TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEWS
First trailer, sale for TIFF Discovery title ‘The Daughters Of Abraham’
EXCLUSIVE: Film depicts a reunited friendship between a young Muslim woman and young Jewish woman in Marseille.
Screen International to publish dailies for TIFF: The Market
Screen will publish three print editions in Toronto, running September 10-12.
Danny Boyle, Seth Rogen, Perspectives panels on Academy, global sales join TIFF: The Market Summit
Inaugural market runs September 10-16.
Diego Luna’s Cannes premiere ‘Ashes’ lands North American deal
Drama receives North American premiere in TIFF next month.
TIFF Centrepiece selection ‘Toy Gun Bandit’ lands sales agent ahead of world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Rémi St-Michel’s second feature premieres on September 10.
TIFF adds 11 titles including ‘The Liberation’ starring Carrie Coon, ‘The Idiot(s)’ with Aimee Lou Wood
Andrew Scott, Rachel Morrison, Chris Rock join In Conversation series.
Rediance boards Wayne Wang’s ‘Diary Of A Mad Old Man’ ahead of Toronto premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The drama stars Lily Franky and Fan Bingbing.
Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s ‘The Road Not Taken’ lands sales agent ahead of Toronto premiere
It marks the return of the Hong Kong filmmaker to TIFF after ‘She Has No Name’.
Deepa Mehta’s ‘Sher’ starring Jeremy Irons among projects to launch at TIFF’s financing market
TIFF’s International Financing and Project Market includes 40 films, with Alan Cumming, Keke Palmer and Regina Hall also attached to projects taking part.
Anna Biller’s ‘The Face Of Horror’, Duncan Jones’s ‘Rogue Trooper’ among TIFF Midnight Madness lineup
Bonus presentation of ‘Obsession’ one year after Focus acquired the festival breakout.
Galway winner ‘The Lost Children Of Tuam’ acquired for UK release
EXCLUSIVE: Frank Berry’s film will have its international premiere at Toronto.
Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd’ boarded for sales ahead of TIFF premiere
Nelson stars alongside Amanda Seyfried, Scoot McNairy and Wunmi Mosaku.
Megan Rapinoe, Elon Musk, Italian wine-growing in focus at TIFF Docs
Two-thirds of 21-strong roster hail from women filmmakers.
UK’s Jason Elliott among 16 Student Academy Award winners to be honoured at TIFF
Jason Elliott from the UK’s National Film and Television School is among 16 winners.
Venice, Toronto title ‘Conversation With The Sea’ acquired for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Muayad Alayan’s film plays in Spotlight at Venice before Centrepiece at Toronto.
Kim Bartley’s ‘Lemonade’, Beatrice Gibson’s ‘At Night’ among TIFF Centrepiece, Wavelengths
Toronto fest runs September 10-20.
Netflix expands US theatrical release for awards push ‘La Bola Negra’ by three weeks
Cross-generational epic launched in Cannes and will get exclusive 47-day run.
‘Inherit’: exclusive first trailer for Banjong Pisanthanakun’s TIFF horror starring Davika Hoorne
EXCLUSIVE: Marks the first collaboration between South Korea’s Barunson E&A and Thailand’s GDH559.
Sony Pictures Classics acquires 2025 TIFF hit ‘Poetic License’
Coming-of-age comedy originally acquired by embattled Row K to open theatrically in 2027.
How a Spanish-US producing team is betting on a bilingual production model
Festival winner Face Love is being sold as separate English- and Spanish-language versions.
‘Obsession’ director Curry Barker, Mattel Studios’ Robbie Brenner join TIFF: The Market talks
Lee Chang-dong and Gary Oldman are also on the lineup.
TIFF unveils first wave of 2026 Tribute Awards honourees
TIFF Tribute Awards gala takes place on September 13.
Eight world premieres set for TIFF series section Primetime
Line-up includes ’Carrie’, ’Below’ and season six of ’Slow Horses’.
Edko Films boards Toronto-bound Hong Kong drama ‘We Are Born Good’
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Yeung Leung Chuen.
‘Stuffed’ starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling among Toronto 2026 Discovery lineup
The lineup also includes UK drama ‘Salvation’ and Ireland-UK project ‘Ancestors’.
‘The Stunt Driver’ lands with Independent Film Company for the US
The Jay Baruchel biodrama gets it world premiere at the upcoming Toronto festival.
Toronto’s expanded Platform section unveils 12 world premieres
The festival’s only competitive section offers a cash prize and potential Oscar eligibility.
Moebius Entertainment boards ‘Happily Ever After’ ahead of Toronto premiere
The cast includes Shuhua, the Taiwanese singer from K-pop group i-dle, in her feature debut.
Toronto unveils 2026 galas and special presentations
The Toronto festival sections take in 56 films from nearly 30 countries.
Toronto adds special presentations including ‘Alpha Gang’, ‘Love Of Your Life’
Other world premieres joining the roster include Ben Shirinian’s ‘The Housewife’.
Toronto unveils opening film, first world premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival runs September 10-20.
Jesse Eisenberg confirms ‘The Debut’ autumn festival launch, teases new A24 series
EXCLUSIVE: A24 series will be adapted from Eisenberg’s short stories, produced by Peter Rice.
TIFF: The Market announces more than 150 participating sales and promotional film agencies
A24, Protagonist Pictures, Black Bear, Charades among companies separately categorised as “expected to attend”.
TIFF: The Market schedules Pam Abdy, Mike De Luca conversation
Executives are coming off a spectacular awards season and 2025 box office.
TIFF: The Market says over 130 buyers confirmed so far for launch edition
List of buyers includes UK’s Picturehouse, Greece’s Tanweer, Benelux’s Cineart, Germany’s Plaion, China’s Bona Film Group, and Spain’s A Contracorriente.
Social media satire ‘Babystar’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Film will release in UK-Ireland cinemas in autumn 2026.
Student Academy Awards to be presented during TIFF
The awards ceremony was held in New York last year and in London in 2024.
Films not in English that win top awards at select fests to be eligible for international feature Oscar
Rule tweaks on AI, casting, cinematography, VFX.