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TIFF braces for protests ahead of hot-button premieres
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TIFF braces for protests ahead of hot-button premieres

September 21, 2025 4 Min Read
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Once the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) settles for the 50th anniversary edition, screen The festival has learned to designate the protest zone for the world premiere Jasil’s Palestinian Oscar submission on Friday Palestine 36.

Sources say the TIFF security team will oversee zones outside Reuthamson Hall for a screening at 1pm, and those areas will also be monitored by Toronto Police.

This development comes amidst frequent and continuous demonstrations around the world over the war in Gaza. A massive protest took place at the Venice Film Festival last week.

Tiff Security is present on the carpet and monitors crowds around the David Pecaut Square venue, just outside the lightbox headquarters of the Festival on King Street West. That road spread will be pedestrians until September 7th, following festival traditions over the past decade.

A TIFF spokesman declined to comment on the protocol details; screen“At TIFF, safety of audiences, filmmakers, staff, volunteers, media and participants has always been a top priority. We have not disclosed specific details of the security measures that exist throughout the TIFF event.”

It is understood that staff within the festival cinema are trained to use the security teams at hand when necessary to rule out any security issues that may arise. TIFF staff implementing screenings will generally allow protesters to have a say before continuing the program.

Palestine 36 It will be held in the 1930s under the orders of Palestine and the British starring. MK2 film and lucky numbers represent international sales. Earlier in the day, the feature screen to the press and industry and a second public screening is scheduled for Sunday (September 7) with a second P&I slot scheduled for September 10th.

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It was unclear whether there would be a similar zone of protest outside Roy Thomson Hall when TIFF held the 2pm world premiere of Barry Avrich’s on September 10th The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, A documentary about the mission of a retired Israeli general to save his family during the terrorist attacks of Hamas on October 7, 2023. That was the only presentation of the film and no P&I screening is scheduled at the moment.

The film has already sparked controversy when it was not announced as part of the TIFF Docs lineup, claiming that the filmmakers had withdrawn the film and were self-censored. CEO Cameron Bailey denied the claims firmly, but Tiff worked furiously behind the scenes to ensure that the “required conditions” were met. The film eventually revived in the lineup.

Last year’s TIFF ProPalestinian protesters confused opening night screening The Nutcracker. Separately, the festival was forced to screen a documentary about Anastasia Trofimova. Russians of war Following protest amid ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict ““A serious threat to festival management and public safety.” TIFF programmed two screenings after the 2024 festival.

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