TIFF Unveils Wavelengths Lineup with BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, Mare’s Nest and More

Toronto Film Festival announced the lineup for its 25th Wavelengths program showcasing eight features, a special pairing, and three shorts program. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 4–14, 2025.

World Premieres include Rhayne Vermette’s Levers, the anticipated follow-up to her TIFF Amplify Voices award-winning Ste. Anne (2021). A number of filmmakers make their first appearance in Wavelengths, including artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph with his buzzy BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, and Alexandre Koberidze with Dry Leaf, shot on an antiquated Sony Ericsson phone.

Additionally, this year’s lineup features a special pairing of Kamal Aljafari’s powerful With Hasan in Gaza, which screens alongside Basma al-Sharif’s equally moving short It’s So Beautiful Here (one of two films by the artist in this year’s selection).

This year’s showcase also includes a heartfelt tribute to celebrated avant-garde filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa, a long-time friend of the Festival who passed away in April. In his honor, TIFF will screen his short Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon, first presented as a World Premiere at TIFF ’16.

Wavelengths is named after Michael Snow’s iconic 1967 film Wavelength, and draws continued inspiration from the artist’s boundless exploration, experimentation, and innovation across media.

Wavelengths Features

(in alphabetical order):

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions | Kahlil Joseph | USA
Canadian Premiere

Copper (Cobre) | Nicolás Pereda | Canada/Mexico
North American Premiere

Dry Leaf | Alexandre Koberidze | Germany/Georgia
North American Premiere

Levers | Rhayne Vermette | Canada
World Premiere

Magellan (Magalhães) | Lav Diaz | Portugal/Spain/France/Philippines/Taiwan
North American Premiere

Mare’s Nest | Ben Rivers | France/UK/Canada
North American Premiere

The Seasons (As Estações) | Maureen Fazendeiro | Portugal/France/Spain/Austria
North American Premiere

Wavelengths Pairings

With Hasan in Gaza | Kamal Aljafari | Palestine/Germany/France/Qatar
North American Premiere

preceded by

It’s So Beautiful Here | Basma al-Sharif | Palestine
International Premiere

Wavelengths Shorts

Wavelengths 1: Map of Traces

Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon | Tomonari Nishikawa | Japan

Rojo Žalia Blau | Viktoria Schmid | Austria
World Premiere

Disappeared | Sohrab Hura | India/Nepal
Canadian Premiere

09/05/1982 | Jorge Caballero, Camilo Restrepo | Mexico/Spain
North American Premiere

Map of Traces (記憶座標) | Chan Hau Chun | Hong Kong
World Premiere

En Traversée | Vadim Kostrov | France
Canadian Premiere

Wavelengths 2: Into the Blue

I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash | Mark Jenkin | UK
North American Premiere

From My Cloud (구름으로부터) | Minjung Kim | South Korea
World Premiere

Cairo Streets | Abdellah Taïa | France
North American Premiere

Daria’s Night Flowers (گل‌های شب ِدریا) | Maryam Tafakory | France/Iran/UK
North American Premiere

Aftertide | Kaiwen Ren | USA/China
World Premiere

Wavelengths 3: Slightest Pretense

Land of Barbar (بلاد البربر) | Fredj Moussa | Tunisia
World Premiere

Conditio Humana | Friedl vom Gröller | Austria
World Premiere

Slightest Pretense (わずかな見せかけ) | Eri Saito | Japan
World Premiere

CONFERENCE | Björn Kämmerer | Austria
World Premiere

Morgenkreis | Basma al-Sharif | Canada/United Arab Emirates
International Premiere

FELT | Blake Williams | Canada
World Premiere