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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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