TIFF Announces 2025 Galas and Special Presentations

Moments ago, the Toronto International Film Festival revealed more of its lineup. For the 50th edition of the festival, TIFF has added world premieres like Aziz Ansari‘s Good Fortune, as well as high profile screenings of Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein, Benny Safdie‘s The Smashing Machine, and more. This is just a small sampling of what they’re going to offer, which tons more included in the announcement. Plus, there’s more still to come before the 50th kicks off on September 4th.

Here is the press release from TIFF:

TIFF is set to dazzle this September as it celebrates its 50th edition with a red carpet–ready slate of Official Selections from its Gala and Special Presentations programmes. As part of its full list, TIFF is presenting world premieres including Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, David Michôd’s Christy, Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, and Alice Winocour’s Couture,as well as films from some of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, including Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant. As Toronto prepares to welcome the world, these selections signal a Festival season defined by cinematic excellence, star-studded red carpets with crowd-favourite Hollywood and international talent, and those marquee moments on and off the screen that have defined TIFF for the past five decades. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, will take place September 4–14, 2025.  

The Gala and Special Presentations programmes are recognized for celebrating the very best of contemporary cinema across genres and styles, from all corners of the world. This year, TIFF is pleased to invite films from over 30 countries that showcase bold storytelling, global perspectives, and the power of film to connect audiences across cultures. 

TIFF is also announcing that Canadian director Anne Émond’s Peak Everything will be this year’s Closing Night Gala, taking place on the last evening of the Festival, Saturday, September 13. 

2025 Galas (in alphabetical order):

* previously announced 

*A Private Life | Rebecca Zlotowski | France
North American Premiere 

Adulthood | Alex Winter | USA
World Premiere 

Driver’s Ed | Bobby Farrelly | USA
World Premiere 

Eleanor the Great | Scarlett Johansson | USA
North American Premiere 

Eternity | David Freyne | USA
World Premiere 

Fuze | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom
World Premiere 

Glenrothan | Brian Cox | United Kingdom
World Premiere 

Good Fortune | Aziz Ansari | USA   
World Premiere 

*Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere 

*Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India
North American Premiere 

*John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | USA
World Premiere 

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | Canada
World Premiere 

Nuremberg | James Vanderbilt | USA
World Premiere

Palestine 36 | Annemarie Jacir | Palestine/United Kingdom/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan  
World Premiere

Peak Everything | Anne Émond | Canada | Closing Night Gala
Toronto Premiere 

*Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | USA  

World Premiere 

*She Has No Name | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Hong Kong/China
North American Premiere 

Sholay | Ramesh Sippy | India | 50th Anniversary Restoration 
North American Premiere 

Swiped | Rachel Lee Goldenberg | USA
World Premiere 

*The Choral | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom
World Premiere 

Two Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France
World Premiere 

2025 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):

* previously announced 

A Pale View of Hills | Kei Ishikawa | Japan/United Kingdom/Poland
North American Premiere 

A Poet | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia/Germany/Sweden

North American Premiere

Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United Kingdom
World Premiere 

Ballad of a Small Player | Edward Berger | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere 

California Schemin’ | James McAvoy | United Kingdom/USA
World Premiere 

Calle Malaga | Maryam Touzani | Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium 
North American Premiere 

Charlie Harper | Tom Dean, Mac Eldridge | USA

World Premiere

Christy | David Michôd | USA
World Premiere 

Couture | Alice Winocour | USA/France
World Premiere 

Dead Man’s Wire | Gus Van Sant | USA 
North American Premiere 

Degrassi: Whatever It Takes | Lisa Rideout | Canada
World Premiere 

Easy’s Waltz | Nic Pizzolatto | USA
World Premiere 

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Baz Luhrmann | Australia/USA
World Premiere 

Eternal Return | Yaniv Raz | United Kingdom/USA
World Premiere 

Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | USA 

North American Premiere 

*Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic/Germany/Poland
World Premiere 

*Good News | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea
World Premiere 

*Hedda | Nia DaCosta | USA
World Premiere 

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You | Mary Bronstein | USA
Canadian Premiere 

It Was Just an Accident | Jafar Panahi | Iran/France/Luxembourg
Canadian Premiere 

It Would Be Night in Caracas | Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás | Mexico
World Premiere 

Kokuho | Lee Sang-il | Japan
North American Premiere 

Ky Nam Inn | Leon Le | Vietnam
World Premiere 

Lovely Day | Philippe Falardeau | Canada
World Premiere 

Meadowlarks | Tasha Hubbard | Canada
World Premiere 

*Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | Canada
World Premiere 

Monkey in a Cage | Anurag Kashyap | India
World Premiere

Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France
Canadian Premiere 

Poetic License | Maude Apatow | USA
World Premiere 

Primavera | Damiano Michieletto | Italy/France

World Premiere

Project Y | Lee Hwan | South Korea
World Premiere 

*Rental Family | HIKARI | USA/Japan
World Premiere 

Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom
North American Premiere 

Sacrifice | Romain Gavras | United Kingdom/Greece
World Premiere 

Scarlet | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan
North American Premiere 

Sentimental Value | Joachim Trier | Norway/France/Denmark/Germany/Sweden/United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere 

Silent Friend | Ildikó Enyedi | Germany/Hungary/France
North American Premiere 

Sirāt | Óliver Laxe | France/Spain
North American Premiere 

Sound of Falling | Mascha Schilinski | Germany
North American Premiere 

*Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada/Belgium
World Premiere 

*The Captive | Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/Italy
World Premiere 

*The Christophers | Steven Soderbergh | United Kingdom
World Premiere 

*The Lost Bus | Paul Greengrass | USA
World Premiere 

The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany
Canadian Premiere

The Smashing Machine | Benny Safdie | USA
North American Premiere 

The Testament of Ann Lee | Mona Fastvold | UK
North American Premiere | Presented in 70mm

The Ugly | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea

World Premiere 

Three Goodbyes | Isabel Coixet | Italy/Spain

World Premiere 

Train Dreams | Clint Bentley | USA
International Premiere 

Tuner | Daniel Roher | USA
Canadian Premiere 

Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada
North American Premiere 

*Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | USA
World Premiere 

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution… | Nick Davis | USA
World Premiere