Minhal Baig’s Hala is an observant character study of a young and curious woman trying to find her identity, torn between a devoutly religious Pakistani family and her life as an American-born teen in high school.
Essays
TIFF19 review: Comets , a lovely film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves
Tamar Shavgulidze’s quiet, lovely Comets is a film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves.
TIFF19 review: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open uses real-time duration for poignant effect
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn’s The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open explores difficulties in communication between two Indigenous women with very different viewpoints and life experiences
TIFF19 review: Hind Meddeb’s documentary Paris Stalingrad captures a particular political moment
Hind Meddah’s Paris Stalingrad questions the spectacle of authoritarian xenophobia.
TIFF19 review: Kuessipan , a standout Indigenous coming-of-age story
Myriam Verreault’s Kuessipan is a captivating story about two teenage girl’s friendship on a Quebec Innu reserve
Noura’s Dream is a must-see film at TIFF19
Alex Heeney reviews Maria Søhndal’s Hope, one of the best acquisition titles screening at TIFF19, which stars Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellen Skarsgård.