The September breeze still carries the heat and humidity of summer, but it is tainted with a hint of early autumn coolness, mixed with the refreshing water vapor of Lake Ontario, slowly passing by, the branches and leaves at the top of the treetops begin to dye colorful colors, and the green sea of the city begins to emerge red, yellow, The intense orange and colorful waves are surging and boiling, the blue sky seems to feel the waves, the golden sunlight flows slowly, and the air is filled with a bright and pleasant atmosphere, which makes people want to go outside, even if it is just for a walk in the city square. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared with the crowds of New York and the sunshine of Los Angeles, Toronto has a laid-back and unrestrained idleness and freedom, with old men walking their dogs pacing happily with friendly smiles on their faces, pigeons in the square surrounding their children and jostling for a loaf of bread, and people in work suits carrying briefcases walking briskly to the side of the street, then riding their bikes and driving away......

It was like a translucent blue sky just washed after heavy rain, but it was full of colorful splendor, and the mood couldn't help but lighten up.

Today's Toronto is particularly noisy, and the sight line is filled with crowds, and every corner is crowded with people, as if the residents of all North America have poured into the city overnight. Maybe that's not the case, but it's not far off, as the annual Toronto Film Festival officially kicks off today.

While the Venice Film Festival is still in full swing at this time, Toronto's natural location has easily won the hearts of its neighbors, and almost all the productions that aim to win this year's awards season will not be missed.

The Toronto Film Festival is very young, just held in 1976, and its real rise is in the last two or three years, starting with the "Slumdog Millionaires" and gradually replacing Venice as an outpost of the North American awards season.

Canadians are world-famous for their politeness, even a little over-the-top, with "sorry" and "thank you" on the lips all the time, no matter what. Americans always like to ridicule this, the most famous meme is the "Black Friday" rush every year, the American shopping mall is completely a battlefield, and even before the mall pulls up the roller shutter door, crazy customers will rush in, and the rush to buy will even be life-threatening.

But in Canada, all the staff lined up in two to greet them, and the customers applauded and saluted, and followed the queue into the mall in an orderly manner. Even when they fight, they say "I'm sorry" and say that they are Canadians.

This tradition continues at the Toronto Film Festival, where even the worst films are shown with a standing ovation at the end of the show. Compared with the arrogant, cold, and impersonal audiences of the three major European film festivals, Toronto is simply a paradise, and even the film critics here are particularly gentle, and most of the films screened in Toronto can receive "good reviews", as if they were praised.

Therefore, real professionals will know that the reference value of these reviews is limited, and it will not be known until the movie is released in the United States.

However, such an intimate environment is undoubtedly the best choice for a promotional strategy.

What's more, unlike the three major European film festivals that have attracted the world's attention, Toronto has never been based on awards, but is known for the large number of film screenings, mainly serving the market, it does not need to struggle between art and business, and has only one ultimate goal: to sell films.

This has also made Toronto a platform for major independent film studios, attracting more and more independent films to seek opportunities.

This year's Toronto Film Festival was no exception, with "The Black Swan" by Darren Aronofsky and Natalie-Portman, "Another Year" by Mike Leigh, "The King's Speech" by Tom Hooper and Colin-Firth, "Rabbit Hole" starring Nicole Kidman, Ben-Affleck's "Thieves in the City" and more will all be on the scene in the next eleven days.

In fact, many of the films have just come from Venice, such as "Norwegian Wood", "Barney's Life", "The Puppet", "The Road to No Fruition", etc. From this side, it can be seen that the average quality of the 51 participating films this year is worthy of recognition.

This has led to a gathering of journalists from all over North America to get first-hand information and give a brief look at this year's awards season. No one wants to miss such a grand event.

After settling in at the hotel, Lan Li left the hotel and walked in the direction of the main venue.

Although he is a man in two lives, he has never even participated in a concert, let alone a film festival or a music festival, Lan Li's steps can't help but start to be brisk, Andy didn't follow for the time being, he has more than one actor under Lan Li, there are other jobs to deal with, and he will come back on the day of the premiere of "buried alive". Therefore, before that, the time of the Blue Ceremony is free, and you can enjoy the comfort of the film festival to the fullest. So, I started thinking about what movie I should watch today and what movie I should watch tomorrow.

