Film submissions at TIFF were higher than pre-Covid numbers: Cameron Bailey

'People still want to experience movies; they want to discover new films', said Bailey

For the second year running, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is taking place under the shadow of Covid-19. About 130 feature films and a couple of dozen short films are on offer at the 46th edition of the festival that runs September 9-18. After an online show last year, audiences are now back — albeit in smaller numbers, mandatorily masked, and fully vaccinated or tested — at TIFF, the world’s largest public film festival. But Indian participation is limited, thanks to Canada’s ban on direct flights from the country. Indira Kannan spoke to Cameron Bailey, the artistic director and