Hussain Amarshi has almost recovered from the Toronto International Film Festival. “The festival was tiring,” says the 48-year-old founder and CEO of Mongrel Media, Canada’s biggest art-house film distributor. “Very, very tiring.”
No wonder. Amarshi does have staff – 20 employees altogether – but still, he had to hustle through the theatres, clubs and back-rooms at TIFF, striking deals to distribute five new movies
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