Fall film festival season beckons, and cinema fans are about to begin feeling that sentiment in the coming days, as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival are all readying to announce new additions to their respective lineups this week and next.
First out of the gate: TIFF has today announced its Gala and Special Presentations slates, arguably the starriest offerings of a festival known for bringing out the big guns. This year’s Gala and Special Presentations feature films from nearly 30 countries, including new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Danny Boyle, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Lee Chang-dong, Jesse Eisenberg, Gael García Bernal, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Mike Leigh, John Madden, Rachel Morrison, Cristian Mungiu, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Mina Shum, and Florian Zeller.
The lineup also includes a hefty number of hits from Cannes, including Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner “Fjord,” plus other hits like Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid,” Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur,” Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s “La Bola Negra,” Marie Kreutzer’s “Gentle Monster,” and more. Two of our Sundance favorites, Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine” and Noah Segan’s “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” are here, as are new picks from perennial performers, like Ira Sachs, Andrew Haigh, and Lukas Dhont. And Venice opener “Ink,” from Danny Boyle, will make its way from Italy to Canada after its debut there.
Earlier this month, the festival rolled out its first films, including its official opening night gala (Siân Heder’s “CODA” follow-up “Being Heumann”). Last week, the festival shared five additional films that will screen as part of this year’s Special Presentations program, including new films from Rachel Morrison, Benjamín Naishtat, Ben Shirinian, Bassam Tariq, plus David and Nathan Zellner.
TIFF has also announced that its Closing Night Film will be Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s “Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend,” a biographical sports drama that chronicles the early years of Canadian racing legend Gilles Villeneuve’s career, with a gala event taking place on Saturday, September 19.
The 51st edition of TIFF will take place September 10-20. More TIFF films and other programming will be announced in the coming days.
Take a look at the lineup below:
2026 Gala Presentations (in alphabetical order)
“A Talent for Murder” | Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, Italy
World Premiere
“All About Corinne” | Marc Fitoussi | France
North American Premiere
“Always Lalisa” | Sue Kim | USA
World Premiere
“Atonement” | Reed Van Dyk | USA
North American Premiere
“Babies” | Lauren Miller Rogen | USA
World Premiere
“Being Heumann” | Siân Heder | USA
World Premiere
Opening Night Film
“Bunker” | Florian Zeller | France, Spain
North American Premiere
“Diary of a Mad Old Man” | Wayne Wang | USA
World Premiere
“Evil Genius” | Courteney Cox | USA
World Premiere
“Girl Group” | Rebel Wilson | United Kingdom
World Premiere
“Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story” | Adrian Buitenhuis | Canada
World Premiere
“Misty Green” | Chris Rock | USA
World Premiere
“Onwards and Sideways” | John Madden | United Kingdom
World Premiere
“Pretenders” | Joss Crowley | United Kingdom
World Premiere
“Prima Facie” | Susanna White | Australia, United Kingdom
World Premiere
“Run Terry Run” | Sean Menard | Canada
“Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor” | Nguyen Phan Quang Binh | Vietnam International Premiere
“Tenzing” | Jennifer Peedom | USA, Australia
Canadian Premiere
“The Assassin(s)” | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea
World Premiere
“The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd” | Tim Blake Nelson | USA
World Premiere
“The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” | Noah Segan | USA
Canadian Premiere
“Up Against It” | Trudie Styler | United Kingdom
World Premiere
“Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend” | Yan Lanouette Turgeon | Canada
World Premiere
Closing Night Film
2026 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order)
“A Long Winter” | Andrew Haigh | Canada/United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
“All of a Sudden” | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | France/Japan/Germany/Belgium
North American Premiere
“All That She Wants” | Scarlett Bermingham, Andrew Rhymer | USA/Canada
World Premiere
“Alpha Gang” | David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | USA
International Premiere
“Bitter Christmas” | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain
North American Premiere
“Clarissa” | Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri | Nigeria/USA
North American Premiere
“Club Kid” | Jordan Firstman | USA
Canadian Premiere
“Coward” | Lukas Dhont | Belgium
North American Premiere
“Elsinore” | Simon Stone | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
“Everest: The Other Side” | Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | USA
Canadian Premiere
“Everybody Wants To F*** Me” | Jonathan Schey | United Kingdom, France, USA
World Premiere
“Fjord” | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Canadian Premiere
“Gentle Monster” | Marie Kreutzer | Austria
Canadian Premiere
“Glaxo” | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Brazil
World Premiere
“Growth of the Soil” | Hans Petter Moland | Norway
World Premiere
“Happily Ever After” | Feng-I Fiona Roan | Taiwan
World Premiere
“Hombre al agua” | Gael García Bernal | Mexico
North American Premiere
“I Play Rocky” | Peter Farrelly | USA
World Premiere
“In Alaska” | Jaap van Heusden, Vinnie Karetak | Netherlands, Canada
World Premiere
“Ink” | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, France, USA
Canadian Premiere
“Josephine” | Beth de Araújo | USA
Canadian Premiere
“La Bola Negra” | Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi | Spain, France
Canadian Premiere
“Le Faux Soir” | Michaël R. Roskam | Belgium
World Premiere
“Look Back” | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan
North American Premiere
“Love of Your Life” | Rachel Morrison | USA
World Premiere
“Minotaur” | Andrey Zvyagintsev | France, Germany, Latvia
Canadian Premiere
“Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?” | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan
North American Premiere
“Paradise Lost” | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea
World Premiere
“Phoolan” | Richie Mehta | India
World Premiere
“Possible Love” | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea
North American Premiere
“Tender Loving Care” | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
“The Age of Goodbyes” | Edmund Yeo | Taiwan, Malaysia
World Premiere
“The Beloved” | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain
North American Premiere
“The Debut” | Jesse Eisenberg | USA
International Premiere
“The Housewife” | Ben Shirinian | USA
World Premiere
“The Julia Set” | Niki Byrne | USA
World Premiere
“The Man I Love” | Ira Sachs | USA
North American Premiere
“The Stunt Driver” | Michael Dowse | Canada
World Premiere
“The Unknown” | Arthur Harari | France
North American Premiere
“Whatcha Want” | Mina Shum | Canada
World Premiere
“Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” | Bassam Tariq | USA
World Premiere
