TIFF 2018: Women filmmakers lead Indian representation, from Rima Das to Ritu Sarin
6 years, 4 months ago

TIFF 2018: Women filmmakers lead Indian representation, from Rima Das to Ritu Sarin

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While gender inequality may have come to haunt the Venice Film Festival, TIFF 2018 does not seem to have a problem in that department. While the issue of gender inequality may have come to haunt the recently concluded Venice Film Festival, its Canadian counterpart, the Toronto International Film Festival, does not seem to have a problem. Rima Das After creating ripples within the film festival circuit with her Village Rockstars Rima Das is back at TIFF 2018 for Bulbul Can Sing. A film festival veteran, Das’ first feature, Firaaq, had debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival too. Ritu Sarin Co-founder of the Dharamshala International Film Festival, Ritu Sarin and her filmmaker husband Tenzing Sonam occupy a slot in the Contemporary World Cinema category at TIFF 2018.

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TIFF 2024: Plenty of star power as Toronto film fest opens
4 months, 1 week ago

TIFF 2024: Plenty of star power as Toronto film fest opens

The Hindu  

Hollywood's A-list stars are convening in Toronto for North America's largest film festival, a 10-day extravaganza of Oscar bait movies, timely documentaries and glamour that opened on Thursday, September 5. "Toronto is known for its audience excitement, and that excitement reaches a fever pitch when the biggest stars in the world are here," Cameron Bailey, the CEO of the Toronto …

Six Indian films to premiere at Toronto festival
1 year, 4 months ago

Six Indian films to premiere at Toronto festival

Hindustan Times  

Toronto: The 2023 edition of North America’s largest film event, the Toronto International Film Festival, will be special for those with a taste for Indian cinema, as it will feature the most movies from the country in over ten years. Shedde listed the Indian films as director Karan Boolani’s Thank You For Coming, Kiran Rao’s sophomore effort Laapataa Ladies or …

Toronto Film Festival unveils a starry lineup — and hopes the strike ends by September
1 year, 5 months ago

Toronto Film Festival unveils a starry lineup — and hopes the strike ends by September

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even if remains unclear if stars will be there to walk red carpets due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes. Among the films making their world premieres at TIFF this year are Craig Gillespie’s GameStop drama “Dumb Money,” with Paul Dano …

Nandita Das: In India, we look down upon international film festivals as a space for arty-farty elite
1 year, 6 months ago

Nandita Das: In India, we look down upon international film festivals as a space for arty-farty elite

Hindustan Times  

Nandita Das is back from Shanghai after serving as a jury member at the recently concluded Shanghai International Film Festival. “In our country, we either think of film festivals as the ultimate benchmark for films, or we look down upon them as a space for arty-farty elite. At the moment, filmmaker Nandita Das is in Shanghai to attend the fest …

TIFF 2022 review: Tora’s Husband and Zwigato
2 years, 3 months ago

TIFF 2022 review: Tora’s Husband and Zwigato

Live Mint  

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Rima Das' Tora's Husband to have world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
2 years, 5 months ago

Rima Das' Tora's Husband to have world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival

Firstpost  

“I lost my father during the early days of shooting the film. Multiple National Award-winning director Rima Das ’ new movie Tora’s Husband will be screened at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Das, whose previous independent features Village Rockstars and Bulbul Can Sing, also had their world premiere at the prestigious film festival, said the story …

National Award-winning director Rima Das’ film to premiere at Toronto film festival
2 years, 5 months ago

National Award-winning director Rima Das’ film to premiere at Toronto film festival

Hindustan Times  

TORONTO: National Award-winning director Rima Das’s latest feature Tora’s Husband, set in the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be the first Indian film to be featured in the prestigious Platform section of the Toronto International Film Festival next month. A still from director Rima Das’ film Tora’s Husband, which will have its world premiere at TIFF in September and …

The 14 best films of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
4 years, 3 months ago

The 14 best films of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival

LA Times  

This year, we didn’t go to the Toronto International Film Festival — the Toronto International Film Festival came to us. TIFF isn’t the first festival to wade into the brave new world of virtual events, but it is arguably the biggest to do so to date. This is a festival that has positioned itself as an essential stop for fall …

TIFF Diary: Here at last, a film fest you can watch in your pajamas
4 years, 4 months ago

TIFF Diary: Here at last, a film fest you can watch in your pajamas

Deccan Chronicle  

The annual Toronto International Film Festival, which serves as a diving board for big Hollywood and European films eyeing the Oscars, opened Wednesday on thousands of laptops across the world. There is Regina King’s film about a young Muhammad Ali, Halle Berry’s directorial debut Bruised, Ricky Staub’s Concrete Cowboy starring Idris Elba, and Francis Lee’s Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet. Director …

Shah Rukh Khan to present Rima Das' Bulbul Can Sing as opening film at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2019
5 years, 6 months ago

