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For those of you who have asked how you can support the family, please read this thread.
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So proud to be supported by
@hotdocsindustry
for our next production!
Excited to announce SEND US YOUR BROTHER (D:
@NishaPahuja
) as most recent recipient of the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund!
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Devastating. When will we stop being so greedy?
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This happened!! So exciting! Thanks
@PeabodyAwards
an honour to be nominated alongside such great filmmakers. You can watch the film on
@netflix
and the NFB and TVO and Knowledge in Canada.
📣⪪ EXCITING NEWS!!
@NishaPahuja
's TO KILL A TIGER (
@tokillatigerdoc
) is a 2024
@PeabodyAwards
nominee! Congrats to everyone behind this project for this prestigious honour and for being amongst the best in storytelling →
#NFB
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London, come see us at the BFI June 29th at London Indian Film Festival. Ranjit, the father from the film will be there-his first time abroad and his first time watching the film with an audience! Can’t wait to share that experience with him!
@Atul_Gawande
@LoveLIFF
@ACFilmsInc1
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This happened! Thank you hugely
@CNN
and the one and only
@amanpour
for giving us the platform to share Ranjit and Kiran’s powerful story of justice.
#StandWithHer
@TVOdocs
@TIFF_NET
@thenfb
@Atul_Gawande
This week's visit to London has been a dream so far! A sold out
@BerthaDocHouse
screening AND yesterday we got the chance to record a segment with Christiane
@Amanpour
for CNN! Grateful for her spotlight on matters of global peace and gender justice. 🙏
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India friends The World Before is finally available in India on
#TheViralFever
You can now stream it legitimately!
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#Bombay
friends if you haven't seen the film or feel like watching it again come to
@PrithviTheatre
on the 29th
Watch
@WorldBeforeHer
by
@NishaPahuja
on May 29 at
@PrithviTheatre
:
http://t.co/9nvJ0eMspQ
(
@anuragkashyap72
@anupamachopra
@ShiladityaBora
)
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#tokillatiger
won 3 awards this weekend! Best doc feature
@mosaic_misaff
and special jury prize as well as the Michael Sullivan award for Doc Journalism at
@_SalemFilmFest
That’s me with EP
@Atul_Gawande
getting the news from Jeff Schmidt in Salem yesterday-a very happy surprise!
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Still pinching myself…
@mindykaling
A girl. Her father. Their fight for justice. 🧡
🏆 Academy Award® nominee: Best Documentary Feature
TO KILL A TIGER, a film by
@NishaPahuja
.
#StandWithHer
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Very awesome!!
#TheWorldBeforeHer
just nominated for an
#Emmy
!
http://t.co/v6U5zMkseT
@RajeevMasand
@anupamachopra
@anuragkashyapFC
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I love TIFF!! Thank you for this! Thrilled to make the TIFF Canada’s top ten list for
#ToKillaTiger
.. what a way to end 2022. Can’t wait for another screening at the Lightbox!
#SeetheNorth
Winner of the
#TIFF22
Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented by
@canadagoose
,
@NishaPahuja
’s documentary TO KILL A TIGER is a harrowing look at an Indian family’s arduous quest for justice after a teenage girl is brutally assaulted.
#SeeTheNorth
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Amazing! THIS!!
🚨 Breaking news. TO KILL A TIGER has won the Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary By or About Women!
Winner of 22 awards. One of the
@washingtonpost
's Best Films of 2023. From director
@NishaPahuja
.
TO KILL A TIGER 🧡 For Your Consideration
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So this happened! Thanks
@PSFilmFest
!! what a great way for the film to make its International premiere!!
@onf
@thenfb
@Telefilm_Canada
@davidoppenheim
@AndreaElalouf
@NFB_Jennifer
@Atul_Gawande
The winner of the Best Documentary Award is....”To Kill a Tiger”! Congratulations!
@NishaPahuja
@RemiSpencer
You can see the film one more time at Best of Fest! Click the link to learn more!
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Thrilled that
#ToKillaTiger
is nominated for 3
#CdnScreenAwards
Best Editing (Mike Munn, Dave Kazala) Best Score (Jonathan Goldsmith) and, the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary! Thanks!!
@TheCdnAcademy
@thenfb
@davidoppenheim
@Atul_Gawande
Several
#TIFF22
award-winners nominated for
#CdnScreenAwards
include Anthony Shim’s Platform Prize winner RICEBOY SLEEPS and
@NishaPahuja
’s Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented by
@canadagoose
, winner TO KILL A TIGER.
