{"id":26206,"date":"2026-07-20T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/?p=26206"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:20:14","slug":"tiff-2026-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blakewilliams.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/tiff-2026-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"TIFF 2026 Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
Key:<\/span>\nFeatures (40min. and up) are in bold<\/strong>\nShorts are in italics<\/em>\n\u25cf - I have seen this film\n\u2605 - I have seen this film and am fond of it (6.0 and higher)\n\u2718 - I have seen this film and had a bad time watching it (4.0 and lower)\n\u25cb - I am seriously considering making an attempt to see this film\n16mm<\/strong><\/span>, 35mm<\/strong><\/span>, 70mm<\/strong><\/span> - This film will be screened from a celluloid print\n👓 - This film is stereoscopic\nL<\/strong><\/span> - Has TIFF's \"Luminaries\" label, i.e. it'd be in \"Masters\" if the section still existed\n\nColour coding:<\/span>\nNYFF<\/strong><\/span> - Slate and Main\nSUNDANCE<\/strong><\/span> - Cin\u00e9ma concret\nBERLINALE<\/strong><\/span> - The opposite of politics\nCANNES<\/strong><\/span> - Known unknowns\nLOCARNO<\/strong><\/span> - Somewhere to lay my eyes\nVENICE<\/strong><\/span> - Awaken the umbra\nNOTABLE<\/strong><\/span> - New films by directors whose work I actively look forward to\n\n(Colours trump whatever is below them; e.g. if a film premiered in Berlin it will be red,\nunless it gets announced as part of NYFF's Main Slate, in which case it will become purple)\n<\/pre>\n
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Special Presentations (43 | 2025: 58)<\/span>
\nThe Age of Goodbyes<\/strong> (Edmund Yeo)
\nAll of a Sudden<\/strong> (Ry\u00fbsuke Hamaguchi)<\/span> \u25cf
\nAll That She Wants<\/strong> (Scarlett Bermingham & Andrew Rhymer)
\nAlpha Gang<\/strong> (David Zellner & Nathan Zellner)
\nBad Lieutenant: Tokyo<\/strong> (Takashi Miike) \u25cb
\nThe Beloved<\/strong> (Rodrigo Sorogoyen)<\/span> \u25cf
\nBitter Christmas<\/strong> (Pedro Almod\u00f3var)<\/span> \u25cf
\nClarissa<\/strong> (Arie & Chuko Esiri<\/span> \u25cb
\nClub Kid<\/strong> (Jordan Firstman)<\/span> \u25cf
\nCoward<\/strong> (Lukas Dhont)<\/span> \u25cf
\nThe Debut<\/strong> (Jesse Eisenberg)
\nElsinore<\/strong> (Simon Stone)
\nEverest: The Other Side<\/strong> (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)<\/span> \u25cb
\nEverybody Wants To F*** Me<\/strong> (Jonathan Schey)
\nFaith<\/strong> (Paul Andrew Williams)
\nFjord<\/strong> (Cristian Mungiu)<\/span> \u2718
\nGentle Monster<\/strong> (Marie Kreutzer)<\/span> \u2718
\nGlaxo<\/strong> (Benjam\u00edn Naishtat) \u25cb
\nGrowth of the Soil<\/strong> (Hans Petter Moland)
\nHappily Ever After<\/strong> (Feng-I Fiona Roan)
\nHombre al agua<\/strong> (Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal)<\/span>
\nThe Housewife<\/strong> (Ben Shirinian)
\nI Play Rocky<\/strong> (Peter Farrelly) \u25cb
\nIn Alaska<\/strong> (Jaap van Heusden & Vinnie Karetak)
\nInk<\/strong> (Danny Boyle)<\/span> \u25cb
\nJosephine<\/strong> (Beth de Ara\u00fajo)<\/span> \u2718
\nThe Julia Set<\/strong> (Niki Byrne)
\nLa Bola Negra<\/strong> (Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi)<\/span> \u25cf
\nLe Faux Soir<\/strong> (Micha\u00ebl R. Roskam)
\nA Long Winter<\/strong> (Andrew Haigh) \u25cb
\nLook Back<\/strong> (Hirokazu Kore-eda)<\/span>
\nLove of Your Life<\/strong> (Rachel Morrison)
\nThe Man I Love<\/strong> (Ira Sachs)<\/span> \u2718
\nMinotaur<\/strong> (Andrey Zvyagintsev)<\/span> \u25cf
\nMr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?<\/strong> (Shinya Tsukamoto)<\/span> \u25cb
\nParadise Lost<\/strong> (Yeon Sang-ho)
\nPhoolan<\/strong> (Richie Mehta)
\nPossible Love<\/strong> (Lee Chang-dong)<\/span> \u25cb
\nThe Stunt Driver<\/strong> (Michael Dowse)
\nTender Loving Care<\/strong> (Mike Leigh)<\/span> \u25cb
\nThe Unknown<\/strong> (Arthur Harari)<\/span> \u2605
\nWhatcha Want<\/strong> (Mina Shum)
\nYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/strong> (Bassam Tariq)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Discovery (24 | 2025: 23)<\/span>
