Tag: TIFF
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`Margarita, With a Straw’ by Shonali Bose wins top Asian award at TIFF
News East West TORONTO: The Indian film Margartia, With a Straw by director Shonali Bose has been adjudged the best Asian film at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which concluded here on Saturday night. The film is the story of a wheelchair-bound cerebral palsy afflicted Sikh girl Laila (played by Kalki Koechlin) from…
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Punjabi film Qissa wins top Asian award at Toronto International Film Festival
News East West TORONTO: Director Anup Singh’s Punjabi film Qissa was awarded as the top Asian film at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. It was the first time that any Punjabi film had entered the world’s top film festival. A jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) voted…