Following a screening of Julie Taymor's acclaimed The Tempest, Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood joins award-winning stage director and actress Martha Henry for a discussion of William Shakespeare's original play, Taymor's film adaptation, and Atwood's highly anticipated novel Hag-Seed, a re-telling of The Tempest as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series.

Debuting at the height of the US-Soviet Space Race, Star Trek offered an alternative to the adversarial ideology then underlying space exploration in the United Federation of Planets. A kind of intergalactic United Nations, the Federation is dedicated to preserving peace between species, ridding the known universe of war, inequality, hunger, and disease, and upholding the values of cooperation, equality, justice and liberty for all. The Federation's utopian balance between principled...

Since its debut in 1966, Star Trek has inspired people to pursue their passions and dreams in a variety of fields, from science and engineering to technology and the arts. From Martin Cooper, who invented the portable cellular phone in 1973 inspired by Captain Kirk's communicator, to Dr. Mae Jemison, whose admiration of Nichelle Nichols' Lt. Uhura led her to realize her dream to become the first African American woman in space, Star Trek has motivated fans to realize its ideals in their own...

Premiering three years before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Star Trek helped catalyze the public's curiosity about space travel and the existence of life beyond our planet, representing it not as unattainable fantasy but as a reality that was within our reach. Rooting the Enterprise's voyages within galaxies and constellations that were known to be in existence (the planet Vulcan may have been invented, but the star system it belongs to is entirely real), Star Trek also posited...

Nigeria has long been Africa's largest producer of film, and the second largest producer in the world. As TIFF's 2016 City to City programming reveals, Nigerian cinema in is in the midst of a contemporary new wave, with established and emerging directors, producers, talent, and crew creating rich cinematic storytelling. Guests for this discussion include: Mo Abudu - CEO, EbonyLife TV Funa Maduka - Content Stategist Wendy Mitchell - Film Programme Manager, British Council

Jonathan Olsberg is the Chairman of Olsberg-SPI, and a seasoned strategic adviser of many public and private media organizations. For over 25 years his company has helped screen agencies around the world to develop sustainable and viable independent film businesses. In this keynote speech, taken from TIFF's 2016 Industry Conference, Jonathan talks about how he see's film production driving the expansion of other creative industries, and why film's contribution to cultural capital needs to be...

Canadian filmmakers Max Mcabe-Lokos and Bruce MacDonald worked together on the TIFF 13 film The Husband. Today they interview each about their new films at TIFF (McCabe-Lokos' short film Ape Sodom and MacDonald's road trip comedy Weirdoes) and talk about why they make movies.

You might know filmmaker Morgan Spurlock from the time he only ate McDonalds for several months, or the time he tried to captured Bin Laden. Here, he's joined by his producing partner Jeremy Chilnick to discuss his new Midnight Madness documentary Rats, which is about exactly what it sounds like.

An in-depth panel moderated by Patrick McGuire, Head of Content at VICE Canada, and featuring Loc Dao (Chief Digital Officer of the National Film Board of Canada), Yelena Rachitsky (Creative Producer and Head of Education, Oculus Story Studio), Ryan Oliver (Lead Producer, Developer-Owner, Pinnguaq Technology Inc.), and Ana Serrano (Chief Digital Officer, Canadian Film Centre). Patrick McGuire Head of Content, VICE Canada Patrick McGuire is a journalist and documentary producer who is...

Ivan Reitman joins us for a conversation on women in comedy, and the backlash against Ghostbusters 3.

Award-winning novelist, memoirist and scholar André Aciman considers Eric Rohmer's influence on his own work in this introduction to the great French filmmaker's exquisite tale of erotic obsession and moral suspense. This is part of our Film Programme Dangerous Liaisons: The Films of Eric Rohmer. Our first retrospective in 20 years dedicated to the French New Wave master, whose films find the elusive nexus of sparkling wit, philosophical profundity, and erotic obsession. For more check out 3...

