Piers Handling News

Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, announced today 2018 will be his final year leading the Toronto International Film Festival®. After almost 25 years at the helm of one of Canada's most important cultural organizations Piers will leave behind an unparalleled legacy of accomplishments and innovation.

In honour of the 50th anniversary of IMAX Corporation, the Toronto International Film Festival will present an exclusive screening of Christopher Nolan's widely acclaimed epic DUNKIRK.

TIFF is thrilled to announce the winners of the TIFFxInstagram Shorts Festival, an international, digital festival.

The Toronto International Film Festival debuted the 2017 Discovery programme lineup with 45 first and second feature films by up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. Good news for the future of global cinema: this is the biggest Discovery programme to date, with 25% more titles than the 2016 roster and two-thirds of the selection World Premiering at TIFF.

The Toronto International Film Festival® unveiled its lineup of 12 films for this year's Platform programme, following on the success of last year's Platform

TIFF will serve up one of the most exciting duels in sports history to kick off the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival®. The World Premiere of BORG/MCENROE will be the Opening Night Gala film at Roy Thomson Hall on September 7. Directed by Janus Metz and written by Ronnie Sandahl, the film stars Shia LaBeouf, Sverrir Gudnason and Stellan Skarsgård.

Today the Toronto International Film Festival® announced that the World Premiere of SHEIKH JACKSON will be the Closing Night Special Presentation. Written and directed by Amr Salama, Sheikh Jackson tells the story of a young imam and former Michael Jackson devotee who falls into a tailspin following the news of the King of Pop's death.

The Toronto International Film Festival® announced today the World Premiere of C'EST LA VIE! as the Closing Night Gala.

Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey unveiled the first wave of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

TIFF is proud to announce the return of the TIFFxInstagram Shorts Festival, TIFF's digital short film competition. Beginning today, aspiring filmmakers from around the world can submit their pint-sized films for consideration.

Coming off a 2016 Festival that introduced more awards season favourites than any other single event, the Toronto International Film Festival organizers today announced their 2017 lineup of programmes and programmers — with a renewed commitment to bold, discerning curation.

Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF, salute veteran programmer Colin Geddes as he departs the organization to pursue new exciting opportunities

The family of Bill Marshall, founder of the Toronto International Film Festival, is heartbroken to share the news that he died today at age 77.

Keanu Reeves is urging the world to help TIFF protect and project film through its Save This Moment campaign, which aims to raise funds to cover storage, revision, and maintenance costs for 1,460 recently acquired prints from NBC Universal, Mongrel Media, eOne/Les Films Séville and Canadian filmmaker Peter Mettler.

You are sitting in the cinema. Hunkered down in your seat. The lights begin to dim, filling the cinema with darkness; the room falls silent.

With the completion last week of the 41st Toronto International Film Festival®, TIFF announces the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors: Jennifer Baichwal, Geoff Beattie, Frank Kollmar, Leslie Noble, and Jeffrey Remedios.

The Toronto International Film Festival® announced its award winners at a ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox over the weekend, hosted by Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. To watch the presentation, visit tiff.net/ceremony.

The World Premiere of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun and Haley Bennet, kicked off the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

Actor Michael Fassbender was honored last night at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival Soiree held at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

The Toronto International Film Festival® announced today that Terrence Malick's VOYAGE OF TIME: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE will have its World Premiere at TIFF 2016.