“Not since its inaugural year in 2001 have there been so many first appearances among the feature-film selections. Some of these films made their world premieres during the Festival and are now debuting their works on the international festival circuit, which is remarkable for first-time directors — I couldn’t be prouder.” —Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF

"Every morning we wake up, we can choose between fear and love. And love is the answer."

"If it's possible to be magnetic and self–effacing at the same time, that's what Hoffman's doing." —Adam Nayman, author, critic, and lecturer

TIFF’s series of classic musicals offers some of the most-loved, most-acclaimed films of the genre including: Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, Om Shanti Om, Moulin Rouge!, and Dil Se..

"[Martin Scorsese] pushes the conventions of filmmaking. He's an exciting filmmaker, who even though he returns to the same themes, he always does it in a different way." —Alicia Malone

"Something consciously I was trying to do was to honour the sense of space, but also the sense of time. Allowing the scenes to flow in which the camera is more like a ghost that comes from the future and is in that place and is just witnessing." —Alfonso Cuarón

Director James Gray breaks down how Joaquin Phoenix is able to naturally depict internal conflict.

Described as one of the most exciting and joyful movies ever made, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s portrait of Pablo Picasso at work focuses on a different kind of suspense — that of artistic creation.

The film that changed Denis Villeneuve’s life?