Festival Factoids

The Toronto International Film Festival has come a long way since its 1976 debut at Ontario Place as "The Festival Of Festivals", intended modestly as a showcase for titles that had already made a splash at other film festivals. Only 127 titles were screened--compare that to this year's tally:

· 349 films screened in total
· 261 features
· 91 shorts
· 234 that are world, international, or North American premieres (85%)
· 4156 Total Submissions from 55 countries
· 71 First Features
· 28 Screens
· 17 Programmes
· 29,764 Minutes of Film
· 540' Longest Film
· 2' Shortest Film
· 41 Canadian features
· 54 Canadian shorts
· 22 Canadian features making their world premiere
· 9 Installations mounted in venues across the city as part of the "Future Projections" programme
· 340,000+ admissions annually (including industry professionals and the general public)

Info courtesy of The Toronto International Film Festival Group's official site.