The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its prizes and jury members for its 48th edition which runs from Sept. 7-17.
The juries, feature film critics and filmmakers, counting five members for Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics; three jurors for Netpac, the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema; and three jurors for Platform (previously announced).
All awards will be announced on September 17 at the annual Awards Breakfast at TIFF Bell Lightbox.
“A crucial component of the film industry’s ecosystem, the annual awards presented by TIFF are dedicated to honouring creativity, vision, and excellence,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “Every year, we unite to applaud the diverse array of cinematic voices with the support of respected colleagues from the global industry, and this year will be no exception.”
Best Canadian Feature Film Award
Those titles in the running are the 27 Canadian feature films in Official...
The juries, feature film critics and filmmakers, counting five members for Fipresci, the International Federation of Film Critics; three jurors for Netpac, the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema; and three jurors for Platform (previously announced).
All awards will be announced on September 17 at the annual Awards Breakfast at TIFF Bell Lightbox.
“A crucial component of the film industry’s ecosystem, the annual awards presented by TIFF are dedicated to honouring creativity, vision, and excellence,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “Every year, we unite to applaud the diverse array of cinematic voices with the support of respected colleagues from the global industry, and this year will be no exception.”
Best Canadian Feature Film Award
Those titles in the running are the 27 Canadian feature films in Official...
- 8/25/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Facing adulthood is never easy.
On Tuesday, the first trailer dropped for Canadian director V.T. Nayani’s new film, “This Place”, starring Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns.
Read More: ‘Passages’ Trailer: A Queer Love Triangle Gets Complicated In Ira Sachs’ Acclaimed New Drama
The official synopsis describes the film as “a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.”
Courtesy of Vortex Media
In the film, Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) plays Kawenniióhstha, a young woman from the community of Kahnawà:ke near Montreal, who leaves to attend university in Toronto and seek out her estranged Iranian father.
Guns (“Tide of Lies”) plays Malai, who has been trying to figure out her post-university future while having a strained relationship with her brother, and dealing with her father,...
On Tuesday, the first trailer dropped for Canadian director V.T. Nayani’s new film, “This Place”, starring Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns.
Read More: ‘Passages’ Trailer: A Queer Love Triangle Gets Complicated In Ira Sachs’ Acclaimed New Drama
The official synopsis describes the film as “a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.”
Courtesy of Vortex Media
In the film, Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) plays Kawenniióhstha, a young woman from the community of Kahnawà:ke near Montreal, who leaves to attend university in Toronto and seek out her estranged Iranian father.
Guns (“Tide of Lies”) plays Malai, who has been trying to figure out her post-university future while having a strained relationship with her brother, and dealing with her father,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Outfest Fusion, LA nonprofit Outfest‘s film festival dedicated to queer Bipoc storytelling, has unveiled the full lineup of films for its 20th anniversary festival.
10 features, 93 short films, and four TV presentations will screen during the March festival in Los Angeles, including Sundance documentaries “Little Richard: I Am Everything” and “The Stroll.” Documentary “Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn,” produced by Xpedition and Al Roker, and featuring Lee Daniels, will make its North American premiere during the festival; in total, 23 films will make world premieres, five will make their U.S. premiere, four their international premieres, and three their North American premieres. Over half of all films were directed by women, non-binary, two spirit, or gender-nonconforming filmmakers.
“We are at a moment where our industry is ready to have an honest dialogue about inclusion, investment and representation of people of color and yet our entire LGBTQ+ population is facing a...
10 features, 93 short films, and four TV presentations will screen during the March festival in Los Angeles, including Sundance documentaries “Little Richard: I Am Everything” and “The Stroll.” Documentary “Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn,” produced by Xpedition and Al Roker, and featuring Lee Daniels, will make its North American premiere during the festival; in total, 23 films will make world premieres, five will make their U.S. premiere, four their international premieres, and three their North American premieres. Over half of all films were directed by women, non-binary, two spirit, or gender-nonconforming filmmakers.
