Argentine director Lucrecia Martel discusses Zama, colonialism, violent masculinity, and how absurd humour is a potent way to criticize both. …
‘In my country, realism is surrealism!’: Kamila Andini on her dreamlike film The Seen and Unseen
Indonesian director Kamila Andini discusses her abstract and fantastic sophomore feature The Seen and Unseen, holism, and the thrill of the unknown. …
Writer-director Eliza Hittman on Beach Rats and sculptural male bodies
Writer-director Eliza Hittman discusses the genesis of Beach Rats, working with actors, and the sculptural elements of the male body. …
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TIFF Review: In Luk’Luk’I, Vancouver plays itself, but the Olympics don’t
Contrasting the patriotism of the Olympics with daily struggles in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Wayne Wapeemukwa's Luk’Luk’I explores the shallowness of …
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‘I work almost exclusively with women…theirs are the interesting voices’: Limor Shmila on her debut feature Montana
Director Limor Shmila and lead actresses Noa Biron and Netta Shpigelman discuss Montana, which premiered in the Discovery Programme at TIFF. …
TIFF17 Interview: Sadaf Foroughi on her feminist coming-of-ager Ava
Iranian-Canadian filmmaker Sadaf Foroughi discusses her Discovery Peogramme FIPRESCI winner Ava and making a feminist film. …
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Director Warwick Thornton on his TIFF Platform Prize Winner Sweet Country
Australian indigenous director Warwick Thornton talks being his own cinematographer on Sweet Country, shooting on Alexa and UV, and developing the film's …
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Top 20 must-see acquisition films at TIFF17
The majority of the films that screen at TIFF have yet to be picked up for distribution in North America — or even elsewhere. Directors bring their films to the …
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TIFF17 Review: Emma Thompson shines in The Children Act
Richard Eyre's The Children Act, starring Emma Thompson, is a strong adaptation of one of Ian McEwan's lesser novels. …
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TIFF17 Review: Xavier Legrand makes a strong directorial debut with Custody
The first time eight-year-old Julien (Thomas Gioria) must spend the weekend with his father, Antoine (Dénis Ménochet), in Xavier Legrand’s Custody, it’s an …
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