PRESS RELEASES

NO GOOD MEN Love, Freedom and the Last Days of a World Written by Sunny Gill | Published by IFFSA Toronto There is something quietly radical about Shahrbanoo Sadat making a romantic comedy about Afghanistan. For decades, Afghanistan has reached international cinema largely through the vocabulary of catastrophe—war, occupation, extremism, displacement. In No Good Men, […]

Dharmendra: The Eternal Hero of Indian Cinema Celebrating the Enduring Legacy Written by Sunny Gill | Published by IFFSA Toronto Some stars define an era. A few transcend it. Dharmendra belonged to that rarest category of artists whose cinema came to define the emotional imagination of a nation. When Dharmendra passed away in 2025, Indian […]

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 […]