Author: Pink Asparagus
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Robot Dreams – TIFF 2023 Review
5/5 Courtesy of TIFF. This year I’ll be reviewing only my favourites.🌪 From the 24 films I watched, this is one of my TOP 4 movies @ TIFF. Pablo Berger and Sara Varon’s Robot Dreams is an extremely moving and emotionally complex animated silent film about the relationship between a dog and his companion robot.…
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TIFF Early Career Journalist Panel # 3
The third panel mandatory to all media inclusion initiative participants was led by successful entertainment reporter, Marriska Fernandes. She talked frankly about what it felt like to be a woman of colour in the industry. Oftentimes, other journalists assume that you are a diversity hire rather than there on merit. On top of this, you…
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Dialogues: Short Cuts to Features- TIFF 2023 Conference
This panel, featuring director Fawzia Mirza, producer Andrea Wilson Mirza, director Zarrar Khan and producer Anam Abbas was a discussion on how emerging filmmakers can break into the industry and kickstart their first feature. Fawzia Mirza, director of The Queen of My Dreams screening at TIFF 2023, is an ex lawyer who decided to start…
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American Fiction – TIFF 2023 Review
5/5 Courtesy of TIFF. This year I’ll be reviewing only my favourites.🌪 From the 24 films I watched, this is one of my TOP 4 movies @ TIFF. What an absolutely incredible way to articulate and explain the feeling of being told what your culture is by people who aren’t part of it. This was…
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Woman of the Hour – TIFF 2023 Review
4/5 Courtesy of TIFF Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour promotes the idea that we should always be nervous about trusting men. Sure, nobody is really going to get into a car with a random guy and drive out into the middle of nowhere anymore. And I would already be against letting a random man…
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Opening Night Party – TIFF 2023
The opening night party at the Shangri-La was great. It had drinks, Waygu, sushi, these insane little brownies, an open bar, a karaoke room, live music, AND an incredible patio. It was a great opportunity to network, but an even better opportunity to not network and hangout with your friends. The after party at soho…
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TIFF Early Career Journalist Panel #1
TIFF runs this incredible program called the Media Inclusion Initiative, where a large group of emerging journalists are given the opportunity to cover TIFF. As an MII participant, you get a press pass, 10 public tickets, 4 informational panels with industry professionals, access to networking events, access to the festival media library, onsite support and…
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TIFF 2023 Press Brunch @ Mister C
This was the first thing I did at the festival so I figured it might be worth recording. It was good. I made a friend and there were mimosas.
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TIFF 2023 is… tomorrow
The King streetcar is officially on detour, and I keep mistaking bearded men for Ethan Hawke. TIFF has arrived! This year’s festival lineup is certainly interesting! Here’s to kicking off 10 days of “how many movies can I watch today”. I’ll be watching and doing as much as I can, and sharing about it here.…
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