Shah Rukh Khan to present Rima Das' Bulbul Can Sing as opening film at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2019

Firstpost  

National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das ’ latest Assamese feature, Bulbul Can Sing is all set to be the opening film of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Shah Rukh Khan, this year’s chief guest at the festival, will present the film to the Australian audiences in Melbourne. It had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2018, where it …

TIFF 2018: Rima Das on Bulbul Can Sing, and India’s Oscar pick Village Rockstars
6 years, 3 months ago

TIFF 2018: Rima Das on Bulbul Can Sing, and India’s Oscar pick Village Rockstars

Firstpost  

For those who have watched Rima Das’ Village Rockstars, her new film, Bulbul Can Sing that premiered at TIFF 2018, will seem like both a departure from and a sequential successor to Dhunu’s story For those who have watched Rima Das’ Village Rockstars, her new film, Bulbul Can Sing that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, will seem like …

‘Village Rockstars’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019
6 years, 3 months ago

‘Village Rockstars’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019

The Hindu  

In a major victory for northeastern indie cinema and female filmmakers, Rima Das’ National Award-winning Assamese film Village Rockstars has been selected as India’s official entry to the 91 Academy Awards, 2019. “It’s the first Assamese film to be sent as an official entry, in fact first from the northeast,” says Utpal Borpujari, film critic and filmmaker. The 12-member selection …

Rima Das' National Award-winning film Village Rockstars to release in India on 28 September
6 years, 3 months ago

Rima Das' National Award-winning film Village Rockstars to release in India on 28 September

Firstpost  

Mumbai: After winning the Best Feature film Award at the 65th National Film Awards, Rima Das’ directorial Village Rockstars, an Assamese movie, will release across India on 28 September. The film, which had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and India premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival 2018, has been screened in more than 70 international and …

Assamese director Rima Das’ movie on teen love gets packed world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
6 years, 4 months ago

Assamese director Rima Das’ movie on teen love gets packed world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival

Hindustan Times  

When she arrived in Toronto last year, young Assamese director Rima Das was an unknown filmmaker with a self-made production in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival. A still from director Rima Das’ Bulbul Can Sing, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. I think if the film was there somewhere, it might …

TIFF 2018 Day 5 round-up: Robert Redford bids farewell with Old Man & the Gun; Bulbul Can Sing premieres
6 years, 4 months ago

TIFF 2018 Day 5 round-up: Robert Redford bids farewell with Old Man & the Gun; Bulbul Can Sing premieres

Firstpost  

Rima Das said she was overwhelmed by response to her film, Bulbul Can Sing at TIFF 2018 Robert Redford bowed out on Monday from a 50-year acting career, calling what he has said will be his final movie “a wonderful film to go out on.” With plenty of other interesting films premiering at TIFF 2018, here’s a round-up of all …

Toronto film festival focusses on inclusivity
6 years, 4 months ago

Toronto film festival focusses on inclusivity

The Hindu  

From a period piece set in the time of Partition to a love story in contemporary Punjab; from Assam to Tibet — the Indian film representation at the Toronto International Film Festival is not just marked by abundance but diversity across gender, geography, genre, time and themes. There are three feature films by women filmmakers — Nandita Das’ Manto, Rima …

Busan International Film Festival 2018 to host premiere of Rima Das' Assamese feature Bulbul Can Sing
6 years, 4 months ago

Busan International Film Festival 2018 to host premiere of Rima Das' Assamese feature Bulbul Can Sing

Firstpost  

Bulbul Can Sing will be screened in A Window on Asian Cinema section at the Busan International Film Festival. Mumbai: After making its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das’ next Assamese feature, Bulbul Can Sing is all set to make its South Asia premiere at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival 2018. In a …

Manto director Nandita Das to speak on gender inequality in Bollywood at Toronto International Film Festival
6 years, 4 months ago

Manto director Nandita Das to speak on gender inequality in Bollywood at Toronto International Film Festival

Firstpost  

Mumbai: Actress-turned-director Nandita Das has been invited to participate in a movement called ‘Share her journey’ by Toronto International Film Festival 2018 where she will speak about gender inequality in the film industry. pic.twitter.com/clj7zSShxD — Nandita Das September 1, 2018 The filmmaker, who earlier attended the film’s screening at the Cannes Film festival where she was seen protesting against gender …

National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das' Bulbul Can Sing to premiere at TIFF 2018
6 years, 4 months ago

National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das' Bulbul Can Sing to premiere at TIFF 2018

Firstpost  

Rima Das returns to TIFF after the globally acclaimed Village Rockstars, which premiered at the festival last year. National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das ’ next Assamese feature, Bulbul Can Sing is set to have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2018. The writer-director-producer returns to the prestigious film festival after the globally acclaimed Village Rockstars, which premiered at …

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