This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob and Geoff welcome TIFF’s Director and CEO, Pier’s Handling. This will be Handling’s final festival in charge of TIFF, having assumed his current position in 1994. He originally joined the festival in 1982.
Handling looks back on the films that made him a cinephile, his first exposure to the Toronto International Film Festival, and biggest challenges facing film festivals now vs. 40 years ago.
He also discusses how TIFF’s philosophy has evolved since it was founded in 1976, the long road to opening the TIFF Bell Lightbox in 2010, and what audiences are looking for from a film festival in 2018.
Ep. 103: Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson on the Life and Legacy of ‘Broad City’
Ep. 102: How is France Keeping its Arthouse Cinemas Packed?
Ep. 101: Bing Liu on the Making of ‘Minding the Gap’
Ep. 100: Can a Film Preserve an Endangered Language?
Ep. 99: How the Oscars Addressed its Diversity Problem
Ep. 98: What We’re Looking Forward to in 2019
Ep. 97: Year in Review (Part 2)
Ep. 96: Year in Review (Part 1)
Ep. 95: How Will Blockchain Transform the Film Industry?
Ep. 94: Why Netflix Set Its Sights on Cinemas
Ep. 93: What is the State of Independent Film in 2018?
Ep. 92: Zoe Kazan on Writing, Westerns, and Working With The Coen Brothers
Ep. 91: How ‘Bodied’ Director Joseph Kahn Made This Year’s Most Subversive Film
Ep. 90: How Sam Esmail Took ‘Homecoming’ From a Hit Podcast to a Hit TV Show
Ep. 89: Why It’s Finally Time to Take Horror Seriously
Ep. 88: How Dee Rees Went From Film School to Oscar Nominee in a Decade
Ep. 87: How David Gelb Revolutionized Food Documentary
Ep. 86: How to Build a Career in an Emerging Film Market
Ep. 85: What are the Biggest Challenges Facing African Cinema?
Ep. 84: Facebook Enters the World of Prestige TV With ‘Sorry For Your Loss’
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The AI Effect
Writers and Company
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
Invisible City
Cloverfeels