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IFFSA Toronto 2025 to Spotlight South Asian, Canadian and Afghan Voices Alongside Tributes to Guru Dutt and Peter Brook Toronto, September 9, 2025 — The International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) Toronto returns for its 14th edition, October 9–19, 2025, reaffirming its place as a global stage for South Asian cinema in all its […]

Allegiance: The Quiet Force of Supinder Wraich and the Shifting Lens of Canadian Television Written by Sunny Gill | Published by IFFSA Toronto In Allegiance, the police procedural sheds its familiar armour. What emerges is a measured, deliberate work in which the mechanics of investigation serve as scaffolding for a deeper inquiry—into cultural inheritance, the […]

Late Bloomer: Jasmeet Raina’s Breakthrough as a Screen Auteur The former YouTube sensation transforms his digital fame into a nuanced, critically acclaimed series that redefines South Asian Canadian storytelling — with Season 3 already on the horizon. Written By Sunny Gill | Published by IFFSA Toronto In the noisy churn of the internet, few Canadian […]

A Rain of Sorrow, A Rain of Gloom – An Essay By Geet Chaturvedi On The Death of Guru Dutt Translated from the Hindi by Ratik Asokan – Courtsey of The Criterion Collection This essay from 2007 is a fantasia on one of the most-speculated-upon events in Hindi film history: the death of Guru Dutt, […]

IFFSA Toronto 2024 to Celebrate 50 Years of Shabana Azmi with Special Guests Imtiaz Ali, Deepa Mehta, Boman Irani, and Anup Singh Toronto, September 10, 2024 — The International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) Toronto 2024 is set to honour one of Indian cinema’s most revered icons, Shabana Azmi, as part of its grand […]

IFFSA Empowering South Asian Canadian Cinematic Arts on a Global Stage [Toronto, July 20, 2023] – The International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) stands tall as the vanguard of South Asian Canadian cinematic arts, playing a pivotal role in the development, promotion, and recognition of diverse storytelling from the South Asian diaspora. From providing […]

BMO IFFSA TORONTO 2023 PROMISES A DAZZLING CINEMATIC EXTRAVAGANZA Toronto, ON (Aug 27) – The 12th edition of BMO International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto (IFFSA Toronto) is all set to return with a bang, showcasing the very best of South Asian cinema from October 12 to 22, 2023. This year’s festival promises an […]

BMO IFFSA TORONTO 2022 MAKES A GRAND RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN Toronto, ON (July 17, 2022) – BMO IFFSA Toronto, the largest South Asian film festival in North America, makes a grand return to in-person festivities this August! This celebration of returning to the BIG SCREEN is led by a screening of Last Film […]

ON SATYAJIT RAY’S CENTENARY, IFFSA AMBASSADOR ANUP SINGH PRESENTS A VIEW FROM PUNJAB Anup Singh On May 2, India and the world will be celebrating Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary. And here in Punjab, how are we considering celebrating this extraordinary filmmaker? In fact, are we going to? Should we? We might even ask ourselves, why […]

BMO IFFSA TORONTO IS BACK WITH A DAZZLING FILM FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE Toronto, ON (Aug 3, 2021) – Let’s celebrate the cinema that gives us an opportunity to expand our lives. BMO International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto, the largest South Asian film festival in North America, is back! BMO IFFSA Toronto 2021 will be […]