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international film

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF belén funes, chilean, international film, los tortuga, spanish, the exiles, tiff, tiff 2024, women in film

THE EXILES plays TIFF 2024

September 15, 2024

For affection.
For acceptance.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF banel & adama, international film, ramata-toulaye sy, senegalese, tiff, tiff 2023, women in film

BANEL & ADAMA plays TIFF 2023

September 13, 2023

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

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF french, héléna klotz, international film, spirit of ecstasy, tiff, tiff 2023, women in film

SPIRIT OF ECSTASY plays TIFF 2023

September 11, 2023

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

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF chie hayakawa, international film, japanese, plan 75, tiff, TIFF 2022, women in film

PLAN 75 plays TIFF 2022

September 17, 2022

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

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF alice diop, Aurélia Petit, french, Guslagie Malanda, international film, Kayije Kagame, saint omer, tiff, TIFF 2022, Valérie Dréville, women in film

SAINT OMER plays TIFF 2022

September 17, 2022

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

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF claudia sainte-luce, diana bovio, international film, love and mathematics, mexican, roberto quijano, tiff, TIFF 2022, women in film

LOVE AND MATHEMATICS plays TIFF 2022

September 12, 2022

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

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF french, international film, lou de laâge, melanie laurent, tiff, womenin film

THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL plays TIFF 2021

September 14, 2021

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

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Ryan McNeil
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