Features archive
TFCA Friday: Week of Feb. 21
February 21, 2025
Reviews include The Monkey, Parthenope, Grand Theft Hamlet.
Any Other Way Celebrates Jackie Shane’s Courage to Be Authentic
February 20, 2025
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story directors Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee tell us about finding inspiration in the R&B singer’s story.
Yours to Re-discover: Ali Weinstein on the Magic of Ontario Place
February 17, 2025
An interview with Your Tomorrow director Ali Weinstein on her documentary about Ontario Place and the role of public spaces in urban life.
Guy Maddin Talks Rumours and Fiddling While Rome Burns
February 16, 2025
An interview with Rumours director Guy Maddin about working with Cate Blanchett and making a political satire that’s very ‘of the moment.’
“You never know how the world will respond”: Matthew Rankin and Universal Language
February 15, 2025
An interview with Universal Language director Matthew Rankin about emerging from the cinematic gutters of Winnipeg to make an Oscar contender.
TFCA Friday: Week of Feb. 14
February 14, 2025
Reviews include Paddington in Peru, Captain America: Brave New World, and The Gorge.
Yintah Offers a Rallying Cry for Witsuwit’en Resistance
February 13, 2025
An interview with Yintah participants Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham and director Michael Toledano about their powerful documentary on the fight for Witsuwit’en land.
TIFF’s inaugural Charles Officer Legacy Award: ‘Charles loved cinema’
February 10, 2025
Miryam Charles receives the inaugural Charles Officer Legacy Award, honouring the late filmmaker’s dedication to craft and community-building.
TFCA Friday: Week of Feb. 7
February 7, 2025
Reviews include Universal Language, No Other Land, and Bring Them Down.
Tonya Williams to Receive Company 3 Luminary Award; J Stevens Wins Jay Scott Prize
January 27, 2025
Tonya Williams is the recipient of this year’s Company 3 Luminary Award, while J Stevens wins the Jay Scott Prize and Alexander Mooney the Telefilm Canada Emerging Critic Award.