The Women of TIFF 2014: Exclusive Photos of Keira Knightley, Jessica Chastain, Rosario Dawson and More
Shipra Harbola Gupta
At the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, much was made of who wasn’t there: The women. More than 350 films screened over 10 days, but there were few representations of women as primary actors, or as directors.
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The point we’re making, however, is not another mournful fist-shaking at the inequity (although it’s certainly the case), but a celebration of the extraordinary female talent that TIFF placed on display.
A gallery of our TIFF women includes the cast of Civil-War thriller “The Keeping Room;” Keira Knightley, star of “Laggies” and “The Imitation Game;” the extraordinary duo of director Liv Ullman and her “Miss Julie,” Jessica Chastain; and the dynamo who is Julie Taymor, in TIFF for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and many more.
SOUHIR AHMED-RIADH, IRAQI ODYSSEY
ELIZABETH BANKS, LOVE & MERCY
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PATRICIA CLARKSON, OCTOBER GALE / LEARNING TO DRIVE
JENNIFER CONNELLY, SHELTER
ROSARIO DAWSON, TOP FIVE
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FELICITY JONES, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
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KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, THE IMITATION GAME / LAGGIES
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CHLOE GRACE MORETZ, THE EQUALIZER / LAGGIES
RUBA NADDA, OCTOBER GALE
LAURA NIX, THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING
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MUNA OTARU, HAILEE STEINFELD, BRIT MARLING & JULIA HART, THE KEEPING ROOM
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ALBA ROHRWACHER, HUNGRY HEARTS
LIV ULLMANN & JESSICA CHASTAIN, MISS JULIE
JULIE TAYMOR, A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM
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