2026 Toronto International Film Festival Guide

A Chinese woman's journey from age six to her thirties across three families reveals generations of abandoned girls in China (1980s-2000s). An intimate coming-of-age story exploring existential pain and self-discovery.

When a family's matriarch dies, four relatives are forced to confront decades of silence, resentment, and buried affection.

Singapore, 1994. Ah Girl is a curious 7-year-old girl. Since her parents separated, she lives in a small flat with her younger sister, Ah Tian, her easygoing Pa who works nightshifts, and her irritable Grandmother. They see their needy and unreliable Mum on weekends. One weekend, drunk Mum asks if Ah Girl wants to live with her when she gets a bigger flat. This question disrupts Ah Girl's sense of the world, and the rest of the film unfolds as she struggles with the decision. She becomes increasingly aware that her family life is far from normal.

Lucila, 21, moves to Spain with her brother to reunite with their mother who left 8 years ago. Facing discrimination and family duties, she struggles to find independence while dealing with her past wounds.

In a wellness-obsessed small town where nobody dies anymore, a struggling mortician faces bankruptcy - until his granddaughter devises an unexpected solution to save the family business.

Vénéranda works in community justice and reconciliation after genocide. A family crisis tests her beliefs. The film follows women rebuilding lives amid shared trauma, showing how the past shapes their present.

Set in a world shaped by caste, violence, and toxic masculinity, two friends grow up inseparable in rural Tamil Nadu. Their lives are transformed by the arrival of Dorothy, a woman whose compassion challenges the world around them.

Follows Tomy and Chris, two best friends working at an alpine dairy in the Tyrolean Alps during the 1999 solar eclipse, as Tomy faces rejection when Chris learns his father has 'the gay disease'.

Follows Pirati, matriarch of a Kinnar community in a Nepalese village, who dreams of escaping to a normal life. When one of her daughters disappears, she must investigate and choose between love and responsibility.

Follows a mother, her daughter, and a teenage boy blamed for a tragic death as they travel to Tenerife together, confronting grief, blame, and forgiveness on a family holiday that never happened.

When Olga has to rent out a room in her apartment to a father, she forms an unlikely bond with his nine-year old son when, unexpectedly, their lives become intertwined.

Released from a prison, a woman back to her village and trying to face the four seasons of her past.

During Lebanon's corruption-fueled economic crisis – when banks denied millions of citizens access to their life savings – two women plan a bold overnight heist to get their own money back.

Rich tourists use time travel to escape the past. An interracial couple's relationship is tested when one partner decides to change history.

Struggling to make ends meet, a meek and desperate Tongan man is drawn into a high-risk partnership with a successful and charismatic salesman who uses a nefarious tactic to swindle people out of their cash.

Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo's ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor.

A tale blending magical realism and the story of sisters torn apart by tragedy, featuring a cast of rising Indigenous talent.

Follows a wealthy family whose polished exterior begins to crack when an ancient centipede spirit infiltrates their bloodline.

Yonfan's Intermission showcases his six-decade career in music, dance, photography, and writing across fifteen films—a cinematic journey capturing a changing world.

Christophe, a 10-year-old boy with balance issues navigates life in an orthopedic brace while his struggling family farm faces modernization. Torn between independence and mending ties with his distant father, he weighs his future.

A heart-warming story about family, imagination and the power of self-expression.

A cancer surgery patient faces both imagined threats and real perils during recovery.

A group of high school students sets off on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii. They are seized by a sense of vertigo. They allow themselves to be overwhelmed by desire and anger, until they surrender completely.

Teen Danny makes a life-altering mistake, then reunites with Josh, a social worker whose past errors once separated them. Josh mentors Danny through first love and loss, teaching him that true family are those who believe in you.

In a future winter where space travel exists, a solitary janitor maintains a defunct film studio with only a retired cat actor. He then begins a romantic adventure with a woman in a stunning virtual realm.