As Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) settles into its 50th anniversary edition, Screen has learned that the festival has designated protest zones for Friday’s world premiere of Annemarie Jacir’s Palestinian Oscar submission Palestine 36.

According to sources the TIFF security team will oversee zones outside Roy Thomson Hall for the 1pm screening and those areas will also be monitored by Toronto police.

The development comes amid frequent and ongoing demonstrations around the world over the war in Gaza. Last week a major protest took place at Venice Film Festival .

TIFF security will be present on the carpet and monitor the crowd around the venue in David Pecaut Square, a short walk from the festival’s Lightbox headquarters on King Street West. A stretch of that road will

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