World Premieres include Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, David Michôd’s Christy, Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, and Alice Winocour’s Couture
Anne Émond’s Peak Everything announced as this year’s Closing Night Gala
| TORONTO — TIFF is set to dazzle this September as it celebrates its 50th edition with a red carpet–ready slate of Official Selections from its Gala and Special Presentations programmes. As part of its full list, TIFF is presenting world premieres including Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, David Michôd’s Christy, Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, and Alice Winocour’s Couture, as well as films from some of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, including Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant. As Toronto prepares to welcome the world, these selections signal a Festival season defined by cinematic excellence, star-studded red carpets with crowd-favourite Hollywood and international talent, and those marquee moments on and off the screen that have defined TIFF for the past five decades. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place September 4–14, 2025. The Gala and Special Presentations programmes are recognized for celebrating the very best of contemporary cinema across genres and styles, from all corners of the world. This year, TIFF is pleased to invite films from over 30 countries that showcase bold storytelling, global perspectives, and the power of film to connect audiences across cultures. TIFF is also announcing that Canadian director Anne Émond’s Peak Everything will be this year’s Closing Night Gala, taking place on the last evening of the Festival, Saturday, September 13. 2025 Galas (in alphabetical order):* previously announced *A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | France North American Premiere Adulthood | Alex Winter | USA World Premiere Driver’s Ed | Bobby Farrelly | USA World Premiere Eleanor the Great | Scarlett Johansson | USA North American Premiere Eternity | David Freyne | USA World Premiere Fuze | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom World Premiere Glenrothan | Brian Cox | United Kingdom World Premiere Good Fortune | Aziz Ansari | USA World Premiere *Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom Canadian Premiere *Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India North American Premiere *John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | USA World Premiere Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | Canada World Premiere Nuremberg | James Vanderbilt | USA World Premiere Palestine 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine/United Kingdom/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan World Premiere Peak Everything | Anne Émond | Canada | Closing Night Gala Toronto Premiere *Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USA World Premiere *She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Hong Kong/China North American Premiere Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | 50th Anniversary Restoration North American Premiere Swiped | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | USA World Premiere *The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom World Premiere Two Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France World Premiere 2025 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):* previously announced A Pale View of Hills | Kei Ishikawa | Japan/United Kingdom/Poland North American Premiere A Poet | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia/Germany/SwedenNorth American Premiere Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United Kingdom World Premiere Ballad of a Small Player | Edward Berger | United Kingdom Canadian Premiere California Schemin’ | James McAvoy | United Kingdom/USA World Premiere Calle Malaga | Maryam Touzani | Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium North American Premiere Charlie Harper | Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge | USAWorld Premiere Christy | David Michôd | USA World Premiere Couture | Alice Winocour | USA/France World Premiere Dead Man’s Wire | Gus Van Sant | USA North American Premiere Degrassi: Whatever It Takes | Lisa Rideout | Canada World Premiere Easy’s Waltz | Nic Pizzolatto | USA World Premiere EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Baz Luhrmann | Australia/USA World Premiere Eternal Return | Yaniv Raz | United Kingdom/USA World Premiere Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | USANorth American Premiere *Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/Poland World Premiere *Good News | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea World Premiere *Hedda | Nia DaCosta | USA World Premiere If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Mary Bronstein | USA Canadian Premiere It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi | Iran/France/Luxembourg Canadian Premiere It Would Be Night in Caracas | Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás | Mexico World Premiere Kokuho | Lee Sang-il | Japan North American Premiere Ky Nam Inn | Leon Le | Vietnam World Premiere Lovely Day | Philippe Falardeau | Canada World Premiere Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | Canada World Premiere *Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | Canada World Premiere Monkey in a Cage | Anurag Kashyap | India World Premiere Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France Canadian Premiere Poetic License | Maude Apatow | USA World Premiere Primavera | Damiano Michieletto | Italy/FranceWorld Premiere Project Y | Lee Hwan | South Korea World Premiere *Rental Family | HIKARI | USA/Japan World Premiere Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom North American Premiere Sacrifice | Romain Gavras | United Kingdom/Greece World Premiere Scarlet | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan North American Premiere Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway/France/Denmark/Germany/Sweden/United Kingdom Canadian Premiere Silent Friend | Ildikó Enyedi | Germany/Hungary/France North American Premiere Sirāt | Óliver Laxe | France/Spain North American Premiere Sound of Falling | Mascha Schilinski | Germany North American Premiere *Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/Belgium World Premiere *The Captive | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/Italy World Premiere *The Christophers | Steven Soderbergh | United Kingdom World Premiere *The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USA World Premiere The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany Canadian Premiere The Smashing Machine | Benny Safdie | USA North American Premiere The Testament of Ann Lee | Mona Fastvold | UK North American Premiere | Presented in 70mm The Ugly | Yeon Sang-ho | South KoreaWorld Premiere Three Goodbyes | Isabel Coixet | Italy/SpainWorld Premiere Train Dreams | Clint Bentley | USA International Premiere Tuner | Daniel Roher | USA Canadian Premiere Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada North American Premiere *Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USA World Premiere You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution… | Nick Davis | USA World Premiere |
