Documentarian Erika Cohn discusses making a film about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, encouraging dialogue, telling a character-driven story, and questioning cliches.
Film Festivals
‘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.
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 national identity.
‘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.
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 festival hoping to find an audience and a distributor to bring the film to an even bigger audience. If a film isn’t picked up for […]