home
    • Screenings October 13th and 19th, 2025
    • Red Carpet and press interviews!
    • Interview with Canadian press.
    • Filmed interview with the press.
    • In addition to showcasing the stunning 8K restored version of The Mahabharata, IFFSA Toronto honoured Peter Brook with a powerful tribute, celebrating his remarkable career and the global influence of his work as both film and theatre director.
Simon Brook & Anup Singh.
    • The IFFSA Legend Award 2025.
Simon Brook & Anup Singh.
    • Echoes of Vision: Conversation with Simon Brook on Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.
Moderated by Anup Singh.
    • Echoes of Vision: Conversation with Simon Brook on Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.
Moderated by Anup Singh.
    • Echoes of Vision: Conversation with Simon Brook on Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.
    • Echoes of Vision: Conversation with Simon Brook on Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.
Moderated by Anup Singh.
    • Echoes of Vision: Conversation with Simon Brook on Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.
Moderated by Anup Singh.
    • Echoes of Vision: Conversation with Simon Brook on Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata.
Introduced by Avi Grewal and moderated by Anup Singh.
    • And again, it's a full house!
    • Anup Singh (IFFSA Toronto Curator, and Film Director) and Simon Brook.
    • What an honour to close the festival with a second screening!
    • Screening on September 18th, 2025.
    • Welcome to the Brooklyn Academy of Music!
    • Outside the Harvey Lichtenstein Theater.
    • Welcomed by Stacey Dinner (Senior Artist Services Manager at BAM).
    • Originally a vaudeville and musical theater, the Majestic was renovated in 1987 specifically to host Peter Brook’s nine-hour Mahabharata. The American twin of the Bouffes du Nord is known to all as “The Harvey.”
    • Inside the Harvey Lichtenstein Theater.
    • Simon Brook, just before the doors open to the public.
    • Last minutes...
    • A full house!
    • A full house!!
    • Introduction by Jesse Trussel (Director of Film and Strategy at BAM).
    • Jesse Trussel and Simon Brook.
    • A moment for Simon Brook to reflect on how Peter Brook, The Mahabharata, Harvey Lichtenstein, and BAM’s history are forever intertwined...
    • and how lucky New Yorkers are to have BAM.
    • Another souvenir from this unforgettable night at BAM.
    • Screening on July 25th, 2025.
    • The beautiful Parco Theater.
    • Last minutes before welcoming the audience.
    • The magic is on!
    • Pre-screening special talk event, featuring Simon Brook, Toshiyuki Tsuchitori, hosted by Hiroko Yamaguchi (The Asahi Shimbun). Translation by Ayaka Oki.
    • Pre-screening special talk event, featuring Simon Brook, Toshiyuki Tsuchitori, hosted by Hiroko Yamaguchi (The Asahi Shimbun). Translation by Ayaka Oki.
    • Screening on July 20th, 2025.
    • The BFI IMAX!
The perfect stage for a masterpiece!
    • Peter Brook was also in attendance that evening.
    • Peter & Simon Brook.
    • Post-screening Q&A.
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Simon Brook,  Cary Sawhney (Executive & Programming Director of the LIFF).
    • Post-screening Q&A.
Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Simon Brook,  Cary Sawhney (Executive & Programming Director of the LIFF).
    • Cary Sawhney (Executive & Programming Director of the LIFF), Jeffery Kissoon,  Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Corinne Jaber.
    • Jeffery Kissoon, Corinne Jaber,   and Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan.
    • Jeffery Kisson and Simon Brook.
    • Jeffery Kissoon and Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan.
    • Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan and Simon Brook.
    • Screenings on June 5th and 8th, 2025
    • The wonderful Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace!
    • Introduction by Simon Brook.
    • "Everything Old is New Again: The Rise of The Re-Release."

Featuring Simon Brook, Journalists Andrew Perkin and Sandy George, and  Directors Anthony Anderson and Cate Shortland.
    • Simon Brook and Cate Shortland.
    • A good attendance!
    • Screenings September 5th and 6th, 2024
    • Thirty years after its Venice premiere, The Mahabharata returns to La Biennale di Venezia in stunning 8K restoration!

Introduction by Simon Brook and Benjamin Alimi (TransPerfect Media).
    • Introduction by Simon Brook and Benjamin Alimi (TransPerfect Media).
    • Rejoincing after the very premiere of the 8K restauration: Corinne Jaber hugs Georges Corraface under Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan's, Chloe Obolensky's, and Mallika Sarabhai's  cheerful looks.
    • The whole cast, meeting after 30 years for some, spare a thought for Peter Brook.
Georges Corraface, Kên Higelin, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Corinne Jaber, Mallika Sarabhai, Chloe Obolensky.
    • Georges Corraface, Kên Higelin, Simon Brook, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Corinne Jaber, Mallika Sarabhai, Chloe Obolensky.
    • Georges Corraface, Kên Higelin, Simon Brook, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Corinne Jaber, Mallika Sarabhai, Chloe Obolensky.
    • Georges Corraface, Kên Higelin, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Simon Brook, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Corinne Jaber, Mallika Sarabhai, Chloe Obolensky.
    • Georges Corraface, Kên Higelin, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Simon Brook, Antonin Stahly-Vishwanadan, Corinne Jaber, Mallika Sarabhai, Chloe Obolensky.
    • Longtime friends of Peter Brook, the Nonino family, led by Giannola Nonino, made sure not to miss the event and organised a cocktail to celebrate the occasion.
    • Georges Corraface, Mallika Sarabahi, Simon Brook, Mohamed Saif Al-Afkhan (Director General, Fujairah municipality), Corinne Jaber, Chloe Obolensky, Antonin Sthaly-Vishwanadan, Kên Higelin.