A Stratford resident got a chance to take in 35 films at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and would gladly have watched even more.
Megan Smith-Harris, founder of the Stratford Film Festival, spent 10 days at TIFF, a world-renowned celebration of Canadian and International films.
“I’m one of those people who willingly goes to four to five films a day,” said Smith-Harris.
Her only frustration was difficulty around getting tickets – so Smith-Harris only got to see 3.5 films a day.
She said her trip to Toronto was to find films to bring to Stratford for their monthly screening series and for the Film Festival next year.
One of her favourites included Hamnet, which won the audience award at TIFF.
“It deals with William Shakespeare, his wife (Anne Hathaway) and their son Hamnet,” said Smith-Harris.
“I’m hoping to bring that here.”
Other favourites of hers included Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, and John Candy: I Like Me.
This Saturday will see two screenings of Julie Delpy’s Meet The Barbarians in Stratford City Hall, with this year’s Film Festival to feature 30 films across three days and four nights.
Details can be found here.
