Noah Cowan
Noah Cowan
Noah Cowan is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. Since March 2014, he has overseen the Film Society’s programs in exhibition, education and filmmaker services. Before joining the Film Society, Cowan was the Artistic Director of TIFF Bell Lightbox...
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The primary reason why producers and directors and filmmakers love Toronto is the audiences here, ... They've been incredibly supportive over the years of emerging filmmakers and it's amazing how directors remember.
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I think Toronto audiences are incredibly sanguine about celebrity, ... The people who come to this festival are really focused on the films.
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We wouldn't be showing the Hollywood films we do unless we felt it was going to benefit all the films that are playing,
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We were thrilled to host so many wonderful films from around the world,
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U.S. cinema has a long way to go. Hollywood is not the most welcoming place for female directors. Women have made leaps and bounds over the last 10 years in filling studio executive jobs, but still, behind the camera, it's very driven by guilds that aren't as welcoming to women as they might be.
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Our lineup reflects the amazing diversity of production from around the world.
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Just tell your readers they can come down and see anything and it should be good,
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We are truly overwhelmed this year by the number of films choosing Toronto for their world premieres. Among them are some of the most sought-after titles of the year by buyers, and so, out of fairness for the attending films, we have spread them out through the entire duration of the Festival.
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We didn't anticipate that there would be major studio-like deals happening, ... When you are dealing with that, suddenly everybody gets a little nervous. When the big boys start to play, everyone else has to kind of fall back a little bit.
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Today's survey results confirm Toronto's status as a top-tier festival for international business and deal-making, ... International buyers clearly recognize Toronto as one of the world's premiere festivals to discover and buy the best cinema from across the globe.
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If there had been anyone talking about bad films, I'd have to assume there had to be a bit of sour grapes going on,
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The international star power that descended upon Toronto in the past days was unprecedented.
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The Festival has been a long time supporter of her extraordinary career and she has been a wonderful partner for us in building this Festival and organization.
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We perceive Toronto as the festival that has the widest brim. We try to fit as much under this umbrella as we can.