Ten Noteworthy Female Performances at TIFF 2015 – Pam Grady Reports

October 10, 2015October 11, 2015 Pam Grady 0 Comments brie larson, carmen ejogo, charlotte rampling, elizabeth olsen, emily blunt, festivals, julianne moore, margherita Buy, Naomi Watts, oscars, Pam Grady, saoirise Ronan, susan sarandon, TIFF

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With the Toronto International Film Festival, the Oscar season officially opens in North American. Oh, there are other fall festivals that provide a window into awards season, Telluride, New York Film Festival, and Mill Valley Film Festival among them, but Toronto with its hundreds of features is one of the true harbingers of nominations to come. And while there was much emphasis this year on women behind the camera—20% of features and 45% of shorts at TIFF were made by women, according to figures cited by Indiewire—the festival also provided a peek at performances that should warrant attention from Academy voters (or ought to!), if not this season, then next. Read more on THE FEMALE GAZE…

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Pam Grady

Pam Grady is a freelance journalist and film critic whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Box Office, FilmStew, SF State Magazine and other publications. Her career began at Reel.com where she was an editor and staff critic. She is currently President of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle.