Don’t let anybody tell you differently: the fall festival announcements aren’t even close to being over (hey, there, Telluride! see you soon!). Look no further than the second part of today’s morning double whammy, as the Toronto International Film Festival has just announced its sprawling Centrepiece program, just one hour after the New York Film Festival released its own Main Slate. On its own, this lineup would be juicy enough. Paired with NYFF? Well, there goes our morning.
TIFF’s internationally-focused section has always been a feast for fans of global cinema, and this year’s lineup is no exception. This year, there are 55 titles (and 19 world premieres) from filmmakers representing nearly fifty countries (including Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand), all reflecting the festival’s enduring commitment to global cinema.
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This year’s lineup includes the latest work from influential filmmakers Hubert Davis, Mathieu Denis, Hasan Hadi, Chie Hayakawa, Anders Thomas Jensen, Jan Komasa, Richard Linklater, Sergei Loznitsa, Pietro Marcello, Christian Petzold, Potsy Poncirol, and Álvaro Olmos Torrico. Linklater now has two films at TIFF alone, as his “Blue Moon” joins his previously announced “Nouvelle Vague.”
Over the past few weeks, TIFF has announced a large portion of its selections, including Colin Hanks’ opening night documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” plus new films from Steven Soderbergh, Nia DaCosta, Chandler Levack, Alejandro Amenábar, and Sung-hyun Byun, the addition of 11 starry titles in the Gala and Special Presentations program (plus that full lineup), the release of the Platform jury and lineup, the full Discovery slate, the always-wild Midnight Madness lineup, plus the talents being celebrated at this year’s Tribute gala.
Centrepiece is programmed by Jason Anderson, Kelly Boutsalis, Diana Cadavid, Robyn Citizen, Claire Diao, Giovanna Fulvi, June Kim, Dorota Lech, Anita Lee, Peter Kuplowsky, Andréa Picard, and Jason Ryle.
2025 Centrepiece lineup (in alphabetical order):
“A Useful Ghost” | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | Thailand/France/Singapore/Germany | North American Premiere
“Arco” | Ugo Bienvenu | France | North American Premiere
“Barrio Triste” | STILLZ | Colombia/USA | North American Premiere
“Blood Lines” | Gail Maurice | Canada | World Premiere
“Blue Heron” | Sophy Romvari | Canada/Hungary | North American Premiere
“Blue Moon” | Richard Linklater | USA/Ireland | North American Premiere
“Carolina Caroline” | Adam Carter Rehmeier | USA | World Premiere
“Dandelion’s Odyssey” | Momoko Seto | France/Belgium | North American Premiere
“Diya” | Achille Ronaimou | Chad/France/Germany/Côte d’Ivoire | North American Premiere
“Duse” | Pietro Marcello | France/Italy | International Premiere
“Eagles of the Republic” | Tarik Saleh | Sweden/France/Denmark/Finland/Germany | North American Premiere
“Erupcja” | Pete Ohs | USA/Poland | World Premiere
“Exit 8” | Genki Kawamura | Japan | North American Premiere
“Follies” | Eric K. Boulianne | Canada | North American Premiere
“Girl” | Shu Qi | Taiwan | North American Premiere
“Good Boy” | Jan Komasa | Poland/UK | World Premiere
“Hamlet” | Aneil Karia | UK | Canadian Premiere
“Honey Bunch” | Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli | Canada | North American Premiere
“I Swear” | Kirk Jones | UK | World Premiere
“In Search of The Sky” | Jitank Singh Gurjar | India | World Premiere
“Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream” | Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji | Iraq/United Arab Emirates/France/UK/Qatar/Saudi Arabia | North American Premiere
“Left-Handed Girl” | Shih-Ching Tsou | Taiwan/France/USA/UK | North American Premiere
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” | Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han | France | North American Premiere
“Lucky Lu” | Lloyd Lee Choi | USA | North American Premiere
“Mama” | Or Sinai | Israel/Poland/Italy | North American Premiere
“Memory of Princess Mumbi” | Damien Hauser | Kenya/Switzerland/Saudi Arabia | North American Premiere
“Milk Teeth” | Mihai Mincan | Romania/France/Denmark/Greece/Bulgaria | North American Premiere
“Miroirs No. 3” | Christian Petzold | Germany | North American Premiere
“Motor City” | Potsy Ponciroli | USA | North American Premiere
“My Father’s Shadow” | Akinola Davies Jr. | UK/Nigeria | North American Premiere
“New Year’s Rev” | Lee Kirk | USA | World Premiere
“Nomad Shadow” | Eimi Imanishi | USA/Spain/France | World Premiere
“Olmo” | Fernando Eimbcke | USA/Mexico | North American Premiere
“Orphan” | László Nemes | Hungary/France/Germany/UK | North American Premiere
“Palimpsest: the Story of a Name” | Mary Stephen | France/Hong Kong/Taiwan | World Premiere
“Renoir” | Chie Hayakawa | Japan/France/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia/Qatar | North American Premiere
“Saipan” | Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn | Ireland/UK | World Premiere
“Space Cadet” | Kid Koala | Canada | North American Premiere
“The Blue Trail” | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil/Mexico/Chile/Netherlands | North American Premiere
“The Condor Daughter” | Álvaro Olmos Torrico | Bolivia/Peru/Uruguay | World Premiere
“The Cost of Heaven” | Mathieu Denis | Canada | World Premiere
“The Fox King” | Woo Ming Jin | Malaysia/Indonesia | World Premiere
“The Last One for The Road” | Francesco Sossai | Italy/Germany | North American Premiere
“The Last Viking” | Anders Thomas Jensen | Denmark/Sweden | North American Premiere
“The Little Sister” | Hafsia Herzi | France/Germany | North American Premiere
“The Love That Remains” | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland/Denmark/Sweden/France | North American Premiere
“The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” | Diego Céspedes | Chile/France | North American Premiere
“The President’s Cake” | Hasan Hadi | Iraq/USA/Qatar | North American Premiere
“The Sun Rises On Us All” | Cai Shangjun | China | North American Premiere
“Two Prosecutors” | Sergei Loznitsa | France/Germany/Netherlands/Latvia/Romania/Lithuania | North American Premiere
“Under The Same Sun” | Ulises Porra | Dominican Republic/Spain | World Premiere
“Unidentified” | Haifaa Al Mansour | Saudi Arabia | World Premiere
“Wasteman” | Cal McMau | UK | World Premiere
“Whitetail” | Nanouk Leopold | Netherlands/Belgium/Ireland | World Premiere
“Youngblood” | Hubert Davis | Canada | World Premiere
The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, runs September 4–14, 2025. More festival details will be shared in the coming weeks.
