Kate Winslet Talks Importance of Film Festivals at TIFF: “That’s How We Began”

With A-list stars not walking up red carpets at the Toronto International Film Festival into physical screenings amid the pandemic, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins and other winners of TIFF Tribute Awards gathered virtually to talk about the importance of festivals for the entertainment industry.Winslet, who has brought her latest film, Ammonite, to Toronto’s hybrid 2020 edition, recalled going to Venice in 1994 after starring in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures, a film that launched her career internationally at 18 years of age.“I remember this remarkable moment of sitting and watching the film with an audience and it was …

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