TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEWS
Toronto 2026: Screen’s dailies
Browse Screen International’s daily editions from the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 10-20.
Korean occult feature ‘The Uninvited’ makes TIFF market debut with CJ 4DPlex
EXCLUSIVE: First look at Byun Yo-Han and Ahn Jae-Hong in the upcoming feature by Heo Jung.
Films Boutique picks up ‘The Man Who Was Afraid Of Women’ starring Alexis Manenti
EXCLUSIVE: The second feature from director Jean-Baptiste Durand has been acquired by Diaphana for France
Why US financier Merino Films is backing features by Mike Leigh, Kitty Green and Paul Thomas Anderson
Merino Films was founded by tech and media entrepreneur Jonathan Weiner and former locations manager Meredith Crowley in 2023.
The Pool Films dives into Lara Zeidan’s ‘Birthday’
EXCLUSIVE: The debut feature, set in Beirut in 2008, is currently shooting in Jordan.
Cornerstone Films boards Courteney Cox’s ‘Evil Genius’ ahead of Toronto world premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Arquette and David Harbour star.
Canada’s Kino Sum touts Grace Glowicki supernatural tale 'Do You See Ghosts?' at TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: Production took place in and around Calgary.
‘Evil Genius’, ’Everybody Wants To F*ck Me’ in TIFF buyers’ sights
A24 is screening a trio of hot market titles for international buyers only.
Toronto’s Elevation Pictures moves into documentary pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: “We want compelling IP or something with personality that people can understand in a sentence.”
WB heads talk risk in TIFF: “The hedge against the unknown is embrace the unknowns.”
Warner Bros’ edgy new Clockwork label led by Christian Parkes is scouring TIFF for acquisitions, fulfilling a long-held ambition by the studio’s film group co-heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy.
Raven Banner launches TIFF: The Market titles ‘Hair Of The Bear', ‘Mutter: The Diary Of A Mother’
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto genre specialists are in talks with buyers.
WWII art thriller ‘The Heroes Of The Louvre’ lands early deals for Other Angle
Buyers for the film include Menemsha Films for North America.
Minerva and TVCO board WWII resistance drama ‘Mila/Marija’ ahead of Zurich premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Austrian director Andrina Mračnikar’s film centres on a partisan resistance group fighting the Nazis from the cover of the forests.
Irish Toronto world premiere ‘Lemonade’ starring Barry Keoghan and Lewis Brophy lands UK-Ireland deal
EXCLUSIVE: The film will be released theatrically in spring 2027.
Bankside boards Ruth Greenberg’s UK boxing feature ‘Sugar Raye’ starring Naomi Ackie and Eve Hewson
EXCLUSIVE: ‘How To Have Sex’ team Wild Swim Films produces.
Indie Sales scores worldwide deals on ‘All About Corinne’ starring Isabelle Huppert
EXCLUSIVE: The film, which also stars Sandrine Kiberlain, has sold to a number of territories including Canada, Australia, Germany and South Korea.
WestEnd unveils raft of deals and first look at thriller ‘Scorpion’ starring Alex Pettyfer and Clive Owen
EXCLUSIVE: The film has sold across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Jessica Alba to star in ‘The Fun Lady’, Highland launching TIFF sales
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ director Andy Tennant to begin US shoot in early 2027.
Mind The Gap selling AI Val Kilmer in ’As Deep As The Grave’ at TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: First Line Films’ Coerte Voorhees wrote and directed feature.
‘Being Heumann’ producer David Permut lines up UK activist Peter Tatchell drama
EXCLUSIVE: “Peter’s kind of the Harvey Milk of London and is an amazing individual with an incredible story.”
Toronto reveals increase in Asian submissions aiming to boost exposure
South Korean features such as ‘Harbin’ and ’The World Of Love’ scored box office success after Toronto premieres.
Chad selects ‘Soumsoum, The Night Of The Stars’ for Oscars race
EXCLUSIVE: All four of Chad’s Oscar submissions have been directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
“The international Oscar definitely changes lives” – TIFF panel talks Academy rule change
”At least there is another window. It’s a great start.”
'Casket Girls’ horror starring Gabrielle Union gets US deal ahead of TIFF sales launch
EXCLUSIVE: UK-based Capture kicks off international sales in Toronto.
Buyers weigh in on Toronto’s revamped Oscar-qualifying Platform section
“TIFF is making a statement about the importance of international cinema.”
