The Cinema Group’s annual TIFF curtain raiser returns with a complete look at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival, from Cannes and Sundance breakouts to world premieres, Discovery titles, Midnight Madness, Primetime, Wavelengths and the films at the top of our watchlist.

The CN Tower in Toronto. Photo by Christopher Llewellyn Reed. The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF)—the 51st iteration of the event—runs Se ...

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This review is part of a series of press coverage for the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Image Credit: Courtesy of TIFF. The Unknown has a terrific hook; what if you swapp…

This review is part of a series of press coverage for the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Image Credit: Courtesy of TIFF. The centerpiece sequence of All of a Sudden, the l…

As I prepare to see more films than I can possibly imagine over the three weeks of TIFF51, I decided to take myself to Christopher Nolan’s colossal cinematic voyage, “The Odyssey“. I can’t say that I was particularly frothing at the mouth to see this film, but from all the social and critical conversation about […]

Artavazd Pelechian’s “Land of the People“ My TIFF cinematic adventure is already beginning to look slightly dangerous, and now TIFF has given me another reason to keep circling around all these titles. With the announcement of the 2026 Wavelengths and TIFF Classics programmes, the 51st Toronto International Film Festival is filling in another corner of […]

Some of the most memorable TIFF experiences are the ones you never plan. As I spend these days writing about TIFF51, studying programme announcements, and wondering which films will become this year’s unexpected discoveries, I keep thinking about one of last year’s happiest surprises. I hadn’t planned on seeing Fernando Eimbcke’s “Olmo” during the second […]

Every Toronto International Film Festival reaches the point where my attention shifts away from the familiar names and toward the ones I have never heard before. It is one of my favourite parts of the entire Festival. Somewhere inside these announcements are filmmakers whose names may someday headline Gala presentations here at TIFF. As I […]

Today, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced five additional films in this year’s Special Presentations program. These new works from celebrated filmmakers Rachel Morrison, Benjamín Naishtat, Ben Shirinian, Bassam Tariq, plus David and Nathan Zellner provide a glimpse into this year’s Official Selection. The 51st edition of TIFF, presented by Rogers, will take place September 10–20, 2026. “Each year, we strive to curate a selection of films that feels most relevant to the moment with the power to spark a rich dialogue with our public audience, and these Special Presentations titles are true reflections of that,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF.

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, haa announced three World Premieres in its Gala Presentations program including Prima Facie from British director Susanna White (Woman Walks Ahead, TIFF ’17); The Assassin(s) from Korean filmmaker Hur Jin-ho (A Normal Family, TIFF ’23), and Apple Original Film’s Being Heumann from American director Siân Heder (