TIFF Unveils 2026 Centrepiece Lineup Showcasing 54 Features

PUBLISHED: August 4, 2026

The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its 2026 Centrepiece lineup showcasing 54 features representing from 50 countries.

The selection features 10 world premieres including for Four Seasons in Java by Indonesian director Kamila Andini, who won the TIFF 2021 Platform Award for Yuni; Israeli director Avi Nesher’s October 7 drama Our Lives, and Indian filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj’s Dorothy, produced by Oscar-winner and Toronto regular Guneet Monga.

There will also be international premieres for Cannes titles including Camera d’Or winner Ben’Imana by Rwandan director Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo and Jury Prize winner The Dreamed Adventure by German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach as well as French director Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva, which won Cannes Critics’ Week.

Venice Golden Lion contender Woman Unknown by Danish-Egyptian director May el-Toukhy as well as Venezia Spotlight title Conversation With The Sea by Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan have also made the cut.

There is also a strong animated component with Leah Nelson’s Tangles making its North American premiere, and other TIFF-selected feature animations including Annecy winner The Violinist as well as Julián and Viva Carmen.

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival runs September from 10 to 20, 2026

2026 Centrepiece programme (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 PremiereRehearsals 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, ItalyNorth
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