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TIFF 2026 features a diverse lineup of global cinema, including dramatic premieres, genre experiments, and personal stories. The festival highlights new works from directors like Richie Mehta, Mahershala Ali, and Anna Biller, alongside appearances by stars such as Michelle Yeoh, Sebastian Stan, and Mahira Khan.
Richie Mehta's Phoolan, an Amazon MGM Studios production starring Sneha Kumari as the bandit-turned-legend, premiered at TIFF to a standing ovation and will later stream on Prime Video across 240-plus territories.
Richie Mehta's biographical drama Phoolan, based on Phoolan Devi's autobiography, drew a standing ovation at its TIFF world premiere on September 17. The film heads to Prime Video next, with no release date confirmed yet.
TIFF 2026's award season buzz picked up steam as Michelle Yeoh, Sebastian Stan, Courteney Cox, David Harbour and Patricia Arquette stopped by the LA Times portrait studio at RBC House for photos and quick chats.
Mahershala Ali's Marvel Blade film never got made, but the sword work found a home anyway. His new film with director Bassam Tariq premiered at TIFF ahead of a September 25 release.
Mahira Khan, 41, has announced she is pregnant with her second husband Salim Karim's first child. The news broke days before their wedding anniversary, and she later appeared at TIFF cradling her bump.
Zack Snyder made an independent film called The Last Photograph, shooting parts of it himself in Colombia while sick with COVID, and it premieres at TIFF this weekend with no studio or streamer attached.
Anna Biller's first film in ten years, The Face of Horror, premiered at TIFF's Midnight Madness section, reworking the Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan into a medieval revenge tale starring Kristine Frøseth and Jonah Hauer-King.
Karthik Subbaraj's Dorothy premiered at TIFF 2026 to a standing ovation, the first Tamil film to screen there in ten years. It stars Keerthy Suresh and hits cinemas September 25.
As TIFF's 51st edition runs through September 20, The Hollywood Reporter has singled out five Toronto hotel lobbies, from the Ritz-Carlton to Four Seasons Yorkville, as the festival's true industry hubs.