Nandita Das's Manto premieres at TIFF 2018
Toronto, Sept 9 (IBNS): The film Manto, directed by Nandita Das, and starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the tilte role of India born Pakistani writer, was premiered on Saturday at the TIFF Bell Light Box during the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF 2018) here.
Film Lionheart by Genevieve Nnaji premieres in TIFF 2018
Toronto, Sept 9 (IBNS) The film Lionheart, directed by Nollywood (Nigeria) actress Genevieve Nnaji, was premiered on Saturday at the TIFF Bell Light Box during the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF 2018).
Canada: The long wait for TIFF 2018 is at last over
Toronto, Sep 7 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2018 began on Thursday in Toronto, Ontario, with great pomp and enthusiasm.
Meet Pella KÃ¥german, the co-director of ANIARA
One of the more unique titles at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is the science-fiction epic ANIARA, co-directed by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja. Made with modest means and a surplus of ingenuity, ANIARA is based on a 1956 epic poem by Swedish Nobel Prize winner Harry Martinson and details what happens after we destroy our planet and seek refuge elsewhere. Harrowing and sobering in its portrait of what human beings are capable of, ANIARA constantly surprises. It’s part of a string of intelligent, off-genre pictures from Sweden — such as Ali Abbasi’s Cannes hit Border, also screening at this year’s Festival — which are built around issues and which ask probing, disturbing questions.
Meet Imogen Thomas, the director of Emu Runner
Blending social realism with touches of lyricism, Imogen Thomas’ engaging debut feature Emu Runner follows a nine-year-old girl growing up in the isolated community of Brewarrina, Australia. When Gem’s (Rhae-Kye Waites) young mother dies unexpectedly, she copes with the loss by bonding with a wild emu, while her father struggles to keep his family of three children together. As Gem connects with her ancestors’ totem animal — a male emu rearing its chicks — her behaviour attracts the attention of an over-eager social worker who may misinterpret grief for parental neglect.
Oscar nominated female team investigate alt-right rise in TIFF drama
Toronto, Aug 24 (IBNS): The female-led production company Tuffi Films took on the rise of the alt-right in Nordic region, Northern Europe and the West in the simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking teen drama Stupid Young Heart, which is slated for World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2018.
Donnybrook to open TIFF 2018 Platform programme
Toronto, Aug 24 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced that Donnybrook, the powerful new film from Tim Sutton (Memphis, Dark Night), will be the opening film of the festival’s Platform programme.
A.V. Rockwell's Feathers to premiere at TIFF
Toronto, Aug 22 (IBNS): A. V. Rockwell directorial film Feathers will have a world premiere at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which is scheduled to begin on Sept 6.
Toronto International Film Festival adds 26 more galas and special presentations to 2018 lineup
Toronto, Aug 16 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its second batch of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes in September, an official release stated.
Canada: TIFF 2018: Executive director Michele Maheux is stepping down in summer of 2019
Toronto, Aug 13 (IBNS): The retirement of Michèle Maheux, longstanding Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer Michèle Maheux, from Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in summer 2019 was announced by Jennifer Tory, Chair on behalf of the TIFF Board of Directors, media reports said.
TIFF's youngest film fans select their top picks from the 2018 Kids International Film Festival
Toronto, Mar 21 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the winners of 2018 TIFF Kids International Film Festival.
TIFF appoints Andréa Grau as Vice President, Public Relations and Corporate Affairs
Toronto, Feb 1 (IBNS): Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, has announced the appointment of Andréa Grau to the role of Vice President, Public Relations and Corporate Affairs, effective from Feb 5, 2018.
TIFF wins top honour at Leading Culture Destinations award
Toronto, Sep 30 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has been announced as the winner of the Best Soft Power Cultural Organisation award.
I want to tell positive stories: Village Rockstars director Rima Das
Just two movies old, director Rima Das is one for the future, reckon veteran film critics. Her movie Village Rockstars garnered lavish praise at the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and has been hailed as the best Indian film of 2017. IBNS Canada's Suman Das and Sudipto Maity find out what makes the filmmaker from Assam, whose first film was ‘Antardrishti’ (Man with the Binoculars, 2016), tick. Excerpts:
Script helped Mark and Vinnie say yes to Human Traces
Hobbit actor Mark Mitchinson and newbie Vinnie Bennett share a few things in common. For a start, they both starred in the Kiwi psychological thriller Human Traces. However, both the actors hail the script of the film as the deciding factor for them to give the nod. IBNS Canada's Suman Das and Sudipto Maity catch the two together at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where the duo was busy promoting the movie.