TIFFR is now live for #TIFF50 ! Happy scheduling everyone 🎉💖🗓️ 2025.tiffr.com

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for Defector, i talked to the team behind Zohran Kwame Mamdani's campaign videos no, there's no "filter" on the videos; yes, Nirvanna the Band the Show and Tim & Eric are big influences defector.com/selling-zohran

"Refusing to remain in the structural confines that society expects of them is what makes the works of artists like Steve McQueen, Kahlil Joseph, Mati Diop, John Akomfrah, Isaac Julien and Alice Diop so invigorating," writes Courtney Small in a new essay 📝 povmagazine.com/shifting-forms…

This Thursday Bay Street Video - a night of nostalgia to remember

“Criticism, like all good things, is about the discovery of the self inspired by our interaction with an art form that tells us about our world. It too is an ‘empathy machine.’” In my Locarno wrap for RogerEbert.com I wonder about what the future holds. rogerebert.com/features/locar…

When The Ringer asked for an essay about an actor for this week’s collection about essential 21st century performances, I decided I’d start with a scene that barely made the final cut. On Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kools, and the pleasure of watching a genius. theringer.com/2025/08/26/mov…

This week's round-up is all about #TIFF50! Brian D. Johnson & Peter Howell 🖊 look back on 50 years of the fest POV Magazine Jason Gorber Courtney Small Rachel Ho & Barbara G. pick 50 doc highlights Johanna Schneller Barry Hertz Rachel West: rachelwest.bsky.social share best bets torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfca-…

True North shows how the Canadian dream turned into a nightmare for a group of Haitian students who were seeking a better life with the 1969 student occupation in Montreal writes Courtney Small #tiff50 povmagazine.com/true-north-rev…

Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising revisits the 1974 Ojibway Warriors occupation of Anicinabe Park in response to violence and systemic racism. Courtney Small reviews from #TIFF50 povmagazine.com/ni-naadamaadiz…

Announcing the winner of the #TIFF50 Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film: THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS dir. Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski

Announcing the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize: FORASTERA dir. Lucía Aleñar Iglesias #TIFF50

Announcing the winner of the #TIFF50 Best Canadian Discovery Award: BLUE HERON dir. Sophy Romvari

Announcing the winner of the #TIFF50 Best Canadian Feature Film Award: UIKSARINGITARA (WRONG HUSBAND) dir. Zacharias Kunuk

Announcing the winner of the #TIFF50 Platform Award: TO THE VICTORY! dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych

New poster from the one and only Michael DeForge just dropped! Black Gold's October 5 presentation of Zeinabu irene Davis' landmark debut feature, COMPENSATION, is not to be missed! Featuring an extended virtual Q&A with Davis following the film ✨ 🎟️ paradiseonbloor.com/movies/compens…

Sending out prayers and virtual hugs to the family and loved ones of film critic and OTR artistic director TT. wvxu.org/media/2025-09-…

Wonderful to see Compensation for the first time, on the big screen no less, with a virtual Q&A with director Zeinabu Irene Davis. Shout to sarah-tai black ‘s Black Gold series for making it happen. Also, much love to the individual who did the live captions during the Q&A.

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