China News Service, Toronto, September 10 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The 10-day 45th Toronto International Film Festival officially debuted on September 10.

However, under the influence of the new crown epidemic, this year's film festival had to make great adjustments in its holding methods.

  For the first time, the film festival's screening activities used a combination of physical cinema and online screening.

In addition to providing limited theater seats, the festival organizing committee also provides movie fans with different viewing methods such as car theaters, outdoor theaters and online platforms.

  The number of film screenings has also dropped significantly, from more than 300 in previous years to only 50 feature films and 35 short films this year.

However, the organizer promises that every film to be shown is a masterpiece carefully selected by the selection team.

These include the feature film debut of the Chinese mainland director Wang Jing, "Unstoppable", the documentary film "76 Days" about Wuhan's fight against the epidemic by the American Chinese director Wu Hao, and the "Escape from the Legislative Yuan" by the Taiwanese director Wang Yifan.

  The new work "A Place of Nowhere" by Chinese female director Zhao Ting, who lives in the United States, was listed as one of the "must-see movies" on the official website of the film festival.

The organizing committee has disclosed in advance that Zhao Ting will be awarded the annual director award for the special contribution award at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.

  The film festival has created an online platform specifically.

In addition to the online screening of the film, industry exchange activities such as filmmaker dialogues and industry lectures will all be conducted in the "cloud".

A series of online exchange activities also included the Chinese film exhibition where a number of films including "The Past of Huanghuatang", "Young Sangji", "I Believe" and so on.

  Movie fans also missed the opportunity to chase stars on the offline red carpet.

However, 50 well-known film directors and actors from around the world were invited to be the "ambassadors" of this Toronto International Film Festival to show their support, including well-known Chinese filmmakers Jia Zhangke, Zhang Ziyi, Yen Zidan, and Chinese director Wang Ziyi in the United States.

  The Toronto Film Festival launched the "Movie Love" fund earlier this year to support the recovery of the film industry.

  The film festival organizing committee stated that the film festival can create more than 200 million Canadian dollars in economic benefits for Toronto and Ontario where it is located each year.

  The Toronto International Film Festival was founded in 1976. It features a large number of films. It has become a well-known brand event in the Canadian film industry and one of the most prestigious international film festivals in the world.

The "People's Choice" award-winning films voted by audiences during the Toronto Film Festival often win Oscars the following year, making the film festival regarded as an "Oscar vane" by the industry.

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