Alex Heeney reflects back on the 17 best films at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2022), including two short films.
Women Directors
In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.
Pray for Our Sinners: TIFF Film Review
Sinéad O’Shea’s Pray for Our Sinners is a heart-wrenching and important documentary about the quiet resistance to Catholic rule in Ireland.
Stellar Film Review: It’s the end of the world and the Indigenous leads feel fine
Darlene Naponse’s new film Stellar is about two Indigenous strangers displaced from their land, who meet at a bar on the night the world may be ending.
Unruly Film Review: women battle patriarchy and eugenics in 1930s Denmark
Alex Heeney reviews Malou Reymann’s feature film debut, Unruly, which had its world premiere at TIFF 22. Set in 1930s Denmark, mostly on Sprøgo island, which housed an institution for “troubled” and “immoral women,” Unruly never uses the term “eugenics,” but that’s very much its subject
Riceboy Sleeps, Coyote, So Much Tenderness: Canadian immigration stories
Three Canadian immigration story films at TIFF 2022 reveal similarities in experiences and film form: Riceboy Sleeps, Coyote, and So Much Tenderness
Ten must-see shorts at TIFF 2022
Our annual feature on the best must-see shorts at TIFF 2022 highlights films from around the world and across forms, including Bigger on the Inside and The Flying Sailor.