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Moving beyond its 50-year milestone, the Toronto International Film Festival is celebrating its 51st edition (10-20 September 2026) with the birth of its long-gestating film market (‘The Market’) alongside its …
As a Community Partner of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Ricepaper Magazine is proud to stand in conversation with a compelling slate of films. For over three decades, Ricepaper has …
The first ever English-language adaptation of a beloved Chinese classic, Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio premiered at Crow’s Theatre in Toronto. Theatre company,Theatre Smith-Gilmour, and Dora-winning director, …
Author of the new book The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street (published by Douglas & McIntyre), set to be released in March 2026, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho writes with sustained attention …
Seven years after his debut feature Song Lang (2018), a romantic drama steeped in modern Vietnamese folk opera, Leon Lê reunites with key members of his cast and crew for …
100 Sunset (Kunsang Kyirong, Canada 2025) Vancouverite Kunsang Kyirong sets her intriguing debut feature in a sterile apartment complex in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, and through the eyes of a young Tibetan …
What is described today as Japan’s most recognized traditional performing art was, of course, just a form of popular culture for the masses during the 17th and 18th centuries in …
The Japanese too have the idiom of killing two birds with one stone, and Japanese filmmaker Hikari achieves this knockout feat nicely with her crowd-pleasing second feature. After a world …
Japanese desserts have a reputation for being delicate, artful, and often less sweet compared to their Western counterparts. Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts: Matcha, Mochi and More! by Laure Kie (Tuttle Publishing) …
I’ve forgotten that these pages flip over. They’re transparent, exposing my skin. Writing my story again. We all arrived on earth the same way but how do we leave it …