SEPTEMBER 10 - 20, 2026

NEWS

NEIL PEART: NO ONE'S DISCIPLE // OFFICIAL FILM TRAILER

CBC today unveiled the trailer for original feature documentary and 2026 Toronto International Film Festival official selection Neil Peart: No One's Disciple. The trailer offers a first look at the film’s intimate exploration of Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, featuring rare archival footage, personal reflections, and extraordinary live performances from some of the world’s most acclaimed drummers. Directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn and produced by Banger Films and

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

REVIEWS

HOPE

South Korea | 2026 | 157m | Korean

In this madcap marvel from Na Hong-jin (The Chaser, The Wailing), a police chief (Hwang Jung-min) and deputy (Hoyeon) investigate a monstrous incursion upon their remote village, as a headstrong local (Zo In-sung) musters a hunting party to root out the threat.

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.