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Honoured to be included in this years TIFF line-up! Eight years in the making, TO KILL A TIGER is the story of an extraordinary family who fight for justice after the brutal gang-rape of their 13 year-old daughter. A family you won’t forget..
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Finally figured out how to post video! Here’s the trailer for To Kill A Tiger. My latest film playing at
#TIFF22
Tickets on sale tomorrow!
@thenfb
@davidoppenheim
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This was beyond special! Thanks
@Malala
and Briony for a truly memorable experience
Beyond blessed to have met the one and only
@Malala
Yousafzai and
@british_film
director Briony Hanson at a UK screening of Academy Award® nominee TO KILL A TIGER this week.
So much love and respect for these amazing women changing lives through their film and advocacy work.
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Next stop for us, Palm Springs International Film Festival!
Congratulations to filmmaker
@NishaPahuja
, whose documentary TO KILL A TIGER will have its international premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (
@PSFilmFest
).
🐅Learn more:
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So thrilled for this! Thank you Vancouver Film Critics Circle for this honour!
👏👏Congratulations to everyone behind
@NishaPahuja
's TO KILL A TIGER for taking home the 2024 Vancouver Film Critics Circle's International BEST DOCUMENTARY award!
#VFCCAwards2024
#NFB
Stream this Academy Award-nominated film for free in
#Canada
here →
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Interview today with the lovely Kalki Koechlin
@kalkikanmani
..posting soon
#theworldbeforeher
http://t.co/IP9WeQaBoB
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What an honour! Thanks
@DGCTalent
so wish I could have been there!
The winner of the Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary is
@NishaPahuja
– To Kill a Tiger.
#DGCAwards
#DGCTalent
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So proud of the brilliant team behind
#Court
A
#Gamechanger
Amazing what can happen when talent and guts combine!
Here it is! The complete list of Theatres and Show Timings for COURT. Releasing in Goa and Cochin as well!
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What a lovely screening at
@PSFilmFest
! With Executive Producer Drew Dragoumis and the fab Remi Spencer
@RemiSpencer
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Couldn’t have asked for a better launch! Thanks
@HotDocsCinema
@hotdocs
@thenfb
@DOC_Institute
and of course, the best interlocutor
@IamDeepaMehta
‘Twas a memorable evening indeed! And such a warm and receptive audience!
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Very awesome!!
#TheWorldBeforeHer
just nominated for an
#Emmy
!
http://t.co/v6U5zMkseT
@ShiladityaBora
@Maulisingh
@magicray123
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So this happened!! The incredible
@mindykaling
and
#devpatel
joined
@tokillatigerdoc
as Executive Producers! Joining
@Atul_Gawande
#AndrewDragoumis
Andy Cohen at
@ACFilmsInc1
Shivani Rawat at
@ShivHansPics
Samarth Sahni and Deepa Mehta
@IamDeepaMehta
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Please watch this very important documentary and stay tuned for an interview with its director .
@NishaPahuja
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So my friend
@JasonLoftus
just sent me this from Berlin. To Kill A Tiger was nominated for a Cinema for Peace Justice Award! Thanks
@CinemaForPeace
for the nomination!
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Starting this Sunday with our
@TIFF_NET
Canada’s top ten screening,
#ToKillATiger
begins it’s cross-country limited Canadian run!
@onf
@thenfb
🎦🐅In theatres starting January 29!
We're excited to announce the upcoming cross-country theatrical tour of
@NishaPahuja
's TO KILL A TIGER, beginning with Canada's Top Ten at
@TIFF_NET
.
ℹ️ Don't miss it on the big screen →
#SeeTheNorth
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I normally don’t post reviews but this one was powerful..thanks
@AndrewJParrke
This line “..one of those documentaries where anyone who watches it won’t be the same person by the end as they were when it started..” is everything. Thank you.
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So thrilled to be working together to amplify this story of resilience and to make change in the world!thank you
@equalitynow
for standing with survivors
#StandWithHer
@tokillatigerdoc
Equality Now is honored to be the Impact Campaign Partner for 'To Kill A Tiger', a powerful & important documentary that bears witness to a father's uphill battle to find justice for his 13yr old daughter who was raped
Emmy award-nominated filmmaker
@NishaPahuja
explains, “You…
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New York friends, this is it! We’re at
@FilmForumNYC
Oct 20th for a week. One of my all time favourite cinemas playing our film..full circle moment. Come out, spread the word… you’ll never forget the family in this incredible story
@Atul_Gawande
@tokillatigerdoc
@mindykaling
🍂Fall is coming 🍂
Check out our October/November calendar available now in our lobby and soon to hit mailboxes! For a full preview of the premieres and classics coming to our theaters, download at !
