Shiva Baby Review TIFF 2020
The Plot While attending a Jewish funeral service with her overbearing parents a college student runs unexpectedly into her secret sugar daddy with increasingly awkward consequences. The Good Shiva Baby bursts with neurotic energy and a raw nervous wit. The film’s simple premise unfolds gradually with the irresistibly captivating appeal of a surprisingly well catered [...]
TIFF Announces New Appointments In Key Roles
Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head, and Joana Vicente, Executive Director and Co-Head, today announced several appointments to the Senior Management team at TIFF. Diana Sanchez has been appointed to the newly created role of Senior Director, Film, effective April 15, 2019. Sanchez will oversee the programming strategy for the Toronto International Film Festival; TIFF Cinematheque; [...]
TIFF 2018 Line Up Announced
Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF , and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF , today unveiled the first round of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentation programmes of the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival. Of the 17 Galas and 30 Special Presentations, this first announcement includes 21 World Premieres, 7 International [...]
Eric Clapton Life In 12 Bars Interviews
Check out interviews below from the Toronto International Film Festival with musical icon Eric Clapton and director Lili Fini Zanuck about much anticipated musical documentary Eric Clapton Life In 12 Bars. The film charts the life and career of one of the greatest guitarists of all time in intimate detail. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 [...]
TIFF 2017 Talent Lab Participants Announced
Twenty emerging filmmakers from across the globe have been selected for the 14th annual TIFF Talent Lab. They will have the opportunity to learn from leading international film artists, with an emphasis on developing their creative vision and craft. The five-day artistic development programme will take place from September 5 to 9, 2017. “We are excited [...]
Toronto International Film Festival 2017 Line Up
The Toronto International Film Festival reveals gala and special presentation titles for 2017. Featuring premieres from filmmakers including Hany Abu-Assad, Haifaa Al Mansour, Darren Aronofsky, George Clooney, Gui llermo del Toro, Richard Eyre, Stephen Frears, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Greta Gerwig, Craig Gillespie, David Gordon Green, MahamatSaleh Haroun, Angelina Jolie, Anurag Kashyap, Mélanie Laurent, Sebastián Lelio, [...]
Priyanka Chopra Attends TIFF Soirée 2017
TIFF announced today that award-winning actor and activist Priyanka Chopra will be the guest of honour at TIFF Soirée, an annual fundraiser this year organized in support of Share Her Journey, a recently launched campaign to support female voices in screen industries. Chopra will talk about her prolific and globally multifaceted career in and outside of the entertainment [...]
TIFF Farewell For Midnight Madness Master
Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF, salute veteran programmer Colin Geddes as he departs the organization to pursue new exciting opportunities. Geddes, an international programmer of TIFF’s cutting edge Midnight Madness and Vanguard programmes, is leaving after 20 years with the Toronto International Film Festival. Geddes began [...]
TIFF Midnight Madness 2016 Interviews
Opening with Ben Wheatley’s joyously violent Free Fire this Years TIFF Midnight Madness series proved once again wildly popular. Introducing local and international audiences to a dazzling array of weird and wonderful cinema. Away from the attention grabbing buzz about cannibal drama Raw other highlights included technological series Black Mirror, zombie thriller The Girl With [...]