Actor Devery Jacobs hopes less star-studded TIFF creates 'hunger' for indie features

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Actor and producer Devery Jacobs hopes this year's less star-studded Toronto International Film Festival will put the spotlight on smaller projects and create a hunger for more independent features.

Jacobs is promoting the queer cheerleading feature film "Backspot," which made its world première Friday.Jacobs attributes the success of the film in part to the fact that many celebrities are prevented from promoting larger projects amid ongoing actor and writer strikes in Hollywood.

The Canadian film was cleared by the strike but American co-star Evan Rachel Wood, who stars as a cheerleading coach, was prevented from attending due to the ongoing strikes. Sisters Gia and Lia Ui shelled out $177 for premium tickets to see Anna Kendrick's "Woman of the Hour" make its world première on Friday.

 

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