Toronto 
Events Description
2025
2025 Primetime Programme (in alphabetical order):
A Sámi Wedding | Åse Kathrin Vuolab, Pål Jackman | Norway
World Premiere
Black Rabbit | Zach Baylin, Kate Susman | USA
World Premiere
Gandhi | Sameer Nair, Hansal Mehta | India
World Premiere
Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League | Richard Brown, Tebogo Malope | Rwanda/United Kingdom/USA
World Premiere
Portobello | Marco Bellocchio | Italy/France
International Premiere
Reunion | William Mager, Luke Snellin | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Rise of the Raven | Balázs Lengyel, Robert Dornhelm | Hungary / Austria / Germany
North American Premiere
The Lowdown | Sterlin Harjo | USA
World Premiere
The Savage | Houman Seyyedi | Iran
International Premiere
Wayward | Mae Martin, Ryan Scott | Canada
World Premiere
2025 Classics (in alphabetical order):
Aniki-Bóbó | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal | 1942
North American Premiere of 4K restoration
Bashu, the Little Stranger (Bashu Gharibeh Kouchak) | Bahram Beyzaie | Iran | 1986
North American Premiere of 4K restoration
Days and Nights in the Forest (Aranyer Din Ratri) | Satyajit Ray | India | 1970
North American Premiere of 4K restoration
Jaws | Steven Spielberg | USA | 1975
50th Anniversary – 35mm Canadian exclusive
Nadja | Michael Almereyda | USA | 1994
World Premiere of 4K restoration
Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | 1975
50th Anniversary and North American Premiere of 4K restoration | Gala (previously announced), co-presented by Classics
The Arch (董夫人) | T’ang Shushuen | Hong Kong | 1968
North American Premiere of 4K restoration
2025 Industry Selects (in alphabetical order)
A Survivor’s Tale | Micha Wald | Belgium, France | Pulsar Content
Dolph: Unbreakable | Andrew Holmes | Canada, USA, Sweden | Upstream Flix Inc.
Falling | James Krisel, Colin Krisel | UK | Gulfstream Pictures, UTA
Find Your Friends | Izabel Pakzad | USA | CAA
Hana Korea | Frederik Sølberg | Denmark, Korea | REinvent International Sales
Holy Days | Nathalie Boltt | New Zealand, Canada | Blue Fox Entertainment
Killing Castro | Eif Rivera | USA | CAA
On the End | Ari Selinger | USA | Moontown Productions, Wise Child Studios
Stitches | Shirley Frimpong-Manso | Nigeria | Blue Pictures Entertainment
Straight Circle | Oscar Hudson | UK | Global Constellation
Short Cuts Programme 1 (in alphabetical order):
A Small Fiction of My Mother in Beijing | Dorothea Sing Zhang | China
World Premiere
Agapito | Arvin Belarmino, Kyla Danelle Romero | Philippines
North American Premiere
DISC | Blake Winston Rice | USA
World Premiere
Healer | Chelsea McMullan | Canada
World Premiere
Jazz Infernal | Will Niava | Canada
World Premiere
Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts | Shervin Kermani | Spain/Canada/Mexico
World Premiere
The Girl Who Cried Pearls | Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski | Canada
North American Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 2 (in alphabetical order):
Ambush | Yassmina Karajah | Jordan/Canada
World Premiere
Bots | Rich Williamson | Canada
World Premiere
I Fear Blue Skies | Salar Pashtoonyar | Canada
World Premiere
Not Scared, Just Sad | Isabelle Mecattaf | Lebanon/Bulgaria
World Premiere
Talk Me | Joecar Hanna | Spain/USA
North American Premiere
Water Girl | Sandra Desmazières | France/Netherlands/Portugal
North American Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 3 (in alphabetical order):
A South Facing Window | Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir | France/Mongolia
North American Premiere
Asparagus Bear | Ivan Grgur | Croatia
World Premiere
Demons | Kelly Fyffe-Marshall | Canada
World Premiere
Earworm | Patrik Eklund | Sweden
International Premiere
Sea Star | Tyler Mckenzie Evans | Canada
World Premiere
The Non-Actor | Eliza Barry Callahan | USA
North American Premiere
What We Leave Behind | Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte | Canada
North American Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 4 (in alphabetical order):
