The Toronto Film Festival Wants To Rule The World -- And Here's The 26-page Document That Explains How.

TIFF director and CEO Piers Handling has announced ambitious plans for the festival to build on its recent growth while staying true to its core mission of "transforming the way people see the world, through film." In an impressive 26-page document, the festival outlines its achievements, assesses its accomplishments and plans for the future with the end goal of being the global center for film culture, ScreenDaily reports. In the 2013-2017 Strategic Plan, TIFF outlines the accomplishments of the past five years, during which TIFF opened TIFF Bell Lighthouse and began offering programming 365 days a year. During the next five years, TIFF has set "measurable and ambitious" goals, which include the following:Providing the most diverse, enriching film experiences, representing different global regions, film genres, and media formats;Promoting the significance and vitality of the Canadian film industry and culture through the ongoing research, collection, preservation, and...