The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled three more major sections of its 2026 lineup, announcing 54 Centrepiece selections alongside the complete Wavelengths and TIFF Classics programs.
Centrepiece, TIFF’s main program, features filmmakers representing 50 countries, including new work from Diego Luna, Anthony Chen, Valeska Grisebach, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Avi Nesher, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Yonfan, Neto Villalobos Brenes, and Kamila Andini.
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The program’s world premieres include Karthik Subbaraj’s “Dorothy,” produced by Guneet Monga; Andini’s “Four Seasons in Java”; Pisanthanakun’s “Inherit”; Kim Bartley’s “Lemonade”; Kyu Bock Youm’s animated “Long Long Night”; Villalobos Brenes’ “Love is the monster”; Nesher’s “Our Loves”; Daniel Oriahi’s “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives”; Roshan Sethi’s “The Surgeon,” and Kris Rey’s “Trash Mountain.”
Luna arrives with “Ashes,” while Chen’s “We Are All Strangers,” Grisebach’s “The Dreamed Adventure,” and May el-Toukhy’s “Woman Unknown” will make their North American premieres.
Canadian filmmakers account for nine Centrepiece world premieres, including Marie Clements’ “How We Stand,” David Bezmozgis’ “The Betrayers,” Cody Lightning’s “Smudge the Blades,” Rodrigo Barriuso’s “Neverman,” and Juan Andrés Arango’s “Where the River Begins.”
Animation also has a larger presence than usual. Centrepiece includes a program-record eight animated features, among them Louise Bagnall’s “Julián,” Xu Zao’s “Light Pillar,” Julien Chheng’s “Muyi,” Leah Nelson’s “Tangles,” Ervin Han and Raúl García’s “The Violinist,” and Sébastien Laudenbach’s “Viva Carmen.”
The Wavelengths program includes 11 features, led by Beatrice Gibson’s long-awaited debut “At Night,” a hybrid work of autofiction shot on 16mm by filmmaker Ben Rivers.
Lisandro Alonso returns with “Double Freedom,” a not-quite-sequel to his 2001 film “La libertad,” while Nicolás Pereda brings the self-reflexive comedy “Everything Else Is Noise.” Angela Schanelec’s “My Wife Cries” examines romantic misalignment through an austere parable punctuated by bursts of life.
Among the program’s more imposing propositions is Mariano Llinás’ “Life of Jorge Luis Borges,” a five-and-a-half-hour exploration of the writer through the objects and locations connected to his life.
Radu Jude arrives with “The Diary of a Chambermaid,” a new political adaptation of Octave Mirbeau’s novel. Denis Côté’s contribution is “Nobody’s Violence,” while world premieres include Yuula Benivolski’s essay film “The Black Box Is Orange” and John Torres’ genre-blurring “The Remotes.”
The Wavelengths shorts and mid-length selections feature new work from Maryam Tafakory, Kamal Aljafari, Zheng Lu Xinyuan, Parastoo Anoushahpour, James Richards, John Smith, and Vika Kirchenbauer. The program will also include a rare 70mm presentation of Johann Lurf’s “Forever…Forever,” a newly restored film by Takehisa Kosugi, and a tribute to the late Italian-Armenian filmmaker Yervant Gianikian.
TIFF Classics is anchored by the North American premiere of the 4K director’s cut of “The Devils,” Ken Russell’s politically incendiary 1971 film starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, with sets designed by Derek Jarman.
The program also features new 4K restorations of Lynne Stopkewich’s “Kissed,” John Abraham’s “Report to Mother,” Fei Mu’s “Spring in a Small Town,” and Kon Ichikawa’s black comedy “Ten Dark Women.”
TIFF Classics will additionally present the Pelechian Project, comprising new 4K restorations of five films by Armenian filmmaker and theorist Artavazd Pelechian, including “The Beginning,” “We,” “The Seasons,” and “The End.”
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival runs September 10–20, 2026.
