Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo
“When I'm watching a great film, everything clicks together. It feels inspired, controlled, intelligent, unpredictable… I often find myself thinking ‘I can't wait for so-and-so to see this.’” Read more
Alex Rogalski
“I'd want Frederick Wiseman to direct my biopic, but I’d like to be played by an older, smarter, more charming version of myself.” Read more
Andréa Picard
“My dream dinner party would include Eric Rohmer, Paul Sharits, Agnes Martin, Dziga Vertov, Blinky Palermo, R. W. Fassbinder, Martin Kippenberger… Followed up, bien sur, by a tennis match with Jean-Luc Godard.” Read more
Cameron Bailey
“Watching a good film is like tasting a good wine or running your hand over a well-built piece of furniture: you can sense the maker's thousand decisions instantly.” Read more
Colin Geddes
“As a child in the countryside, living far away from any movie theatres, I would clip movie listings from the Toronto Star TV guide of old horror and sci-fi films that I wanted to see.” Read more
Diana Sanchez
“My friends in high school called me a movie cynic, as I would tear all the movies we saw to pieces.” Read more
Dimitri Eipides
“I used to stand outside the Revue Theatre in Montreal in snowy, -21°C weather, handing out flyers for my latest film-club screening. Cinema is more important than frozen feet!” Read more
Elizabeth Muskala
“I wish I had written The Princess Bride. It's such a charming fairy tale and family classic. It's also the film I watch when I'm sick and whiny.” Read more
Giovanna Fulvi
“Woody Allen would direct the story about my life—and he would play me as well.” Read more
Jane Schoettle
“I was seven and home sick from school when I watched Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life on CFRN… I didn't sleep for two days.” Read more
Kate Lawrie Van de Ven
“I'm working on my doctorate, which will officially be my third cinema-studies degree. That's definitely not the sign of someone with a casual relationship to movies.” Read more
Magali Simard
“People may be surprised that I actually like Great Balls of Fire, the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic. It's a film my dad and I watched together several times.” Read more
Martin Bilodeau
“I would love to sit down for dinner with Philippe Falardeau, the Quebec filmmaker, whom I feel is the true voice of my generation.” Read more
Michèle Maheux
“I want to shine a light on films that might entertain, inspire and challenge others—as they have me.” Read more
Noah Cowan
“When I'm watching a good film, I feel anxious. ‘Don't f*** it up!’” Read more
Piers Handling
“When I introduced Krzysztof Kieślowski at the Showcase Cinema in 1989, the entire audience jumped to their feet. Ten days earlier, most of them didn't even know who he was. That's the power of this Festival.” Read more
Rasha Salti
“Cinemas were still running during the civil war in Beirut. I was 14 or 15 years old and Thursdays at school were half-days. Those became movie-going days.” Read more
Steve Gravestock
“I'm pretty sure I would make a more convincing Crash Davis than Kevin Costner did in Bull Durham. He's great in the movie but my swing is better.” Read more
Thom Powers
“Two of the Festival's biggest sensations last year were documentaries: Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog and The Promise with Bruce Springsteen. Every year I'm looking to improve upon the last.” Read more