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Spotlight: TIFF 2019

To celebrate the opening of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival this week, we have compiled a list of past international winners of the TIFF People’s Choice Award — an uncanny predictor of awards season success. Best of luck to this year’s films!

TIFF 2019
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Spotlight: Women in Venice

This week, La Biennale di Venezia will kick off the 2019 Venice International Film Festival. In support of the ongoing calls for increased female representation at the festival, Telescope presents a list of films by women directors that have shown — and won awards — at Venice.

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Spotlight: Once Upon a Time in… Bollywood!

Move over, Tarantino — it’s time to celebrate another international mecca of cinema. In honor of India’s independence Day, here is our list of sixteen essential Bollywood films that showcase the vibrant culture of the world’s largest film industry.

Once Upon a Time in… Bollywood!
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Spotlight: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This past week marked the anniversary of the American bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The scale of the devastation makes these difficult stories to tell, but also all the more important.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Spotlight: Happy birthday to Switzerland!

Happy belated birthday to Switzerland (August 1), which not only produces excellent films of its own but is an important coproduction partner for countries around the world. Also, home to the illustrious Locarno Film Festival which begins this week…

Happy birthday to Switzerland!
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Spotlight: Extreme Weather

Following weeks of extreme temperatures around the world, we offer a selection of cli-fi action, fantasy, and animation (it’s too hot for documentaries). If Mad Max: Fury Road is too close to your actual climate, check out Snowpiercer, set in a future ice age…

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Spotlight: The Moon Landing

Humans first landed on the Moon fifty years ago, but we started making movies about the Moon nearly seventy years before that, with Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon. Here we present some of our favorite films on one of cinema’s most enduring subjects….

The Moon Landing
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Spotlight: Bonne fête nationale!

Allons enfants de la Patrie -- le jour de gloire est arrivé! And in honor of the quatorze juillet -- and the birthplace of cinema! -- we offer some of our favorite French films of the past decade.

Bonne fête nationale!
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Spotlight: Happy July 4th!

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… In recognition of the vital role that inspiring message has played in the history of the United States, we present a selection of films on immigrants and refugees around the world.

Happy July 4th!
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