Jawad Rhalib's powerful documentary When Arabs Danced is a joyous celebration of women and the impact of positive representation.
Keep ReadingMaria by Callas (France, 113 min.) Dir. Tom Volf Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) Every good diva deserves a doc portrait. Maria Callas receives a meticulously curated and assembled appreciation in this archival
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Keep ReadingTIFF’s team of doc programmers led by Thom Powers more than matches the top offerings from Hot Docs, providing hit material for a public that responds not just at the festival but
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Keep ReadingJamie Miller’s Prince’s Tale, Sophy Romvari’s duo Norman Norman and Pumpkin Movie, and Sofia Bohdanowicz’s Veslemøy’s Song highlight some of the newer voices in Canadian documentary. The films are loosely connected by themes of mortality, history, legacy, and
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Keep ReadingA Kid from Somewhere (Canada, 54 min.) Dir. Adam Beck and Paul Johnson It’s nice to see images of Millennials that go beyond entitled avocado toast eating brats. A Kid from
Keep ReadingRachel Grady and Heidi Ewing discuss One of Us, an urgent docu-thriller about individuals facing the life-altering decision to leave their conservative Hasidic community.
Keep ReadingFirst things first: Wavelengths, the experimental and avant-garde program curated by Andréa Picard, is pretty clearly the best thing TIFF has going for it. Here, as nowhere else, the celebrity-centric mediocrity of
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