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Toronto International Film Festival
Friday, 05 September 2025 until Monday, 15 September 2025
The Toronto International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious international film festivals in the world. For 11 days, film lovers, filmmakers, industry professionals, and media watch the best in new cinema, from established auteurs to new talent. As one of the world’s most important cultural events, the Festival consistently strives to set the standard for excellence in film programming. Films are selected on the basis of quality and originality. Preference is given to premieres.
The Festival also promotes contacts between industry professionals to assist in the development of the Canadian motion-picture industry. The level of engagement the Festival sustains from year to year is unique. Enthusiastic audiences and filmmakers have unprecedented levels of access to one another as they exchange ideas about the art and business of filmmaking. Film buyers and other industry professionals can choose from screenings and specialized Industry programming that empowers them to make informed business decisions. The Festival also provides excellent resources and networking opportunities for film industry professionals.
Audacious in its selection and supported by the intelligence and breadth of its national and international audience, the Festival has become the landmark destination for the moving image and is always seeking new ways to engineer creative and cultural discovery through film.
From the expertise and dedication of the Festival’s staff and Volunteers to its vast contribution to the culture and economy of the City of Toronto, the Toronto International Film Festival has earned its long-standing reputation as a leader in the international film community.
The following prizes will be awarded at the Festival. This list includes awards granted or determined by independent organizations and/or juries. Awards and prizes are subject to change:
People’s Choice Award - All feature films or series in Official Selection are eligible to win this award
People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award — All films selected for the Midnight Madness programme are eligible to win this award
People’s Choice Documentary Award — All feature-length documentary films are eligible to win this award
Platform Prize
The Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) dedicated to emerging filmmakers
Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) Award
IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film
IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Film
IMDbPro Short Cuts Share Her Journey Award
Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film
Amplify Voices Award presented by Canada Goose
2025 films...
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100 Sunset
Kunsang Kyirong
A Parkdale apartment complex becomes a place of intrigue, desire, and deceit in Kunsang Kyirong’s stunning mystery drama.Learn More -
A Pale View of Hills
Kei Ishikawa
Featuring exquisite performances from Suzu Hirose and Yoh Yoshida, this heartbreaking adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel alternates between 1950s Japan and 1980s England to survey the shadows …Learn More -
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A Private Life
Rebecca Zlotowski
Oscar winner Jodie Foster stars in this slyly comic psychological thriller from director Rebecca Zlotowski (TIFF ’22’s Other People's Children), in which a suspicious death yields a series of…Learn More -
Adulthood
Alex Winter
Family ties are strained to their limits in this devilishly comic neo-noir from actor-director Alex Winter. Starring Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner) and Josh Gad (Frozen), Adul…Learn More -
As We Breathe
Seyhmus Altun
When a chemical fire spreads smoke across her village, young Esma must help her father manage new and old troubles in this brutal and powerful look at a rural Anatolian family.Learn More -
Bad Apples
Jonatan Etzler
The satirical thriller Bad Apples stars Saoirse Ronan (Ladybird) as a primary school teacher forced to take drastic action because of a foul-mouthed, violent student, and uncovers ho…Learn More -
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Between Dreams and Hope
Farnoosh Samadi
A trans man and his partner travel to a remote Iranian village to face his estranged father and obtain documents that would permit them to live authentically, in visionary director Farnoosh Samadi’s b…Learn More -
California Schemin'
James McAvoy
Actor James McAvoy makes his directorial debut with this irresistible, feel-good underdog tale about two Scottish men pretending to be Americans to achieve their dreams of hip-hop stardom. It’s based …Learn More -
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Charlie Harper
Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge
CODA breakout Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson (The Kings of Summer) star in this charming, grounded love story from first-time filmmakers Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge.Learn More -
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Couture
Alice Winocour
Anchored by a memorable performance from Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, this absorbing network narrative from Alice Winocour (TIFF ’22’s Paris Memories), set in the Parisian fashion industry, w…Learn More -
Dead Lover
Grace Glowicki
A wily gravedigger (Grace Glowicki) falls for the one man who is attracted to her fetid funk (Ben Petrie), but when fate doth conspire, she takes drastic measures to preserve their love in this camp p…Learn More -
Dead Man's Wire
Gus Van Sant
Featuring captivating performances from Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino, Gus Van Sant’s latest recreates the strange, fascinating true story of the 1977 kidnapping that…Learn More -
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Lisa Rideout
Creators, superfans, and stars including Aubrey Drake Graham delve deep into all things Degrassi in this engaging history of the Canadian show that changed teen TV.Learn More -
Dinner With Friends
Sasha Leigh Henry
Dinner with Friends brings viewers inside a fractured group of eight longtime friends who intermittently come together for dinner parties to share in the joys and pains of being adults today.Learn More -
Driver's Ed
Bobby Farrelly
Bobby Farrelly’s charming Driver’s Ed follows a high school senior (Sam Nivola from The White Lotus) who hits the road to save his relationship with his college-bound girlfriend, wi…Learn More -
Dust Bunny
Bryan Fuller
A 10-year-old girl procures the services of a hit man (Mads Mikkelsen) to kill the monster under her bed in this whimsically macabre feature debut from acclaimed television showrunner Bryan Fuller (Learn More -
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Easy's Waltz
Nic Pizzolatto
True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto’s Easy’s Waltz focuses on a Vegas crooner (Vince Vaughn) who’s offered a shot at the big time when an older star (Al Pacino) offers help, but wi…Learn More -
Egghead Republic
Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja
Freaky science fiction collides with a ruthless satire of gonzo journalism and indie-sleaze excess in this audacious feature by Sweden’s Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja.Learn More -
Eleanor the Great
Scarlett Johansson
Oscar nominee June Squibb (The Humans, TIFF ’21; Nebraska) stars in Scarlett Johansson’s thoughtful, provocative, and very funny feature directorial debut, about a nonagenarian who p…Learn More -
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Eternity
David Freyne
Set in the afterlife, this stirring drama from director David Freyne (TIFF ’17’s The Cured) features Elizabeth Olsen (TIFF ’24’s The Assessment) and Miles Teller (Whiplash) …Learn More -
Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro’s visually sumptuous adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece finds Oscar Isaac as the brilliant scientist whose unearthly creation, eerily and ingenio…Learn More -
Franz
Agnieszka Holland
Toggling between past and present, the latest from filmmaker Agnieszka Holland is a masterful tour de force portrait of legendary writer Franz Kafka, who remains celebrated worldwide for his books, sh…Learn More -
Fuck My Son!
Todd Rohal
Todd Rohal (The Catechism Cataclysm, Uncle Kent 2) violates all boundaries of good taste in this gleefully profane adaptation of Johnny Ryan’s underground comic about a decrepit moth…Learn More -
Fuze
David Mackenzie
Veteran director David Mackenzie returns to TIFF with Fuze, a propulsive heist movie packed with twists and turns. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Sam Worthington, and Gugu Mbatha…Learn More -
Ghost School
Seemab Gul
Ten‑year‑old Rabia defies rural superstition and bureaucratic neglect to uncover why her school abruptly closed. Untangling eerie rumours, corrupt local power, and silence, she undertakes a solitary, …Learn More -
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Good Fortune
Aziz Ansari
Actor-writer-director Aziz Ansari co-stars with Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Sandra Oh, and Keke Palmer in this hilarious modern fantasy in which the angel Gabriel, dissatisfied with performing minor act…Learn More -
Good News
Byun Sung-hyun
Starring Sul Kyung-gu (TIFF ’02’s Oasis), Hong Kyung (A Distant Place), and Ryoo Seung-bum (The Unjust) this tension-riddled, 1970s-set action thriller from South Korean wri…Learn More -
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao