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a much finer version of me in
@VOGUEIndia
in their special
#vogueempower
Issue..On stands now!
http://t.co/niQLsL7Zw0
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Chicago! This!
A man. His daughter. The trial of their lives.
TO KILL A TIGER, the award-winning new documentary from
@NishaPahuja
opens Friday, exclusively at the Film Center.
"One of the most anticipated films of Fall 2023" -
@nytimes
🎟️
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#London
come see us
@BerthaDocHouse
Dec 17-20th!
“To do good, to build a good future. Isn’t that why God sent us here in the first place?” -Kiran
TO KILL A TIGER: One of the year’s most awarded documentaries.
Directed by
@NishaPahuja
.
For Your Consideration, Best Documentary Feature.
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Mississauga friends To Kill a Tiger playing this Friday at Cineplex Square One as part of TD MISAFF! Hope to see you there!! I’ll be on hand for Q and A
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Honoured to have taken part in the official
@TheAcademy
Screening series alongside other incredible films this season! Thank you
@JGHorn
for the conversation! Link below.
"Sometimes, all it takes for change to happen is for one person to decide to stand up for what's right."
Watch director
@NishaPahuja
's conversation with
@JGhorn
as part of the Academy Conversations series on
@TheAcademy
's YouTube channel.
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Another moment from our conversation with the formidable
@amanpour
on
@CNN
exploring what makes Ranjit the man he is..
Ranjit is the father at the heart of TO KILL A TIGER who refuses to back down in his fight for justice for his daughter.
On
@CNN
, director
@NishaPahuja
recounts to
@amanpour
how Ranjit's single mother helped guide his own path to allyship.
#StandWithHer
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Can’t wait to talk to the brilliant
@SiddhantAdlakha
!
New York: I'll be moderating a Q&A with director
@NishaPahuja
about her excellent Oscar-nominated documentary "To Kill a Tiger" at
@QuadCinema
this Friday (1/9) after the 7:00pm screening. Tickets available:
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Coming soon Neeru Bajwa Punjab's favorite daughter tells why she supports
#TheWorldBeforeHer
@BajwaNeeru
Heres a pic.
http://t.co/CzJqqmclsh
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So cool to be part of this list! Thanks
@ReelThomErnst
and
@cinemablogrpher
for your support of
#ToKillATiger
@thenfb
@davidoppenheim
@TIFF_NET
#TIFF22
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Thank you
@TIFF_NET
@GreyGoose
for an incredible way to end the festival. Couldn’t have made this without an incredible team including Producer
@davidoppenheim
and unwavering support of
@thenfb
thanks also to executive Producers
@Atul_Gawande
Andy Cohen and Andrew Dragoumis
Announcing the winner of the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented by
@canadagoose
: TO KILL A TIGER dir.
@NishaPahuja
.
#TIFF22
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Yes!! And the CSA for best editing in a feature length doc goes to Mike Munn and Dave Kazala! The brilliant editing team behind
#tokillatiger
Thanks
@TheCdnAcademy
Congratulations to Mike Munn, CCE and Dave Kazala, winners of Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary for “To Kill a Tiger.”
#CdnScreenAwards
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So this just happened.. Pretty good day when
@mindykaling
calls your film a “triumph” Can’t wait for the 10th!
@TIFF_NET
@thenfb
@davidoppenheim
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This is a brilliant piece by
@kavita_krishnan
and must be read.
http://t.co/rcvRDFDjdd
The Meryl Streep quote shocked me.
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Next stop for us, Victoria Film Festival!
📣Hey
#Victoria
, BC!
Don't miss
@NishaPahuja
's award-winning documentary, TO KILL A TIGER, at
@VicFilmFestival
February 9!
Details ⤵️
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New York friends we’re screening To Kill a Tiger tonight as part of the
@nyindianff
!
Enjoy watching To Kill A Tiger and join us for an exhilarating Q&A session moderated by Ruchira Gupta with Mirinal Desai and director
@NishaPahuja
post screening at
#NYIFF2023
. Delve into the mind-bending story, explore the characters, & get exclusive insights into the making of…
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"New film To Kill a Tiger looks at sexual violence in India"
Thanks
@mattgallowaycbc
and
@TheCurrentCBC
for a great conversation on
#ToKillATiger
Our next public screening is this Saturday Sept 17th
@TIFF_NET
@thenfb
@NFB_Jennifer
@davidoppenheim
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How great to be part of this!!
