Canadian director Emma Seligman says a dalliance while in film school at New York University led her to writing and directing Shiva Baby, about a young bisexual woman juggling lox bagels, a sugar daddy, an ex-girlfriend and nagging parents during a frantic family shiva, or post-funeral service.
The filmscreened online as part of TIFF's Bell Digital Cinema platform on Sept. 10. A physical screening will be held at Bell Lightbox on Sept.
17. Shiva Baby originated as a short film during Seligman's last year at NYU, when at 21 years she was the same age as her dark comedy's main character, Danielle.
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