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TIFF

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THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE plays TIFF 2025

September 11, 2025

Mona Fastvold unfurls an epic cacophony of movement, music, and faith.

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Ryan McNeil
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MILE END KICKS plays TIFF 2025

September 10, 2025

This one is for those who forget lyrics and get titles wrong

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Ryan McNeil
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JULIAN plays TIFF 2025

September 9, 2025

A rare piece of intimate filmmaking by Cato Kusters.

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Ryan McNeil
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BOUCHRA plays TIFF 2025

September 7, 2025

When films become the therapy we didn’t do.

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Ryan McNeil
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UNIDENTIFIED plays TIFF 2025

September 6, 2025

There is the truth, and then there is the truth behind the truth.

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Ryan McNeil
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THE EXILES plays TIFF 2024

September 15, 2024

For affection.
For acceptance.

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Ryan McNeil
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WITHOUT BLOOD plays TIFF 2024

September 14, 2024

For the reckoning.
For the reconciliation.

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Ryan McNeil
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