Academy Award–winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, TIFF ’20 People’s Choice Award) helms this lush and tender drama about William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his family, as seen through …Learn More -
Hedda
Nia DaCosta
Transplanted to mid-century England, Candyman director Nia DaCosta’s bold reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s play features a magnetic lead performance from Tessa Thompson (Passing) in a f…Learn More -
Homebound
Neeraj Ghaywan
Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, this immensely moving debut feature from director Neeraj Ghaywan follows two young friends whose bond becomes strained as they each pursue police work in a polit…Learn More -
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It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi
Winner of the Palme d’Or prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the latest from Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi — his first following his most recent prison sentence — follows a group of citizens pond…Learn More -
It Would Be Night in Caracas
Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás
In a collapsing Caracas, Adelaida buries her mother and returns home to find it seized by a violent militia. As society crumbles around her, she must risk everything — even her identity — to survive. …Learn More -
JUNK WORLD
Takahide Hori
A surprise attack on a joint expedition between humans and their emancipated clones becomes the freaky fulcrum for a dimension-hopping, time-travel fable set over a millennia before Takahide Hori’s or…Learn More -
John Candy: I Like Me
Colin Hanks
Featuring candid testimonies from John Candy’s friends and family — including Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Catherine O’Hara, and more — Colin Hanks’ wildly entertaining documentary celebrates one of the m…Learn More -
Karmadonna
Aleksandar Radivojević
Aleksandar Radivojević (co-writer of A Serbian Film) makes his directorial debut with an audacious satirical thriller about an expectant mother (Jelena Djokić) who receives a phone call from …Learn More -
Kokuho
Lee Sang-il
Directed by Lee Sang-il and starring two of Japan's most prominent actors, Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama, Kokuho is a gripping tale of friendship and rivalry in the world of Kamigata kabu…Learn More -
Ky Nam Inn
Leon Le
In post-war Saigon, a young translator and an older widow find comfort with each other in Leon Le’s gentle and subtle sophomore feature, starring Lien Binh Phat of The Outlaw Doctor and Do Th…Learn More -
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Ally Pankiw
This galvanizing documentary from director Ally Pankiw (I Used To Be Funny) takes us behind the scenes of Sarah McLachlan’s legendary all-women music festival and features interviews with per…Learn More -
Little Lorraine
Andy Hines
A 1986 mining explosion that left 10 men dead in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, launches this thrilling drama that merges coastal fishing with cocaine smuggling.Learn More -
Lovely Day
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau returns with a playful yet poignant deconstruction of the wedding movie.Learn More -
Maddie's Secret
John Early
Opening this year’s Discovery programme is Maddie’s Secret, the unmissable directorial debut satirizing and skewering content culture from iconic alt-comedian John Early, who plays the titula…Learn More -
Meadowlarks
Tasha Hubbard
Based on her 2017 documentary Birth of a Family, Tasha Hubbard’s Meadowlarks is an emotional drama that follows four siblings, separated by the Sixties Scoop, as they come together o…Learn More -
Mile End Kicks
Chandler Levack
I Like Movies director Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks is a bright romantic comedy starring Barbie Ferreira as Grace, a young music critic who moves to Montreal to figure out life a…Learn More -
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Nika & Madison
Eva Thomas
A fateful encounter with the police propels two estranged friends to reevaluate their relationship, in Eva Thomas’ thoughtful and urgent debut.Learn More -
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson
They were never in time to book a gig at The Rivoli, then one day… they weren’t in their time at all. From Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) and Jay McCarrol's cult comedy series comes an adventure 1…Learn More -
Normal
Ben Wheatley
Director Ben Wheatley and John Wick creator Derek Kolstad pit a provisional sheriff (Bob Odenkirk) against his constituents when the exposure of a small town’s sordid secret sparks a rip-roar…Learn More -
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Nuremberg
James Vanderbilt
Featuring powerhouse performances from Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Rami Malek, this gripping historical drama from writer-director James Vanderbilt (TIFF ’15’s Truth) chronicles the event…Learn More -
