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Mahershala Ali’s ‘Green Book’ takes home Toronto film festival audience prize

Peter Farrelly's dramatic comedy buddy movie Green Book, starring Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, won the Toronto International Film Festival audience prize on Sunday,...

Toronto festival documentary offers glimpse into sharia, women’s rights

Nearly a decade after shattering the glass ceiling of Islamic jurisprudence, the first woman judge to be appointed to a sharia court in the...

Film on Pakistani girl wows audience at Toronto Film Festival

Pakistani-Norwegian actor-director Iram Haq’s much talked-about film “What People Will Say” wowed audience at its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. This emotionally...

Toronto film festival goes backstage with Lady Gaga

Documentary filmmaker Chris Moukarbel took Toronto film festival audiences backstage to meet the real Lady Gaga on Friday, sketching raw humanity at the height...