Toronto Film Festival Highlights Indigenous Stories and Global Cinema
The Toronto International Film Festival is showcasing diverse global cinema, with a strong emphasis on Indigenous women’s narratives and international premieres. Notable features include documentaries set in Italy’s wine country and projects by Indo-Canadian filmmakers.
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From Chris Rock to Helen Mirren: 10 films to look out for at the Toronto film festival 2026
This year’s festival offers an unusual Patricia Highsmith thriller, an adaptation of a hit stage show, a harrowing prison drama and a new way into the Rocky franchise Defining Toronto’s place within the fall festival season has become a little harder in recent years. As fewer studios and film-makers want to brave the risks that come attached to premiering on such a stage (last year’s best picture winner One Battle After Another skipped festivals entirely and went straight to cinema), those th...
By Benjamin Lee in Toronto
Read full article →Ahead of TIFF, CEO talks about the festival’s hub
Ahead of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey discusses how the festival’s downtown hub, anchored by TIFF Bell Lightbox and surrounded by historic venues, has helped create a natural centre for the event.
Read full article →Marie Clements on the Power of Indigenous Women’s Stories and Her Interview With Gloria Steinem: ‘We Have More in Common Than What Works To Divide Us’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Writer-director Marie Clements, who premiered “Bones of Crows” in 2022, returns this weekend to the Toronto Film Festival for the world premiere of her latest feature, “How We Stand,” as her new three-part documentary series, “Reclaim My Skin,” waits in the wings for its premiere next month at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Both projects […]
By Jennie Punter
Read full article →Projects of 3 Indo-Canadians filmmakers to have world premiere at Toronto festival
The Surgeon, directed by Roshan Sethi, Phoolan from Richie Mehta, and Ian Bawa’s Strong Son, will provide the Indo-Canadian community with its most significant presence at North America’s most celebrated movie event
Read full article →Drink In ‘Low Lies The Land,’ Documentary Set In Luscious But Imperiled Winemaking Region Of Italy’s Piemonte – Toronto Film Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Low Lies the Land, a documentary set in the winemaking Piemonte region of Italy, may become the toast of Toronto. The film featuring a rich bouquet of families engaged in viticulture hosts its world premiere Friday at TIFF. We have your exclusive first look at Emanuele Gerosa’s film in the clip above. “Nestled among […]
By Matthew Carey
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