Toronto International Film Festival

Orla Smith / September 18, 2021

‘We are a nation of stories and poems’: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed on The Gravedigger’s Wife

Writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed discusses making his feature debut, The Gravedigger’s Wife, a love story set in Djibouti City.

Orla Smith / September 17, 2021

Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook as two kindhearted people with complicated pasts falling in love.

Orla Smith / September 16, 2021

Hany Abu-Assad directs Huda’s Salon, a thriller that posits: “It’s easier to occupy a society that is already repressing itself.”

Brett Pardy / September 16, 2021

Alanis Obomsawin’s new short film, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, is a powerful presentation preserved on film.

Seventh Row Editors / September 15, 2021

On the first of our TIFF 2021 podcasts, we discuss the films we saw before the festival began, including The Worst Person in the World.

Seventh Row Editors / September 15, 2021

From Benediction to The Hill Where Lionesses Roar to Good Madam, these are the best acquisition titles at TIFF 2021.