What's in store for TIFF 2018

This week, the Toronto International Film Festival begins, taking over the city for the next 11 days. The streets downtown aren't just busier, they're bursting with star-studded red carpet premieres, exclusive after-parties and mobs of selfie-seeking fans camping out around theatres from sunrise to sunset. 

Now in its 43rd year, TIFF has a reputation for being the place where North American film lovers get their first glimpse of movies that will go on to dominate the coming awards season. Films like The Shape of Water, Argo and 12 Years a Slave all screened at TIFF en route to Oscar glory.

While TIFF has become a Toronto institution, it's also had to adapt to some dramatic changes in the film industry: the rise of streaming sites like Netflix, the increasingly competitive global film festival circuit and the #MeToo movement. Today, Kerri Craddock, TIFF's director of programming, joins Tom Power live in the q studio to talk about some of these changes. 

TIFF kicks off tonight and runs through to Sunday, September 16.

Listen to the full conversation with TIFF's Kerri Craddock above. 

— Produced by Stuart Berman

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