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Performances

Explore the nitty-gritty technical descriptions that comprise an excellent performance.

Alex Heeney / September 7, 2022

12 emerging actors at TIFF 2022 to watch

In an annual feature, we pick out the emerging actors and screen stars of tomorrow from the TIFF22 lineup, from Grace Dove to Paul Mescal.

A collage of stills from the best films of TIFF 2021.

Seventh Row Editors / September 29, 2021

The best films of TIFF 2021

Seventh Row’s editors pick the best films of TIFF 2021, from The Worst Person in the World to I’m Your Man to Benediction.

A collage of stills of some of the best performances at TIFF 2021 against a blue, patterned background.

Seventh Row Editors / September 24, 2021

The best performances of TIFF 2021

Seventh Row’s editors pick the best performances of TIFF 2021, from Jack Lowden in Benediction to Sigourney Weaver in The Good House.

A collage of stills of the best emerging actors at TIFF 2021.

Seventh Row Editors / September 9, 2021

Eleven emerging actors to watch at TIFF 2021

Seventh Row’s editors pick the emerging actors to watch at TIFF 2021, in films from Benediction to The Worst Person in the World.

A collage of various actors who feature in this piece on emerging actors.

Seventh Row Editors / May 4, 2021

Seventh Row’s fifty screen stars of tomorrow

Seventh Row’s editors pick the fifty most exciting emerging actors working today, from Paapa Essiedu to Josefine Frida.

Riz Ahmed sits at a drum kit in Sound of Metal.

Alex Heeney / March 31, 2021

Riz Ahmed’s tour de force performance in Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed’s Oscar-nominated performance in Sound of Metal, as a heavy metal drummer going deaf, is a tour de force.

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