SEPTEMBER 10 - 20, 2026

NEWS

TIFF rounds out its 2026 awards and juries

TORONTO — TIFF today revealed the remaining 2026 award categories, jury members, and prizes that will honour the year’s most exceptional cinematic works. In addition to juried prizes across Canadian feature films, FIPRESCI, NETPAC, and Short Cuts award categories, Festival audiences will once again cast their votes to determine the winners of the iconic People’s Choice Awards, presented by Rogers. Unfolding during a landmark year for the Platform Prize, all awards will be ann

Criterion is opening a lasting Canadian home at Toronto’s Cinema Cellar, launching at TIFF

CRITERION FINDS A LASTING CANADIAN HOME AT TORONTO’S CINEMA CELLAR Launching during TIFF 2026, Cinema Cellar’s new brick-and-mortar destination and long-term Criterion partnership tap into a renewed appetite for physical media TORONTO, CANADA - August 25, 2026 – Criterion is putting down physical roots in Canada. This September, Criterion will establish its Canadian home at Cinema Cellar, in partnership with the independent home video retailer and launch of their first brick-

TIFF announces its final 2026 Tribute Award recipients

TORONTO — TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey is delighted to share the final honourees of this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards, presented in partnership with Rolex. Academy Award–winning legend Helen Mirren will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award, presented by Joanna Griffiths and the Women of Knix; acclaimed cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz will receive the TIFF Variety Artisan Award; beloved Canadian actor, writer, director, and producer Seth Rogen will be presented wit

#TIFF26: TIFF’s In Conversation With… spotlights the stories, artists, and ideas shaping cinema toda

Featuring Lee Min-ho, Rachel Morrison, Chris Rock, Andrew Scott, and Hudson Williams TORONTO — As part of today’s schedule launch, TIFF is announcing this year’s iconic In Conversation With… series, expanding the Festival experience beyond the screen through in-depth onstage interviews with Festival artists in front of a live audience. A Festival favourite, this year welcomes Lee Min-ho, Rachel Morrison, Chris Rock, Andrew Scott, and Hudson Williams to the stage for intimate

REVIEWS

RUN TERRY RUN

United States of America | 2026 | 105m | English

This intimate and inspiring portrait from filmmaker Sean Menard (TIFF ’17’s The Carter Effect) draws upon never-before-seen footage to reveal the arduous process and profound commitment behind Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope to raise awareness and money for cancer research.

THE DEBUT

United States of America | 2026 | 105m | English

Jesse Eisenberg directs Academy Award winner Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti in a dark comedy about a bored suburban housewife who finds purpose acting in community theatre.

CLUB KID

United States of America | 2026 | 122m | English

In his exuberant debut feature, writer-director Jordan Firstman stars as a carousing New York City club promoter whose lifestyle is upended by the unexpected responsibility of raising a 10-year-old son he never knew he had.