Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara Q&A #1 @ TIFF,Royal Alexandra Theatre,Toronto,ON 9/13/24

(Beginning) Sara: Fegan… (pats chair)
Questions:
0:14 Mod: “So, I’d like to ask you Erin, your films often center around personal lives of celebrities whose lives are affected by their popularity but how do you gain their trust while getting close to them while maintaining respect for their privacy?”
1:12 Mod: “So, the chord of this story started about a decade ago but it still feels very very fresh. So, why do you think themes about cyber security and catfishing are still relevant today despite the efforts to like enchance users privacy and security?”
3:07 Mod: “Tegan and Sara, you really embraced the internet and use it as a way to, you know, reach out to your fans and you created a safe space for them in this kind of reaching out. But um, with all that’s happened I know that its changed the way you’ve interact w/ people but do you ever think you will get to that place again where you embrace the internet the same way and then what are your feelings about that changed?”
7:53 Mod: “Before I turn it over to the audience I do want to ask, when you do these types of investigative documentaries and information is coming in as you go, like, you’re putting things together, um, as you’re investigating what does it mean for the editing and kind of the structure of documentary because we never find out there’s no real closures, they’re theories, but we never get a, who did it?”
9:56 Aud (Cassie): “Hi, a little bit of a two-part question but there was an instance w/ your Substack where…so, it wasn’t verified they answered like a bunch of questions, including one of my questions um with Comic Con, and then like it was all gone and then the verified account and people were kind of like was that Fegan?”
12:56 Tegan: “I’m sorry I did that to you guys. Um, bad timing because it was like literally the week that Fanatical like announcement came out. You know what it was actually, it was a promo and marketing idea from Hulu. Went pretty well. Fake Tegan, running our Substack. Bitch.” 😂
13:34 Aud: “Do you think the rise of AI and other emerging technologies will get other fan bases more aware of, okay that’s the impersonation account, this is a real person. Do you think that will…or what happens?”
13:52 Mod (repeats): “Do you think the rise of AI will get people more aware of, okay this is an impersonation account, this is the real thing…
13:58 Aud (continues): “Or more wary of okay that’s genuine, that like the pictures are genuine. The photos, comments, and descriptions are genuine.”
16:08 Aud: “This is a question for the Director, how did you get…some of these people are still deeply impacted. How did you get them to be on the film and trust you?”
18:20 Aud: “What was the real pivotal point for you where, you know, you were ready to open all of this up? I understand several of the Directors who have…who motivate you of why but how do you motivate without feeling…and obviously Sara is involved…”
18:33 Tegan: “Don’t worry about her.” 😂
18:53 Mod (repeats): “What was the tip of the moment for you to decide that you were going to open up and go full steam ahead with this story?”
22:32 Tegan: “I lost consciousness there for a few minutes so I’m not sure I got back to it but thanks for your question.” 😂
22:43 Tegan: “Should I stop?” 😂
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Tegan and Sara - Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara Q&A Live @ TIFF, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, ON 09/13/24
TIFF Originals Intro + Q&A:
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Screening 1 of 3.
World Premiere
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara
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Screening dates:
1️⃣ 09/13/24 Royal Alexandra Theatre*, Toronto, ON 8:30pm EDT
2️⃣ 09/14/24 Scotiabank Theatre Toronto*, Toronto, ON 11:45am EDT
3️⃣ 09/15/24 Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, Toronto, ON 6:30pm EDT
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Streaming on Hulu and Disney+ October 18, 2024
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Tegan and Sara Quin, Executive Producers
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