Toronto Film Festival Reveals 2026 Centrepiece Program Lineup

TIFF has unveiled the Official Selections of the 2026 Centrepiece program of the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 10 to 20, 2026.

The lineup for the main section of the Festival features new works from significant voices and festival favourites, such as Neto Villalobos Brenes, Anthony Chen, Louis Clichy, Hosam Abu Dan, Valeska Grisebach, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Diego Luna, Avi Nesher, Banjong Pisanthanakun, and Yonfan, alongside a strong showing of Canadian films led by filmmakers Marie Clements, David Bezmozgis, and Cody Lightning, as well as a record-setting slate of eight animated features, representing an unprecedented milestone for the programme.

In total, this year’s slate features 54 titles from filmmakers representing 50 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Thailand, and more.

2026 Centrepiece program

(in alphabetical order):

A Girl Unknown | Zou Jing | China
North American Premiere

After Elena | Shawn Garry | Chile, Colombia, Italy
World Premiere

Ah Girl | Ang Geck Geck Priscilla | Singapore
North American Premiere

Ashes | Diego Luna | Mexico, Spain
North American Premiere

Back in Black | Ron Murphy | Canada
World Premiere

Ben’Imana | Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo | Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway
North American Premiere

Congo Boy | Rafiki Fariala | Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy
North American Premiere

Conversation With The Sea | Muayad Alayan | Palestine
North American Premiere

Dorothy | Karthik Subbaraj | India
World Premiere

Eklipse | Manuel Wetscher | Austria, Italy
North American Premiere

Elephants in the Fog | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway
North American Premiere

Everytime | Sandra Wollner | Austria, Germany
North American Premiere

Flies | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico
North American Premiere

Four Seasons in Java | Kamila Andini | Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore
World Premiere

Furies | Rami Kodeih | Lebanon, Brazil
North American Premiere

Future Tense | Jenna Cato Bass | South Africa, Australia
World Premiere

God Bless You, Mr Kopu | Alex Liu | New Zealand, Australia
World Premiere

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! | Josef Kubota Wladyka | USA
Canadian Premiere

How We Stand | Marie Clements | Canada
World Premiere

Inherit | Banjong Pisanthanakun | Thailand
World Premiere

Intermission | Yonfan | Hong Kong
North American Premiere

Iron Boy | Louis Clichy | France, Belgium
North American Premiere

Julián | Louise Bagnall | Luxembourg, Ireland, Canada, Denmark
North American Premiere

La Gradiva | Marine Atlan | France, Italy
North American Premiere

L’AUTRE | Alexandre Franchi | Canada
World Premiere

Lemonade | Kim Bartley | Ireland, United Kingdom
World Premiere

Light Pillar | Xu Zao | China
North American Premiere

Long Long Night | Kyu Bock Youm | South Korea
World Premiere

Love is the monster | Neto Villalobos Brenes | Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Chile, Mexico
World Premiere

Marie Madeleine | Géssica Généus | France, Haiti, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg
North American Premiere

Muyi | Julien Chheng | France
North American Premiere

Neverman | Rodrigo Barriuso | Canada
World Premiere

Our Loves | Avi Nesher | Israel
World Premiere

Rehearsals for a Revolution | Pegah Ahangarani | Czech Republic, Spain
Canadian Premiere

Smudge the Blades | Cody Lightning | Canada
World Premiere

Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Chad, France
North American Premiere

Sunburn | Serville Poblete | Canada
World Premiere

Tangles | Leah Nelson | Canada, USA
North American Premiere

The Betrayers | David Bezmozgis | Canada, Ukraine
World Premiere

The bovine with the curved horns | Omar E. Ospina Giraldo | Colombia
World Premiere

The City of the Living | Edoardo Gabbriellini | Italy
International Premiere

The Difficult Bride | Rubaiyat Hossain | France, Bangladesh, Germany, Norway, Portugal
North American Premiere

The Dreamed Adventure | Valeska Grisebach | Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria
North American Premiere

The Lost Children Of Tuam | Frank Berry | Ireland
International Premiere

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives | Daniel Oriahi | Nigeria
World Premiere

The Surgeon | Roshan Sethi | Ireland
World Premiere

The Violinist | Ervin Han, Raúl García | Singapore, Spain, Italy
North American Premiere

Thirteen in Gaza | Hosam Abu Dan | Palestine
World Premiere

Toy Gun Bandit | Rémi St-Michel | Canada
World Premiere

Trash Mountain | Kris Rey | USA
World Premiere

Viva Carmen | Sébastien Laudenbach | France
North American Premiere

We Are All Strangers | Anthony Chen | Singapore
North American Premiere

Where the River Begins | Juan Andrés Arango | Canada, Colombia, Norway
World Premiere

Woman Unknown | May el-Toukhy | Denmark
North American Premiere