THE WORLD BEFORE HER is a thought-provoking addition to our
#CanFilmDay
list. The film premiered 5 years ago today.
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London, our show
@BerthaDocHouse
is sold out but we’re coming back! Huge thanks to
@guardian
for this great piece on the film!
"The root cause is the way we raise our sons."
Ahead of tomorrow's
@BerthaDocHouse
screening, director
@NishaPahuja
spoke with
@guardian
about the unique resilience of a sexual assault survivor who “refused to be shamed.”
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@IamDeepaMehta
@bifnaked
@Lisaraniray
@annanthem
@Sairee
Fierce women thanks to you we did it! Reached goal..still going!
#TheWorldBeforeHer
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This was how it started. Two solitudes! Can't wait to post clips on how it ended!
http://t.co/ZNH0hk7EEY
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This! What a line up of fine folks and brilliant minds!
Dev Patel, director
@NishaPahuja
, Editor Mike Munn, DOP Mrinal Desai, and moderators
@sakhinyc
Exec Director Kavita Mehra, filmmaker
@ShrutiRya
, filmmaker
@GeetaGandbhir
and
@Ssullivan101
of
@hrw
, will join us for Q&As on 10/20 & 10/21.
See for schedule.
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Thank you
@POVmagazine
! This piece by one of my favorite film writers Pat Mullen is special to me indeed. Thanks Pat and shoutout to Fellini the feline who always had such respect for
@tokillatigerdoc
:)
"It felt smarter to go it alone."
How
@NishaPahuja
and
@thenfb
's
@tokillatigerdoc
defied the odds to score an Oscar nomination and become the success story of the year.
#Oscars
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Thank u
@kavita_krishnan
4 always rising above the din, seeing the whole picture and articulating it with such wisdom
http://t.co/rcvRDFDjdd
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I have never seen a more powerful film than
#MoonlightMovie
nor have I met a character I cared about more than Chiron. Simply staggering.
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Must say so thrilled about this especially I will be spending to Sara Dosa the wonderful and brilliant Oscar nominated Director of
#Fireoflove
We are so excited for today’s screening at
@roxietheater
in San Francisco! 🧡 Dirextor
@NishaPahuja
in person for Q&A with Sara Dosa.
🎟️
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Great piece by
@lankyisha
!! Thank you for the conversation and
@USATODAY
for putting it out there!
"A rare cinematic triumph" ✨
@USAToday
centers gender justice in this new piece by
@lankyisha
on Academy Award® nominee TO KILL A TIGER, with quotes from director
@NishaPahuja
+ Executive Producer
@rupikaur_
.
Believe girls and women.
#StandWithHer
.
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A pleasure to speak to
@Kamal_t
for
@NPR
about
@tokillatigerdoc
and as always so lucky to be working with
@equalitynow
My latest for NPR is about a powerful Oscar nominated documentary, the story of a father fighting for justice for his 13-year-old daughter in Jharkhand, a moving tale of male allyship that overcomes all barriers, and directed so expertly by
@NishaPahuja
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So excited about this! To share the stage with one of your heroes is exciting, humbling and nerve wracking too!
FREE for members! On February 9 at 6:30 PM, join To Kill a Tiger director
@NishaPahuja
, editor Mike Munn, & Oscar-nominated filmmaker
@IamDeepaMehta
(moderator) for a live panel discussion after the screening, presented by
@DOC_Institute
.
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thank you all for making this possible --we are now officially the most successful doc to be released in India!
http://t.co/Y6LJaa8Gl3
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Hailed as “triumphant” by
@mindykaling
, our
@thenfb
documentary TO KILL A TIGER is heading to the big screen starting Feb. 9! Click here for listings:
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BARBIE, OPPENHEIMER, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and... TO KILL A TIGER!
Delighted to be amongst this fantastic list of films honored by the Women Film Critics Circle today. (via
@awards_watch
)
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Calling all Doc filmmakers! Thinking of running a DIY awards campaign? Join us tomorrow. You’ll gain some valuable insights and hopefully a map to guide you!
Academy Award & Emmy-nominated director
@NishaPahuja
invites you to tackle the formidable world of DIY award campaigns with her & a panel of veteran filmmakers - online tomorrow, 4/17 at 12 - 1:15 pm ET.
