Toronto Film Festival Organizers on the 2021 Lineup and Moving Forward With In-Person Premieres During Covid

The Toronto International Film Festival is ready to welcome audiences back to in-person premieres and screenings after Covid-19 forced the 2020 edition of the annual celebration of movies to unfold largely online.This week, TIFF announced that while it still plans to show films virtually for press and film executives who can’t travel to Canada because of travel restrictions or other concerns, it will return to showcasing movies at some of its most storied venues.

Once again, the Princess of Wales Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, and other Toronto theaters will host glitzy premieres, giving audiences the first glimpse at many of the films that are expected to dominate awards season.TIFF also took the unusual step of announcing a few of the films that will screen in competition.

They include Kenneth Branagh’s coming-of-age drama “Belfast”, Edgar Wright’s horror-thriller “Last Night In Soho,” and Alison Klayman’s Alanis Morissette documentary “Jagged.

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