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As the annual celebration of cinema kicks off Thursday amid dual strikes by Hollywood writers and actors, TIFF’s traditional diet of glitzy red carpets will lack many of the A-listers that usually descend on Toronto’s entertainment district each September.
“We put this festival on at the same time every year, but every September is different. And you never know what you’re going to get,” Bailey says. “Sept. 11 happened during the festival, we’ve dealt with SARS, we’ve dealt with economic swings, and downturns, COVID shutdowns … all kinds of things that have affected all different sides of the festival.
But even beyond the actors, big music stars will be coming to Toronto. In a coup, TIFF will screen a remastered version of the Talking Heads’, with the band participating in a Q&A that will be moderated by filmmaker Spike Lee., a documentary about the making of his most recent album,, Nickelback will perform a free show at TIFF’s Festival Street Friday night.
TIFF will also serve as the launch pad for several anticipated world premieres, including Taika Waititi’s soccer dramedywith Michael Fassbender, Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils with Amanda Seyfried, Craig Gillespie’s
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