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Hello TIFF fam! This is my first year applying for Press for TIFF. I reached out to the media office and they said we would be getting updated if we are accredited or not by THIS week and unfortunately, I still haven't heard anything. I wanted to know if anyone else has heard back. And I also was wondering how ticketing works if we are approved for a Press Pass? It says we are given 8 tickets for Public Screenings, do we choose what movies we are seeing bwfore the festival or is it just a free-for-all once we get there? Thank you so much for your help and guidance! It's been my dream to attend this festival and I am so excited! 😃

Trying to de-Google as much as possible, so I've chose to use CryptPad, an end-to-end encryption open source suite. I've unfortunately had to forgo adding the film stills because it's not as simple to do with this platform.

If you're new to the festival and wondering why I do this when TIFF has trailers up on their YouTube page, I'm here to tell you that I've been doing this since 2016 and I've found trailers and clips from all over the place that TIFF has never posted. I presume it's a legal issue (copyright, distribution, etc.).

If I'm missing any trailers or clips, comment here or PM me with the links and I'll add them.

Anyway, I hope this helps you all in your film selections!

hello hello!

i am hopping on here hoping to get some insight from TIFF volunteer veterans. Venue selection due date is approaching and I have nooooo idea where I want to volunteer for preference. Initially I was thinking I would put single screen venues as my two of 3 because they are closer to where I'll be staying when I'm in town and I figured it might be more chill for a first timer? But I also think it might be good to do Scotiabank or TLB to get a richer experience out of this... rahhhhh i have no idea. (also, less important, I was hoping to try to pick venues that might make for easier transport with the training days before the festival starts since I'll have to take a bus into the city each time and would prefer to save money by taking fewer rides.. but also not intruding / staying too long each time at my family's place before I'll be with them for the duration of the festival)

I am so excited ugh I really want to make the most of my time volunteering and enjoying the festival!

I built this tool, Tix Planner, to help me and some friends prioritize what we want to see at TIFF and create schedules with a few features that I wish tiffr offered. Mostly sharing because I built it for my own personal TIFF planning and thought it might be useful to some others in the community. 

tiffr is probably sufficient for most people, however, if you’re attending for more than a few days, trying to see several movies per day, and are interested in a good percentage of the lineup, some of these features might be useful.

The main things I wanted were:

• The ability to rank how interested I am in each film rather than only marking films as something I do or don’t want to see.
  • I find a lot of the TIFF lineup potentially interesting and usually try to see quite a few movies, so ranking different levels of interest (like 1 being a must see to like 10 being willing to check out if there's nothing else playing) and makes it easier for me to decide what to prioritize when screenings overlap.
• The ability to save multiple/alternative versions of a schedule when preparing for presale, especially with how often certain screenings will suddenly go off-sale.
• A schedule generator that considers film rankings and preferences, such as prioritizing world premieres, earlier screenings of a film, or avoiding premium screenings.
• The ability to use the generated schedules as starting points and then customize them manually.

There’s also a section for posting tickets to buy, sell, or trade. It’s basically the same as r/TIFFTickets, but with a more structured interface than Reddit/Discord allows. I’m not sure whether that part will be useful or just create noise, so it could always be removed depending on use.

It currently also includes Locarno and Venice for anyone attending those festivals. Telluride and NYFF will be added once their lineups and schedules are released. There’s last year’s TIFF there too if you want to look through any of the scheduling features.

I did a goof thing and accidentally double booked myself for two amazing Nolan showings, and I'm not sure what to do.

TIFF is hosting some 70mm Nolan screenings, and I was lucky enough to score tickets before they all sold out.

I'm seeing a screening of Inception (Aug 6) and Interstellar (Aug 7) in 70mm. The seats I got are pretty horrible. Legit front row, and my friends and I aren't sitting together, but Interstellar is my favorite movie, and I kick myself for missing the 10th anniversary screenings in 2024. It has been a dream to see Interstellar 70mm IMAX, I've never seen it in a theater before. Even though this screening isn't IMAX, I am so grateful to see it in 70mm.

Here's the problem, when I bought those TIFF tickets it was such a scramble because 1 minute into the sale, it was 99% sold out. So I bought what was available and didn't think twice. UNFORTUNATELY I have tickets to see the Odessey in 70mm IMAX the SAME DAY/time!!

I am fortunate enough to be close to a 70mm/IMAX theater, but I am TORN on what to do...This is what I am weighing out:

1. The Odessey is in 70mm IMAX, seats are GREAT. currently, all 70mm IMAX showings (now until end of Aug) are completely sold out. To cancel these tickets means waiting for new Sept. screenings and hoping I can snag good seats. I'll admit, I'm not super interested in going through the ticket bloodbath.

2. Interstellar is my fav movie and this is a super rare opportunity to see it in a theater and in 70mm. Tickets are non-refundable, but weren't expensive. I'm seeing inception in 70mm the night before, and my friends and I did all get seats together (also very front row lol). Unfortunately, I'm not sure how much I will actually enjoy the screening being very front row. Usually it just looks like moving shapes and it is hard to be "in" the experience, but it is such a rare opportunity I feel like I might regret missing it.

So, long story short, I'm either going through another screening blood bath for a good viewing experience for the Odessey, and opting for a poor viewing experience of a rare screening. OR being out the money for the TIFF tickets and prioritizing great seats for a new Nolan film.

I also just want to make a disclaimer that I am exceptionally grateful to even have these opportunities, and I am absolutely gutted I have to choose between them.

What would you do, I need advice!!!

Watched some movies next week and just curious as I don’t want to spend so much money of concession food.

Just saw that it's going to Venice. Would be a cool crossover of two of my favourite cultural things - tiff and oasis lol

Doing the tiff market for the first time after multiple heartbreaks as a film producer in Canada.
Any tips ?
And would love to connect with anyone else who is doing the same !

But I heard it's skipping festivals?