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 […]
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 […]
THANK YOU FOR COMING GETS STANDING OVATION AT TIFF
BY MANSI M., TORONTO: India’s feature film Thank you for Coming, got a standing ovation at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Amidst cheers and applause, the audience wholeheartedly embraced the stars from Bollywood, most notably renowned actor Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire, Dil Dhadakne Do) and Bhumi Pednekar, the lead in the film. Presented […]
THE BARGAIN, A SOUTH KOREAN OFFERING AT TIFF
BY MANSI M., TORONTO: Bargain is a thought provoking thriller and indeed a cinematic experience that was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Created by Byun Seungmin and directed by Jeon Woo-sung, the story begins from a simple scene of a man Noh Hyeung-Su (Jin Seon-kyu) negotiating down a price with a woman […]
THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE AT TIFF IS A THRILLER
BY MANSI. M, Toronto: The Teacher’s Lounge, a thriller, was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The story revolves around a teacher, Carla (Leonie Benesch), who comes to teach at a German school only to get caught in a web of issues around recent thefts. She does not agree with the procedure of finding […]
AMRIT KAUR CELEBRATED AS TIFF’s RISING STAR
Amrit Kaur, who starred in Fauzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was celebrated as part of the TIFF Rising Stars this year. Kaur is known as an artistic hyphenate: an actor, comedian, director, and writer, who believes in acting as a humanitarian art form with the power […]
