Ari Aster on HEREDITARY [Includes Spoilers] | TIFF 2018

As our audiences discovered during an exclusive advance premiere, watching #Hereditary in a cinema is equivalent to two hours of exercise. (Science doesn’t lie.) Director Ari Aster joined us and George Strombo to share advice on watching the film ("Forget the trailer"), why Hereditary is for "the family," and his cinematic influences.

Following rapturous receptions of his highly anticipated feature debut, Hereditary, at Sundance and SXSW, writer-director Ari Aster joins us for an onstage conversation and advance screening of the film. Hailed by critics and audiences as one of the best and most terrifying horror films of the decade, Hereditary follows artist and mother Annie Graham (Toni Collette) as she deals with the grief and fallout from her mother's death, which triggers her own life to slowly spiral out of control.

Ari Aster received his MFA in directing from the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles. He has written and directed several short films, including The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (11), Munchausen (13), and Basically (14). His films have screened at the New York Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Slamdance, and many others. Hereditary (18) is his feature debut.

George Stroumboulopoulos is an interviewer, writer, and producer. His extensive broadcast work has included CBC TV's George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (formerly The Hour); MuchMusic's The NewMusic; and Hockey Night in Canada. He currently hosts CBC Radio 2's The Strombo Show and Apple Music's digital series House of Strombo. George is an ambassador for the UN World Food Programme and Prince's Charities Canada, is on the Canadian Board of Directors for Artists for Peace and Justice, and works with Amnesty International, the ONE campaign, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and One Million Acts of Green.