\nAncestors<\/strong> (David Turpin)
\nArne Goes to Space<\/strong> (Lars Vega)
\nBedford Park<\/strong> (Stephanie Ahn)<\/span>
\nA Common Story<\/strong> (Anna Foglietta)<\/span>
\nThe Daughters of Abraham<\/strong> (Hana\u00ebl El Yousfi)
\nDrifter<\/strong> (Sung Kang) \u25cb
\nThe Fortunate Isles<\/strong> (Helena Gir\u00f3n & Samuel Delgado) \u25cb
\nHead to Head<\/strong> (Ghasideh Golmakani )
\nI Am Mario<\/strong> (Sharon Kleinberg)
\nIn Waves<\/strong> (Phuong Mai Nguyen)<\/span> \u2718
\nKrux<\/strong> (Tony Vahl)
\nMagazine<\/strong> (Alexandra Pechman)
\nMemories of a Forest<\/strong> (Katharina Rabl)
\nNosotros<\/strong> (Joaqu\u00edn Ruano)
\nPurgatory<\/strong> (Lindsay Lanzillotta)
\nSalvation<\/strong> (Tom Nicoll)
\nSeventeen<\/strong> (Justin Ducharme)
\nSisters<\/strong> (Ione Hern\u00e1ndez)
\nStrong Son<\/strong> (Ian Bawa)
\nStuffed<\/strong> (Theo Rhys) \u25cb
\nVoices<\/strong> (Deant\u00e8 Gray)
\nWe Are Born Good<\/strong> (Leung Chuen Yeung)
\nWhat Lies Between Us<\/strong> (Amalie N\u00e6sby Fick)
\nZjili: A Story of Sisterhood and The Burdens of Excess<\/strong> (Christine Boateng & Hajara Musah Chambas)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Gala Presentations (23 | 2025: 22)<\/span>
\nAll About Corinne<\/strong> (Marc Fitoussi)<\/span>
\nAlways Lalisa<\/strong> (Sue Kim)
\nThe Assassin(s)<\/strong> (Hur Jin-ho)
\nAtonement<\/strong> (Reed Van Dyk)<\/span>
\nBabies<\/strong> (Lauren Miller Rogen)
\nBeing Heumann<\/strong> (Si\u00e2n Heder)
\nBunker<\/strong> (Florian Zeller)<\/span>
\nDiary of a Mad Old Man<\/strong> (Wayne Wang)
\nEvil Genius<\/strong> (Courteney Cox)
\nGirl Group<\/strong> (Rebel Wilson)
\nThe Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd<\/strong> (Tim Blake Nelson)
\nMan in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story<\/strong> (Adrian Buitenhuis)
\nMisty Green<\/strong> (Chris Rock)
\nThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York<\/strong> (Noah Segan)<\/span>
\nOnwards and Sideways<\/strong> (John Madden)
\nPretenders<\/strong> (Joss Crowley)
\nPrima Facie<\/strong> (Susanna White)
\nRun Terry Run<\/strong> (Sean Menard)
\nSpirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor<\/strong> (Nguyen Phan Quang Binh)
\nA Talent for Murder<\/strong> (Anton Corbijn)
\nTenzing<\/strong> (Jennifer Peedom)
\nUp Against It<\/strong> (Trudie Styler)
\nVilleneuve: The Rise of a Legend<\/strong> (Yan Lanouette Turgeon)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Platform (12 | 2025: 10)<\/span>
\nAngh<\/strong> (Theja Rio)
\nBrace Your Heart<\/strong> (Amanda Kernell)
\nChildren Untold<\/strong> (Miwa Nishikawa)
\nDjinn Wedding<\/strong> (Ferit Karahan)
\nIdda<\/strong> (Irene Dionisio)
\nIn the Heart of the South<\/strong> (Nyla Innuksuk)
\nMasc<\/strong> (Bertil Nilsson)
\nOn Behalf of My Son<\/strong> (Gabriel Martins)
\nSilenced Nights<\/strong> (Lawrence Fajardo)
\nThe Smell of Apples<\/strong> (John Trengove)
\nWild Wild East<\/strong> (Jan Holoubek)
\nThe World Before<\/strong> (Yoon Dan-bi)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Primetime (10 | 2025: 10)<\/span>
\nAlice<\/strong> (Virginie Verrier & Guillaume Lonergan)
\nAmerican Hostage<\/strong> (Shawn Ryan, Eileen Myers, & Adam Arkin)
\nBelow<\/strong> (Jesse McKeown)
\nBlindspot Berlin<\/strong> (David Nawrath)
\nCarrie<\/strong> (Mike Flanagan)
\nCrystal Lake<\/strong> (Brad Caleb Kane & Michael Lennox)
\nOxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically<\/strong> (Marcelo Gomes & Carol Min\u00eam)
\nSlow Horses<\/strong> (Will Smith & Adam Randall)
\n2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback<\/strong> (Darren Dale)
\nYAGA<\/strong> (Kat Sandler, Rachel Talalay, & David Frazee)<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Centrepiece (TK | 2025: 55)<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
TIFF Docs (TK | 2025: 24)<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Wavelengths (TK | 2025: 11  [incl. 3 shorts programmes])<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Midnight Madness (TK | 2025: 10)<\/span><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
TIFF Classics (TK | 2025: 6)<\/span><\/p>\n
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