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TIFF at 50: Deepa Mehta on her first memory of feeling Canadian

By 2025-09-11T23:19:00

(L-R) Deepa Mehta,'I Am Sirat' co-director and subject Sirat Taneja, and TIFF chief programming officer Anita Lee in 2023

Source: The Canadian Press / Alamy

Mehta’s first film to screen at the festival was ‘Sam & Me’ in 1991.

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