Cameron Bailey and Existential Crisis

: They added to his existential crisis — his words — over what constitutes a quality movie in the simultaneously connected and disconnected world of 2015, according to Toronto Star. It interesting that the crisis coincides with TIFF 40th birthday this year, the age traditionally denoting the start of mid-life angst. To TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey, who is immersed in choosing selections for the next Toronto International Film Festival , the catcalls weren’t just the usual festival noise. The boos for Dheepan came from movie critics, who normally champion forthright directors like France Audiard. Bailey loved Dheepan, as did I, but many critics at Cannes did not, and for all manner of reasons. His 2009 prison thriller A Prophet was thought by many to have deserved that year Palme, which instead went to Michael Haneke historical parable The White Ribbon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.