Film festivals like Toronto are sometimes like revolving doors. Each year their whirlwind oscillations allow just the big films with coin and clout to pass through, attracting instant publicity, esteem …
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Nattawut Poonpiriya นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in stage directing from Srinakharinwirot University. He worked on a variety of projects afterwards including television commercials and music …
Yukiko Mishima is a female Japanese director who has directed and written a number of films, including Shiawase no pan (2012), Night’s Tightrope (2016) and A Drop of the Grapevine …
Ontario Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Japan / 2017 / Rated 14A / 127:00 / Japanese with English subtitles The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival opened with …
Toronto Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Canada / 2017 / Rated 14A / 85:00 / English, Korean with English subtitles Stand Up Man is a film with a story which will resonate with young …
Toronto Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Thailand / 2017 / Rated PG / 130:00 / Thai with English subtitles All Asian children understand the pressure and importance of education which is drilled into …
Hirayanagi Atsuko’s refreshing debut feature Oh Lucy! is one whimsical cocktail, mixing one part urban alienation, one part domestic drama, two parts road movie, and topped with splashes of comic …
Styled as a comic domestic drama but hiding sweeping undercurrents, Mina Shum’s crowd-pleasing fourth feature portrays a Vancouver family whose lives are jolted by a convergence of difficult revelations and …
The laughter dropped often from the packed press and industry screening on opening night, but as the film wore on it was hard to shake off the feeling that their …
Toronto’s largest film festival is shrinking with age. Earlier this year it had announced plans to reduce its overall program by a fifth by axing some sections and venues. The …