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Toronto International Film Festival

10 September – 20 September 2026

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival showcases the best new Canadian cinema alongside a selection of impressive new films from around the world. We're adding details now, so watch this space.

The festival runs from 10 to 20 September.

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  • The Spiral
    Review preview for The Spiral

    Up until the end laced with cheap pseudo-biblical references, this horror-drama serves as a fun and thrilling ride.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 3 out of 5
    A woman unexpectedly shows up at her daughter’s home to reveal the truth about their family.
  • A Long Winter
    Review preview for A Long Winter

    Worse than incomplete, Haigh's film lacks a fully developed soul. This is in spite of striking aesthetic moments and sharply written scenes complemented by strong performances from the cast.

    Paul Risker · 2.5 out of 5
    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.
  • Tender Loving Care
    Review preview for Tender Loving Care

    Tender Loving Care is all about the little bits of conversation that make the world a bit more comfy for others.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    In contemporary London, social workers Amy and Rosie navigate the stressors and joys of life together, be that work, family or messy dating lives.
  • Salvation
    Review preview for Salvation

    Nicoll also shows skill at balancing the mood; black comedy is employed but never allowed to put the tension out of business.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    An overly confident man pursues a career as a life coach, but the road to wealth proves more treacherous than expected, particularly in Inverclyde.
  • Bucking Fastard
    Review preview for Bucking Fastard

    For all the strangeness of the premise there’s not a lot of meat on the bones of this story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The adventures of a pair of twins whose speech is synchronised and lives co-dependent.
  • The Difficult Bride
    Review preview for The Difficult Bride

    Hossain keeps the mood claustrophobic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    In contemporary Dhaka, a bride-to-be preparing for her dream wedding begins to lose control of her body as beauty rituals, social expectations, and supernatural forces collide, transforming her journey toward marriage into an unsettling search for freedom.
  • La Gradiva
    Review preview for La Gradiva

    Pompeii becomes a place where fantasy is tested against historical violence, and where looking too closely can break the story one came to preserve.

    Edin Custo · 4 out of 5
    A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent.
  • Fjord
    Review preview for Fjord

    Mungiu’s eye moves between the juggernaut and the barely visible.

    Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
    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.
  • All Of A Sudden
    Review preview for All Of A Sudden

    Hamaguchi’s most pointed provocation is not that the nursing home becomes excessive in its care, but that ordinary neglect has trained us to see basic tenderness as excess.

    Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
    The director of a nursing home in Paris has an encounter with a terminally ill Japanese playwright that transforms her life.
  • Gentle Monster
    Review preview for Gentle Monster

    Seydoux takes us into the maelstrom with Lucy, determined and doubtful, angry and grief-stricken, fearful and belligerent all at the same time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman struggles with her feelings after discovering her husband's grim secret.

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