Canadian filmmakers, Hollywood celebrities urge TIFF to cut ties with RBC | CBC News ...Middle East

A group of Canadian filmmakers has joined forces with Hollywood A-listers in asking the Toronto International Film Festival to end sponsorship ties with the Royal Bank of Canada because of the bank’s funding of the oil and gas industry. Organizers of the campaign called RBC Off Screen say the financial institution’s track record of investing in fossil fuels runs contrary to the socially progressive values the film festival purports to stand for. Signatories to the group’s open letter to TIFF outlining its concerns include screen stars Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Joaquin Phoenix, alongside filmmakers and producers including Avi Lewis, Elza Kephart and Jose Luis Gutierrez. Kephart and G

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