Toronto International Film Festival 2026

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Gentle Monster Gentle Monster
Gentle Monster and Bucking Fastard
All Of A Sudden (Soudain) (Country: Japan, France, Belgium, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi; Writer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Léa Le Dimna; Stars: Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto, Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Kodai Kurosaki, Jean-Louis Garçon, Marie Bunel, Jean-Charles Clichet, Margot Maricot, Lazare Gousseau, Jérôme Chappatte, Evelyne Istria, Elisabeth Tamaris, Aurélia Petit, Heidi Becker-Babel)
The director of a nursing home in Paris has an encounter with a terminally ill Japanese playwright that transforms her life.
All That She Wants (Country: Canada, US; Year: 2026; Director: Scarlett Bermingham, Andrew Rhymer; Writer: David West Reed; Stars: Alden AdairI, liyana Ambrose, Christine Baranski, Lara Da Silva, Everly Dunne)
The story of a woman who, after a nasty breakup, hooks up with a charming younger man, only to realise she used to be his babysitter.
Alpha Gang (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner; Writer: David Zellner; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, Dave Bautista, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough, Lily-Rose Depp)
Alien invaders, in the form of a 1950's biker gang, are sent on a mission to conquer Earth.
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Takashi Miike; Writer: Daisuke Tengan; Stars: Shun Oguri, Lily James, Gionna Daddio, Nihi, Takanori Iwati, Yuka Kouri)
A gambling-addicted Tokyo cop and an FBI agent search for a missing politician's daughter, while a mysterious killer lurks in the criminal underworld, watching their every move.
Bitter Christmas (Country: Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar; Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi, Antonio Araque, Diogo Belizario, Nourdin Batán, Laura Ledesma, Tusti de las Heras, Gloria Muñoz)
Melodrama featuring parallel stories asks what right a filmmaker has to plunder reality of those close to them for their work.
Fjord Fjord
Fjord and All Of A Sudden
Bucking Fastard (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Kate Mara, Rooney Mara, Hugh O'Conor, Simon Delaney, Terry McMahon, Shane Connellan, Orlando Bloom, Domhnall Gleeson)
The adventures of a pair of twins whose speech is synchronised and lives co-dependent.
Clarissa (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Chuko Esiri, Arie Esiri; Writer: Chuko Esiri; Stars: Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Ria Amarteifio, Ayo Edebiri, Toheeb Jimoh, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jude Akuwudike, Kehinde Cardoso, Ogranya, Danny Sapani, Fortune Nwafor, Modesinuola Ogundiwin, Joy Sunday, Chioma Omeruah, Joke Silva)
A modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
Closing Night (Country: Australia, Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Cody Fern; Writer: Cody Fern, Devon Bostick; Stars: Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Dianne Wiest, Odessa A'zion, Toby Wallace)
When an internationally renowned movie star invites her estranged family to the opening night of her Broadway play after decades of silence, old wounds resurface almost as quickly as old habits.
Fjord (Country: Romania, France, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2026; Director: Cristian Mungiu; Writer: Cristian Mungiu; Stars: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Giulia Nahmany, Ingvild Lien, Turid Vatne, Alin Panc, Emilie Hetland, Sofie Vartdal)
Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, move from Romania to Norway with their children to be closer to Lisbet’s family. But tension mounts when one of the children arrives at school with bruises.
Gentle Monster (Country: France, Finland, Germany, Austria; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve, Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp, Sylvester Groth, Katharina Lorenz, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas, Anton Rubtsov, Nils Strunk)
A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.
A Good Little Soldier (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Stéphane Brizé; Writer: Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amédéo, Olivier Gorce; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, Sharif Andoura, David Talbot)
A successful business executive tasked with promoting employee wellbeing while still meeting performance goals finds herself pushed to breaking point.
A Long Winter (Country: UK, Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Andrew Haigh; Writer: Andrew Haigh; Stars: Fred Hechinger, Caitríona Balfe, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Kit Connor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, David Furr, Susan Serrao, Anthony Timpano, Geoff Gustafson, Camille Sullivan, Martin Freeman)
Returning to his childhood home deep in the mountains, Mike is drawn back into the quiet rituals of family life as the clan prepares for the winter ahead.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Country: US, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Bassam Tariq; Writer: Bassam Tariq; Stars: Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, Laith Nakli, Adia, Jahleel Kamara, Shakirah DeMesier, James Dormuth, Shawn Jain, Derrick Goodman Jr., Irene Santiago, Ali Alsaleh)
An assassin and father of three, Latif’s life is turned upside down when his wife dies. He struggles to balance his two very different worlds, but when a hit goes south and as forces close in around him, he sets off on a desperate journey to protect his children.
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