By Renu Mehta, Toronto: Working Title and Netflix’s deeply moving film, directed and written by Sally El Hosaini and co-written by multi-award-winner Jack Thorne, follows the journey from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Swimmers will open the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 8 at Roy Thomson Hall. “I was […]
Lavazza Drive-In Nights Set to Launch in Vaughan and Markham
BY STAFF REPORTER (COURTESY PRESS RELEASE) VAUGHAN/MARKHAM, ON: August 19, 2020: ICFF, presented by IC Savings, is teaming up again with multicultural media company CHIN Radio/TV, in partnership with the Embassy of Italy in Canada, to launch the “Lavazza Drive-In Nights”, presented in collaboration with Rogers Communications. After the tremendous success the organizers had in Toronto with the Lavazza […]
CANADIAN FILMMAKER SHORT DOCUMENTARY NOMINATED FOR THE OSCARS
Canadian filmmaker short documentary nominated for the Oscars
OSCARS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
LOS ANGELES, CA – Actor-producer John Cho and producer-actress-writer Issa Rae announced the 92nd Oscars® nominations today (January 13), live from the David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The 92nd Oscars, to be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, will […]
RANI OF JHANSI, THE SAGA OF THE WARRIOR QUEEN SCREENS IN CANADA
BY STAFF REPORTER, NEW YORK: The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of the legendary Rani of Jhansi, a feminist icon in India and a fearless freedom fighter. In 1857 India, this 24-year old General led her people into battle against the British Empire earning the reputation as the Joan of Arc of […]
FACE TO FACE WITH FARHAN AKHTAR
Farhan Akhtar talks about his character in THE SKY IS PINK, his music, Women’s rights
Australian actor is brilliant as HALA at TIFF
Geraldine Vishwanathan straddles two cultures – living in the West and her Pakistani background
Shonali Bose talks about her film, relationships and death
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO – (with excerpts from press notes): It was September 13, 2019, the day I went to interview Shonali Bose. It happened to be the death anniversary of her son who had died in a freak accident in 2010. She had made a film – Margarita with a Straw – about this […]
Jojo Rabbit wins People’s Choice Award at TIFF
Jojo Rabbit wins the Grolsch People’s Choice award at TIFF
Anurag Kashyap returns to TIFF; showcases Moothon or The Elder One
Geetu Mohandas’s second film Moothon /The Elder One premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2019
