Toronto festival head says Trump tariffs would hurt films

Hollywood has always been “an international industry’, that would suffer creatively if cross-border work was curbed, the head of North America’s largest film festival said.

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Cameron Bailey, chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), joined other entertainment industry leaders in criticising President Donald Trump's proposed 100% tariffs on foreign films, a surprise weekend announcement that plunged the movie industry into uncertainty.

“Hollywood itself has always been, since the very early days, an international industry,’ Bailey said in an interview at TIFF’s flagship Toronto venue, a complex that includes cinemas, bars and other social spaces.