TIFF 2011 - day 2

Day 2 of TIFF is officially the first full day of screenings and activities.

Things got off to a bad start on the industry side though with the first press conference of the day. The new location for the press conferences on the 6th floor of the TIFF Bell Lightbox which was inconvenient because it could only be accessed by two small elevators and because its smaller, narrower room filled too easily resulting in dozens of press being turned away, a first.

Overflow press were sent to the Press Louge to watch the press conference on a single monitor.

A squadron of volunteers at the ready on the second level of Lightbox.

Press conference for The Ides of March.

Jeffrey Wright and Max Minghella.

Rachel Evan Wood and George Clooney sitting in front of Ryan Gosling's name.

Ryan Gosling (in front of George Clooney's sign) and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei.

Paul Giamatti and screenwriter Grant Heslov.

Cast of The Ides of March.

Cast of The Ides of March.

Cast of The Ides of March with moderator Henri Behar.

The The Out There VIP Hospitality Lounge at the InterContinental Toronto Centre.

ReelWorld Film Festival programmer Bobby Del Rio (second from left) and friends.

Happy Hour at the Filmmakers' Lounge. Marla Black (centre), winner of WIFT-T's Deluxe Producer Internship.

Catalina Yue, actor Tufford Kennedy ("Bullfrog" from Degrassi: The Next Generation) and Ngardy Conteh (Pitch This! finalist with Leone Stars)

Director/writer/actor/producer Ingrid Veninger promoting her TIFF film i am a good person/i am a bad person.

Live music at the Ontario Film Commision reception.

Ontario Film Commision reception.

Writer/directors Christopher Warre Smets and Jonathan Sobol.

Joan Jenkinson (S-VOX: VisionTV) and producer Amos Adetuyi.

Filmmakers Mark Raso and Joseph Raso.

Filmmaker Sudz Sutherland (left).

Filmmakers Faisal Lutchmedial, Joanne McConnell, (?) and actor Rupinder Nagra.

Party for Patch Town at Maison.

Ukrainian dancers for Patch Town party.

The Arty Farty Ping Pong Party at the Courthouse, with filmmaker Allan Tong (Pitch This! finalist for Leone Stars).

The Arty Farty Ping Pong Party, with actors Andre Alcasid, Roger Edralin, John Nguyen.