Toronto International Film Festival 2026 - Gala Presentations and Special Presentations


2026 Gala Presentations (in alphabetical order):

A Talent for Murder directed by Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, Italy
World Premiere

All About Corinne directed by Marc Fitoussi | France
North American Premiere

Always Lalisa directed by Sue Kim | USA
World Premiere

Atonement directed by Reed Van Dyk | USA
North American Premiere

Babies directed by Lauren Miller Rogen | USA
World Premiere

Being Heumann directed by Siân Heder | USA
World Premiere
Opening Night Film

Bunker directed by Florian Zeller | France, Spain
North American Premiere

Diary of a Mad Old Man directed by Wayne Wang | USA
World Premiere

Evil Genius directed by Courteney Cox | USA
World Premiere

Girl Group directed by Rebel Wilson | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story directed by Adrian Buitenhuis | Canada
World Premiere

Misty Green directed by Chris Rock | USA
World Premiere

Onwards and Sideways directed by John Madden | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Pretenders directed by Joss Crowley | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Prima Facie directed by Susanna White | Australia, United Kingdom
World Premiere

Run Terry Run directed by Sean Menard | Canada

Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor directed by Nguyen Phan Quang Binh | Vietnam
International Premiere

Tenzing directed by Jennifer Peedom | USA, Australia
Canadian Premiere

The Assassin(s) directed by Hur Jin-ho | South Korea
World Premiere

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd directed by Tim Blake Nelson | USA
World Premiere

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York directed by Noah Segan | USA
Canadian Premiere

Up Against It directed by Trudie Styler | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon | Canada
World Premiere
Closing Night Film


2026 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):

A Long Winter directed by Andrew Haigh | Canada, United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere

All of a Sudden directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | France, Japan, Germany, Belgium
North American Premiere

All That She Wants directed by Scarlett Bermingham, Andrew Rhymer | USA, Canada
World Premiere

Alpha Gang directed by David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | USA
International Premiere

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo directed by Takashi Miike | USA, United Kingdom, Japan
World Premiere

Bitter Christmas directed by Pedro Almodóvar | Spain
North American Premiere

Clarissa directed by Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri | Nigeria, USA
North American Premiere

Club Kid directed by Jordan Firstman | USA
Canadian Premiere

Coward directed by Lukas Dhont | Belgium
North American Premiere

Elsinore directed by Simon Stone | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere

Everest: The Other Side directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | USA
Canadian Premiere

Everybody Wants To F*** Me directed by Jonathan Schey | United Kingdom, France, USA
World Premiere

Faith directed by Paul Andrew Williams | United Kingdom
World Premiere

Fjord directed by Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Canadian Premiere

Gentle Monster directed by Marie Kreutzer | Austria
Canadian Premiere

Glaxo directed by Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Brazil
World Premiere

Growth of the Soil directed by Hans Petter Moland | Norway
World Premiere

Happily Ever After directed by Feng-I Fiona Roan | Taiwan
World Premiere

Hombre al agua directed by Gael García Bernal | Mexico
North American Premiere

I Play Rocky directed by Peter Farrelly | USA
World Premiere

In Alaska directed by Jaap van Heusden, Vinnie Karetak | Netherlands, Canada
World Premiere

Ink directed by Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, France, USA
Canadian Premiere

Josephine directed by Beth de Araújo | USA
Canadian Premiere

La Bola Negra directed by Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi | Spain, France
Canadian Premiere

Le Faux Soir directed by Michaël R. Roskam | Belgium, France
World Premiere

Look Back directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan
North American Premiere

Love of Your Life directed by Rachel Morrison | USA
World Premiere

Minotaur directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev | France, Germany, Latvia
Canadian Premiere

Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? directed by Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan
North American Premiere

Paradise Lost directed by Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea
World Premiere

Phoolan directed by Richie Mehta | India
World Premiere

Possible Love directed by Lee Chang-dong | South Korea
North American Premiere

Tender Loving Care directed by Mike Leigh | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere

The Age of Goodbyes directed by Edmund Yeo | Taiwan, Malaysia
World Premiere

The Beloved directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain
North American Premiere

The Debut directed by Jesse Eisenberg | USA
International Premiere

The Housewife directed by Ben Shirinian | USA
World Premiere

The Julia Set directed by Niki Byrne | USA
World Premiere

The Man I Love directed by Ira Sachs | USA
North American Premiere

The Stunt Driver directed by Michael Dowse | Canada
World Premiere

The Unknown directed by Arthur Harari | France
North American Premiere

Whatcha Want directed by Mina Shum | Canada
World Premiere

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother directed by Bassam Tariq | USA
World Premiere

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 10 to 20. Andie Kaiser, Kenza Bouhnass-Parra, and Paige Irwin will be covering the festival this year.

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