Register now:
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Awesome!
#VillageVoice
calls
#Court
"..one of the strongest debut features in years."
http://t.co/gnWHoowW45
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Yes!! Thrilled to be sharing a stage with one of my cinematic heroes!
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Love this quote!
Strength and defiance take center stage in TO KILL A TIGER, the award-winning feature film by
@NishaPahuja
.
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Look forward to this!! And especially to watching
#Joyland
again!
Our official trailer is out - a glimpse of the filmmaking magic you’ll experience when you pick up those festival passes and tickets for March 23rd-26th. The full schedule is up on our website
#missff23
#filmfestival
#southasianfilm
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One more day until Canadian doc lovers can tune in to the broadcast premiere of TO KILL A TIGER, tomorrow night at 9 PM on
@TVOdocs
! 🇨🇦 📺
With themes of courage, gender justice, masculinity and male allyship, we can't wait to see families everywhere tuning in.
#StandWithHer
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Ok so it's now official! I've been selected as one to take part in the fabulous NFB/CFC creative doc lab with my...
http://t.co/GSx7es6wtg
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Must watch
#NewBorns
premieres at
#TIFF14
Congrats
@SuddenlySparrow
on your powerful, important doc on
#acidattcks
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Coming Soon!
@thenfb
Winner of Best Canadian Feature at
#TIFF22
, the remarkable TO KILL A TIGER makes its way to the cinema starting Feb 9.
Join director
@NishaPahuja
, editor Mike Munn,
@IamDeepaMehta
(moderator) & more panelists on Feb 9, presented by
@DOC_Institute
:
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Honoured that the piece I co-produced on
#DelhiGangrape
won
@amnesty
International Canadian media awards in the short audio/video category
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So glad you got to see it yesterday
@chhabs
Next public screening Saturday the 17th 12:45!
I loved
@NishaPahuja
’s doc
#ToKillATiger
- a father’s quest to get justice for his 13-yr-old daughter who was gang-raped in a village in Jharkhand. Powerful, moving, meticulously researched and narrated story.
#MustWatch
@TIFF_NET
#TIFF22
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So this just happened! Huge thanks
@people
for speaking to us and the debut of our trailer on The International Day of the Girl Child.
@tokillatigerdoc
starts it’s US theatrical run at
@FilmForumNYC
October 20th!
#StandWithHer
Our trailer just debuted in
@PEOPLE
, in honor of The International Day of the Girl Child.
Please watch, follow
@ToKillATigerDoc
and
#StandWithHer
, today and every day.
TO KILL A TIGER opens Oct 20 in NYC before expanding nationwide.🧡 From
@NishaPahuja
.
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My view for 3 more wks at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre where I'm lucky to be a Resident Fellow!
http://t.co/CfB9R1HD3l
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So excited about this screening! Happening now at Navyuag Radiance all
#girls
school
#Lucknow
#empower
http://t.co/eQgJd9TDTu
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We’re back in theatres! Read
@MattCarey
‘s piece in Deadline and go to for theatres and showtimes
Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘To Kill A Tiger’ Returning To U.S. Theaters This Week via
@Deadline
@NishaPahuja
#India
#Canada
#Documentary
#Oscars
@thenfb
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Next up!!
A powerful film multi award winner by
@NishaPahuja
in attendance
@mosaic_misaff
@hinapansari
@MooreintheAM
@JohnAtTheNews
@IAMDJREMINISCE
@AhmarSKhan
@rubysahotalib
@rupikaur_
@RubinaAhmedHaq
@carolynhparrish
@Mississauga_Cal
@MissNews24
@WIFT
@GirlsWhoCode
@RajGirn_
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2nd packed community screening in
#pune
#theworldbeforeher
#indiacampaign
@mariamztweets
@worldbeforeher
http://t.co/Vr2N9iChcX
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so kicked bout Prachi, Ruhi & Ankita meet 4 1st time @ special show/Q &A tomorrow Moderator
@SudhishKamath
dont miss!
http://t.co/roaTpQi5fI
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Damn I'm proud of this!
http://t.co/sIu5PlW2oZ
Congrats
#ChaitanyaTamhane
& the whole team inc. my hubby
@mrinaldesai5
for brilliant camera!
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Awesome so it's now official--the next film is slowly coming to life--it's a film on masculinity in India. Our...
http://t.co/4Nbxh1pZqI
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