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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Angh
The arrival of an American missionary causes a chief and his family to become the only remaining inhabitants of a Nagaland village in the early 1960s. Holding steadfast to the traditional beliefs and customs is Anghba while looking after his ailing wife and mute young son. The devotion has been costly, as the Nagaland village in which they live has become devoid of other inhabitants who have chosen to...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Tenzing – “compelling”
Living literally in the shadow of Everest, Tenzing Norgay as a child developed a deep affinity for the world’s tallest mountain which saw him years later accompany Edmund Hillary on the landmark 1953 expedition to conquer its summit for the first time. Herding yaks as a child on both sides of the mountainside caused Tenzing Norgay to become spiritually connected with Everest; the ambition to get to the...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Tehran, Under the Skin – “personal and intimate.”
A quote from Voltaire hangs in the surgeon’s office: The enemy of the good is the perfect. These words are something that resonate all the way through Afsaneh Salari’s third feature film, Tehran, Under the Skin. Her new documentary, having its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, examines this age of body image anxiety by following women in her native Tehran as they...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Where the River Begins – “The pacing is meditative”
Seeking to help her young daughter, Yajaira decides to leave the streets of Bogotá and to return her home in the rainforest. Children are gleefully running through a rainforest and dive into the water to go swimming, only to see a building go up in flames. The action transitions to the urban setting of Bogotá, where the squalor is rampant and earning a living means resorting to criminal activities. ...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Wild Wild East – “The plot is full of twists and the acting is solid”
During World War II, a German official travels to a remote Polish village to investigate the disappearance of a lawyer believed to be safeguarding a stockpile of gold belonging to a wealthy Jewish family. A mysterious man travels on horseback into a desolate Polish village, claiming to be a German clerk seeking the whereabouts of a certain lawyer who would know where to find the gold belonging to a Jewish...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Look Back
Former childhood classmates collaborate together as adults to pursue their dream of becoming manga artists. Used to being praised and believing herself to be a genius as a manga artist, Fourth-grader Fujino has her confidence shaken when the work of shut-in student Kyomoto shines brighter than her own in the eyes of her classmates; she works hard to beat her rival but is unable to do causing the pen and...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Future Tense – “The premise feels unique, even if time travel in films is not.”
Imagine if you could travel back in time on vacation. Where and when would you choose? In the not-so-distant future, this is a reality in Jenna Cato Bass’ newest film, Future Tense. “Welcome to your time away from time,” Lwando (Lawrence Maleka) and his girlfriend Tara (Kristen Raath) hear as they prepare to leave the Cape Town chronological departure terminal. They buckle in for...
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Read MoreTIFF 2026 Review: Tangles – “may just be the most touching movie of the festival.”
Every once in a while a film comes along that moves you so incredibly deeply that you’re left in shambles by its end. While I write this TIFF is only in its third day, but Tangles may just be the most touching movie of the festival. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it rides that wave of emotion right to awards season. Based on the graphic memoir of the same name from writer Sarah Leavitt,...
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