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The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its 2026 Centrepiece lineup showcasing 54 features representing from 50 countries.
The selection features 10 world premieres including for Four Seasons in Java by Indonesian director Kamila Andini, who won the TIFF 2021 Platform Award for Yuni; Israeli director Avi Nesher’s October 7 drama Our Lives, and Indian filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj’s Dorothy, produced by Oscar-winner and Toronto regular Guneet Monga.
There will also be international premieres for Cannes titles including Camera d’Or winner Ben’Imana by Rwandan director Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo and Jury Prize winner The Dreamed Adventure by German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach as well as French director Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva, which won Cannes Critics’ Week.
Venice Golden Lion contender Woman Unknown by Danish-Egyptian director May el-Toukhy as well as Venezia Spotlight title Conversation With The Sea by Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan have also made the cut.
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There is also a strong animated component with Leah Nelson’s Tangles making its North American premiere, and other TIFF-selected feature animations including Annecy winner The Violinist as well as Julián and Viva Carmen.
The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival runs September from 10 to 20, 2026
2026 Centrepiece programme (in alphabetical order):
- A Girl Unknown | Zou Jing | China
North American Premiere - After Elena | Shawn Garry | Chile, Colombia, Italy
World Premiere - Ah Girl | Ang Geck Geck Priscilla | Singapore
North American Premiere - Ashes | Diego Luna | Mexico, Spain
North American Premiere - Back in Black | Ron Murphy | Canada
World Premiere - Ben’Imana | Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo | Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway
North American Premiere - Congo Boy | Rafiki Fariala | Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy
North American Premiere - Conversation With The Sea | Muayad Alayan | Palestine
North American Premiere - Dorothy | Karthik Subbaraj | India
World Premiere - Eklipse | Manuel Wetscher | Austria, Italy
North American Premiere - Elephants in the Fog | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway
North American Premiere - Everytime | Sandra Wollner | Austria, Germany
North American Premiere - Flies | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico
North American Premiere - Four Seasons in Java | Kamila Andini | Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore
World Premiere - Furies | Rami Kodeih | Lebanon, Brazil
North American Premiere - Future Tense | Jenna Cato Bass | South Africa, Australia
World Premiere - God Bless You, Mr Kopu | Alex Liu | New Zealand, Australia
World Premiere - Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! | Josef Kubota Wladyka | USA
Canadian Premiere - How We Stand | Marie Clements | Canada
World Premiere - Inherit | Banjong Pisanthanakun | Thailand
World Premiere - Intermission | Yonfan | Hong Kong
North American Premiere - Iron Boy | Louis Clichy | France, Belgium
North American Premiere - Julián | Louise Bagnall | Luxembourg, Ireland, Canada, Denmark
North American Premiere - La Gradiva | Marine Atlan | France, Italy
North American Premiere - L’AUTRE | Alexandre Franchi | Canada
World Premiere - Lemonade | Kim Bartley | Ireland, United Kingdom
World Premiere - Light Pillar | Xu Zao | China
North American Premiere - Long Long Night | Kyu Bock Youm | South Korea
World Premiere - Love is the monster | Neto Villalobos Brenes | Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Chile, Mexico
World Premiere - Marie Madeleine | Géssica Généus | France, Haiti, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg
North American Premiere - Muyi | Julien Chheng | France
North American Premiere - Neverman | Rodrigo Barriuso | Canada
World Premiere - Our Loves | Avi Nesher | Israel
World PremiereRehearsals for a Revolution | Pegah Ahangarani | Czech Republic, Spain
Canadian Premiere - Smudge the Blades | Cody Lightning | Canada
World Premiere - Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Chad, France
North American Premiere - Sunburn | Serville Poblete | Canada
World Premiere - Tangles | Leah Nelson | Canada, USA
North American Premiere - The Betrayers | David Bezmozgis | Canada, Ukraine
World Premiere - The bovine with the curved horns | Omar E. Ospina Giraldo | Colombia
World Premiere - The City of the Living | Edoardo Gabbriellini | Italy
International Premiere - The Difficult Bride | Rubaiyat Hossain | France, Bangladesh, Germany, Norway, Portugal
North American Premiere - The Dreamed Adventure | Valeska Grisebach | Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria
North American Premiere - The Lost Children Of Tuam | Frank Berry | Ireland
International Premiere - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives | Daniel Oriahi | Nigeria
World Premiere - The Surgeon | Roshan Sethi | Ireland
World Premiere - The Violinist | Ervin Han, Raúl García | Singapore, Spain, ItalyNorth
American Premiere - Thirteen in Gaza | Hosam Abu Dan | Palestine
World Premiere - Toy Gun Bandit | Rémi St-Michel | Canada
World Premiere - Trash Mountain | Kris Rey | USA
World Premiere - Viva Carmen | Sébastien Laudenbach | France
North American Premiere - We Are All Strangers | Anthony Chen | Singapore
North American Premiere - Where the River Begins | Juan Andrés Arango | Canada, Colombia, Norway
World Premiere - Woman Unknown | May el-Toukhy | Denmark
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