Tracey Deer’s Beans is a deeply flawed but incredibly moving about a 12-year-old Mohawk girl’s political awakening during the Oka crisis.
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.
TIFF Interview: Michelle Latimer on Indigenous agency in Inconvenient Indian
Michelle Latimer discusses Inconvenient Indian, her award winning essay film, and reclaiming cultural images of Indigenous people.
TIFF Review: True Mothers explores the trauma and shame of motherhood
True Mothers is one of Naomi Kawase’s best films to date, a thoughtful drama about the shame associated with unconventional motherhood.
TIFF Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is less than necessary
Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan’s The New Corporation is a documentary sequel to The Corporation that’s not as radical as it thinks it is.
TIFF Review: Bandar Band is a road trip through the 2019 Iran floods
The 2019 Iran floods are the backdrop of director Manijeh Hekmat’s often lighthearted film, Bandar Band.
TIFF Interview: Sofia Bohdanowicz on grief and magical thinking in Point and Line to Plane
Sofia Bohdanowicz’s short Point and Line to Plane is her most personal film to date, a meditation on grief that marks a formal shift for the director. Read her insights…