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Nadia Litz is a Canadian actor and filmmaker with a love for vintage style—luckily, playing dress up is part of what she does for a living. She spoke with us about the reciprocal relationship between film and fashion, and how it’s influenced her career. SDTC: What are you working on right now?  Nadia Litz: I… Read More »

Director, producer, writer and documentarian Pituka Ortega Heilbron is a force to be reckoned with. Three years ago—when working in film since 1994 and writing for numerous publications as a journalist just wasn’t enough—she become the Director of the International Film Festival Panama, a career that has her running the TIFF of Latin America. When… Read More »

It can seem nearly impossible to find permutations of Shakespeare’s work that have not yet been explored, but Argentinian film director Matias Peñeiro is up to the challenge with The Shakespeariada project—an ongoing cinematic undertaking currently comprised of films Rosalinda and Viola. For one night only next week, we Torontonians have a rare opportunity to see the series… Read More »

If you have tiny ones in your life, they likely spent a portion of their March Break at TIFF’s digiPlaySpace, and you likely spent a portion of that week liking, with jealousy, the photos their parents were posting on Instagram. I WANT TO PLAY TOO! Well, on April 1st, you can! TIFF will be opening… Read More »

Agnieszka Holland, an Oscar-nominated director known for films like In Darkness and Europa Europa and work on television shows like The Wire and Treme, will be celebrated with two upcoming events at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. On March 31st, she will be in attendance at a screening of her film Washington Square (an adaptation of the Henry James novel). Then, on April… Read More »

Every year, the best of environmental and adventure filmmaking screens at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, and after the event, a selection of the films screen internationally as part of the festival’s World Tour. From March 21-23, you can take in the program, comprised of shorts, at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. The films cover… Read More »