Toronto’s annual TIFF began on Friday. Toronto International Film Festival, that is.
The Festival is now in its’ 35th season and it has grown from a small, ambitious festival started by a group of film lovers to become one of the world’s premier cinema events rivaling even the Cannes Film Festival.
Of all the Toronto Hostels and Inns for backpackers, only the Canadiana can claim to be right in the middle of the Festival!
Go out of the hostels front door and look right. There you will see the HQ of the Festival; the Bell Lightbox Theatre; and the Film Festival Towers (a condo development catering to actors, directors and other film industry professionals).
Immediately across the street, is the Scotiabank Theatre complex – a multi-screen “Cineplex” that is one of the festivals main venues. The Film Festival Box Office is one block west of the hostel on Peter Street.
The Roy Thompsom Hall, the location numerous grand debuts and “Red Carpet” events is three blocks east along King Street.
One block east along Richmond street is the HQ of the National Film Board of Canada.
Want to see movies? Want to see film stars? Then Toronto is the place to be this week.
And the Canadiana Backpackers Inn is place to be in Toronto!
Bell Lightbox
Scotia Bank Theatre
Roy Thompson Hall