2026 Centrepiece Programme
A Girl Unknown
Director: Zou Jing
Country: China
Premiere: North American Premiere
After Elena
Director: Shawn Garry
Countries: Chile, Colombia, Italy
Premiere: World Premiere
Ah Girl
Director: Ang Geck Geck Priscilla
Country: Singapore
Premiere: North American Premiere
Ashes
Director: Diego Luna
Countries: Mexico, Spain
Premiere: North American Premiere
Back in Black
Director: Ron Murphy
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Ben’Imana
Director: Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo
Countries: Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway
Premiere: North American Premiere
Congo Boy
Director: Rafiki Fariala
Countries: Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy
Premiere: North American Premiere
Conversation With The Sea
Director: Muayad Alayan
Country: Palestine
Premiere: North American Premiere
Dorothy
Director: Karthik Subbaraj
Country: India
Premiere: World Premiere
Eklipse
Director: Manuel Wetscher
Countries: Austria, Italy
Premiere: North American Premiere
Elephants in the Fog
Director: Abinash Bikram Shah
Countries: Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway
Premiere: North American Premiere
Everytime
Director: Sandra Wollner
Countries: Austria, Germany
Premiere: North American Premiere
Flies
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Country: Mexico
Premiere: North American Premiere
Four Seasons in Java
Director: Kamila Andini
Countries: Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore
Premiere: World Premiere
Furies
Director: Rami Kodeih
Countries: Lebanon, Brazil
Premiere: North American Premiere
Future Tense
Director: Jenna Cato Bass
Countries: South Africa, Australia
Premiere: World Premiere
God Bless You, Mr Kopu
Director: Alex Liu
Countries: New Zealand, Australia
Premiere: World Premiere
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Country: USA
Premiere: Canadian Premiere
How We Stand
Director: Marie Clements
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Inherit
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun
Country: Thailand
Premiere: World Premiere
Intermission
Director: Yonfan
Country: Hong Kong
Premiere: North American Premiere
Iron Boy
Director: Louis Clichy
Countries: France, Belgium
Premiere: North American Premiere
Julián
Director: Louise Bagnall
Countries: Luxembourg, Ireland, Canada, Denmark
Premiere: North American Premiere
La Gradiva
Director: Marine Atlan
Countries: France, Italy
Premiere: North American Premiere
L’AUTRE
Director: Alexandre Franchi
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Lemonade
Director: Kim Bartley
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
Premiere: World Premiere
Light Pillar
Director: Xu Zao
Country: China
Premiere: North American Premiere
Long Long Night
Director: Kyu Bock Youm
Country: South Korea
Premiere: World Premiere
Love is the monster
Director: Neto Villalobos Brenes
Countries: Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Chile, Mexico
Premiere: World Premiere
Marie Madeleine
Director: Géssica Généus
Countries: France, Haiti, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg
Premiere: North American Premiere
Muyi
Director: Julien Chheng
Country: France
Premiere: North American Premiere
Neverman
Director: Rodrigo Barriuso
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Our Loves
Director: Avi Nesher
Country: Israel
Premiere: World Premiere
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Director: Pegah Ahangarani
Countries: Czech Republic, Spain
Premiere: Canadian Premiere
Smudge the Blades
Director: Cody Lightning
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Countries: Chad, France
Premiere: North American Premiere
Sunburn
Director: Serville Poblete
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Tangles
Director: Leah Nelson
Countries: Canada, USA
Premiere: North American Premiere
The Betrayers
Director: David Bezmozgis
Countries: Canada, Ukraine
Premiere: World Premiere
The bovine with the curved horns
Director: Omar E. Ospina Giraldo
Country: Colombia
Premiere: World Premiere
The City of the Living
Director: Edoardo Gabbriellini
Country: Italy
Premiere: International Premiere
The Difficult Bride
Director: Rubaiyat Hossain
Countries: France, Bangladesh, Germany, Norway, Portugal
Premiere: North American Premiere
The Dreamed Adventure
Director: Valeska Grisebach
Countries: Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria
Premiere: North American Premiere
The Lost Children Of Tuam
Director: Frank Berry
Country: Ireland
Premiere: International Premiere
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Director: Daniel Oriahi
Country: Nigeria
Premiere: World Premiere
The Surgeon
Director: Roshan Sethi
Country: Ireland
Premiere: World Premiere
The Violinist
Directors: Ervin Han, Raúl García
Countries: Singapore, Spain, Italy
Premiere: North American Premiere
Thirteen in Gaza
Director: Hosam Abu Dan
Country: Palestine
Premiere: World Premiere
Toy Gun Bandit
Director: Rémi St-Michel
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Trash Mountain
Director: Kris Rey
Country: USA
Premiere: World Premiere
Viva Carmen
Director: Sébastien Laudenbach
Country: France
