IndieWire writes on the TIFF Bell Lightbox theatre, the King street theatre set to become the festival's permanent home. In an announcement made at Cannes by Piers Handling, Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival, it was confirmed at least three of Lightbox's five public theatres will be open to the public during this year's festival. When completed, the Lightbox theatre, designed by Toronto-based architecture firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, will be home not only to five public cinemas, but also "a three-storey atrium, two galleries, three learning studios, a centre for students and scholars, the staff offices of TIFF, a bistro, a restaurant and a lounge."
"Beyond the festival itself, programming in TIFF Bell Lightbox "will give context to films through innovative cross-media exhibitions, lectures, and film-related learning opportunities for all ages." The year-round programming in TIFF Bell Lightbox is being driven by Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, TIFF Bell Lightbox and his programming team. To date, two significant programming initiatives have been announced for 2010: Essential Cinema, a TIFF-curated film and exhibition programme, and Tim Burton, the highly successful MoMA exhibit."
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