#MeToo pervades Toronto film fest
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which wraps up its 10-day run Sept. 16, showcases 342 films, including features and shorts. I saw a goodly 20 of them, sometimes four per day. I’m not boasting. Some of my more intrepid colleagues saw five and six a day. And that includes midnight movies. Good luck with that.
This was the first Toronto festival of the #MeToo era, and its influence was everywhere. All official attendees were handed cards titled “Safety & Respect at TIFF” in which a “fair and equitable” code of conduct was laid out, with a phone number and website to confidentially report wrongdoing. The festival also announced it will make public the gender and race of all members of its selection committee, programmers, and consultants. It was reported that about 36 percent
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