Toronto International Film Festival 2009

Film Festival Etiquette

by: EYE WEEKLY Staff
September 16, 2009 9:08 PM
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Turn off your BlackBerry during the films. Yeah, even you Big Swinging Dick types. This is basic.

Take off your cheesy Starbucks-themed TIFF lanyard when you’re done TIFFing for the day. No babes at the bar want to date you based on your little yellow “Industry” designation, you wang.

Remember, when you’re waiting for a movie to start and you tell a coleague something like “Steven Soderbergh — have you heard of him? He’s famous!” or “Chloe was the best film I’ve seen so far,” people are listening... and judging.

Don’t strike up a conversation with Roger Ebert when you are side-by-urinal.

Perhaps surprisingly, mistaking an attractive woman for Megan Fox can prove to be a very fortunate faux pas.

When you witness someone asking a gift suite attendant “What’s the free stuff in here?” do not give her shiteye. It is a perfectly reasonable question.

When participating in a post-film Q & A, don’t start out by saying that you don’t understand the film.

When the guy with crutches asks for your aisle seat at a screening, give him your aisle seat. They may be more coveted than usual during rammed TIFFing days, but come on.

Complaining about the crappy party swag is seriously gauche.

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