"Fiction features, it's such a rare and a hard thing to do, especially in this country, when you're telling stories where it's from the Black experience. People aren't knocking down our door...It's a lot of convincing." —Charles Officer (@canesugar) Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker and founder of @Canesugar Filmworks, Charles Officer’s career began with his first short film WHEN MORNING COMES in 2000.

Submissions for the 46th annual Toronto International Film Festival are now open. #TIFF21

To celebrate, we’ve created 45 @letterboxd lists highlighting every film that’s played at the Festival. 👇

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“When you find community, you find yourself as well.”

Star @rizwanahmed discusses how his character in SOUND OF METAL embarks on a journey from self-reliance to finding community in unexpected places. .@dariusmarder’s assured debut feature SOUND OF METAL follows a heavy metal drummer who begins to experience hearing loss, and fights to hold on to what defines him.

Autumn Peltier on what she hopes THE WATER WALKER will do for climate change awareness:

"Everyone needs water. We are all one. I hope we can all come together and create awareness for our future, and protect the land and the water." #TIFF20 Greta Thunberg on the future of climate activism:

"It isn’t going to be the politicians who suddenly realize there’s a climate crisis...But by influencing all people in general, we can build that pressure towards elected officials. That’s how a democracy works."
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🔴 Happening now: The incredible @Ava DuVernay joins @cameron_tiff at #TIFF20 for a powerful conversation on art, activism, and Black Lives Matter.

Presented by @BronStudios “I’m a storyteller that works a lot with historical narrative. I always feel like we’re in the presence of history, and I don’t understand why people don’t see life that way. This year, people see it that way.” ––@Ava DuVernay on 2020 #TIFF20

Calling all cowboys and aliens:

CONCRETE COWBOY star @calebmclaughlin joins us tomorrow at 4:30pm EDT for a Twitter Q&A. Drop your questions below using #TIFF20. @TIFF_NET Q: @TIFF_NET @calebmclaughlin what are some things you and idris did to build your father/son relationship on screen? #TIFF20
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🔴 Happening now: Celebrate 20 years of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM with @DarrenAronofsky, @BurstynEllen, Matthew Libatique, @iamclintmansell, and James Chinlund.

Part of the Best of TIFF Reunions, presented by @bell. #TIFF20 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… “A lot of people think that making those films, and films that are intense in subject matter, end up being super intense and depressing sets. For me, it was a set of constant discovery and excitement, and fun.” ––@DarrenAronofsky on REQUIEM FOR A DREAM #TIFF20

🔴 Happening now: Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan joins host @annetdonahue for a special In Conversation With... to discuss her powerhouse performances over the past decade, and her new #TIFF20 film AMMONITE. Saoirse Ronan became an actor out of necessity but fell in love the second she stepped on set:

"I like the discipline with the play aspect, but it wasn’t really until I got to 12—so much older—when I was doing ATONEMENT, that I told my Nan 'I want to do it forever." #TIFF20

“...the greatest thing I’ve ever done in my life is capturing Ellen Burstyn’s performance on film.” ––@DarrenAronofsky in 2000 on REQUIEM FOR A DREAM #TIFF20 Adapted from Hubert Selby Jr.’s classic novel, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM is a stylistically arresting film that follows four people as their dreams for a better life descend into a spiral of despair and self-destruction. #TIFF20