Toronto Film Festival reminders

Here are some timely reminders for the 2007 Toronto Film Festival coming up in September. I will try my best to get some film picks up here this weekend or at least before Tuesday.

I imagine it would be a lot easier on a new MacBook – hello? Apple? Corporate sponsor? Are you there? Doesn't a marketing campaign centered on "a blogger covering the TIFF, using a MacBook, showing how easy it is for a first time user to keep up wiht the hectic pace of an international film festival" sound like an exciting marketing and publicity opportunity?

Oh, right, the film info:

The complete TIFF’07 film list, Gala Schedule, and Visa Screening Room Schedule is now live. The full schedule should be up on August 28th.

The stats:

· 349 films,
· films from 55 countries,
· 275 feature or mid-length films,
· 71 directorial debuts,
· and, over 230 international or North American premieres.

Gala and Visa Screening Room tickets will be available as of 10:00am on Saturday, August 25. Tickets for all other screenings go on sale on September 5th. These tickets comprise the remainder of available tickets after all the advance orders (passes and packages) have been been processed, so some of the more popular selections will be sold out before then.

The Festival’s programme book and Official Film Schedule in print and available August 28.

Ticket Passes & Package information can be found here. There are some packages that involve you ordering blind – basically the Film Festival Programmers pick your movies for you. I think that would be a great way to see the festival if the whole lottery system and order forms thing seems daunting (and it can be: I’ve been going to the fest for 7 years and the system still requires some know-how)

If you ordered the 10-Film Package like me or one of the other pass package that use the Advance Ordering system:

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
pick up: Advance Order Book, Programme Book and Official Film Schedule
available at: Festival Box Office at College Park
You will need both the Advance Order Book and Official Film Schedule to make your film selections

August 29 to 31, 2007
Make your film selections in the Advance Order Book

Friday, August 31, 2007, 1:00pm
Drop of your Advance Order Book by 1:00pm to participate in the Advance Draw
Accepted at the Festival Box Office at College Park only
Order Books received after 1:00pm will be processed separately

Monday, September 3, 2007
Pick up your complete Advance Orders. Available at the Festival Box Office at College Park only