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Toronto International Film Festival

A collage of the best Canadian short films at TIFF 2020.

Seventh Row Editors / September 10, 2020

7 must see Canadian shorts at TIFF ’20

The TIFF ’20 Short Cuts programme is as strong as it’s ever been in 2020, particularly the Canadian shorts. Discover the best of the bunch…

A collage of pictures of actors who feature in this feature on the best emerging actors at TIFF, including Vanessa Kirby and Sarah Snook.

Seventh Row Editors / September 10, 2020

13 exciting emerging actors at TIFF ’20

Who are the acting stars of tomorrow? Seventh Row reads the tea leaves at TIFF ’20, praising Leslie Odom Jr., Vanessa Kirby, and more…

Alex Heeney / January 8, 2020

A closer look at the TIFF 2019 Platform Competition

Proxima and My Zoe set the bar for what we should expect from female characters in film in TIFF’s Platform Competition, its flagship program for emerging filmmakers.

Alex Heeney / January 7, 2020

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?

Alex Heeney / December 3, 2019

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 his aesthetic choices.

Hala, Minhal Baig, Geraldine Viswanathan

Orla Smith / November 23, 2019

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.

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