TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEWS

Warner Bros motion picture group co-heads Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca

TIFF: The Market schedules Pam Abdy, Mike De Luca conversation

2026-06-18T23:48:00+01:00By

Executives are coming off a spectacular awards season and 2025 box office.

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TIFF: The Market says over 130 buyers confirmed so far for launch edition

2026-06-17T09:55:00+01:00By

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.

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Social media satire ‘Babystar’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland

2026-06-09T11:45:00+01:00By

EXCLUSIVE: Film will release in UK-Ireland cinemas in autumn 2026.

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Student Academy Awards to be presented during TIFF

2026-05-13T22:02:00+01:00By

The awards ceremony was held in New York last year and in London in 2024.

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Films not in English that win top awards at select fests to be eligible for international feature Oscar

2026-05-01T18:00:00+01:00By

Rule tweaks on AI, casting, cinematography, VFX.

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Embattled Row K pulls out of CinemaCon presentation

2026-03-31T16:48:00+01:00By

Start-up distributor is pivoting strategy towards more commercial slate.

Poetic License

Row K reviewing strategy amid reports of unpaid bills, schedule confusion

2026-03-22T17:56:00+00:00By

Uncertainty hangs over ‘Poetic License’, ‘Cliffhanger’.

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17 film festivals receive official ‘A’-list classification as part of major FIAPF revamp

2026-03-11T15:08:00+00:00By

EXCLUSIVE: Annecy, Busan and Clermont-Ferrand are among those now with an ‘A’ classification.

California Schemin'

James McAvoy’s ‘California Schemin’’ lands US deal

2026-03-10T17:47:00+00:00By

Hip-hop escapade closed Glasgow fest, premeired at TIFF.

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Top film festival directors rally in defence of Berlinale’s Tricia Tuttle

2026-03-03T17:00:00+00:00By

Letter is signed by leading festival directors including Cannes’ Thierry Frémaux, Locarno’s Giona A. Nazzaro and Sundance’s Eugene Hernandez.