Facing adulthood is never easy.
On Tuesday, the first trailer dropped for Canadian director V.T. Nayani’s new film, “This Place”, starring Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns.
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The official synopsis describes the film as “a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.”
Courtesy of Vortex Media
In the film, Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) plays Kawenniióhstha, a young woman from the community of Kahnawà:ke near Montreal, who leaves to attend university in Toronto and seek out her estranged Iranian father.
Guns (“Tide of Lies”) plays Malai, who has been trying to figure out her post-university future while having a strained relationship with her brother, and dealing with her father,...
On Tuesday, the first trailer dropped for Canadian director V.T. Nayani’s new film, “This Place”, starring Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns.
Read More: ‘Passages’ Trailer: A Queer Love Triangle Gets Complicated In Ira Sachs’ Acclaimed New Drama
The official synopsis describes the film as “a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to confront their family histories in unexpected ways, while navigating multiple legacies of grief and love.”
Courtesy of Vortex Media
In the film, Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) plays Kawenniióhstha, a young woman from the community of Kahnawà:ke near Montreal, who leaves to attend university in Toronto and seek out her estranged Iranian father.
Guns (“Tide of Lies”) plays Malai, who has been trying to figure out her post-university future while having a strained relationship with her brother, and dealing with her father,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Pride month is not just a celebration of queer joy, but also an annual reminder of the ongoing fight for LGBTQ rights. It’s important, though, to break up the parades and protests with a little personal time, a moment to recharge and recenter so the battle can go on, long after June is over. That’s why we pulled together five of our favorite new books from queer authors, for when you need to take a moment off.
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin (Scribner, out now)
After a failed relationship,...
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin (Scribner, out now)
After a failed relationship,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Kerensa Cadenas
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a first for everything… and “This Place” marks the first film I’ve seen that weaves Indigenous and Asian heritage into a single production. A diverse, mostly Bipoc crew seem to be responsible for the magic. First-time feature director V.T. Nayani teams up here with Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) and newcomer Golshan Admoulaie, who each identify as Tamil, Mohawk and Iranian, respectively. Over the course of the last nine years, the trio have come together to come up with a cultural saladbowl of a movie. In “This Place,” ethnic differences transcend the feeling of displacement, where lonely souls are left seeking each other out on the streets.
This Place is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
“This Place” witnesses the increasingly intertwined lives of two women. Jacobs herself plays Kawenniióhstha, a half-Iranian, half-Mohawk aspiring poet who moves to Toronto alone. The city is rife with opportunity for her.
This Place is screening at Toronto International Film Festival
“This Place” witnesses the increasingly intertwined lives of two women. Jacobs herself plays Kawenniióhstha, a half-Iranian, half-Mohawk aspiring poet who moves to Toronto alone. The city is rife with opportunity for her.
- 9/19/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Falling in love for the first time is a timeless story. Whether between a man and a woman, two women, two men, or those who fall outside of the gender binary, love is something that is universal. It transcends binaries and cultural barriers while honored around the world in unique ways. No matter the hardships we face, love will always find a way to prevail.
This prevailing idea is one that hangs over "This Place," V.T. Nayani's feature directorial debut about two young women falling in love amidst personal turmoil. With the complex racial dynamics of Toronto providing a backdrop for this young sapphic love story, she creates a debut that shows ample promise. It is a story about how love binds us, no matter our blood or life stories, and why that love will always be important no matter what. Arguably, this is a message we need now more than ever.
This prevailing idea is one that hangs over "This Place," V.T. Nayani's feature directorial debut about two young women falling in love amidst personal turmoil. With the complex racial dynamics of Toronto providing a backdrop for this young sapphic love story, she creates a debut that shows ample promise. It is a story about how love binds us, no matter our blood or life stories, and why that love will always be important no matter what. Arguably, this is a message we need now more than ever.
- 9/10/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
By Jennie Punter
From icons and industry veterans to emerging directors and new faces, the stories and creative power of Indigenous women are featured at the 2022 Toronto festival.
Buffy Sainte-Marie alighted opening night Sept. 8 to launch Toronto’s streetfest, just an hour before the premiere of Madison Thomas’ “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” The doc explores the artistry and activism of the Cree singer-songwriter — the only Indigenous person to win an Oscar (for song “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1983).
Buoyed by the ascendant advocacy and investment of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office (Iso) and the longstanding grassroot networks across the arts, this year’s slate further broadens the festival’s evolving programming ethos with narrative films that reflect the histories, dreams, and day-to-day realities of Indigenous women filmmakers and their communities.
For the “Bones of Crows,” esteemed multihyphenate Marie Clements held close the stories...
From icons and industry veterans to emerging directors and new faces, the stories and creative power of Indigenous women are featured at the 2022 Toronto festival.
Buffy Sainte-Marie alighted opening night Sept. 8 to launch Toronto’s streetfest, just an hour before the premiere of Madison Thomas’ “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” The doc explores the artistry and activism of the Cree singer-songwriter — the only Indigenous person to win an Oscar (for song “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1983).
Buoyed by the ascendant advocacy and investment of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office (Iso) and the longstanding grassroot networks across the arts, this year’s slate further broadens the festival’s evolving programming ethos with narrative films that reflect the histories, dreams, and day-to-day realities of Indigenous women filmmakers and their communities.
For the “Bones of Crows,” esteemed multihyphenate Marie Clements held close the stories...
- 9/9/2022
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin-based Picture Tree Intl. has added “This Place,” by Canadian debut director V.T. Nayani, to its lineup. The film is to have its world premiere at Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 9 as part of the Discovery and Next Wave Selects sections.
The film stars Devery Jacobs, who was the lead actor in “Reservation Dogs” and the upcoming Marvel Studio production “Echo,” and newcomer Priya Guns. The screenplay was co-written by V.T. Nayani, Devery Jacobs and Golshan Abdmoulaie.
It tells the story of two young women falling in love for the first time and being jointly challenged by their own family histories, which bear the legacies of loss, migration and displacement.
Kawenniióhstha (Devery Jacobs) is half-Iranian, half-Mohawk and has just moved to Toronto from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk territory, where she was raised by her single mother. Malai (Priya Guns) is of Tamil origin and lives with her elder brother following...
The film stars Devery Jacobs, who was the lead actor in “Reservation Dogs” and the upcoming Marvel Studio production “Echo,” and newcomer Priya Guns. The screenplay was co-written by V.T. Nayani, Devery Jacobs and Golshan Abdmoulaie.
It tells the story of two young women falling in love for the first time and being jointly challenged by their own family histories, which bear the legacies of loss, migration and displacement.
Kawenniióhstha (Devery Jacobs) is half-Iranian, half-Mohawk and has just moved to Toronto from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk territory, where she was raised by her single mother. Malai (Priya Guns) is of Tamil origin and lives with her elder brother following...
- 9/5/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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