TIFF Galas and Special Presentations Include Cannes Hits Like ‘Fjord,’ ‘Club Kid,’ ‘Minotaur,’ ‘La Bola Negra,’ and More

Fall film festival season beckons, and cinema fans are about to begin feeling that sentiment in the coming days, as the Toronto International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival are all readying to announce new additions to their respective lineups this week and next. First out of the gate: TIFF has today announced its Gala and Special Presentations slates, arguably the starriest offerings of a festival known for bringing out the big guns. This year’s Gala and Special Presentations feature films from nearly 30 countries, including new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Danny Boyle, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Lee Chang-dong, Jesse Eisenberg, Gael García Bernal, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Mike Leigh, John Madden, Rachel Morrison, Cristian Mungiu, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Mina Shum, and Florian Zeller. The lineup also includes a hefty number of hits from Cannes, including Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner “Fjord,” plus other hits like Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid,” Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur,” Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s “La Bola Negra,” Marie Kreutzer’s “Gentle Monster,” and more. Two of our Sundance favorites, Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine” and Noah Segan’s “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” are here, as are new picks from perennial performers, like Ira Sachs, Andrew Haigh, and Lukas Dhont. And Venice opener “Ink,” from Danny Boyle, will make its way from Italy to Canada after its debut there. Earlier this month, the festival rolled out its first films, including its official opening night gala (Siân Heder’s “CODA” follow-up “Being Heumann”). Last week, the festival shared five additional films that will screen as part of this year’s Special Presentations program, including new films from Rachel Morrison, Benjamín Naishtat, Ben Shirinian, Bassam Tariq, plus David and Nathan Zellner. ‘Josephine’Greta Zozula TIFF has also announced that its Closing Night Film will be Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s “Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend,” a biographical sports drama that chronicles the early years of Canadian racing legend Gilles Villeneuve’s career, with a gala event taking place on Saturday, September 19. The 51st edition of TIFF will take place September 10-20. More TIFF films and other programming will be announced in the coming days. Take a look at the lineup below: 2026 Gala Presentations (in alphabetical order) “A Talent for Murder” | Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, ItalyWorld Premiere ‘A Talent for Murder’ “All About Corinne” | Marc Fitoussi | FranceNorth American Premiere “Always Lalisa” | Sue Kim | USAWorld Premiere “Atonement” | Reed Van Dyk | USANorth American Premiere “Babies” | Lauren Miller Rogen | USAWorld Premiere “Being Heumann” | Siân Heder | USAWorld PremiereOpening Night Film “Bunker” | Florian Zeller | France, SpainNorth American Premiere “Diary of a Mad Old Man” | Wayne Wang | USAWorld Premiere “Evil Genius” | Courteney Cox | USAWorld Premiere “Girl Group” | Rebel Wilson | United KingdomWorld Premiere “Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story” | Adrian Buitenhuis | CanadaWorld Premiere “Misty Green” | Chris Rock | USAWorld Premiere “Onwards and Sideways” | John Madden | United KingdomWorld Premiere “Pretenders” | Joss Crowley | United KingdomWorld Premiere “Prima Facie” | Susanna White | Australia, United KingdomWorld Premiere “Run Terry Run” | Sean Menard | Canada “Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor” | Nguyen Phan Quang Binh | Vietnam International Premiere “Tenzing” | Jennifer Peedom | USA, AustraliaCanadian Premiere “The Assassin(s)” | Hur Jin-ho | South KoreaWorld Premiere “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd” | Tim Blake Nelson | USAWorld Premiere “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” | Noah Segan | USACanadian Premiere “Up Against It” | Trudie Styler | United KingdomWorld Premiere “Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend” | Yan Lanouette Turgeon | CanadaWorld PremiereClosing Night Film 2026 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order) “A Long Winter” | Andrew Haigh | Canada/United KingdomCanadian Premiere “All of a Sudden” | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | France/Japan/Germany/BelgiumNorth American Premiere “All That She Wants” | Scarlett Bermingham, Andrew Rhymer | USA/CanadaWorld Premiere ‘All That She Wants’AMANDA MATLOVICH “Alpha Gang” | David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | USAInternational Premiere “Bitter Christmas” | Pedro Almodóvar | SpainNorth American Premiere “Clarissa” | Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri | Nigeria/USANorth American Premiere “Club Kid” | Jordan Firstman | USACanadian Premiere “Coward” | Lukas Dhont | BelgiumNorth American Premiere “Elsinore” | Simon Stone | United KingdomCanadian Premiere “Everest: The Other Side” | Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | USACanadian Premiere “Everybody Wants To F*** Me” | Jonathan Schey | United Kingdom, France, USAWorld Premiere “Fjord” | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, DenmarkCanadian Premiere “Gentle Monster” | Marie Kreutzer | AustriaCanadian Premiere “Glaxo” | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, BrazilWorld Premiere “Growth of the Soil” | Hans Petter Moland | NorwayWorld Premiere “Happily Ever After” | Feng-I Fiona Roan | TaiwanWorld Premiere “Hombre al agua” | Gael García Bernal | MexicoNorth American Premiere “I Play Rocky” | Peter Farrelly | USAWorld Premiere “In Alaska” | Jaap van Heusden, Vinnie Karetak | Netherlands, CanadaWorld Premiere “Ink” | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, France, USACanadian Premiere “Josephine” | Beth de Araújo | USACanadian Premiere “La Bola Negra” | Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi | Spain, FranceCanadian Premiere “Le Faux Soir” | Michaël R. Roskam | BelgiumWorld Premiere “Look Back” | Hirokazu Kore-eda | JapanNorth American Premiere “Love of Your Life” | Rachel Morrison | USAWorld Premiere “Minotaur” | Andrey Zvyagintsev | France, Germany, LatviaCanadian Premiere ‘La Bola Negra’Carla Oset/Netflix “Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?” | Shinya Tsukamoto | JapanNorth American Premiere “Paradise Lost” | Yeon Sang-ho | South KoreaWorld Premiere “Phoolan” | Richie Mehta | IndiaWorld Premiere “Possible Love” | Lee Chang-dong | South KoreaNorth American Premiere “Tender Loving Care” | Mike Leigh | United KingdomCanadian Premiere “The Age of Goodbyes” | Edmund Yeo | Taiwan, MalaysiaWorld Premiere “The Beloved” | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | SpainNorth American Premiere “The Debut” | Jesse Eisenberg | USAInternational Premiere “The Housewife” | Ben Shirinian | USAWorld Premiere ‘The Julia Set’ “The Julia Set” | Niki Byrne | USAWorld Premiere “The Man I Love” | Ira Sachs | USANorth American Premiere “The Stunt Driver” | Michael Dowse | CanadaWorld Premiere “The Unknown” | Arthur Harari | FranceNorth American Premiere “Whatcha Want” | Mina Shum | CanadaWorld Premiere “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” | Bassam Tariq | USAWorld Premiere