Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar get standing ovation at the premier of Shonali Bose film THE SKY IS PINK
Dakota Johnson sparkles in The Friend at TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: The Friend, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, was presented on the second day of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) at the prestigious Princess of Wales theatre and attended by quite a few members of the cast and crew. Based on a true story, the film is about a man (Jason Segel) […]
DEV PATEL RETURNS TO TIFF AS DAVID COPPERFIELD
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Dev Patel returned to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), this time with Director Armando Iannucci’s film The Personal History of David Copperfield. Charles Dickens classic autobiographical novel had a stellar cast that besides Patel included Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Capaldi, and Ben Whishaw. The film is set […]
Priyanka Chopra Jonas returns to TIFF 2019
Director Bose guides The Sky is Pink through romance and wrenching family tragedy. The story takes the audience through 25 years in the relationship of a mother (Priyanka Chopra) and father (Farhan Akhtar) and is told from the perspective of their recently deceased teenage daughter.
MERYL STREEP TO RECEIVE TIFF TRIBUTE ACTOR AWARD AT INAUGURAL TRIBUTE GALA IN TORONTO
With an extensive film, television, and stage career spanning over 40 years, Streep has won three Academy Awards — for her roles in Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, and The Iron Lady — and, in 2018, she set an unsurpassed record with her 21st Oscar nomination for her role in The Post. She has been nominated for 31 Golden Globes, winning eight times, and in 2017 she was the recipient of the Cecil B. deMille Award. Streep currently stars in the Emmy Award–winning series Big Little Lies and will star with Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas in Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming film The Laundromat, which will have its North American Premiere at TIFF this September.
Countdown begins for Toronto International Film Festival 2019, starts on Sept 5
The Toronto International Film Festival runs in Toronto from September 5-15, 2019
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE AT TIFF
pictures – courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: The Most Beautiful Couple, a film by Sven Taddicken was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that took place in Toronto from September 6-16 this year. The film is about two young teachers, Malte and Liv, who are spending their summer holiday on the Mediterranean coast when […]
TIFF 2018 HIGHLIGHTS
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that took place in Toronto from September 6 – 16, 2018 presented over 300 films including features, shorts and documentaries to film lovers. The huge and impressive line-up of stars also brought a lot of fans local, regional, national and international fans to the city. […]
GREEN BOOK WINS POPULAR PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD AT TIFF
Pictures courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: 11 days, 254 features, 88 shorts, 83 countries, 35% directed by women, 939 staffers and 2,911 volunteers made the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) happen. And there was only one Grolsch People’s Choice award winner. This year it was the film Green Book that walked away with […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MANMARZIYAAN STARS
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan (Husband Material) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) at the prestigious Roy Thomson Hall on September 11. The film attended by Kashyap also had the main stars in attendance including Abhishek Bachchan, Tapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal. INTERVIEW WITH THE MANMARZIYAAN STARS Abhishek Bachchan Q. What […]
