Like everything else, TIFF is different this year. There are far fewer films than usual, and most of the screenings are online. There are a few drive-in or sit-in screenings outdoors (we were unable to get tickets for the drive-in screening of One Night In Miami), and some in-theatre screenings with no more than 50 people in the theatre. When we heard that food would be served and patrons could remove their masks in their seats, Susan and I decided we were not comfortable attending an in-theatre screening. That policy was later changed (no food will be served and masks must be kept on at all times), but by then we had bought all our tickets for online screenings.
So my spreadsheet was much simpler this year, with only 11 films that we wanted to see, so in theory the ticket selection process should have been quicker and less stressful. Uh-uh. Perhaps because it opened to all members at the same time (instead of assigning everyone start times staggered over a few days), the ticket site was incredibly unresponsive and buggy. Sometimes it said there were no events available, and then moments later would again let me try to pick a film. At least 3 times I had tickets in my cart that were discarded before I could buy them. After too many hours of patience and persistence, I did manage to get a ticket to every screening we wanted, but the experience was horrible.
Here are the films we're seeing this year in our living room (films in bold are highly recommended):
- Shiva Baby
- The Way I See It
- Nomadland
- Penguin Bloom
- One Night in Miami
- I Care a Lot
- The Father
- MLK/FBI
- The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
- Falling
- Preparations to Be Together For an Unknown Period of Time
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