Celebrated writer and director Catherine Hardwicke discusses her journey from production designer to award-winning filmmaker of Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, and Twilight, as well as her trailblazing advocacy work for gender parity in the film industry. This event is co-presented with Film Fatales Toronto. tiff.net

In collaboration with THE VERGE. Supported by: Anne-Marie Canning In July, we are delving into the incredible power of VR to put people in other people's lives. And also the challenges and questions that come with that power. Storytellers are only beginning to explore the potential for virtual reality to put people inside other perspectives — and other lives. In our second POP, you'll get the chance to experience some of the best work that's been done to date, and also to question the limits...

In collaboration with THE VERGE. Supported by: Anne-Marie Canning In July, we are delving into the incredible power of VR to put people in other people's lives. And also the challenges and questions that come with that power. Storytellers are only beginning to explore the potential for virtual reality to put people inside other perspectives — and other lives. In our second POP, you'll get the chance to experience some of the best work that's been done to date, and also to question the limits...

In collaboration with the FADER and supported by: Anne-Marie Canning. This past June we explored the intersection of VR, music and art with a pop-up installation at TIFF Bell Lightbox that was filled with beauty, delight and surprises (like moss-covered headsets that we're pretty sure will show up on Paris runways soon). Along with the exhibition we invited Industry experts, creatives, and artists to talk on the past, present, and future of virtual reality. MODERATOR: JOSEPH PATEL VICE...

In collaboration with the FADER and supported by: Anne-Marie Canning. This past June we explored the intersection of VR, music and art with a pop-up installation at TIFF Bell Lightbox that was filled with beauty, delight and surprises (like moss-covered headsets that we're pretty sure will show up on Paris runways soon). Along with the exhibition we invited Industry experts, creatives, and artists to talk on the past, present, and future of virtual reality. MODERATOR: JOSEPH PATEL VICE...

Whisky expert Heather Greene joins us for a screening of Ken Loach's award-winning caper comedy and discusses the role that whisky has played in the history of cinema. This concludes our Food on Film Series for 2016. For more information on other upcoming series, visit tiff.net

Following our free screening of Sean Baker's Tangerine, we were honoured to welcome star Mya Taylor — who this year became the first transgender actress to win a major film prize when she took home an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female — for an onstage conversation. For more events like these and information on our upcoming Higher Learning's visit http://tiff.net/summer2016-series

Stage director and Olivier Award–winning actor Kathryn Hunter takes us behind the scenes of Julie Taymor's innovative production of Shakespeare's immortal fantasy. For more information on this series and more visit tiff.net/books

Cheryl Strayed joins us for a screening of Wild, part of TIFF's 2016 Books on Film Series and reflects on Jean-Marc Vallée's acclaimed adaptation of her best-selling 2012 memoir.

A 2006 Hot Docs Film Festival Interview with Werner Herzog. This Friday sees the return of the director with his new film Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World playing 9:45pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit: http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=50928~edeed7b8-5598-4ac6-994a-ca71bc407bc4&epguid=1982376d-17a7-4bb4-9959-f38bb053d10d&

Ridley Scott and Yaphey Kotto from our 2003 TIFF Dialogues event screening the director's cut. We bring his film back to the big screen April 7th at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit http://tiff.net/winter2016-cinematheque/tiff-cinematheque-special-screenings-winter-2016/alien

Film scholar Sara Saljoughi discusses the role of women in Kiarostami's oeuvre and the film’s confrontation with "the look" in post-revolutionary Iranian cinema. For more information on TIFF Cinemathque saluting the Iranian master with this deluxe retrospective, check out The Wind Will Carry Us: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami. http://tiff.net/winter2016-cinematheque/the-wind-will-carry-us-the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami

Tatiana Maslany, TIFF Rising Stars alumna and critically acclaimed star of television's Orphan Black, joins Toronto International Film Festival Artistic Director Cameron Bailey for an onstage conversation about her diverse film career and rapid rise to stardom. Tatiana Maslany was born in Regina. Her starring role in Grown Up Movie Star (10) won her the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival. Selected as a TIFF Rising Star at the 2012 Toronto International...

Irish-Canadian co-production Room, the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival’s People's Choice Award winner, has been building momentum as one of the strong award contenders of the year. Find out from the team behind the powerful film on the road to bring this novel to life and how Canada played an important role in its success.