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Alex Heeney / September 20, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Tumpal Tampubolon’s Crocodile Tears

Alex Heeney reviews Crocodile Tears, a genre-inflected debut feature about a toxic mother-son relationship, from Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon. The film is one of the best sales titles at TIFF 2024.

Alex Heeney / September 20, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc’s Tata

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

Seventh Row Editors / September 14, 2024

TIFF 2024 Ep.6: Ralph Fiennes x 2: The Return and Conclave

Alex discusses two Ralph Fiennes films at TIFF 2024: Edward Berger’s Conclave and Uberto Pasolini’s The Return.

Seventh Row Editors / September 10, 2024

TIFF 2024 Ep. 5: Bicultural daughters and their absent fathers: My Father’s Daughter, Winter in Sokcho, and A Missing Part

In this episode of the TIFF 2024 season, Alex discusses three films about bicultural daughters and their absent fathers: My Father’s Daughter, Winter in Sokcho, and A Missing Part.

Alex Heeney / September 9, 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.

Alex Heeney / September 9, 2024

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.

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