Proxima and My Zoe set the bar for what we should expect from female characters in film in the TIFF19 Platform Competition, its flagship program for emerging …
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TIFF’s Platform Competition is having an identity crisis
Is TIFF's Platform Competition helping to spotlight great under-the-radar world cinema or merely taking the spotlight away from worthier titles? TIFF’s …
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Director Jan Komasa on Corpus Christi and the priest impersonation problem
Director Jan Komasa discusses the bizarre true story that inspired Corpus Christi, how a bad audition gave him an epiphany about the film’s main character, and …
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Interview: Hala is a lyrical debut from Minhal Baig
Hala director Minhal Baig discusses fictionalising her own life story, her filmic influences, and Gerladine Viswanathan’s brilliant performance. We reviewed the …
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Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on Bacurau
Co-directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles discuss Bacurau, their collaboration, the film’s sound design, and how they embraced old-fashioned …
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Ep. 20: Canadian Cinema Shines at TIFF 2019
TIFF 2019 was another strong year for Canadian cinema. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss 19(!) Canadian films, ranging from small character studies to …
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