Jafar Panahi's Taxi provides a window into contemporary life in Iran through this terrific made-to-look-like non-fiction narrative film set entirely inside …
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Festival Favourites
3000 Nights explores motherhood behind bars
Mais Masri's 3000 Nights was a highlight of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a film by a female director that flew largely under-the-radar. Check …
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Born to Dance is a winning Maori Hip Hop Musical
If the sub-genre Maori Hip Hop Musical isn’t enough of a hook to get you to see Born to Dance, let me add that it’s heaps of fun. Like a cross between Bring it …
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Granny’s Dancing On The Table is a great debut
Easily the winner of the “most evocative title of the festival” award, Granny’s Dancing on the Table tells two stories: the present-day struggles of …
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TIFF15: Jennifer Peedom discusses her Everest doc Sherpa
Jennifer Peedom discusses the making of her terrific new film, the Everest doc, Sherpa, the first documentary to be told from the Sherpa's perspective. Read our …
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TIFF15: Manal Issa is an exquisite discovery in Parisienne
When Parisienne begins, we meet the beautiful Lina (Manal Issa), an eighteen-year-old freshman from Beirut, studying abroad in Paris. She’s eating dinner at her …
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