In Dahomey, director Mati Diop achieves something rare and profound: she transforms a historical documentary into a poetic meditation on colonial violence, cultural loss, and the fragile act of restitution. The film follows the return of 26 royal treasures, looted from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 by French colonial forces and finally repatriated to their homeland, Benin, in November 2021.
READ MORERendezvous with Madness (RWM) is the first and largest arts and mental health festival in the world. The 32nd edition of the festival presents 10 feature films and 3 short programs. As always, films screenings are complemented by thought-provoking post-screening Q&As and curated panel discussions, extending the uniquely meaningful conversations that define Rendezvous With Madness.
READ MOREThe Light Before the Sun is a raw, thought-provoking meditation on fame, mental health, and the limits of self-help, brought to life through the nuanced script by Rob Baker. This mid-length feature follows Daniel Wolf, a celebrated self-help guru played with heartbreaking vulnerability by Jamie Thomas King, as he returns home from an international book tour to an empty house and an even emptier sense of self. Snowed in, with his family away and his usual support system out of reach, Daniel must face the anxieties he has taught others to master. The film sets off with a familiar, well understood struggle: being forced to face ourselves without the distractions we so carefully construct.
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The first all Indigenous and all Canadian stand-up comedy feature film Rez Comedy begins its theatrical this weekend in Toronto.
Eight diverse Indigenous comics from all over Canada come together for a set connected by the Squamish nation and host comic Keith Nahanee (Squamish Nation, BC), star of Comedy Invasion, Canadian Screen Awards 2024 winner for Best Comedy Special.
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TIFF came and went in a whirlwind… This year, I had the opportunity to screen various films from Canada and around the world. I enjoyed the energy of the festival again and also meeting new filmmakers and other artists bringing their work to us.
Once the festival ends after 10 days, I always find it difficult to create a list of ‘favourites’. Nonetheless, sharing the breakdown of my final tally of films seen and a list of my personal faves, as I like to call them.
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Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon.
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The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) is in full effect with over 100 artists and authors from 11 countries. This year’s festival is exploring the concept of “writing home” – from books and stories about the places we all call home, to the ideas, cultures and conflicts that inform what home means to us.
There are plenty of fun and interesting talks and events for everyone in the family.
For fellow bibliophiles, I have put a list of events happening at TIFA this year.
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The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) returns this year with over 100 artists and authors from 11 countries. The 2024 festival will explore the concept of “writing home” – from books and stories about the places we all call home, to the ideas, cultures and conflicts that inform what home means to us.
TIFA always gives us an opportunity to hear from and meet some new authors like Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez.
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Lisandro Alonso‘s Eureka is an atmospheric, contemplative film structured as a triptych that explores the experiences of Indigenous peoples across the Americas that spans time, geography, and history.
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