Toronto International Film Festival 2023 Capsule Reviews

Gilbert Seah · Afrotoronto.com · Posted: August 14, 2023.

The Toronto International Film Festival runs 7th to the 17th of September 2013.   Check this site continually for updates, especially of capsule reviews.  In general, capsule reviews have an embargo date and time lifted on its first public screening. 

EXPRESS is an African-Canadian short about a hardworking young man looking to take his first step into the high-flying corporate world.  He is all prepared with his ultra-prepared but obviously pretentious speech that fails to impress rather than impress.  As the short progresses, the young man is waiting for the all-important phone call from the company, the call that he strongly believes will get him the poison and make him a success in life.  Things turn ironic when his buddies take him to a club of dancing when the call arrives.  Well made well-performed with a message to boot, the short established director Ossa as a new talent to be reckoned with.  Shown as part of the Short Cuts 4 program.