Obsession
Curry Barker
When a hopeless romantic makes a wish that his long-time crush falls in love with him, a sinister enchantment ensues in writer-director Curry Barker’s freaky and frightening feature debut.Learn More -
Our Father
Goran Stankovic
Based on true events, Goran Stankovic’s Our Father portrays a recovering addict in an isolated Serbian monastery where not even God can save him from the extreme treatment methods of an autho…Learn More -
Out Standing
Mélanie Charbonneau
The story of Sandra Perron, Canada’s first woman infantry officer, yields a compelling drama that’s as tenacious as its subject.Learn More -
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Peak Everything
Anne Émond
Featuring the winsome pairing of Patrick Hivon (TIFF '17's Les affamés) and Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly), this inventive rom-com from Anne Émond (TIFF '11's Night #1) suggests…Learn More -
Poetic License
Maude Apatow
Maude Apatow’s debut feature, the hilarious and generous college comedy Poetic License, focuses on the unlikely friendship between two freshmen and a mature woman auditing their poetry course…Learn More -
Primavera
Damiano Michieletto
Early 18th century. Venice, Italy. The fate of a virtuoso violinist named Cecilia (Tecla Insolia) is transferred when her orphanage hires an ambitious composer as the new musical instructor: Antonio V…Learn More -
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Oscar winner Brendan Fraser stars as an American actor in Tokyo who suffers a colossal case of impostor syndrome when he becomes a professional surrogate in this wise and whimsical dramedy from direct…Learn More
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Roofman
Derek Cianfrance
Starring Channing Tatum and Oscar nominee Kirsten Dunst, this wildly entertaining true-crime drama from Oscar-nominated director Derek Cianfrance (TIFF ’10’s Blue Valentine) tells the story o…Learn More -
Rose of Nevada
Mark Jenkin
Shot on 16mm with all sound built in post-production, Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Nevada is an uncanny meditation on time, memory, and disappearance from one of Britain’s most distinctive auteurs.Learn More -
Sacrifice
Romain Gavras
An environmental conference is disrupted — first by celebrities — and then by eco-terrorists. Chris Evans, Anya-Taylor Joy, Vincent Cassel, Salma Hayek, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Charli XCX, and Jon…Learn More -
Scarlet
Mamoru Hosoda
The latest from celebrated anime director Mamoru Hosoda, whose Mirai was nominated for an Oscar, evokes Hamlet in this epic, visually stunning tale about the eponymous heroine’s ques…Learn More -
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier
Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve lead an incomparable cast in Joachim Trier’s moving drama about a director’s bid to revive his career and repair his family’s broken bonds.Learn More -
She Has No Name
Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Based on a true story, this engrossing crime drama from director Peter Ho-Sun Chan (TIFF ’13’s American Dreams in China) stars Zhang Ziyi (TIFF ’00’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) …Learn More -
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Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi
Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi — who made her Festival debut at TIFF ’89 with My 20th Century — returns to the screen with a tender portal of a majestic tree observing humans over time, sta…Learn More -
Sirāt
Óliver Laxe
A winner of this year’s Cannes Competition Jury Prize, Sirāt is at once a visceral and metaphysical excursion, in which a man desperately searches for his missing daughter amid a roving raver…Learn More -
Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At the Place of Ghosts)
Bretten Hannam
This genre-bending otherworldly drama follows two brothers’ journey to avenge the spirits that haunt them from their childhood.Learn More -
Sound of Falling
Mascha Schilinski
Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Jury Prize–winner braids past and present, telling the history of a tumultuous century through the lives of four girls who spend their respective youths on the same farm in …Learn More -
Steal Away
Clement Virgo
Director Clement Virgo returns with a bold, mesmerizing, and erotically charged thriller that's part fairy tale, part fever dream.Learn More -
Swiped
Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Starring Lily James, this drama from director Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Unpregnant) is inspired by the real-life story of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd.Learn More -
The Captive
Alejandro Amenábar
