In Conversation with Arshad Khan: Films, MISAFF, and The Inspiration Behind It All
- By Zehra Nawab
The Highway: Documentarian Yung Chang’s haunting narrative debut hits TIFF 26’ Short Cuts
- By Rachel Martin
Richie Mehta on ‘Phoolan’: Finding the Human Behind the Legend
- By Asis Sethi
- By: Zehra Nawab
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Actor and director Zehra Nawab sits down for an exclusive interview with award-winning Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker and the co-founder and Festival Director of the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF), Arshad Khan. The conversation....
- By: Asis Sethi
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‘The Lion Does Not Concern Himself’, written and directed by Zarrar Kahn, explores modern masculinity, the gender divide, and the awkwardness of genuine romantic connection. At the centre of the TIFF-premiering short is Danny,....
- By: Rachel Martin
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They say that every film that gets made is a small miracle, and in the case of Yung Chang’s ‘The Highway’, it seems this miracle was a large one. A collaboration, a first narrative....
- By: Asis Sethi
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From ‘Amal’ to ‘Delhi Crime’, Richie Mehta has established himself as one of Canada’s most compelling storytellers- an acclaimed writer and director with an extraordinary talent to find humanity within complex stories. His work....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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For first-time feature director and writer Justin Ducharme, ‘Seventeen’ is more than a debut feature. Set over the course of 17 hours, the film follows three Indigenous lives shaped by displacement, queer identity, survival,....
- By: Asis Sethi
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With ‘Nobody’s Violence – Violence du corps de l’autre’, filmmaker Denis Côté turns a deeply personal experience into an unsettling and formally daring exploration of death, grief, alienation, and the quiet violence of everyday....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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Throughout the years, Canadian science fiction has proven that compelling storytelling doesn’t require blockbuster budgets. ‘The Outer Threat’ is a testament to that. Written and directed by Will Woods in his feature directorial debut,....
- By: Rachel Martin
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Rachel Martin sat down with Martin and Josip Kristo to ask about their journey, their creative process, and what’s kept them laughing all these years. What began in earnest as sibling shenanigans intended to....
- By: Shwayta Sharma
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With a career spanning more than 15 years, Toronto-based director and writer Darrell Faria has truly become one of Canada’s most distinctive voices in comedy. He is fresh off two 2026 Canadian Screen Award....
- By: Asis Sethi
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Written, directed, and produced by Damien Eagle Bear (‘Napi’, ‘Big Momma’, ‘The Bannocking’), ‘#skoden’ is his feature film debut. Eagle Bear is an award-winning filmmaker from the Kainai First Nation and is based between....
