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Toronto Arab Film Festival !! The Toronto Arab Film Festival (TAFF) returns for its 6th edition from June 20 to 29, 2025, with in-person screenings across Toronto and a Canada-wide virtual program. Showcasing over 40 films from more than 20 countries, TAFF is a dynamic platform for bold, diverse, and thought-provoking storytelling from the Arab world and its diaspora. The festival celebrates the richness of Arab culture through cinema, offering audiences a unique opportunity to engage with voices rarely heard in mainstream media. From fiction to documentary, shorts to features, TAFF highlights stories that challenge, inspire, and connect — making it one of the most anticipated cultural events of the summer. This year’s festival offers a dynamic program of in-person film screenings, workshops, and filmmaker Q&As, as well as a virtual selection available to audiences across Canada. The festival is also pleased to welcome a number of notable guests, including Palestinian-Canadian filmmaker Amber Fares, and Tunisian-Canadian filmmakers Mira Shaib and Kays Mejri, who will participate in select screenings and post-film discussions. Watch the official Festival trailer here: https://vimeo.com/1086177596 Schedules and programming are now available, and tickets/passes are on sale, at arabfilm.ca. Attendees can choose from single tickets or discounted bundles

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ElevenLabs, the buzzy synthetic voice startup, and Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle have backed an upcoming series of “Black Mirror”-style short films from creative studio Wonder, made using GenAI tools. Tech companies have been cosying up to Hollywood in recent months. Oscar-winning director Darren Aronofsky recently announced a partnership with Google DeepMind to produce AI-assisted short films. Meanwhile indie production house A24 has brought on Adobe executive Scott Belsky to lead on tech projects. The four-part series, launching on YouTube and Vimeo in July 2025, is the brainchild of London-based Wonder, which uses AI to make films and recently raised funds from angels from OpenAI, ElevenLabs and DeepMind. Each 10-minute episode will be directed by a different filmmaker and will explore ideas like consciousness and simulation. ElevenLabs has been brought on as an executive producer alongside three other generative media platforms: Spain-based Freepik, US-based Fal.ai and Beijing-based Kling AI, each contributing tools and assistance to the filmmakers.  Boyle — whose credits include Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire — has mentored the creators involved. Additional filmmaking support has come from Danny Perkins, creator of the Paddington films, and Jon Goldman, who developed a series of video games based on

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