TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped

There’s usually no shortage of female filmmakers at the Toronto International Film Festival, and with the festival’s 2025 edition, that continues to be true. With Girl, we get the directorial debut of legendary Taiwanese actress Shu Qi, which is a rather bleak depiction of girlhood in 1980s Taiwan. Rachel Lee

TIFF 2025: Driver’s Ed and The Ugly

While Driver’s Ed and The Ugly are vastly different films, both provide thoughtful social commentary on their respective issues. Bobby Farrelly‘s coming-of-age comedy skirts around the challenges of modern dating as a teenager (Driver’s Ed), while Yeon Sang-ho‘s graphic novel adaption questions society’s deranged evaluation of conventional female body standards