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Tag: international film

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE EXILES plays TIFF 2024

For affection.
For acceptance.

Posted on September 15, 2024September 14, 2024
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

BANEL & ADAMA plays TIFF 2023

When some dare to love, superstition can double-dare them to back down.

Posted on September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

SPIRIT OF ECSTASY plays TIFF 2023

Chasing our dreams can be intimidating, but we mustn’t be afraid to be afraid.

Posted on September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PLAN 75 plays TIFF 2022

If you gotta go – and let’s be clear, we ALL gotta go – why not go in style?

Posted on September 17, 2022September 17, 2022
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

SAINT OMER plays TIFF 2022

Sometimes a film will look you in the eye and ask you to search your soul.

Posted on September 17, 2022September 17, 2022
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

LOVE AND MATHEMATICS plays TIFF 2022

Claudia Sainte-Luce channels David Byrne and listens as her characters as “My God, how did I get here?”

Posted on September 12, 2022September 12, 2022
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL plays TIFF 2021

Who is sane and who is sound is often only determined by who signs the papers and holds the keys.

Posted on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

PETITE MAMAN plays TIFF 2021

TIFF 2021 gets off to a stunning start with a tender masterpiece on death, family, friendship, and grief.

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SPRING BLOSSOM plays TIFF 2020

A new french director tells a familiar story from a different point of view.

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE SKY IS PINK plays TIFF 2019

TIFF 2019 wrapped for me with joy and tears, as I was taught a valuable lesson about love, life, and loss.

Posted on September 15, 2019September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE LONG WALK plays TIFF 2019

We honour our dead with rituals and preparations, but is it for their next journey or our own?

Posted on September 15, 2019September 11, 2020

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