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TIFF 2020: From Spike Lee to Mira Nair, film festival kicks off with a multicultural lineup
FirstpostTIFF 2020 kicks off on Thursday with in-person and drive-in screenings combined, for the first time in its history The 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, a pared-down version of North America’s biggest annual cinema showcase, kicks off on Thursday with in-person and drive-in screenings combined, for the first time in its history, with an online platform for the press and industry worldwide. The festival’s official programme has two Indian entries – Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple and Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy, a lively six-part adaptation of Vikram Seth’s sprawling novel of the same name. TIFF lead programmer Geoff Macnaughton, in his write-up in the festival’s digital catalogue, says of A Suitable Boy, “Storytelling with a global reach has never been more important, and Mira Nair is an absolute master of it.” A Suitable Boy is a BBC Studios production that has completed its television run and is set to land on Netflix soon. “What I have loved about directing A Suitable Boy,” Nair says in the show’s press kit, “is reaping the great joy of telling a fantastic story with the finest actors we have in our country.” The Disciple is in TIFF 2020’s Special Presentations.
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