Steve Gravestock

As a Senior Programmer at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Steve Gravestock is responsible for the organization’s Canadian programming initiatives, including Canada’s Top Ten film selection and the year-round See The North programme, which offers a free showcase of homegrown classics. As a programmer for TIFF, Gravestock has selected Canadian feature films since 2004 and is responsible for selections from the Nordic Region. In 2022, he programmed the film component of Nordic Bridges, a nation-wide year-long celebration of Nordic culture, art, thought, literature and music. He has written extensively on cinema for many publications and has published two books, Don Owen: Notes on a Filmmaker and His Culture (TIFF, 2005) and A History of Icelandic Film, edited by Andrew Tracy (Wilfrid Laurier University Press / Indiana University Press, 2019).