Premiere: North American Premiere
We Are All Strangers
Director: Anthony Chen
Country: Singapore
Premiere: North American Premiere
Where the River Begins
Director: Juan Andrés Arango
Countries: Canada, Colombia, Norway
Premiere: World Premiere
Woman Unknown
Director: May el-Toukhy
Country: Denmark
Premiere: North American Premiere
2026 Wavelengths Features
At Night
Director: Beatrice Gibson
Countries: United Kingdom, France
Premiere: North American Premiere
Double Freedom (La libertad doble)
Director: Lisandro Alonso
Countries: Chile, Argentina, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom
Premiere: North American Premiere
Everything Else Is Noise (Lo demás es ruido)
Director: Nicolás Pereda
Countries: Germany, Canada, Mexico
Premiere: North American Premiere
Life of Jorge Luis Borges (Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges)
Director: Mariano Llinás
Country: Argentina
Premiere: North American Premiere
London
Director: Sebastian Brameshuber
Country: Austria
Premiere: North American Premiere
My Wife Cries (Meine Frau Weint)
Director: Angela Schanelec
Countries: Germany, France
Premiere: North American Premiere
Nobody’s Violence (Violence du corps de l’autre)
Director: Denis Côté
Country: Canada
Premiere: North American Premiere
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Directors: William Greaves, David Greaves
Country: USA
Premiere: Canadian Premiere
The Black Box Is Orange
Director: Yuula Benivolski
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
The Diary of a Chambermaid (Le journal d’une femme de chambre)
Director: Radu Jude
Countries: France, Romania
Premiere: North American Premiere
The Remotes
Director: John Torres
Country: Philippines
Premiere: World Premiere
Wavelengths 1: House and Home
Two Pids
Director: John Smith
Country: United Kingdom
Premiere: North American Premiere
After Image
Director: Rita Ferrando
Countries: Canada, Argentina
Premiere: World Premiere
Moon Palace (月宫)
Director: Jiaqi Yu
Countries: China, USA
Premiere: World Premiere
Microcosmic Orbit: Encased
Director: Danaya Chulphuthiphong
Country: Thailand
Premiere: North American Premiere
The Address Book
Director: Mustafa Uzuner
Country: Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Format: 16mm
Chronicle of Tiredness (Crónica del cansancio)
Director: Natalia Marín
Country: Spain
Premiere: North American Premiere
Wavelengths 2: This Suffocating Now
Ghazal-e Sorkh (غزالِ سرخ)
Director: Maryam Tafakory
Countries: Iran, United Kingdom, France
Premiere: World Premiere
TM
Director: Takehisa Kosugi
Country: Japan
Year: 1974
Premiere: International Premiere of new restoration
Fire Flies (咒语)
Director: Zheng Lu Xinyuan
Country: China
Premiere: World Premiere
Splits in Two
Director: Simon Liu
Countries: Hong Kong, USA
Premiere: World Premiere
This Suffocating Now
Director: Vika Kirchenbauer
Country: Germany
Premiere: North American Premiere
Wavelengths 3: Time and Tide
Forever…Forever
Director: Johann Lurf
Countries: Austria, France
Premiere: North American Premiere
Format: 70mm
La Prospettiva (1653)
Director: Ben Russell
Countries: France, Italy
Premiere: World Premiere
Electric Fragments No. 1 – Rom (Men) (Frammenti Elettrici No. 1 – Rom (Uomini))
Directors: Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Country: Italy
Year: 2001
Fevers
Director: James Richards
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Premiere: North American Premiere
Wavelengths: Anoushahpour/Aljafari
Peacocks Come With the Clouds (طاووسها با ابرها میآیند)
Director: Parastoo Anoushahpour
Countries: Iran, Canada
Premiere: World Premiere
Masao Adachi Takes a Passport Photo (足立正生、パスポート写真を撮る)
Director: Kamal Aljafari
Countries: Germany, France, Japan
Premiere: World Premiere
2026 TIFF Classics
The Devils
Director: Ken Russell
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 1971
Premiere: North American Premiere of 4K restoration
Courtesy of: Warner Bros. Clockwork
Kissed
Director: Lynne Stopkewich
Country: Canada
Year: 1996
Premiere: World Premiere of 4K restoration
Courtesy of: Canadian International Pictures
Report to Mother (Amma Ariyan)
Director: John Abraham
Country: India
Year: 1986
Premiere: North American Premiere of 4K restoration
Courtesy of: Film Heritage Foundation
Spring in a Small Town (Xiao cheng zhi chun)
Director: Fei Mu
Country: China
Year: 1948
Premiere: World Premiere of 4K restoration
Courtesy of: China Film Archive
Ten Dark Women (Kuroi jûnin no onna)
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Country: Japan
Year: 1961
Premiere: North American Premiere of 4K restoration
Courtesy of: Kadokawa Corporation
Pelechian Project
Land of the People
Director: Artavazd Pelechian
Countries: Armenia, USSR
Year: 1966
Runtime: 10 minutes
The Beginning
Director: Artavazd Pelechian
Countries: Armenia, USSR
Year: 1967
Runtime: 10 minutes
We
Director: Artavazd Pelechian
Countries: Armenia, USSR
Year: 1969
Runtime: 27 minutes
The Seasons
Director: Artavazd Pelechian
Countries: Armenia, USSR
Year: 1975
Runtime: 31 minutes
The End
Director: Artavazd Pelechian
Country: Armenia
Year: 1992
Runtime: 8 minutes
All five Pelechian films receive their North American premieres in new 4K restorations courtesy of Coproduction Office.
