The 2025 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is a little under seven weeks away. While world premieres of highly anticipated films such as Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman,” and Nia DaCosta‘s “Hedda” have already been revealed, the festival unfurled an almost complete lineup that teases so much more. And, as always, its categorizations help reveal what films are likely debuting at the 2025 Telluride Film Festival and the 2025 Venice Film Festival, the weekend prior.
Among the new world premiere titles announced are Aziz Ansari’s “Good Fortune” with Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen, Jonatan Etzler’s “Bad Apples” with Saoirse Ronan, Alex Winter’s “Adulthood” with Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario, Arnaud Desplechi’s “Two Pianos,” Maude Apatow’s “Poetic License” with Cooper Hoffman, Isabel Coixet’s “Three Goodbyes,” Romain Gavras’ “Sacrifice” starring Anya-Taylor Joy and Chris Evans, David Michôd’s “Christy” with Sydney Sweeney, Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge‘s “Charlie Harper” with Emilia Jones, James McAvoy’s “California Schemin’,” Yeon Sang-ho’s “The Ugly,” James Vanderbilt’s “Nuremberg” with Rami Malek, and Alice Winocour’s “Couture” with Angelina Jolie.
The festival also revealed the closing night premiere will be Anne Émond’s “Peak Everything” on Saturday, September 13.
Movies previously screened at other festivals making their Canadian debuts include Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or Winner “A Little Accident,” and Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine.”
Previously announced selections in the Great White North this September also include Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, Alejandro Amenábar’s “The Captive,” Sung-hyun Byun’s “Good News,” Chandler Levack’s “Mile End Kicks,” Nicholas Hytner’s “The Choral” with Ralph Fiennes, Agnieszka Holland’s “Franz,” Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound,” Paul Greengrass’ “The Lost Buss” with Matthew McConaughey, Rebecca Zlotowski’s “A Private Life,” HIKARI’s “Rental Family” with Brendan Fraser, Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman” with Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst, Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s “She Has No Name,” and Clement Virgo’s “Steal Away.”
Titles that now appear to be having their North American or world premieres in Telluride include “Hamnet,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” David Roher’s “Tuner,” and Edward Berger’s “The Ballad of a Small Player.” Traditionally, Telluride does not confirm its selections until the day before the festival begins.
Titles that appear to be screening at the Venice International Film Festival first include Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” Rebecca Zlotowski’s “A Private Life,” Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire,” Mark Jenkin’s “Rose of Desire,” and Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee.”
The Venice Film Festival will unveil its selections formally tomorrow.
A complete list of this year’s TIFF slate is as follows:
2025 Galas (in alphabetical order):
* previously announced
*A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | France – North American Premiere
Adulthood | Alex Winter | USA – World Premiere
Driver’s Ed | Bobby Farrelly | USA – World Premiere
Eleanor the Great | Scarlett Johansson | USA – North American Premiere
Eternity | David Freyne | USA – World Premiere
Fuze | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom – World Premiere
Glenrothan | Brian Cox | United Kingdom – World Premiere
Good Fortune | Aziz Ansari | USA – World Premiere
*Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom – Canadian Premiere
*Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India – North American Premiere
*John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | USA
World Premiere
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | Canada
World Premiere
Nuremberg | James Vanderbilt | USA
World Premiere
Palestine 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine/United Kingdom/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan
World Premiere
Peak Everything | Anne Émond | Canada | Closing Night Gala – Toronto Premiere
*Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USA – World Premiere
*She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Hong Kong/China – North American Premiere
Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | 50th Anniversary Restoration – North American Premiere
Swiped | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | USA – World Premiere
*The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom – World Premiere
Two Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France – World Premiere
2025 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):
* previously announced
A Pale View of Hills | Kei Ishikawa | Japan/United Kingdom/Poland – North American Premiere
A Poet | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia/Germany/Sweden – North American Premiere
Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United Kingdom – World Premiere
Ballad of a Small Player | Edward Berger | United Kingdom – Canadian Premiere
California Schemin’ | James McAvoy | United Kingdom/USA – World Premiere
Calle Malaga | Maryam Touzani | Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium – North American Premiere
Charlie Harper | Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge | USA – World Premiere
Christy | David Michôd | USA – World Premiere
Couture | Alice Winocour | USA/France – World Premiere
Dead Man’s Wire | Gus Van Sant | USA – North American Premiere
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes | Lisa Rideout | Canada – World Premiere
Easy’s Waltz | Nic Pizzolatto | USA – World Premiere
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Baz Luhrmann | Australia/USA – World Premiere
Eternal Return | Yaniv Raz | United Kingdom/USA – World Premiere
Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | USA – North American Premiere
*Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/Poland – World Premiere
*Good News | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea – World Premiere
*Hedda | Nia DaCosta | USA – World Premiere
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Mary Bronstein | USA – Canadian Premiere
It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi | Iran/France/Luxembourg – Canadian Premiere
It Would Be Night in Caracas | Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás | Mexico – World Premiere
Kokuho | Lee Sang-il | Japan – North American Premiere
Ky Nam Inn | Leon Le | Vietnam – World Premiere
Lovely Day | Philippe Falardeau | Canada – World Premiere
Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | Canada – World Premiere
*Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | Canada – World Premiere
Monkey in a Cage | Anurag Kashyap | India – World Premiere
Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France – Canadian Premiere
Poetic License | Maude Apatow | USA – World Premiere
Primavera | Damiano Michieletto | Italy/France – World Premiere
Project Y | Lee Hwan | South Korea – World Premiere
*Rental Family | HIKARI | USA/Japan – World Premiere
Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom – North American Premiere
Sacrifice | Romain Gavras | United Kingdom/Greece – World Premiere
Scarlet | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan – North American Premiere
Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway/France/Denmark/Germany/Sweden/United Kingdom – Canadian Premiere
Silent Friend | Ildikó Enyedi | Germany/Hungary/France – North American Premiere
Sirāt | Óliver Laxe | France/Spain – North American Premiere
Sound of Falling | Mascha Schilinski | Germany – North American Premiere
*Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/Belgium – World Premiere
*The Captive | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/Italy – World Premiere
*The Christophers | Steven Soderbergh | United Kingdom – World Premiere
*The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USA – World Premiere
The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany – Canadian Premiere
The Smashing Machine | Benny Safdie | USA – North American Premiere
The Testament of Ann Lee | Mona Fastvold | UK – North American Premiere | Presented in 70mm
The Ugly | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea – World Premiere
Three Goodbyes | Isabel Coixet | Italy/Spain – World Premiere
Train Dreams | Clint Bentley | USA – International Premiere
Tuner | Daniel Roher | USA – Canadian Premiere
Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada – North American Premiere
*Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USA – World Premiere
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution… | Nick Davis | USA – World Premiere
The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept. 4 to 14. Look for complete coverage on The Playlist.
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