Authoritarianism takes shape through gradual erosion of artistic freedom, individual rights, and institutional independence.
TIFF has presented the world premiere of the Turkish auteur’s Djinn Wedding, one of 12 films selected for the juried Platform program.
TIFF is presenting a timely and compelling film about legendary scholar Edward Said nearly a quarter century after his passing.
Mouallem adapted the film from a short story called “Cynthia” by Saeed Teebi, which appeared in His First Palestinian: And Other Stories.
Gazelle revolves around a beloved music teacher who leaves his wife and daughter behind in Türkiye to seek political asylum in New York.
Barack Obama’s inclusion of The Anthropologists in the list of his favorite books in 2024 has elevated the author’s literary stature.
Sümbültepe, a Turkish Canadian teacher, shares thoughts about her mother on the second anniversary of a deadly 2023 earthquake in Türkiye.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