“We are at a moment where our industry is ready to have an honest dialogue about inclusion, investment and representation of people of color and yet our entire LGBTQ+ population is facing a...
- 3/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
There’s a first for everything… and “This Place” marks the first film I’ve seen that weaves Indigenous and Asian heritage into a single production. A diverse, mostly Bipoc crew seem to be responsible for the magic. First-time feature director V.T. Nayani teams up here with Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) and newcomer Golshan Admoulaie, who each identify as Tamil, Mohawk and Iranian, respectively. Over the course of the last nine years, the trio have come together to come up with a cultural saladbowl of a movie. In “This Place,” ethnic differences transcend the feeling of displacement, where lonely souls are left seeking each other out on the streets.
This Place is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
“This Place” witnesses the increasingly intertwined lives of two women. Jacobs herself plays Kawenniióhstha, a half-Iranian, half-Mohawk aspiring poet who moves to Toronto alone. The city is rife with opportunity for her.
This Place is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
“This Place” witnesses the increasingly intertwined lives of two women. Jacobs herself plays Kawenniióhstha, a half-Iranian, half-Mohawk aspiring poet who moves to Toronto alone. The city is rife with opportunity for her.
- 9/19/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Movies, at least the ones Hollywood has produced for over a century, frequently leave a lot of people out of the frame.
But with the industry under pressure to tell more diverse stories, several of the movies that are premiering and screening at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival are highlighting protagonists who are Black, queer, indigenous or members of other underrepresented groups. In the process, many of these films deal with pieces of forgotten history (“The Woman King” with its true story of a all-female warrior unit protecting a West African kingdom), a fading past and a rapidly changing present.
Often, these films are deeply personal efforts. Take “The Inspection,” one of the festival’s opening night films and the story of a gay man who enlists in the army during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era. Director Elegance Bratton drew on his own service to...
But with the industry under pressure to tell more diverse stories, several of the movies that are premiering and screening at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival are highlighting protagonists who are Black, queer, indigenous or members of other underrepresented groups. In the process, many of these films deal with pieces of forgotten history (“The Woman King” with its true story of a all-female warrior unit protecting a West African kingdom), a fading past and a rapidly changing present.
Often, these films are deeply personal efforts. Take “The Inspection,” one of the festival’s opening night films and the story of a gay man who enlists in the army during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era. Director Elegance Bratton drew on his own service to...
- 9/11/2022
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Falling in love for the first time is a timeless story. Whether between a man and a woman, two women, two men, or those who fall outside of the gender binary, love is something that is universal. It transcends binaries and cultural barriers while honored around the world in unique ways. No matter the hardships we face, love will always find a way to prevail.
This prevailing idea is one that hangs over "This Place," V.T. Nayani's feature directorial debut about two young women falling in love amidst personal turmoil. With the complex racial dynamics of Toronto providing a backdrop for this young sapphic love story, she creates a debut that shows ample promise. It is a story about how love binds us, no matter our blood or life stories, and why that love will always be important no matter what. Arguably, this is a message we need now more than ever.
This prevailing idea is one that hangs over "This Place," V.T. Nayani's feature directorial debut about two young women falling in love amidst personal turmoil. With the complex racial dynamics of Toronto providing a backdrop for this young sapphic love story, she creates a debut that shows ample promise. It is a story about how love binds us, no matter our blood or life stories, and why that love will always be important no matter what. Arguably, this is a message we need now more than ever.
- 9/10/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
By Jennie Punter
From icons and industry veterans to emerging directors and new faces, the stories and creative power of Indigenous women are featured at the 2022 Toronto festival.
Buffy Sainte-Marie alighted opening night Sept. 8 to launch Toronto’s streetfest, just an hour before the premiere of Madison Thomas’ “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” The doc explores the artistry and activism of the Cree singer-songwriter — the only Indigenous person to win an Oscar (for song “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1983).