Ali | Adnan Al Rajeev | Bangladesh/Philippines
North American Premiere
Dust to Dreams | Idris Elba | Nigeria
World Premiere
Fiction Contract | Carolyn Lazard | USA
International Premiere
More Than Happy | Wei Keong Tan | Singapore
World Premiere
ripe | Solara Thanh Bình Đặng | Canada/Vietnam
World Premiere
To the Woods | Agnès Patron | France
North American Premiere
Year of the Dragon | Giran Findlay-Liu | Canada
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 5 (in alphabetical order):
Arguments in Favor of Love | Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal
North American Premiere
Dish Pit | Anna Hopkins | Canada
Canadian Premiere
I’m Glad You’re Dead Now | Tawfeek Barhom | France/Greece/Palestine
North American Premiere
Karupy | Kalainithan Kalaichelvan | Canada
World Premiere
Once in a Body | María Cristina Pérez González | Colombia/USA
North American Premiere
Pink Light | Harrison Browne | Canada
World Premiere
Poster Boy | India Opzoomer | Canada
World Premiere
The Contestant | Patrick Xavier Bresnan | USA/Germany
World Premiere
Short Cuts Programme 6 (in alphabetical order):
A Soft Touch | Heather Young | Canada
World Premiere
All the Empty Rooms | Joshua Seftel | USA
International Premiere
Divers | Geordie Wood | USA
North American Premiere
Niimi | Dana Solomon | Canada
World Premiere
Permanent Guest | Sana Zahra Jafri | Pakistan
World Premiere
The Death of the Fish | Eva Lusbaronian | France
North American Premiere
Strange Cuts (in alphabetical order):
Klee | Gavin Baird | Canada
World Premiere
Marriaginalia | Hannah Cheesman | Canada
World Premiere
Praying Mantis | Joe Hsieh | Taiwan/Hong Kong
North American Premiere
Quietness | Gonçalo Almeida | Spain
World Premiere
Thanks To Meet You! | Richard Hunter | United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Veil | Gabriel Motta | Brazil
World Premiere
UM | Nieto | France
World Premiere
2025 TIFF Docs programme (in alphabetical order):
A Life Illuminated | Tasha Van Zandt | USA
World Premiere
A Simple Soldier | Juan Camilo Cruz, Artem Ryzhykov | Ukraine
North American Premiere
Aki | Darlene Naponse | Canada
World Premiere
Below the Clouds | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy
International Premiere
Canceled: The Paula Deen Story | Billy Corben | USA
World Premiere
Cover-Up | Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus | USA
Canadian Premiere
Flana | Zahraa Ghandour | Iraq/France/Qatar
World Premiere
Love+War | Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | USA
World Premiere
Modern Whore | Nicole Bazuin | Canada
World Premiere
Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising | Shane Belcourt | Canada
World Premiere
Nuestra Tierra | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina/USA/Mexico/France/Denmark/Netherlands
North American Premiere
Nuns vs. The Vatican | Lorena Luciano | USA
World Premiere
Orwell: 2+2=5 | Raoul Peck | USA/France
North American Premiere
Powwow People | Sky Hopinka | USA
World Premiere
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk | Sepideh Farsi | France/Palestine/Iran
North American Premiere
Still Single | Jamal Burger, Jukan Tateisi | Canada
World Premiere
The Balloonists | John Dower | USA/United Kingdom/Austria
World Premiere
The Eyes of Ghana | Ben Proudfoot | USA | Opening Film
World Premiere
The Tale of Silyan | Tamara Kotevska | North Macedonia
North American Premiere
There Are No Words | Min Sook Lee | Canada
World Premiere
True North | Michèle Stephenson | USA/Canada
World Premiere
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts | Peter Mettler | Canada/Switzerland
World Premiere
Whistle | Christopher Nelius | Australia
World Premiere
Who is it for?
All ages – varies depending on films
HOW MUCH
Regular screenings
Starting at $29
Regular Rush: $27
Premium screenings: Starting at $43
Premium Rush: $47
All prices include HST + fees.
How to get tickets?
Phone: 416.599.TIFF / 1.888.599.8433 (toll-free)
WHEN & WHERE
Date & Time:
September 4–14, 2025.
Venue & Address :
TIFF – 350 King Street W., Toronto and other venues, downtown.
