TIFF 2007 By The Numbers

Entering its 32nd year, the Toronto International Film Festival is welcoming more than 500 famous guests this year, from Clive Owen and Charlize Theron to Susan Sarandon and Woody Allen.

Here’s a look at this year’s event, by the numbers:

Films: 349 (271 features, 4 mid-length, and 74 shorts)

Features that are world, international or North American premieres: 234 (85 per cent)

Film submissions: 4156 (3415 international, 741 Canadian)

Countries represented: 55

Films that are first features for a director: 71

Movie screens being employed: 28

Programs: 17
 
Longest film: 9 hours

Shortest film: 2 minutes

Total minutes of film: 29,764

Canadian features, including co-productions: 41

Canadian shorts, including co-productions: 54

Canadian features world premiering: 22

Stars and special guests in attendance: more than 500

Admissions: more than 340,000

Image: Charlize Theron in a scene from In The Valley Of Elah