In 1575 Algiers, a young soldier named Miguel de Cervantes is held for ransom — unaware he’s on the path to becoming one of history’s greatest storytellers. This bold, visually stunning film is a reim…Learn More -
The Choral
Nicholas Hytner
Starring Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (TIFF ’24’s Conclave), this heart-soaring period drama from director Nicholas Hytner (The Madness of King George) tells the story of young men ra…Learn More -
The Christophers
Steven Soderbergh
The great Ian McKellen and I May Destroy You’s Michaela Coel make a brilliant pairing in Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh’s incisively witty chamber comedy about art, commerce, and avarice.Learn More -
The Currents
Milagros Mumenthaler
After a suicide attempt in Switzerland, an Argentinian artist embarks on a haunting journey through trauma, memory, and motherhood, in Milagros Mumenthaler’s bold third feature.Learn More -
The Furious
Kenji Tanigaki
Acclaimed action choreographer-turned-director Kenji Tanigaki (SPL, Flash Point, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In) propels a desperate father (Xie Miao) into a knock-down…Learn More -
The Lost Bus
Paul Greengrass
Based on events that transpired during the California Camp Fire, this tale of heroism from Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass (United 93) stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera i…Learn More -
The Man in My Basement
Nadia Latif
When a mysterious man (Willem Dafoe) approaches Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) to rent his basement for a generous sum, Blakey is drawn into a chilling reality involving his own family’s hidden histor…Learn More -
The Napa Boys
Nick Corirossi
In the tradition of American Pie, Lord of the Rings, and Wet Hot American Summer comes a new instalment in a beloved IP franchise: The Napa Boys are back! In search…Learn More -
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The Smashing Machine
Benny Safdie
In one of the year’s most unexpected team-ups, indie icon Benny Safdie and star Dwayne Johnson unite for The Smashing Machine, the powerful and gritty account of the career of MMA and UFC pio…Learn More -
The Son and the Sea
Stroma Cairns
Set against the rugged beauty of the northern Scottish coast, Stroma Cairns’s intimate, visually striking debut feature follows three young men at a turning point — learning, with quiet grace, what it…Learn More -
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold
Mona Fastvold, co-writer of The Brutalist, examines the life and beliefs of Ann Lee, one of pre-Revolutionary America’s most seminal religious figures, in The Testament of Ann Lee — …Learn More -
The Ugly
Yeon Sang-ho
Acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) trades spectacle for intimacy with a haunting tale of memory and moral ambiguity, about a son’s search for truth and a past that refuses to st…Learn More -
The World of Love
Yoon Ga-eun
In this powerful, emotionally layered drama, a spirited teenager confronts buried pain, while director Yoon Ga-eun explores the quiet resilience it takes to own one’s story — and future.Learn More -
Three Goodbyes
Isabel Coixet
Based on the bestselling novel by Michela Murgia, the latest from Isabel Coixet is a heartfelt love letter to life — precious and fleeting — starring Alba Rohrwacher and Elio Germano.Learn More -
To The Victory!
Valentyn Vasyanovych
The latest from multi-talented filmmaker Valentyn Vasyanovych, who also plays the lead character, is set in Ukraine’s post-war future. While the country has been liberated, it's not quite the homeland…Learn More -
Train Dreams
Clint Bentley
Set in the Pacific Northwest during the first decades of the 20th century, Jockey director Clint Bentley’s beguiling adaptation of Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis Johnson’s novella stars Joel E…Learn More -
Tuner
Daniel Roher
Documentarian Daniel Roher dazzles with his narrative debut, a whip-smart thriller about an unusual safecracker.Learn More -
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Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)
Zacharias Kunuk
A strange death, village upheavals, and swarming suitors lead to a love story gone awry in acclaimed Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories.Learn More -
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) faces his most dangerous mystery yet in the latest entry in Rian Johnson’s beloved Knives Out series.Learn More
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Winter of the Crow
Kasia Adamik
Based on a short story by Nobel Prize–winner Olga Tokarczuk, the latest from director Kasia Adamik is a thrilling cat-and-mouse game set on the eve of Poland’s Martial Law era, starring the supremely …Learn More -
Nick Davis’ high-spirited documentary reveals how a humble Toronto run of the hippie musical Godspell became an historic incubator for modern comedy.
