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Executive Suite
Cameron Bailey Appointed Co-Director of Toronto Intl Film Festival
posted on Jan 3, 2008
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Cameron Bailey has been promoted to Co-Director of the
Toronto International Film Festival. Effective January 1, 2008, Bailey assumed
responsibility for the overall programming and operations of the
September event, along with Co-Director Piers Handling. Artistic director Noah Cowan will mentor Bailey through his first year.
For 12 years, Cameron
Bailey has been a programmer for the Toronto International Film
Festival, where he founded the Planet Africa section and headed the
Perspective Canada series. Most recently he has been responsible for
the annual selection of films from Africa, south Asia and the
Philippines. He has also taken on several additional TIFFG tasks
including hosting Reel Talk, participating in long term planning and
the naming process of Bell Lightbox, the multi-million dollar landmark destination, currently under
construction. Bailey is an accomplished writer,
print and broadcast journalist and has been a guest curator for
festivals around the world.
"Cameron has
been an important member of our programming team and has established
superb credentials as a strong curator," said Handling. "Noah and I
look forward to working with him to assure the continued success of the
film festival."
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