Tag: TIFF
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Herzog’s documentary highlights the tragedy of being Gorbachev
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: German director Werner Herzog’s `Meeting Gorbachev’ is one of the best documentaries being screened at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as record crowds have thronged its screenings. And it sums up the tragedy of being Gorbachev. In the form of long interviews filled with images and footage of the…
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Abhimanyu Dassani creates buzz at TIFF with `Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota’
TORONTO: Abhimanyu Dassani, who has created a buzz for his debut movie `The Man Who Feels No Pain’ (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota), was the star at the film’s presentation at the Midnight Madness segment of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) here on Friday night. It was the first-ever Indian film to be screened…
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French film Maya is an ode to love in Goa
TORONTO: Filmed mostly in lush green Goa outback, director Mia Hansen-Love’s Maya is an ode to India — and love and a journey into self-healing. Bringing in an element of autobiography, the young French director of major films such as Father of My Children and Things to Come, has woven a languid love story around…
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Set in Delhi’s Majnu-Ka-Tilla, Tibetan film premieres at TIFF
Indo-Asian News Service TORONTO: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam’s film The Sweet Requiem, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sunday, highlights the tragedy and fortitude of Tibetan refugees escaping to India through the high mountainous passes. Set mostly in Delhi’s Tibetan settlement at Manju-Ka-Tilla, this film is the couple’s follow-up to…