After earlier revealing that Siân Heder’s “Being Heumann,” Hur Jin-ho’s “The Assassin(s),” and Rachel Morrison’s “Love of Your Life” were among a slate of world premieres, the Toronto International Film Festival revealed the rest of its gala and special presentations slate for 2026. In so doing, their premiere categorization informs many observers of the world premieres for the 2026 Venice International Film Festival and the 2026 Telluride International Film Festival immediately preceding it. The big news was that Peter Farrelly’s “I Play Rocky,” Chris Rock’s “Misy Green,” his first directorial effort in 12 years, as well as Anton Corbijn’s “A Talent For Murder” are among the new world premieres added to the slate.
The festival also revealed that the Closing Night Film will be Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s “Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend,” and it’s not about the Villeneuve you’re immediately thinking of. Instead, it’s a biographical sports drama that chronicles the early years of Canadian racing legend Gilles Villeneuve’s career. That screening will occur on Saturday, September 19.
Other world premieres include Takashi Miike’s “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,” Scarlett Bermingham and Andrew Rhymer’s “All That She Wants,” Sue Kim’s “Always Lalisa,” Lauren Miller Rogen’s “Babies,” Wayne Wang’s “Diary of a Mad Old Man,” Courtney Cox’s “Evil Genius,” Rebel Wilson’s “Girl Group,” Adrian Buitenhuis’ “Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story,” John Madden’s “Onwards and Sideways,” Joss Crowley’s “Pretenders,” Tim Blake Nelson’s “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,” Trudie Styler’s “Up Against It,” Jonathan Schey’s “Everybody Wants To F*** Me,” Paul Andrew William’s “Faith,” Hans Petter Moland’s “Growth of the Soil,” Feng-I Fiona Roan’s “Happily Ever After,” Jaap van Heusden and Vinnie Karetak’s “In Alaska,” Michaël R. Roskam’s “Le Faux Soir,” Yeon Sang-ho’s “Paradise Lost,” Richie Mehta’s “Phoolan,” Niki Byrne’s “The Julia Set,” Michael Dowse, “The Stunt Driver,” and Mina Shum’s “Watcha Want.”
Films that will be screening at Toronto and look like Venice world premieres include Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back” (Kore-eda’s second film in three months), Gael Garcia Bernal’s “Hombre al agua,” Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?,” Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love,” Marc Fitoussi’s “All About Corinne,” Florian Zeller’s “Bunker,” Jennifer Peedom’s “Tenzing,” Mike Leigh’s “Tender Loving Care,” Andrew Haigh’s “A Long Winter,” Simon Stone’s “Elsinore,” and Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s “Everest The Other Side,” for now.
Anticipated Telluride Film Festival debuts and screenings include Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Debut,” Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid,” Los Javis’ “La Bola Negra,” Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minatour,” Marie Kreutzer’s “Gentle Monster,” Christian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine,” as well as the aforementioned “Tender Loving Care,” “Ink,” “Tenzing,” “A Long Winter,” “Elsinore,” and “Everest: The Other Side.”
The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 10-20. The Platform slate will be revealed tomorrow. The Discovery slate will be unveiled on Wednesday, while the Primetime lineup drops on Thursday. Centrepiece, Wavelengths & Classics will be announced on August 4. TIFF Docs and Shortcuts on August 5, and Midnight Madness on August 6.
Today’s announcements are as follows:
2026 Gala Presentations (in alphabetical order):
*previously announced
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):
*previously announced
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
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo | Takashi Miike | USA, United Kingdom, Japan
World 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
Faith | Paul Andrew Williams | United Kingdom
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, France
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
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