TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival Review

Too Much Line Up if you want tickets ..Wait 8hrs one Time ..give Up on the third years

Best part about visiting TIFF Lightbox is the mature crowd that actually enjoyes cinema and lets you enjoy it too.

Just be careful, if the theatre is full, they won't be giving you any refunds only credits. Plus, the popcorn doesn't taste as good as Cineplex popcorn, even when freshly popped. Odd.

Best culture in the city... or at least up there with AGO

get rid of the new management in the festival towers. Houda the manager should not be in that position. she is rude!!! impolite!!!! not helpful!!!! My dealings with the festival towers have been since day 1. The previous management was very pleasant and always very helpful. Houda has made my experience with the festival towers a very unpleasant one. As an owner of this festival tower I am not happy with her at all. Please make sure we screen our people before hiring them.

A cinofiles dream. Historic and new and such interesting and varied speakers.

Some of the best cinematic experiences I ve ever had. You can watch films in 70mm or 35mm depending on the series. Staff are friendly and welcoming. The concessions are lower than going to a normal movie theatre (cineplex).

A fantastic venue to watch amazing films. World class projection and sound.

Nice interior architecture and always has a great selection of films. The gift shop has a well curated selection of books and films as well.

Excellent food. Nice service. Great ambiance emphasized by the art on the walls.

A really great space. It's comfortable and sophisticated at the same time. The sound in the theatre is crisp and precise, and the picture is crystal clear. And the film selection is, of course, top-notch. I highly recommend a visit!

Great place to check out movies you can't find elsewhere. Fantastic theatres with top notch sound quality.

Excellent facilities, world-class films, friendly staff, but horrible service.

If you go a few minutes before a movie to try to buy a ticket, even if you are a TIFF member and in the "special" members' line, you may find yourself stuck there for a long time, and miss the beginning of the movie.

Its much faster and more efficient at a cineplex, even though cineplex's films are not in the same league as TIFF's.

It's a shame they haven't gotten this figured out after being open for quite a few years now - why should anyone have to wait in line so long to buy tickets, let alone tiff members? Why are there not automated touch-screens available, like at Cineplex, for people to buy their films?

It feels quite archaic in 2020 having to stand in a lineup to buy a movie ticket. Just because we want to see films from the 1980s doesn't mean we want our movie-ticket-buying experience to also be from the 1980s.

This was my first time to TIFF. I went to see the king. The seats were comfortable and you can bring beverages in with you to watch the movie. Nice size screen and a good sound system. then i become a volunteer in tiff, it was an amazing experience, stuff are good, everyone there are so nice and helpful. All said it's great place to catch movie

Really cool atmosphere and the staff is helpful and supportive.

Great place. A good way to spend a weekend afternoon especially when weather is bad.

TIFF and the Lightbox provide year round programmes and events around films, film making, film history. and film technology.
It's theatres are comfortable and well equipped.
A true jewel for Toronto.

one of the best places in toronto!.
It s a nice place where you can share your taste in cinema, meet people with the same tastes and learn.
I m always good to visit it.
In featival times it is clearly full of people and sometimes it is difficult to pass, but they have a very good team and help to cope with all possible events so in that way we have good experiences both in the movies and on the red carpets.
my all-time favourite here in Canada.

This was a wonderful experience. I enjoyed the film festival I attended.

Good artsy movies here and the snack bar actually has decent food and drinks, incl beer and wine!

Always a great movie experience. Everyone is respectful of other audience members here and the concessions are cheaper than most Cineplex locations.

Convenient location. Clean place. Comfortable seats. Fair prices. They show international movies that other theatres don't. Could maybe add another popcorn taste to the ones available.

Great selection of foreign films throughout the year. Great restaurant on the second floor as well

A staple for me while I lived in Toronto and whenever I come back to visit. They play great films during the film festival and all year round. The building is great and the theaters are spacious.

