PASSES FOR MASTERCLASS WITH ROYA SADAT, MOZHDAH JAMALZADAH, AZIZ DILDAR AND HALIMA AHMADI: https://iffsatoronto.com/2025-pro-events/ PASSES FOR THE AFGHAN MUSICAL EVENING https://iffsatoronto.com/2025-special-events/ SYNOPSIS Afghanistan in 1972 is a cauldron of opposing political forces. Suraya, part of an influential political family, becomes head of the dominant Communist Party’s women’s organisation, believing it is the best hope for […]
Shadowbox had its World Premiere at Berlinale. Watch the Canadian Premiere at IFFSA Toronto. SYNOPSIS Maya lives with her husband Sundar and their teenage son Debu in a dusty Kolkata suburb. She has several jobs: she cleans houses, works on a chicken farm and irons laundry. Sundar, an ex-soldier who suffers from PTSD, is the […]
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 […]