#TIFF26: TIFF’s 2026 Centrepiece programme presents highly anticipated World Premieres, new work from luminaries, and award-winning films from 50 countries
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TIFF’s 2026 Centrepiece programme presents highly anticipated World Premieres, new work from luminaries, and award-winning films from 50 countries
TORONTO — TIFF is proud to share the Official Selections of its 2026 Centrepiece programme, presented by Intrepid Travel, the main section of the Festival. 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, underscoring TIFF’s commitment to spotlighting the best in global cinema.
The lineup 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.
Global cinema highlights include the World Premiere presentations of:
Dorothy (Karthik Subbaraj and producer Guneet Monga)
Four Seasons in Java (Kamila Andini)
Inherit (Banjong Pisanthanakun)
Lemonade (Kim Bartley)
Long Long Night (Kyu Bock Youm)
Love is the monster (Neto Villalobos Brenes)
Our Loves (Avi Nesher)
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives (Daniel Oriahi)
The Surgeon (Roshan Sethi)
Trash Mountain (Kris Rey)
International festival circuit films include:
Ben’Imana (Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo)
Conversation With The Sea (Muayad Alayan)
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (Josef Kubota Wladyka)
Iron Boy (Louis Clichy)
La Gradiva (Marine Atlan)
The Dreamed Adventure (Valeska Grisebach)
Woman Unknown (May el-Toukhy)
Canadian cinema highlights include the World Premiere presentations of:
Back in Black (Ron Murphy)
How We Stand (Marie Clements)
L’AUTRE (Alexandre Franchi)
Neverman (Rodrigo Barriuso)
Smudge the Blades (Cody Lightning)
Sunburn (Serville Poblete)
The Betrayers (David Bezmozgis)
Toy Gun Bandit (Rémi St-Michel)
Where the River Begins (Juan Andrés Arango)
In addition to Iron Boy and Long Long Night, animated titles in the Centrepiece lineup are:
Julián: Louise Bagnall’s debut 2D-animated feature
Light Pillar: Xu Zao’s animated 2D feature
Muyi: Julien Chheng’s 2D-animated mythic odyssey
Tangles: Leah Nelson’s debut hand-drawn 2D animated feature
The Violinist: Ervin Han and Raúl García’s hand-drawn 2D/CG epic
Viva Carmen: Sébastien Laudenbach’s 2D-animated reimagining of Bizet’s famous opera
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 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
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(Poster/Photo/Video credit: TIFF)
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