The Hollywood Reporter’s Access Canada Summit, TIFF Market Team for Joint Programming, Dual Pass Offers

The formal partnership will include a combined entry option so global creators and decision makers can attend both mid-September screen industry events in Toronto.

The Hollywood Reporter
TikTok to Resume Local Sponsorships After Deal to Stay in Canada

The big winners could be the Toronto Film Festival, the Junos and other marquee Canadian cultural events after funding from TikTok Canada was pulled as Ottawa investigated Chinese parent ByteDance over national security concerns.

The Hollywood Reporter
Toronto Film Critics Association Faces Collapse After Censoring Indigenous Filmmaker’s Pro-Palestine Speech

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her trophy, the president resigned and 16 members have quit — with more considering their position: "This Is Killing the TFCA."

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Canadian Actress Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Returns Toronto Film Critics Award in Response to Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech
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Canadian Actress Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Returns Toronto Film Critics Award in Response to Censorship of Pro-Palestine Speech

TFCA president Johanna Schneller said that Tailfeathers’ speech had been edited “to maintain the timing of the awards show” and not for political reasons, but that she would resign from her role nonetheless.

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Berlinale’s Tricia Tuttle Backed By 32 Global Film Festival Bosses in Open Letter: “Supporting Freedom of Expression Has Never Been More Important”

Film festival bosses from Cannes, Toronto, Telluride, San Sebastian, Tokyo, London and Locarno signed the letter, sent to press on Tuesday.

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Paco León’s ‘Aida, the Movie’ Landing in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Central America

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Paco León’s ‘Aida, the Movie’ Gets U.S. Theatrical Release Deal

‘Aida, the Movie,’ spin-off of the wildly successful Spanish TV series ‘Aida,’ is crossing the Atlantic after its Spanish premiere next year.

Variety
‘Sirat’ Director Oliver Laxe to Get Toronto Film Fest Retrospective (Exclusive)

The French-Spanish auteur’s fourth feature earned the Cannes Jury Prize. Now his earlier body of work is set for a spotlight via the TIFF Cinematheque program.

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‘Nika & Madison’ Director Talks Native Resilience, Police Brutality and U.S. DEI Rollback

Eva Thomas has brought her feminist crime thriller to the Whistler Film Festival after a world premiere in Toronto.

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Magnolia Lands TIFF Drama ‘Carolina Caroline’  

Magnolia Lands TIFF Film ‘Carolina Caroline’  

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