African cinema ramps up presence at Toronto film festival
Ten African films play in festival programme, while Global African hub provides a market base for continent’s filmmakers.
UK-Ireland arthouse buyers head to Toronto with shifting priorities
Picturehouse and Curzon acquisition execs are among the key UK-Ireland buyers headed for TIFF.
‘Paper Tiger’, ‘Furies’ producer Rodrigo Teixeira of RT Features talks new Brazilian, James Gray projects
EXCLUSIVE: Slate includes previously-announced TIFF selections Glaxo, Furies
John Torres’ Toronto-bound ‘The Remotes’ boarded by Diversion
EXCLUSIVE: The Filipno feature will premiere in TIFF’s Wavelengths section
TIFF travel chaos scrambles nerves of UK film industry
Toronto-bound attendees contend with cancelled flights and meetings.
Colm Bairead’s ‘The Quiet Girl’ follow-up adds key cast
EXCLUSIVE: The film recently wrapped a six-week shoot in Ireland.
TIFF preview: Are buyers changing how they spend at markets? - The Screen Podcast
Speaking on the podcast are Mubi’s Arianna Bocco and Zach Glueck from Manifest Pictures.
First trailer for Ferit Karahan’s TIFF Platform Turkish family drama ‘Djinn Wedding’
EXCLUSIVE: Luxbox represents sales.
’Air Bud Returns’ to be offered to TIFF: The Market buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Long-running family franchise returns to producer Robert Vince. ”For the first time Air Bud Returns is available for international distributors.”
Is the US indie sector ready to embrace TIFF: The Market?
“Everybody will be seeing what is useful and what works and doesn’t work.”
Niki Lauda Formula One doc attaches sales agent
WestEnd Films is launching ‘Lauda’ at TIFF: The Market.
Sports comedy ‘Hot Curlers’ to shoot in NZ and Canada for Cornerstone Films
Cornerstone Films is selling the project at TIFF: The Market.
Banjong Pisanthanakun horror ‘Inherit’ scores wave of sales ahead of Toronto premiere
EXCLUSIVE: The Thai film starring Davika Hoorne has sold across Asia and beyond.
TIFF: The Market 2026 major market projects – latest updates
Toronto’s inaugural official market runs September 10-16.
Angel moves into pre-sales with TIFF: The Market title ‘Rode To Ruin’
Michael Keaton to direct for Revelations Entertainment, George & Leona Productions.
MAD World boards Toronto title ‘Thirteen In Gaza’, first fiction feature shot in Gaza in 12 years
EXCLUSIVE: The drama marks the feature directorial debut of Gaza-based filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan.
Global Constellation unveils trailer and deals on Toronto Platform noir thriller ‘Wild, Wild East’
EXCLUSIVE: The Second World War-set film has sold across Europe and Brazil.
TIFF adds late world premiere special screening to lineup
Festival runs September 10-20.
Black Bear selling ‘Copperhead’ at TIFF: The Market; September production start
Thriller to shoot in Oklahoma City. John Swab directs.
Farah Abushwesha, Nadine Marsh-Edwards among BFI Black and global majority TIFF producer delegation
Six Black and global majority UK producers are being supported by the BFI to attend Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)’s inaugural market.
Martin Freeman to star in Dakota Gorman’s thriller ‘Speak Up’ for Altitude
EXCLUSIVE: Altitude is introducing the project to buyers at TIFF.
Animation ‘Tangles’ secures North American deal, enters awards race
Tangles screens in TIFF on September 13.
TIFF title ‘Salvation’, from Rising Star Scotland Tom Nicoll, boarded for world sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film is backed by Screen Scotland and will launch in TIFF Discovery.
Gaumont ignites sales on Francois Ozon’s ‘Summer Of Fire’
EXCLUSIVE: The psychological drama shot this summer in Normandy and stars Pio Marmaï and Sandor Funtek.
TIFF: The Market’s Innovation Hub unveils eight cutting-edge exhibits
Three world premieres among the exhibits.
Helen Mirren, Seth Rogen, Fan Bingbing join TIFF Tribute Award roster
TIFF’s eighth annual awards gala and fundraiser takes place on September 13.
‘Babies’ starring Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen lands US deal ahead of TIFF premiere
A 2027 theatrical release is being planned.
Kino Lorber to mount awards push for Javier Bardem in Cannes drama ‘The Beloved’
North American premiere in TIFF scheduled for September 13.
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.