Buoyed by the ascendant advocacy and investment of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office (Iso) and the longstanding grassroot networks across the arts, this year’s slate further broadens the festival’s evolving programming ethos with narrative films that reflect the histories, dreams, and day-to-day realities of Indigenous women filmmakers and their communities.
For the “Bones of Crows,” esteemed multihyphenate Marie Clements held close the stories...
From icons and industry veterans to emerging directors and new faces, the stories and creative power of Indigenous women are featured at the 2022 Toronto festival.
Buffy Sainte-Marie alighted opening night Sept. 8 to launch Toronto’s streetfest, just an hour before the premiere of Madison Thomas’ “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” The doc explores the artistry and activism of the Cree singer-songwriter — the only Indigenous person to win an Oscar (for song “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1983).
Buoyed by the ascendant advocacy and investment of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office (Iso) and the longstanding grassroot networks across the arts, this year’s slate further broadens the festival’s evolving programming ethos with narrative films that reflect the histories, dreams, and day-to-day realities of Indigenous women filmmakers and their communities.
For the “Bones of Crows,” esteemed multihyphenate Marie Clements held close the stories...
- 9/9/2022
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin-based Picture Tree Intl. has added “This Place,” by Canadian debut director V.T. Nayani, to its lineup. The film is to have its world premiere at Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 9 as part of the Discovery and Next Wave Selects sections.
The film stars Devery Jacobs, who was the lead actor in “Reservation Dogs” and the upcoming Marvel Studio production “Echo,” and newcomer Priya Guns. The screenplay was co-written by V.T. Nayani, Devery Jacobs and Golshan Abdmoulaie.
It tells the story of two young women falling in love for the first time and being jointly challenged by their own family histories, which bear the legacies of loss, migration and displacement.
Kawenniióhstha (Devery Jacobs) is half-Iranian, half-Mohawk and has just moved to Toronto from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk territory, where she was raised by her single mother. Malai (Priya Guns) is of Tamil origin and lives with her elder brother following...
The film stars Devery Jacobs, who was the lead actor in “Reservation Dogs” and the upcoming Marvel Studio production “Echo,” and newcomer Priya Guns. The screenplay was co-written by V.T. Nayani, Devery Jacobs and Golshan Abdmoulaie.
It tells the story of two young women falling in love for the first time and being jointly challenged by their own family histories, which bear the legacies of loss, migration and displacement.
Kawenniióhstha (Devery Jacobs) is half-Iranian, half-Mohawk and has just moved to Toronto from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk territory, where she was raised by her single mother. Malai (Priya Guns) is of Tamil origin and lives with her elder brother following...
- 9/5/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled the first wave of speakers for its Industry Conference lineup in September.
Veteran director and actor Tyler Perry; Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; and newly named Academy president Janet Yang lead the slate of Hollywood creative talent and executives taking part in keynotes and panels.
Besides premiering his new Netflix film, A Jazzman’s Blues, in Toronto, Perry will discuss his career as a film writer, director, producer, actor and studio owner. Kramer and Yang will share the stage at TIFF to possibly discuss Oscars drama and organizational reforms at the Film Academy.
Industry conference organizers have also invited representatives from the Academy, the Screen Actors Guild and other Hollywood stakeholders to discuss “The Future of Awards” as each organization has an evolving impact on the film industry.
The industry event...
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled the first wave of speakers for its Industry Conference lineup in September.
Veteran director and actor Tyler Perry; Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; and newly named Academy president Janet Yang lead the slate of Hollywood creative talent and executives taking part in keynotes and panels.
Besides premiering his new Netflix film, A Jazzman’s Blues, in Toronto, Perry will discuss his career as a film writer, director, producer, actor and studio owner. Kramer and Yang will share the stage at TIFF to possibly discuss Oscars drama and organizational reforms at the Film Academy.
Industry conference organizers have also invited representatives from the Academy, the Screen Actors Guild and other Hollywood stakeholders to discuss “The Future of Awards” as each organization has an evolving impact on the film industry.
The industry event...
- 8/10/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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