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festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF aisling chin-yee, billy tipton, chase joynt, documentary, LGBTQ, no ordinary man, tiff 2020, women in film

NO ORDINARY MAN plays TIFF 2020

September 13, 2020

Meditations on a trans iconic who isn’t near as iconic as he should be.

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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 april mullen, below her mouth, canadian, erika linder, LGBTQ, natalie krill, tiff, tiff 2016

BELOW HER MOUTH plays TIFF 2016

September 17, 2016

April Mullen presents a pretty picture about love, sex, and the blank spaces in-between.

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Ryan McNeil
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