TIFF rolls out the red carpet for this year’s Galas and Special Presentations

TIFF rolls out the red carpet to welcome this year’s Gala

and Special Presentations programmes

World Premieres include Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, David Michôd’s Christy, Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, and Alice Winocour’s Couture.

Anne Émond’s Peak Everything announced as this year’s Closing Night Gala

TORONTO — TIFF is set to dazzle this September as it celebrates its 50th edition with a red carpet–ready slate of Official Selections from its Gala and Special Presentations programmes. As part of its full list, TIFF is presenting world premieres including Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, David Michôd’s Christy, Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, and Alice Winocour’s Couture, as well as films from some of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, including Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant. As Toronto prepares to welcome the world, these selections signal a Festival season defined by cinematic excellence, star-studded red carpets with crowd-favourite Hollywood and international talent, and those marquee moments on and off the screen that have defined TIFF for the past five decades. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place September 4–14, 2025.  

The Gala and Special Presentations programmes are recognized for celebrating the very best of contemporary cinema across genres and styles, from all corners of the world. This year, TIFF is pleased to invite films from over 30 countries that showcase bold storytelling, global perspectives, and the power of film to connect audiences across cultures.

TIFF is also announcing that Canadian director Anne Émond’s Peak Everything will be this year’s Closing Night Gala, taking place on the last evening of the Festival, Saturday, September 13.

2025 Galas (in alphabetical order):

* previously announced

*A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | FranceNorth American Premiere

Adulthood | Alex Winter | USAWorld Premiere

Driver’s Ed | Bobby Farrelly | USAWorld Premiere

Eleanor the Great | Scarlett Johansson | USANorth American Premiere

Eternity | David Freyne | USAWorld Premiere

Fuze | David Mackenzie | United KingdomWorld Premiere

Glenrothan | Brian Cox | United KingdomWorld Premiere

Good Fortune | Aziz Ansari | USA  World Premiere

*Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United KingdomCanadian Premiere

*Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | IndiaNorth American Premiere

*John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | USAWorld Premiere

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | CanadaWorld Premiere

Nuremberg | James Vanderbilt | USAWorld Premiere

Palestine 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine/United Kingdom/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan  World Premiere

Peak Everything | Anne Émond | Canada | Closing Night GalaToronto Premiere

*Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USA  

World Premiere

*She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Hong Kong/ChinaNorth American Premiere

Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | 50th Anniversary RestorationNorth American Premiere

Swiped | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | USAWorld Premiere

2025 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):

* previously announced

A Pale View of Hills | Kei Ishikawa | Japan/United Kingdom/PolandNorth American Premiere

A Poet | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia/Germany/Sweden

North American Premiere

Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United KingdomWorld Premiere

Ballad of a Small Player | Edward Berger | United KingdomCanadian Premiere

California Schemin’ | James McAvoy | United Kingdom/USAWorld Premiere

Calle Malaga | Maryam Touzani | Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/BelgiumNorth American Premiere

Charlie Harper | Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge | USA

World Premiere

Christy | David Michôd | USAWorld Premiere

Couture | Alice Winocour | USA/FranceWorld Premiere

Dead Man’s Wire | Gus Van Sant | USANorth American Premiere

Degrassi: Whatever It Takes | Lisa Rideout | CanadaWorld Premiere

Easy’s Waltz | Nic Pizzolatto | USAWorld Premiere

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Baz Luhrmann | Australia/USAWorld Premiere

Eternal Return | Yaniv Raz | United Kingdom/USAWorld Premiere

Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | USA

North American Premiere

*Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/PolandWorld Premiere

*Good News | Byun Sung-hyun | South KoreaWorld Premiere

*Hedda | Nia DaCosta | USAWorld Premiere

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Mary Bronstein | USACanadian Premiere

It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi | Iran/France/LuxembourgCanadian Premiere

It Would Be Night in Caracas | Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás | MexicoWorld Premiere

Kokuho | Lee Sang-il | JapanNorth American Premiere

Ky Nam Inn | Leon Le | VietnamWorld Premiere

Lovely Day | Philippe Falardeau | CanadaWorld Premiere

Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | CanadaWorld Premiere

*Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | CanadaWorld Premiere

Monkey in a Cage | Anurag Kashyap | IndiaWorld Premiere

Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | FranceCanadian Premiere

Poetic License | Maude Apatow | USAWorld Premiere

Primavera | Damiano Michieletto | Italy/France

World Premiere

Project Y | Lee Hwan | South KoreaWorld Premiere

*Rental Family | HIKARI | USA/JapanWorld Premiere

Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United KingdomNorth American Premiere

Sacrifice | Romain Gavras | United Kingdom/GreeceWorld Premiere

Scarlet | Mamoru Hosoda | JapanNorth American Premiere

Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway/France/Denmark/Germany/Sweden/United KingdomCanadian Premiere

Silent Friend | Ildikó Enyedi | Germany/Hungary/FranceNorth American Premiere

Sirāt | Óliver Laxe | France/SpainNorth American Premiere

Sound of Falling | Mascha Schilinski | GermanyNorth American Premiere

*Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/BelgiumWorld Premiere

*The Captive | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/ItalyWorld Premiere

*The Christophers | Steven Soderbergh | United KingdomWorld Premiere

*The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USAWorld Premiere

The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil/France/Netherlands/GermanyCanadian Premiere

The Smashing Machine | Benny Safdie | USANorth American Premiere

The Testament of Ann Lee | Mona Fastvold | UKNorth American Premiere | Presented in 70mm

The Ugly | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea

World Premiere

Three Goodbyes | Isabel Coixet | Italy/Spain

World Premiere

Train Dreams | Clint Bentley | USAInternational Premiere

Tuner | Daniel Roher | USACanadian Premiere

Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) | Zacharias Kunuk | CanadaNorth American Premiere

*Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USAWorld Premiere

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... | Nick Davis | USAWorld Premiere

*The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | United KingdomWorld Premiere

Two Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | FranceWorld Premiere

Tickets go on sale to TIFF Members by level beginning on Friday, August 15. For more details, visit tiff.net/join. The full Festival schedule will be released on Tuesday, August 12. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, runs September 4–14, 2025.

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