Directed by Ian Gabriel, executive produced by Joel Chikapa Phiri, and others in South Africa in 2023 in English, the film ‘Death of a Whistleblower’ a high-energy political thriller highlighting a decades-long national crisis of whistleblower assassinations, was world-premiered in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023). The film showcases the…

IBNS: “Death of a Whistleblower”, to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September, has been billed as a gripping investigative thriller set against South Africa’s rich tapestry of history and struggle telling the story of a world where corruption clashes with courage. Directed by Ian Gabriel…

Toronto: Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a wicked satire about the commodification of marginalized voices and a portrait of an artist forced to re-examine his integrity, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) , raising the film’s prospects in the Oscar race. Jeffrey Wright stars…

Toronto: In a cinematic world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Norwegian filmmaker Sara Margrethe Oskal’s debut feature, ‘The Tundra Within Me’, was screened taking the audience on a visually stunning and emotionally resonant expedition to the snow-covered landscapes of Sápmi in northern Norway. This evocative narrative navigates…

Bollywood film Thank You for Coming that was world-premiered in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023) is a sex-positive modern comedy about a woman refusing to be classified as “a bore or a whore” and pursuing her own pleasure. Bhumi Pednekar plays the lead in the film with Anil Kapoor…

IBNS: Actress Paoli Dam is one of the leads in Kaushik Ganguly’s ‘Palan’, which pays a birth centenary tribute to late Mrinal Sen with the reprise of the roles from the filmmaking legend’s 1982 film ‘Kharij’. Ahead of the September 22 release, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh catches up with Paoli…

Toronto/CMEDIA: Directed, produced, edited and cinematographed in 2003, in KAIJYU THEATER CO. LTD. Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest Japanese film ‘Shadow of Fire’ was screened as a NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE on TIFF 2023 as a centerpiece. The film examines the desperate lives of Japanese citizens in the immediate post–World War II period…

Toronto/CMEDIA: An award-winning Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker, Zarrar Kahn‘s film ‘IN FLAMES‘ produced by Pakistani/Canadian filmmaker Anam Abbas in 2023 in Urdu had its North American Premiere in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2023). The film is a gripping drama about trauma, internalized abuse, in which…

IBNS: A US appeals court has rejected Apple Inc’s claim that security firm Corellium Inc violated its copyrights by creating a simulated version of the iOS operating system. The simulation was intended to aid researchers in identifying potential security vulnerabilities in Apple’s devices. The ruling came on Monday, marking a…