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Sex workers, champion whistlers and hot air balloon adventurers star in the documentaries bound for the Toronto International Film Festival.

Festival organizers say TIFF’s non-fiction slate will open with The Eyes of Ghana , from Oscar-winning Halifax director Ben Proudfoot and executive producers Barack and Michelle Obama.

Proudfoot’s short films won Oscars in 2024 and 2022. He now brings a feature on filmmaker and cinematographer Chris Hesse, who was the personal photographer to Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah.

TIFF says the film is among 16 world premieres th

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