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TIFF 2025

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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Review: Matt and Jay Strike Gold

by Pat Mullen
September 5, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol double down with bigger stunts in hopes of finally playing Toronto's Rivoli in Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.

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Orwell Review: 2025 Is the New 1984 in Peck’s Provocative Doc

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

Raoul Peck offers a potent examination of global affairs in Orwell: 2+2=5 through the lens of George Orwell's ongoing relevance.

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A view behind a woman on stage at a microphone. She is wearing a purple dress and whistling for a crowded audience in an outdoor amphitheatre.

Whistle Review: When a Mighty Wind Makes for Best in Show

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

The delightfully offbeat Whistle follows competitors vying in the inaugural Masters of Musical Whistling competition.

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Chef Masaki Saito examines the blade on his knife.

Table for One: Why Chef Masaki Saito Is Still Single

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2025
Features/Interviews/TIFF

In Still Single, Toronto's only chef with two Michelin stars, Masaki Saito, shares the power of a dream and the work hard, play hard life that achieves it.

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How The Balloonists Captures Awe and Wonder Above the Clouds

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2025
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with The Balloonists director John Dower about telling the thrilling adventure of Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones' landmark journey.

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Diving Deep with A Life Illuminated’s Dr. Edie Widder and Tasha Van Zandt

by Jason Gorber
September 3, 2025
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with A Life Illuminated director Tasha Van Zandt and marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder about exploring the depths of the ocean.

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How True North Captures the Black Power Movement in Canada and Abroad

by Pat Mullen
September 3, 2025
Essays/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with True North director Michèle Stephenson on her documentary about the 1969 occupation at Sir George Williams University and the larger global currents of which it was a part.

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On Degrassi: Whatever It Takes and the Legacy of Canada’s Hit Series

by Pat Mullen
September 2, 2025
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Degrassi: Whatever It Takes director Lisa Rideout on bringing the growing pains of Canada's long-running series to the screen.

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You Have to See It: Toronto’s Legendary Godspell ’72 Revisited

by Jason Gorber
September 2, 2025
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with You Had to Be There director Nick Davis about bringing the legendary 1972 Toronto Godspell production to screen with comedy greats like Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Jayne Eastwood.

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50 Docs that Defined TIFF: Looking Back at the Toronto International Film Festival

by Pat Mullen Jason Gorber Barbara Goslawski Rachel Ho Courtney Small Nidhil Vohra
August 25, 2025August 26, 2025
Features/TIFF

As the Toronto International Film Festival celebrates its fiftieth edition, our writers pick fifty documentaries that helped define the festival in its first five decades.

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A great read before omakase on Festival Street tom A great read before omakase on Festival Street tomorrow! In our new cover story, @jamaljburger, @jukantateisi, and @sushimasakisaito tell us about the power of a dream. 🍣

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/table-for-one-why-chef-masaki-saito-is-still-single/

Print copies are in the mail for subscribers, in the Hyatt TIFF Industry Centre, @tiff_net gift shop, and soon on stands via @magscanada. 

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We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and @alifeilluminatedfilm director @tashavanzandt ahead of the film's @tiff_net. Read more in @filmfest_ca's deep dive! 🦑

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/diving-deep-with-a-life-illuminateds-dr-edie-widder-and-tasha-van-zandt/

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Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good co Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good company with chefs Tina and Sydney on the @tiff_net magazine rack at the Hyatt. Pick one up during the festival!👨‍🍳 #Tiff50 #magazines #cheflife #tiff #masakisaito #StillSingle
It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Genera It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Generation! Director @rideoutl tells us about capturing the legacy of the hit franchise in her #documentary premiering at @tiff_net. (Link in stories!)

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Our new issue is fresh from the printer and coming soon to a mailbox near you! You can also pick up a copy at the @tiff_net Industry Centre starting tomorrow.

Thank you to @telefilm_canada for sponsoring this issue and our #TIFF50 coverage.

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More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50! Our cou More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50!

Our countdown of the great films that defined the festival's first 50 years continues with:

📽: Shut Up and Sing (TIFF '06)
📽: The Square (TIFF '13)
📽: Faces Places (TIFF '17)
📽: Forbidden Love (TIFF '92)
📽: P4W: Prison For Women (TIFF '84)
📽: Hurt (TIFF '15)
📽: 76 Days (TIFF '20)
📽: My Winnipeg (TIFF '07)
📽: Tabloid (TIFF '10)
📽: No Other Land (TIFF '24)

🔗Get the full list here:
https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

#tiff #film #movies #tiffdocs
More #documentary highlights in our look back at # More #documentary highlights in our look back at #TIFF50!

📽: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (TIFF '22)
📽: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (TIFF '93)
📽: The Times of Harvey Milk (TIFF '84)
📽: National Gallery (TIFF '14)
📽: Finding Vivian Maier (TIFF '13)
📽: No Ordinary Man (TIFF '20)
📽: The Stairs (TIFF '16)
📽: Jane (TIFF '17
📽: Shake Hands with the Devil (TIFF '06)
📽: Best Boy (TIFF '79)

🔗FULL LIST: https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

#documentary #TIFF #film #movies #moviereview
@alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about me @alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about mental health in his new film #LoveHarold. Get your first look at the trailer for the doc premiering at @ciffcalgary! (Link in stories) @onf_nfb @52mediainc 

#documentary #film #mentalhealth #movies
Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs that helped define the festival's  first 50 years:
📽: Sharkwater (TIFF '06)
📽: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (TIFF '92)
📽: Manufactured Landscapes (TIFF '06)
📽: Hoop Dreams (TIFF '94)
📽: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (TIFF '15)
📽: No Sad Songs (TIFF '85)
📽: From the Sky Down (TIFF '11)
📽: Attica (TIFF '21)
📽: Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (TIFF '23)
📽: Leviathan (TIFF '85)

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Two 30-something white guys wearing blazers and hats walk down Queen Street West in Toronto with a spool of orange cable.

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Review: Matt and Jay Strike Gold

September 5, 2025
A crowded shopping mall contains people walking atop superimposed text of words including freedom and peace.

Orwell Review: 2025 Is the New 1984 in Peck’s Provocative Doc

September 4, 2025
A view behind a woman on stage at a microphone. She is wearing a purple dress and whistling for a crowded audience in an outdoor amphitheatre.

Whistle Review: When a Mighty Wind Makes for Best in Show

September 4, 2025
Chef Masaki Saito examines the blade on his knife.

Table for One: Why Chef Masaki Saito Is Still Single

September 4, 2025
Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard are pictured in Breitling Orbiter 3, a red sphere that housed their balloon adventure

How The Balloonists Captures Awe and Wonder Above the Clouds

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