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TIFF review: Horizonte
Discussing reconciliation after the end of conflict One of the occupational hazards of being raised in Colombia is that you remember historical and present instances of violence with clear-cut clarity. You read about them, you study them, and you learn to pinpoint them with troubling ease, as the graphic images ...
Every Other Weekend makes TIFF debut
From UofT Theatre to the silver screen Mick Robertson and Margaret Rose will screen their film Every Other Weekend on Friday, September 13 at TIFF. The duo are alumni of University College and both majored in theatre. They met in a drama class and worked together on many plays during ...
The Poem We Sang
Interview with Palestinian Director Annie Sakkab Palestinian director Annie Sakkab began her journey to create The Poem We Sang four years ago. She attended a Toronto Palestinian Film Festival (TPFF) workshop, which pushed her to find ways to tell her story using film. Sakkab had been unable to attend her ...
Luca Guadagnino on explorations of queerness in his films
“The ‘why’ is that I love these characters and I love this world,” Guadagnino told The Strand at a recent press conference At a recent press conference for Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s latest cinematic endeavor, the celebrated director shed light on his approach to identity, storytelling, and queerness in his filmography. ...
Independent producing, protecting a set, and the future of the Canadian film industry
An Interview with Enrique Baniqued, Executive Producer of the TIFF standout film Village Keeper Village Keeper is the debut narrative feature film from documentarian Karen Chapman. It tells the story of a Toronto mother learning to process grief, enact self-love, and uplift her community. Enrique Baniqued was nominated alongside Chapman ...
Should Canada be doing more to protect our data?
Navigating privacy and accountability in this digital age In its early days, social media was a simpler platform—a place to connect with friends, share photos, and post updates without much concern for data privacy. User interactions were driven by personal connections rather than algorithms and there was little sense of ...
Oh, How The Plot Thickens
The Duality of Attitudes and Portrayals of Surveillance in Media and Art When we think of fictitious depictions of surveillance on the silver screen or spy chases in between the pages of a novel, normally one of two visuals come to mind: a calm, cool spy wearing a tuxedo with ...
Stitches, a tale of beauty and hope
Interview with Toronto Palestinian Film Festival Director Deena Alsaweer The 16th annual Toronto Palestinian Film Festival (TPFF) takes place from September 25 to October 2. The organisation was founded in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba. One of the filmmakers of this year’s festival is Deena Alsaweer, ...
We will read until Palestine is free
Abdurraheem Desai discusses the goals of the Watermelon Coalition, and the importance of reading in Occupy for Palestine As this article is based on an interview, the views, opinions, and information presented here are only a reflection of the interviewee. Abdurraheem Desai – co-leader of the Watermelon Coalition and organiser ...
Oh, Canada – TIFF Review
Where is the line between a film’s self-indulgence, and camp? I wanted to like this film. I tried to like this film. As a cinema studies student, I was primed to enjoy this film’s premise: a director sharing his life through an on-camera interview, as the complications of his character ...