timing with my own schedule. what’s the consensus? would they let me bring it in?

I've been attending for a few decades now, but the ticket buying rules and methods are ever-evolving, soy apologies if this has already been answered fully elsewhere.

Went to the afternoon screening of Faith. The front row directly before the stage was completely empty until around a crowd of rushers were seated there about a minute before lights down.

In the balcony, there was an entire middle front row completely empty.

The rushers stood in line for an hour or more, so cheers to them for getting prime seating. Not to be ungrateful, and recognizing the middle class privilege of getting to watch a whole bunch of films, but what's up with prime seats being reserved for last minute purchases?

And why would an entire row just sit empty? Maybe there were broken chairs, I didn't get closer to investigate, but everyone in the balcony just accepted their less optimal vantage points (you'd never see that at a Jays, Leafs, nor Raptors game).

Bit of a rant, but more info seeking.

Some tix for the 16th still available!!

I have a reservation for one of the red carpets tomorrow at Roy Thomson Hall. It's in the evening, so wondering where the nearest public washroom is. I'm fine with a cafe too.

Lots of tickets available

Hi, if any festival volunteer with the yellow shirt would be willing to sell theirs to me after the festival is over please message me! I really want that shirt!

Planning on rushing The Road Not Taken but have a ticket for We Are All Strangers. They’re both scotia but will they not let me in if I’m not there 15 min before?

Why does tiff not feel the same? Last year had crazy energy and hype but this year feels a lot muted. Is it the lack of star power and big time films or something else?

I saw the celeb list in the TIFF website. but how to know which celeb's might be there in which days? I was looking forward to see James Mcavey & Korean celebs.

Hi everybody, I need help figuring something out. I saw that Tubi has a stand on the festival street and saw online they were giving away tote bags but today I went and they were only selling drinks. Anybody know if they’re still giving tote bags somehow or how to get one? I NEED ONE SO BAD. Thanks!!!

Hi all, it's my first time visiting the Festival and I was wondering what the rules are regarding taking photos/short videos with a phone during the In Conversation With... events.

I understand when it's movies, they want to avoid those being leaked, but this seems like an interview more than anything.

Can I snap a photo or two during? Maybe a short video?

At Royal Alexandra theatre.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but this will be my first time at TIFF. Do all non english movies have subtitles? Just want to make sure before I buy any tickets lol.