It's just a more uncertain world out there, ... There is more of a possibility of losing something, a loved one or a child. Maybe too there's an increasing sense of powerlessness, that we don't have as much control over the world as we used to five or 10 years ago.
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To allow Canadian filmmakers to stand shoulder to shoulder with their international counterparts.
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We've been through some pretty major crises over the last little while. Air strikes and postal strikes, projectionists' strikes, we went through 911 in the middle of our festival. I think we'll roll with the punches.
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Obviously, ... politically in the United States there has been such a drift to the right that hasn't happened up here, as Canada has become much more tolerant and open.
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