BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: In her breakout first fiction film, Sandhya Suri presents the story of Santosh (Shahana Goswami), a rookie woman cop’s life-changing initiation to the police force in rural India. Her husband, a policeman, has died while on duty and his job is given to his wife Santosh where she is confronted with […]
LIFE OF CHUCK WALKS AWAY WITH PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD AT TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Mike Flanagan’s film The Life of Chuck walked away with the People’s Choice Award presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The first runner up is Emilia Perez directed by Jacques Audiard and the second runner up is Anora directed y Sean Baker. The Life of Chuck narration is adapted […]
ZOE SALDANA AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BY SWATI SHARAN, TORONTO: While attending the Toronto International Film festival, ‘Hello Immigrant’ had the pleasure of being part of the photo shoot with Zoe Saldana. She was wearing couture designed by Petar Petrov. Saldana’s film Emelia Perez is also featuring here at the festival for which she later did a red carpet for the […]
SEVEN DAYS, A TALE OF FREEDOM AND STRUGGLE
picture courtesy TIFF BY MANSI M, TORONTO: Ali Samadi Ahadi’s film Seven Days at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is based on a true story, a narrative of struggle, human rights, suffering and freedom. “I’ve been making films for 53 years. But this movie, it’s not about filmmaking, it’s about values and gives possibilities to […]
RAJ KAPOOR’S 1951 FILM AWARA TO BE SCREENED FREE AT TIFF 2024
BY MANSI M, TORONTO: The World premiere screening of 4K restoration AWARA at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) commemorates the 100th anniversary of director Raj Kapoor’s birth in 1924. The film saw its birth in 1951 and Raj Kapoor directs and stars in this recently restored Bollywood classic, which threads messages of socialist reform […]
CATE BLANCHETT WEARS SPOONS TO TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Award winning actor Cate Blanchett was greeted with thunderous applause as she arrived at the Royal Alexandra theatre for her film Disclaimer on September 9. Wearing spoons on her black pants suit outfit at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), she certainly strangely stood out. Blanchett was accompanied with Five-time Academy […]
MARKHAM TALENT OPEN CASTING CALL SHOWCASE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 20
BY ROHAN RAI, TORONTO: The Markham Talent Open Casting Call in partnership with the Markham Arts Council (MAC) is thrilled to announce the 2024 Showcase and Awards Ceremony taking place at the prestigious Flato Markham theatre on September 20. This exciting event will feature leading talents from the preliminaries and semi-finals open casting call, presenting […]
SOUTH ASIAN FILMS AT TIFF 2024
BY RENU MEHTA TORONTO: The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film festival (TIFF) runs September 5-15 this year. Several South Asian films will be showcased at this prestigious festival including the World Gala premier of Superboys of Malegaon directed by Reema Kagti and produced by Zoya Akhtar. Masala – Sept. 6 at 7 […]
ANGELINA JOLIE TO BE HONOURED WITH THE TIFF TRIBUTE AWARD IN IMPACT MEDIA
BY ROHAN RAI, TORONTO: Angelina Jolie, the multi-hyphenate Academy Award–winning actor, Tony Award–winning producer, writer, director, and humanitarian with the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media is to be honoured at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Jolie will be honoured at the 2024 TIFF Tribute Awards on Sunday, September 8, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel and […]
VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE 97 PROJECTS FROM 25 COUNTRIES THIS SEPTEMBER
BY ROHAN RAI, VANCOUVER, BC: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) has announced select highlights from their 36th annual festival lineup. From September 11-22, 2024, audiences can catch 97 films from 25 countries, with 28 features, 5 series debuts, 64 short films, 8 world premieres, 3 international premieres, 6 North American premieres, and 28 Canadian […]
