Alanis Obomsawin caps off a cycle of five films, seven years in the making, about Indigenous children’s rights in Canada , and it’s one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.
Film Festivals
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: 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
TIFF19 review: Lina from Lima, a must-see acquisition title
Lina from Lima is part realist drama about the immigrant working experience and part flamboyant musical, and it’s one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.
Six must-see Canadian shorts at TIFF19
The ShortCuts programme at TIFF spotlights Canadian shorts. Seventh Row editors Alex Heeney and Orla Smith pick the six must-see standouts in the programme.