Alex Heeney reviews the personal documentary film Tata by Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc. The film follows Lina as she reconnects with her estranged father and begins to ponder the origins of her intergenerational trauma and how to prevent passing it on to the daughter she’s expecting. Tata is one of the best sales titles at TIFF 2024
TIFF 2024 Film Review: Guillaume Senez’s A Missing Part
lex Heeney reviews Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez’s third feature film, A Missing Part screening in the TIFF Special Presentations section.
TIFF 2024 Film Review: Koya Kamura’s Winter in Sokcho
Alex Heeney reviews Japanese-French filmmaker Koya Kamura’s impressive debut film, Winter in Sokcho, screening in the TIFF Platform Competition.
TIFF 2024 Film Review: Egil Pederson’s My Father’s Daughter
Alex Heeney reviews Belgian filmmaker Leonardo van Dijl’s tennis-set film Julie Keeps Quiet about a teenage girl re-learning the importance of boundaries after a possible sexual assault.
TIFF 2024 Review: Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet
Alex Heeney reviews Belgian filmmaker Leonardo van Dijl’s tennis-set film Julie Keeps Quiet about a teenage girl re-learning the importance of boundaries after a possible sexual assault.
TIFF 2024 Review: To a Land Unknown
Alex Heeney reviews Mahdi Fleifel’s films To a Land Unknown about Palestinian refugees stuck in limbo in Athens, trying to go to Europe.