Just like Canada itself, this year's slate of Canadian works at the Toronto International Film Festival is a multicultural mix reflecting this country's diversity. Prolific Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, whom the the Toronto Film Critics Association called "a significant architect of Canadian cinema and culture," brings her 50th National Film Board documentary, Our People Will Be Healed. #TIFF17 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/tdrtbOmmaH — TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 9, 2017Academy Award-nominated Kim Nguyen (Rebelle) returns to TIFF with Eye on Juliet, and so does the winner of last year's Best Canadian Film award Simon Lavoie, with The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes). #TIFF17 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/iIfM6GUgS2 — TIFF (@TIFF_NET) August 9, 2017"It is exciting to see a new wave of Canadian first-time feature directors play with genres and take risks," said Steve Gravestock, TIFF senior programmer. The Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 7-17.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2017 14:00 UTC