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TIFF by the numbers

Your statistical guide to the festival

 (Illustration by Sarah Lazarovic) (Illustration by Sarah Lazarovic)

Number of films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: 349

Number of films submitted for consideration: 4,156

Total minutes of film being screened: 29,764

Number of countries represented: 55

Percentage of films from Canada, the country with the most selections: 33

Length, in minutes, of the Filipino film Death in the Land of Encantos, the longest film at this year’s festival: 540

Length, in minutes, of the shortest film: 2

Number of moviegoers expected: More than 340,000

Number of “international stars and special guests” attending: More than 500

Number of journalists attending: More than 1,000

Number of former U.S. presidents attending: 1 (Jimmy Carter)

Number of former U.S. talk show hosts attending: 1 (Phil Donahue)

Number of TIFFs Woody Allen has attended, prior to 2007: 0

Annual budget of the TIFF Group, the non-profit charity that runs the festival: $17.8 million

Percentage of its budget comprised of government grants: 19

Percentage by which TIFF revenue has grown since 1990: 500

Number of TIFF staff: 2,330

Number of these who are volunteers: 1,700

Number of musical biographies at this year’s festival: 9

Number of films about gloomy post-punk band Joy Division: 2

Number of films about war: 20

Number of directors with films being screened: 405

Number of these directors named David, Peter or John: 26

Number of languages spoken in films at this year’s festival: 52

Number of First Nations languages: 2

Number of letters in the longest title: 49, (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)

Number of letters in the shortest title: 1 (M)

Number of theatre screens being used: 28

Minutes before a scheduled start after which ticket holders are no longer guaranteed a seat: 15

Minutes after the start of a screening when entry into the theatre is forbidden: 10

Number of times films produced by Robert Lantos (Fugitive Pieces) have opened TIFF: 10

Total TIFF prize money available for Canadian films: $65,000

Total TIFF prize money available for non-Canadian films: $0

Guy Leshinski is a Toronto-based writer.

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