Steve Gravestock, a veteran Canadian and Nordic film programmer at the Toronto Film Festival, plans to step down.
TIFF’s senior programmer will leave the festival at the end of 2022. “It has always been exciting to see Canadian filmmakers, from across the country, bring our stories to the screen,” Grevestock said in a statement Monday.
Her resignation from TIFF comes amid an ongoing reorganization of programming in Toronto, with film director Diana Sanchez stepping down in late 2021, while Anita Lee has just been named the new programming director.
Along with Lee Kelly Butsal, Associate International Programmer at Canadian Films, and Ravi Srinivasan, Senior Program Director at the festival, they will lead programming for TIFF Canadian Film.
Additionally, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey has been promoted to the highest position in Toronto since co-chair Joanna Vicente left the post after the 2021 edition and returned to the US to replace Kerry Patnam as CEO of the Sundance Institute. , Media and Arts Organization. Hosts the Sundance Film Festival.
Bailey and her emerging programming team are embracing the traditional launch of Hollywood’s official awards season and continuing to redefine their festival model as the independent film industry moves into the broadcast space. Canadian film screenings have been the center of attention in Toronto, in part to divert attention from the Hollywood celebrities who walk the TIFF red carpet every September and the top studio marquees that dominate the screens.
Gravestock will schedule future film series at Bell Lightbox, the festival’s Toronto venue, in 2023.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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