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Toronto International Film Festival · 2025

Toronto International Film Festival 2025

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16 films · 3 reviews

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Aki

A visual art documentary captures seasonal changes in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek (formerly Whitefish Lake) in Northern Ontario.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Darlene Naponse; Writer: Darlene Naponse)

Below The Clouds (Sotto Le Nuvole)

Review preview for Below The Clouds

Rosi expertly paints a picture of a community with all its widely varied facets.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Documenting Vesuvius, featuring traces of history, the excavation of time, the remains of everyday life.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Gianfranco Rosi; Writer: Gianfranco Rosi)

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Canceled: The Paula Deen Story

From humble beginnings as a Georgia caterer, Paula Deen climbed her way to culinary stardom with Southern charm and buttery recipes, becoming a TV sensation and building a food empire that defined comfort cooking.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Billy Corben; Stars: Paula Deen, Bobby Deen, Michael Twitty, Hollis Johnson, Jamie Deen)

Cover-Up

A documentary about the life and work of the journalist Seymour Hersh.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus; Stars: Seymour Hersh)

Flana

A documentary about the mysterious disappearance of Iraqi women.

(Country: Qatar, Iraq, France; Year: 2025; Director: Zahraa Ghandour; Writer: Zahraa Ghandour, Gladys Joujou; Stars: Hayat Mohsen, Natalie Ali)

Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra)

Armed men killed Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar during attempted eviction in Argentina, 2009. After years of protests, a court case opened in 2018. This is a story of community voices and trial footage amid colonial land struggles.

(Country: Argentina, US, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Lucrecia Martel; Writer: María Alché, Lucrecia Martel; Stars: Comunidad Chuschagasta, Javier Chocobar)

A Life Illuminated

Renowned marine biologist Dr. Edith Widder embarks on an extraordinary journey into the magical world of deep sea bioluminescence.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Tasha Van Zandt; Writer: Tasha Van Zandt; Stars: Edith Widder)

Love+War

A documentary following photographer Lynsey Addario capturing the Ukraine war while reflecting on her Pulitzer-winning career.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin; Stars: Lynsey Addario)

Modern Whore

A documentary following Andrea Werhun as she portrays her past roles as escort Mary Ann, stripper Sophia, and her OnlyFans presence - all part of her Toronto sex work journey.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Nicole Bazuin; Writer: Nicole Bazuin, Andrea Werhun; Stars: Claudio Musso, Andrea Werhun, Richard Botell, Gwen Adora, Mylene Carino)

Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

Only 8 mins of footage exist from a 90-day Indigenous youth occupation in Kenora, Ontario in 1974. This film documents this display of Indigenous strength.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Shane Belcourt; Writer: Shane Belcourt, Tanya Talaga; Stars: Tyler Cameron)

Nuns Vs. The Vatican (#NunsToo)

A small group of nuns reveals an agonising truth about the Catholic Church: the terrifying accounts of predatory priests torturing nuns.

(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2025; Director: Lorena Luciano; Writer: Lorena Luciano; Stars: John Allen, Gloria, Nicole Winfield, Hans Zollner, Laura Sgro)

Orwell: 2+2=5

Review preview for Orwell: 2+2=5

Offers food for thought in the realm of a slightly ungainly and sprawling all-you-can-eat buffet rather than a satisfying sit-down feast.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.

(Country: France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Raoul Peck; Stars: Narrated by, Damien Lewis)

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Powwow People

A cinematic invitation into the realm of Native American powwow culture.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Sky Hopinka; Stars: Jamie John, Ruben Littlehead, Freddie Cozad, Gina Bluebird, Shaandiin Tome, Jacque Clark)

Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk

Review preview for Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk

The film doesn’t answer every common question that people have in this situation, but it does provide some context.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A glimpse of everyday reality for people living in Gaza in 2024.

(Country: Iran, France, Palestine; Year: 2025; Director: Sepideh Farsi)

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A Simple Soldier

Award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker and cinematographer Artem Ryzhykov transforms into a hardened professional soldier as he navigates the confusion, chaos, heartache and reality of modern warfare.

(Country: US, Ukraine, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Juan Camilo Cruz, Artem Ryzhykov)

Still Single

The world of Chef Masaki Saito, Canada's first Michelin two-star chef, exploring his groundbreaking approach to Omakase dining and revealing the intense lifestyle driving his culinary genius.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Jamal Burger, Jukan Tateisi; Stars: Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga, Masaki Saitô, William Cheng)