After 37 years with the festival, and 25 at the helm, TIFF’s fearless leader Piers Handling announced he was retiring. Having started with the Festival as a programmer in 1982, and later serving as Artistic Director for seven years before becoming Director & CEO in 1994, it was important to create something that told the story of his incredible legacy. I directed, edited, and co-produced this short tribute documentary that spoke about Handling’s incredible career at TIFF, from the people that knew him best.
September 2018
An oral and visual history of Piers drawn from interviews with just a few of his many friends and colleagues, including Canadian icons Norman Jewison, Atom Egoyan, Patricia Rozema, and Denys Arcand, and images and video from the TIFF archives.
Client: Toronto International Film Festival
Producer: Adam Schoales, Tessa Lai, and Aaron Van Domelen for Department 30
Director: Adam Schoales
Director of Photography: Aaron Van Domelen
Editor: Adam Schoales
Assistant Editor: Lee Cochran