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festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF ashley zukerman, caitlin gerard, dylan mctee, emma tammi, horror, julia goldani telles, martin patterson, miles anderson, tiff, TIFF 2018, western

THE WIND plays TIFF 2018

September 13, 2018

A neo-western about why men need to listen more to the women around them, and just how haunted the land we inhabit truly is.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF camilla strøm henriksen, foreign film, maria bonnevie, peter sjöquist, phoenix, sverrir gudnason, swedish, tiff, TIFF 2018, women in film, ylva thedin bjørkaas

PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

September 10, 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF anastasyia bogach, foreign film, italian, kalill kone, laura luchetti, tiff, TIFF 2018, twin flower

TWIN FLOWER plays TIFF 2018

September 9, 2018

At a time when so many in the world are running, along comes a film to grant them a moment of grace.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF anette sidor, foreign film, fuck you, martin schaub, omeya lundqvist-simbizi, short films, swedish, tiff, TIFF 2018

Little Things: F**K YOU plays TIFF 2018

September 9, 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Anette Sidor asks us what we should be doing with “that”?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF dennis musyoka, directors of colour, foreign film, jimmi gathu, kenyan, nini wacera, rafiki, samantha mugatsia, sheila munyiva, tiff, TIFF 2018, wanuri kahiu, women in film, women of colour

RAFIKI plays TIFF 2018

September 7, 2018

Love can be hopeful, and in some parts of the world hope remains a dangerous idea.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF amy seimetz, elias koteas, ellen page, kate mara, LGBTQ, my days of mercy, tali shalom ezer, tiff, tiff 2017, women in film

MY DAYS OF MERCY plays TIFF 2017

September 17, 2017

A story that pleads with us not let one moment or one label define who we are.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF foreign film, french, gilles lellouche, maría valverde, melanie laurent, plonger, tiff 2017, women in film

PLONGER plays TIFF 2017

September 17, 2017

Director Mélanie Laurent reminds us that the ones who stay put, sometimes claim they’ve run away.

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Ryan McNeil
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