
The Toronto Film Festival has new plans for this year’s edition, given there are many restrictions owing to the pandemic.
Running from September 10-19 this year, TIFF will not only have digital screenings but also drive-in and open-air screenings of selected films for the viewers.
The indoor movie theatres will run on reduced capacity.
The organisers also announced that TIFF’s Bell Digital Cinema platform for general public screening of movies selected for the 2020 edition will be geo-blocked for Canada.
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TIFF co-heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente, having already signaled a hybrid offering of digital and in-person screenings for their September event, revealed plans to show the public around 50 programmed films at five locations in the city.
In a statement, the festival said, "At the drive-ins and open-air cinema, audiences can expect the same high-quality viewing experience as in past years.”
The open air cinema screenings will cost two people $38.00 for a ‘lawn pod’.
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