A very elegant and comfortable place to watch particularly thought provoking movies or classic ones from varying decades. Excellent place for a fulfilling (date) night. The staff is lovely. Some films have featured presentations such as film discussions, interviews with cast members or film critiques. All in all, a great place for film lovers. As well, a true gem in the city supporting Arts & Culture in the film industry.

Significantly decreased the amount of visits to cineplex. As a lover of movies, it's great to go to a theatre to watch a movie (old or new) with other movie lovers. The entire audience is respectful and I have NEVER heard a phone go off or seen a phone screen turn on during a movie. Also no "Sally seat kickers" and the like ;)

Nice and trendy cinema with excellent service and variety of movies and discounts! Must go!

Nice building. There are some great featured films here during the year. I have never purchased food here, it's probably expensive. There are lots of places to eat right across the road, and there is convenient underground parking. Not hard to get to from the highway.

Great theatre and selection of movies to watch. Comfortable seating.

its a movie theatre nothing super special mayeb a bit nicer thna most

This was a blast
My school went last year and it was EPIC!!!!!!

went there to watch anthropocene,human epoch.
nice place

A great spot to see a movie. Washrooms have a strange location but it's a fun area along King Street beside all the live theatres not far from the University Subway

Very well curated movie selection. Staff are actually nice.

Crowded cinema with average sized screen. They should sell tickets by the seat to not require people lining up for 30+minutes

This one of those places you bring someone to watch something off the main stream path. Take someone whose opinions you value and discuss what you've seen, it's intimate enough to feel personal.

Excellent space, comfortable seats, great sound, modern.

Great place not bad. Best to travel as a group if not in core of t.o.

The film was pretentious and does not deserve all the attention and two oscar nominations Roma. The venue is great!

There are 4 mini cinemas there. Comfort seating. Lounge is cosy. Public parkings at underground.

Great place to experience independent filmmakers' work, which is a very valuable and exciting part of our local and national culture. A great facility for a very comfortable and enjoyable viewing experience.

Great place to see films you generally won't see a wide release locally. The screens and projection are are still well calibrated offering a sharp and vibrant picture. On the other hand, the seating arrangements aren't great not enough incline between rows, tight horizontal space, and the cup holders are awkwardly low.

Comfy seats, leg room, and good-sized screens make movie viewing very enjoyable.

TIFF has done a great job in maintaining art movies available to the public in Toronto.

Is Super Friendly Great Time! Movie was Awesome! Theatre is Always Clean! Staff&Services 5

Nice theater but multiple lines to finally get into the theater showing your movie. Most places you buy a ticket, get it scanned and go to your screen. Here always two lines to get in before entering the theater with your screening. Long way to washroom.

My experience; Pricey! but you're paying for the experience and it's a lot cleaner than your average cinema, since most who go are too stuck up to enjoy popcorn and a soft drink.

Disappointing. Got there for the show - didn't have lunch so we could enjoy popcorn and a drink. Concession CLOSED because of a function in another auditorium on the floor. No need to have closed it, other than snotty discrimination.

Beautiful theatres; fantastic curation of indie films; wonderful events outside of the festival; and of course, the festival is a must attend!!

Theatre was very clean and service was very friendly! Very spacious and appealing theatre.

The best theatre of all time. The film library for classic and Canadian films is amazing. The screen rooms are amazing. Super comfortable seating. Great concession and gift shop.

Studio Ghibli exhibition is AMAZING when it's on. Their special events are great and their featured director areas are great and change regularly.

Regular showings tend to lean on the more art-house ecclectic side so I wouldn't recommend looking for a blockbuster here if not during festival.

Great looking building with a wonderful theater experience. Went for a show premiere and enjoyed the bar/theater spaces.

Great place to be at TIFF a bit overpriced but still worth going.

Was a great experience, went to the event through Bell. Movie viewed was rather dull, but the atmosphere and crowd is very supportive and genuine.

Best place to see classic films with a spouse. Thanks Arjun and theater staff

Very well structured building, design is well thought out and the modern/technological feel us really expressed