Vincent Toi

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Vincent Toi is a Mauritian-Canadian film director. He is most noted for his 2017 short film The Crying Conch, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2017, and was at the official selection of the Berlinale; Toi also won the award for Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.[3] Originally from the village of Baie-du-Tombeau in Mauritius, Toi moved to Canada after being accepted into the York University and Sheridan College joint program in design in Toronto, and subsequently studied film at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal. He has also directed the short films Frame, Paper Wings (Différence d'altitude) and Our Subject Is Hair, and the documentary film I've Seen the Unicorn. His newest short film, Aniksha, premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, and was again named to the Canada's Top Ten list for 2020.

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Aniksha Trailer (2020)

12 September 2020

In the wake of her arranged marriage, a young woman in Mauritius begins a job at a call centre. Her first steps toward independence have repercussions no one could have expected.

The Crying Conch Trailer (2017)

15 February 2017

A man is drawn into the footsteps of the historic Haitian slave leader; Mackandal. Following a man trapped in a curse which started centuries ago, this modern fable folds accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.

I've Seen the Unicorn Trailer (2014)

25 April 2014

I’VE SEEN THE UNICORN is a feature documentary that looks at life around the Maiden Cup horse race, the biggest event on the tiny island of Mauritius.