Pictures courtesy TIFF, Wire Images and Getty Images BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that took place in Toronto from September 7-17, 2017 attracted around 470,000 attendees watching 256 features and 84 short films, out of which one third were directed by women. Some glimpses: Scene from The Brawler […]
Archives for September 2017
TIFF ANNOUNCES MOST POPULAR FILM AND OTHER AWARDS
BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) presented the awards for the best films at this year’s festival at a special awards ceremony held on September 17 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. This year marked the 40th year that Toronto audiences were able to cast a ballot for their favourite Festival […]
HANSAL MEHTA BRINGS THE TRUE STORY OF MINDS BEHIND 9/11
: Hansal Mehta’s film Omerta at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2017 recounts the true picture of a radical Muslim, a story of British born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, most well-known for his role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and his involvement with the 9/11 terrorist […]
BOXING, SPORTS AND THE CASTE SYSTEM EXPLORED IN ANURAG KASHYAP’S FILM AT TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Anurag Kashyap’s film The Brawler (Mukkabaaz) that screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year is a bold film outlining several layers of issues for boxing in India. The film narrates the story of a lower-caste boxer who struggles to make his mark on the boxing world and faces […]
A JOURNEY THROUGH RURAL PAKISTAN AND URBAN INDIA AT TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Azmaish – a Journey through the Subcontinent, a film by Sabiha Sumar, is a passage through rural Pakistan and urban India. In this documentary, Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar and Indian actor Kalki Koechlin take a revealing journey through India and Pakistan, uncovering the common humanity beyond the divisive political rhetoric. […]
VILLAGE ROCKSTARS ROCK AT TIFF
pictures courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Village Rockstars premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8 with director Rima Das in attendance. The film is set in her home town Chhaygaon near Guwahati and revolves around a 10-year-old girl Dhunu living in a remote village in northeast India who fights against […]
PRIYANKA CHOPRA STANDS UP FOR WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT
Director Paakhi Tyrewala BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: Bollywood and Hollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was the tenth person that Paakhi Tyrewala approached with her script for Pahuna – The Little Visitors which has now been presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year. A film about Sikkim and the North East, the story is […]
CHOPRA PRODUCTION TO SCREEN AT TIFF 2017
A still from the film – courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Three Nepalese children get separated from their parents while entering the Indian state of Sikkim and must rely on each other to survive, in Bollywood actor Paakhi A. Tyrewala’s newest work. The film – Pahuna, The Little Visitors, is produced by Bollywood […]
PRIYANKA CHOPRA TO BE GUEST OF HONOUR AT TIFF SOIREE
Photo: courtesy Priyanka Chopra BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Priyanka Chopra will be the guest of honour at TIFF Soirée, an annual fundraiser this year organized in support of Share Her Journey, a recently launched campaign to support female voices in screen industries. Making the announcement, TIFF executives announced that the award-winning actor and activist will talk […]