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Toronto International Film Festival

Director Barry Avrich, winner of the People's Choice Documentary Award for 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,' poses with producer Mark Selby (R) at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival awards ceremony, in Toronto, Ontario, on September 14, 2025. (Harold Feng / Getty Images via AFP)
September 14, 2025, 9:49 pm
Oct. 7 documentary – briefly cut from Toronto film festival – wins People’s Choice Award
Filmmakers thank festival’s team for support, do not mention film’s removal and reinstatement after reportedly being asked to secure rights to Hamas bodycam footage of massacre
By ToI Staff
Noam Tibon (right) and his wife Gali Mir-Tibon attend the premiere of 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,' at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, at Roy Thomson Hall on September 10, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario. (Shawn Goldberg / Getty Images via AFP)
September 11, 2025, 5:01 pm
Protesters picket a disinvited, and reinvited, Oct. 7 film in Toronto, but don’t deter heroes
The controversy-ridden premiere of ‘The Road Between Us’ goes as planned, as Noam and Gali Tibon appear in person to tell how they saved their family from Hamas terrorists
By Robert Rotenberg
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answers a question, as US President Donald Trump looks on, during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
September 11, 2025, 1:13 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 11: Day 706 – Did PM keep Trump in the dark over attack on Hamas in Qatar?
Editor David Horovitz on the diplomatic ripple effects of Tuesday’s Doha attack, President Herzog’s tough meeting in London, and Israeli artists’ new Sophie’s choice
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
(L-R) Noam Tibon and Barry Avrich of 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' pose in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro during the Toronto International Film Festival at InterContinental Toronto Centre on September 8, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images via AFP)
September 9, 2025, 6:47 pm
Israeli film on Oct. 7 rescue at Toronto fest deepens industry split over Gaza
As ‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’ is set to be screened, director Barry Avrich says he plans to bring his own security to event, supplementing strong police presence
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture showing Russell Crowe, left, as German Nazi leader Hermann Göring, facing Rami Malek, as US Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, in the historical drama movie 'Nuremberg.' (YouTube)
September 8, 2025, 9:03 am
Russell Crowe and Rami Malek captivate Toronto in historical drama ‘Nuremberg’
Film depicting trial of German Nazi leader Hermann Göring and his interviews with US Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley receives standing ovation
By Bhargav Acharya
Illustrative: Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey speaks during the 2025 Canada's Walk Of Fame Induction Gala held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 14, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario. (Jeremy Chan/Getty Images/AFP)
August 15, 2025, 6:58 am
Toronto film fest to screen Oct. 7 doc initially nixed over ‘copyright concerns’
Reversing course following uproar, event organizer apologizes for poor communication, says movie on father’s rescue of his son during Hamas onslaught will premiere next week
By ToI Staff
TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey attends the 2025 Canada's Walk Of Fame Induction Gala held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, on June 14, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Jeremy Chan/Getty Images/AFP)
August 14, 2025, 3:43 pm
Toronto film fest CEO denies Oct. 7 doc censored, says he still wants it shown
Cameron Bailey says lawyers working with filmmakers to ensure film meets standards, after organizers said use of Hamas massacre footage was unauthorized, cited fear of ‘disruption’
By ToI Staff
Retired Israeli general Noam Tibon in the documentary 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' (Courtesy)
August 13, 2025, 2:26 pm
Toronto film fest nixes Oct. 7 doc screening, cites Hamas ownership of massacre clips
Organizers say filmmakers didn’t legally clear footage, also cite ‘threat of disruption’; Sa’ar: This festival would have asked Hitler for approval to use Auschwitz footage
By ToI Staff and Zev Stub
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking outside his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 2:15 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 10: Day 340 – Haredi father of murdered hostage takes PM to task
Editor David Horovitz discusses Hezbollah’s attack on Nahariya, Elhanan Danino’s words to Netanyahu, Yariv Levin’s latest judicial attempts and Toronto premiere of ‘The Bibi Files’
By ToI Staff
Taraneh Alidoosti poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Leila's Brothers' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 26, 2022. (Daniel Cole/AP)
December 18, 2022, 4:25 pm
Celebrities, rights groups urge Iran to free top actor who backed protests
Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after posting on social media in support of demonstrations; pop singer Amir Maghare also detained
By Stuart Williams
Film director Daniel Roher takes a break from editing his new documentary, 'Once Were Brothers,' at the post-production studio in Toronto, Ontario, August 29, 2019. The film will open the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 5. (Etye Sarner)
September 3, 2019, 4:03 am
26-year-old Jewish-Canadian director to launch Toronto Film Festival
On September 5, Daniel Roher’s latest documentary about a maverick musician, ‘Once Were Brothers,’ will make him one of the youngest filmmakers to open the prestigious event
By Robert Sarner
Mina, the protagonist of 'Fig Tree,' about the emotional drama facing a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl (Courtesy Daniel Miller)
September 17, 2018, 6:24 am
Israeli-Ethiopian director wins Toronto film prize for ‘Fig Tree’
Alamork Marsha snags prestigious Audentia Prize for best female director with film exploring Jewish girl’s last days in rural Ethiopia
By Jessica Steinberg
'Fig Tree,' the award-winning film by Alamork Marsha tells the story of a young Jewish teen and her Christian boyfriend in war-torn Addis Ababa (Courtesy Daniel Miller)
August 24, 2018, 8:27 am
Operation Solomon drama ‘Fig Tree’ heads to Toronto film fest
The debut movie by Israeli filmmaker Alamork Marsha draws on her childhood experiences growing up in Ethiopia
By Jessica Steinberg
Rachel McAdams attends the premier of 'Disobedience' at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2017, in Toronto, Canada. (Brian de Rivera Simon/Getty Images/AFP)
September 16, 2017, 4:54 pm
Actress fails to go undercover as Orthodox Jew for ‘Disobedience’
Rachel McAdams says she was quickly recognized in Jewish area of LA while trying to prepare for role in new film
By ToI Staff
The ladies of the congregation - Tikvah (Orna Banai) , Yaffa (Yafit Asulin) , Ettie (Evelin Hagoel), Ora (Sharona Elimelech), and Margalit (Einat Sarouf) discover the women’s balcony in their synagogue has been removed in 'The Women's Balcony.' (Menemsha Films)
May 26, 2017, 2:07 am
Following Israeli success, ‘The Women’s Balcony’ aims high with NY premiere
Sleeper hit depicts middle-aged women standing up to religious extremism in storied Jerusalem neighborhood
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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