Deepa Mehta News

Donkeyhead is written and directed by Agam Darshi (DMZ, Funny Boy) who stars in the leading role before a stellar ensemble cast including Saskatoon-native, Kim Coates. Donkeyhead co-stars Kim Coates, Stephen Lobo, Sandy Sidhu, and Huse Madhavji (Schitt’s Creek) as her seemingly polished siblings.

Today, Crow's Theatre Artistic Director Chris Abraham and Executive Director Sherrie Johnson announced the casts for two Crow's Theatre Productions this season that include Kristen Johnson, Ahmed Moneka, Ali Kazmi, Craig Lauzon, and Eric Peterson. 

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open – a drama directed by Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers about a friendship between two Indigenous women from different social backgrounds – has won the Toronto Film Critics Association's 2019 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award along with its $100,000 purse.

Guelph's own 'Vertical Squirrels' (Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, Lewis Melville, and Ted Warren) continue hosting a residency at Silence through the Fall and Winter of 2019-20, featuring performances that highlight the group in improvised dialogue with special guests. Called an a?oean unclassifiable blast of fresh aira?? by the Montreal Mirror, with their album Hold True (Accroche-toi) chosen as one of the top ten offerings in 2010, the music of the Vertical Squirrels is group-improvised, live in the moment, and draws on a potent mixture of free jazz and post rock sensibilities with nods to Indian ragas, jazz-inflected minimalism, Zappa-esque bouts of sonic anarchy, and German rock music from the 1970s.

A spotlight was shone on the country's best in film and television this evening, as 2019 Canadian Screen Week concluded its festivities with the biggest night of celebration at the Canadian Screen Awards: Broadcast Gala. The awards show was broadcast live from Toronto's Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service.

Rima Das joins Toronto International Film Festival's Share Her Journey as their official ambassador. TIFF launched the 5-year campaign in 2017 with a view to increase participation, skills, and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera. 

Rima Das joins Toronto International Film Festival's Share Her Journey as their official ambassador. TIFF launched the 5-year campaign in 2017 with a view to increase participation, skills, and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera. 

Netflix concluded its inaugural content event in Asia, “See What's Next: Asia” with a celebration of the company's rapidly growing diverse content slate in India. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and chief content officer Ted Sarandos joined performers and creators from India to announce eight original films and a new original series. The showcase also included updates on four Indian original series that were previously announced.

Yellow Peril is pleased to announce 'Movies That Charmed,' a month-long film series presented by Emile Doll, founder of Queer History Cinema, featuring underrepresented visions outside mainstream portrayals of queer desire and love. The screenings will be hosted on Saturdays in April at Yellow Peril, beginning with 'Personal Best' (1982) on April 7 from 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. This screening series complements the current exhibit, 'Charmed,' curated by Kyle Quinn of Raw Meat Collective, which explores the sexual desire and intimacy by queer artists of color. Featured films selected for 'Movies That Charmed' include: 'Personal Best' (1986). Directed by Robert Towne and starring Mariel Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly. 'Personal Best' follows the relationship between two Olympic hopefuls who are led to choose between their increasing attraction and their goals of achieving the highest honor in their field. In English. Screening April 7. 'I Don't Want to Sleep Alone' (2006). Directed by Tsai Ming Liang and starring Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Atun, and Cheng Shiang-chyi. Three vastly different people's stories merge into one romantic relationship in the city of Kuala Lumpur. In Taiwanese, Malay, Mandarin, and Bengali with English subtitles. Screening April 14. 'Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts' (1979). Directed by Rosa Von Praunheim. Following the immediate years after Stonewall, this documentary shows the early queer-rights movement in 1970's San Francisco. In English and German with subtitles. Screening April 21. 'Fire' (1996). Directed by Deepa Mehta and starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das. Two women, trapped in miserable heterosexual marriages, are pulled together by love and attraction despite enormous outside pressures trying to keep them apart. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. Screening April 28. 'Desire' has a number of different meanings, with a similar root. One can desire another, while one can also desire a goal or feeling. These films all show different iterations of desire and want, from sexual desire to the desire for respect,' notes Doll, on why he selected these films. 'Each film shows characters that want something deeply, and the extent to which they will go to achieve what they want.' Doll plans to extend the reach of Queer Cinema History to a larger audience throughout the year during special events held in Rhode Island, such as PVDfest and Pride. The first screening for 'Movies That Charmed' is 'Personal Best' (1986), which will be on Saturday, April 7, from 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. This is Queer Cinema History's first collaboration with Yellow Peril. About Queer Cinema History Queer Cinema History is a project dedicated to the preservation of queer history in the form of film and video. In highlighting the products of queer cultural producers from across the world and throughout history, as well as exploring ways in which queer society is represented from the outside, Queer Cinema History aims to facilitate access to queer history and artistic tradition. For more information, visit Queer Cinema History on Instagram.

The new Citadel Theatre season, starting in less than two weeks, is literally stellar for the many accomplished artists, local, national, and international, who will appear on Citadel stages in the coming months.

Artistic Director and cultural leader Rohit Chokhani is pleased to launch Diwali in BC a new provincial initiative aimed at making Diwali celebrations province-wide over the next five years.

Just last week, TIFF honored award-winning actor and activist Priyanka Chopra at this year's TIFF Soirée, an annual fundraiser and celebratory kick-off for the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival.

Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, announced today 2018 will be his final year leading the Toronto International Film Festival®. After almost 25 years at the helm of one of Canada's most important cultural organizations Piers will leave behind an unparalleled legacy of accomplishments and innovation.

The Toronto International Film Festival is proud to introduce its participants for this year's TIFF Rising Stars programme: Daniel Doheny, Mary Galloway, Theodore Pellerin and Ellen Wong.

The Toronto International Film Festival® is proud to introduce its participants for this year's TIFF Rising Stars programme: Daniel Doheny, Mary Galloway, Theodore Pellerin and Ellen Wong.

Canada's 150th Birthday is worth celebrating all summer long which is exactly what YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE (YDS) and City Cinema presented by NOW will be doing, every Tuesday at sunset!

Today TIFF has announced a five-year commitment to grow its Talent Development programmes with female-forward programming to increase participation, skills and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera.

Theatre in India borrows heavily from folk stories and legends, which are given a contemporary twist. The messages contained in these classics are considered timeless and universal, just as Shakespear's works are regarded in the west. But there is another source from which our theatre borrows ...particularly theatre in North India, and that is Bollywood. It is common practice today to include original songs and dances from popular cinema or a slightly changed version to dodge the copyright act. Adding to this melee are the Indianised versions of Shakespear's plays, some of them commissioned by the Globe Theatre, Britain, that narrate the story through a Bollywood style song and dance routine.

 The Aga Khan Museum is proud to launch its third year of Performing Arts programming. Between April and June of this year, six showcase performances of music and dance, and seven films, shed light on the creative traditions of such countries as India, Iran, Syria, and Canada.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced the full and final casting for the world premiere of Monsoon Wedding. The musical stage production will be directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair and hosts a cast of 20 actors from around the globe.