But the question is, how does he know what movies are released today? Do you have to check the official website? Although he lacks experience, Lan Li quickly figured out the process - the house book, each film festival has its own house book, and each year's characteristics are different, not only the date and the schedule of the show, but also the media feedback of the works released each day, and the simple interviews with the crew members.

Flipping through the house book, Lan Li quickly browsed the list of 51 shortlisted works this year, more than half of them he had seen them, and the other half had never heard of them, and carefully studied the list of credits, most of them were local Canadian films - after all, this is the home field, and the support for local films every year is still very large, for example, this year's opening film chose the Canadian power.

Local director Michael-McGowan (Michael-McGowan) teamed up with a group of local Canadian musicians to launch the "Ice Hockey Musical", which is about Canada's most popular ice hockey, and it can be said that the blood is full of Canadian factors.

Although he had already seen most of the works, he wanted to see many of them again, especially when he walked into the cinema and sat in the audience to enjoy the works on the big screen. For example, "Scorched Earth City" directed by Denis-Villeneuve.

To this day, Lan Li still remembers the shock and intricacies when he first watched this movie, and later the director also filmed wonderful works such as "Prisoner", "Border Killer", "Arrival", etc., what he is best at is to use the switching and construction of the camera to complete the brewing and creation of emotions, magnify the details of the actors' acting skills, and capture the essence of the performance.

Such a movie is an absolute pleasure to watch on the big screen.

Yesterday was the opening ceremony of the Toronto Film Festival, only one movie "Ice Hockey Musical" was released, and today the screening officially began......

While thinking, he turned around, ready to buy a movie ticket, but before he turned around, Lan Li suddenly saw a back figure close at hand, almost only a palm away from his back, which really startled him, and under the inertia of turning around, his whole person's center of gravity went forward, and he was about to pounce on the other party, and his muscles suddenly exerted force, and he braked the car hard. But before he could take a step back, the other party took another half step back, and then it was too late to react, Lan Li could only stretch out his hands to block the other party's back to avoid the two of them from colliding.

With both hands, Lan Li took a step back, although his heart was palpitating, but he finally avoided the disaster; the other party was Lan Li's gear, and the center of gravity that originally retreated was also lost, and he staggered a small step forward, his movements were extremely embarrassed, and he turned around suddenly, his dark brown hair fluttered gently in the air, and his watery eyes were distinct and flashing with bright light, but at this time, he was full of anger, and his questioning voice was suppressed and angry, "What's the matter with you?"

Lan Li's brows frowned slightly, this was obviously the fault of both parties, he was at fault, but she was also at fault, but the other party was the wicked to sue first? However, Lan Li also knew that such a thing was originally ambiguous, and there was no result in arguing, out of gentlemanly etiquette, Lan Li showed an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, my fault." ”

With such a friendly and sincere apology, the other party seemed embarrassed to continue arguing, she nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I'm sorry, I'm also at fault, I was a little absent-minded just now, I should have looked at the road in advance." She raised her right hand and rubbed her temples, her long dark brown hair in a bun, hidden under her black beret, and the falling strands of hair obscured most of her cheeks, and only a hard jaw curve could be faintly seen.

"Luckily, no one is out of the picture. Lan Li politely made a little joke to liven up the atmosphere, but the other party didn't show a smile, which suddenly made the atmosphere a little awkward, but Lan Li didn't mind, anyway, it was just a meeting in Pingshui, he nodded and signaled, and then prepared to leave by detour.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, she seemed to see something, and she dodged behind Lan Li in a panic, the petite body was no more than Lan Li's chest, and it was easily hidden, and her right hand gently pulled Lan Li's sleeve to stop him from leaving.

Lan Li didn't know why, he looked up and looked left and right, but he didn't notice anything unusual--was the other party hiding from someone?why did this look like a movie set?wasn't this the Toronto Film Festival?What details did he miss?

"Paparazzi!" the woman's voice came from behind her, her voice revealing a hint of hoarseness and tightness, revealing the strength hidden in her bones in her panic, "Please help cover it." ”