TIFF Docs

Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been

A documentary on Darlene Love, the singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee known for “He’s a Rebel” and collaborations with Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Dionne Warwick, Sam Cooke and other greats.

• Barry AvrichDirector
• Robert Smigel
• Jimmy Fallon
• Marc Shaiman
• Darlene Love
• Cher

Rapinoe

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe explores what it means to win and lose in this intimate portrait.

• RRebeca HunttDirector
• Megan Rapinoe
• Sue Bird
• Alex Morgan
• Colin Kaepernick
• Briana Scurry

Bleeding Hearts

A music-driven love story about real-life couple Zella Day and Jesse Woods, the musicians behind Chaparelle. Following their first year together, they chase a shared dream while facing pressures that could spark a breakup—or a breakthrough

• Andrew MorganDirector
• ZZella Day
• JJesse Woods

The Final Act

• Sophie DeraspeDirector
• FFrançois Aubin
• Mathieu Moreau
• Simon Roy
• AAndré Trépanier
• SSheldon Solomon

The Pervert's Guide to Utopias

Philosopher Slavoj Žižek is our guide through landscapes of classic film, music, social media, archive and webcasts. Making unexpected twists and turns, he maps the utopian illusions of our times. Through absurd juxtapositions and startling insights, we are seduced into recognising our fate, in order to change it.

• Sophie FiennesDirector
• Slavoj Žižek

Ba's Book

Production/Post-production. After a father writes a memoir in the form of letters to his daughter about his harrowing experiences of the Vietnam War and the Iranian Revolution, the daughter responds by making a film.

• AAshley DuongDirector
• Anh Duong
• Duy Nguyen
• AAshley Duong

Edward Said: Between Worlds

An all archival documentary that chronicles the personal journey and ideas of Palestinian-American intellectual, Edward Said.

• Maiken BairdDirector
• Edward Said

Union Town

Set against the backdrop of New York City, the film follows delivery industry workers as they take on some of the world s most powerful corporate giants, touching on the challenges, joys and human elements that make this movement possible.

• Barbara KoppleDirector

Turtle Island Rap

Follows three aspiring Indigenous hip-hop artists on their challenging journey to success.

• AAlexandra LazarowichDirector
• Travis Thompson

Like Magic

Blending archival footage, personal testimony and a decades-long search for answers, Melissa Saavedra Gil transforms a childhood tragedy into a powerful exploration of memory, truth, and healing. An intimate and deeply resonant debut that illuminates both a personal story and a generation shaped by violence.

• MMelissa Saavedra GilDirector
• MMónica García
• SSamuel Conde
• FFabian Cardenas
• MMelissa Saavedra Gil

Cheyenne

Cheyenne follows a group of fearless cowgirls who compete at riding wild broncos on the rodeo circuit after nearly a century of being excluded because of their gender.

• TTaimi ArvidsonDirector

The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs

After a lifetime of hardship, 75-year-old Indigenous artist Sara Flores emerges from the Peruvian Amazon into the global art scene. As she confronts the toll of success, she turns her work into an act of resistance for her Shipibo Nation.

• ÈÈlia Gasull Balada
• MMatteo NorziDirectors
• SSara Flores

The Ultra Runner

Driven by a violent past and hardened by years of crime and incarceration, Romanian ultramarathoner Tibi Useriu battles endless terrain and his own demons in search of a better life for his family, his country, and himself.

• MMila Aung-ThwinDirector
• EEftina Moeșan
• AAna Szekely
• TTiberiu Ușeriu
• AAlin Uhlmann Ușeriu
• MMaria Mihaela Ștefănuț

Black Sunflowers

Black Sunflowers is a mosaic of Ukrainian youth, shuttling between the frontlines and civilian life, captured by the gifted American filmmaker James Marcus Haney (No Cameras Allowed) collaborating with an esteemed Ukrainian crew.

• JJames Marcus HaneyDirector

Still Night, Burning House

In her deeply personal debut feature, award-winning filmmaker Carol Nguyen charts her family’s first reunion since her uncle’s mysterious death. Travelling together to Vietnam, the family embarks on a revelatory—and at times uncanny—journey through intergenerational trauma and many-layered loss. With care and probing curiosity, Nguyen guides her loved ones as they navigate unsealed medical records and a decades-long silence, ultimately leading them back to each other. A metaphysical poem for complex mourning, Still Night, Burning House shows how storytelling can transform grief into collective healing.

• Carol NguyenDirector

Gail

A superfan of the Canadian band Our Lady Peace follows them on their 30th anniversary tour across Canada.

• MMichael MaxxisDirector

Low Lies The Land

Set in the breathtaking landscapes of Piemonte in Northern Italy, the lives of three winemaking families face an uncertain future.

• Emanuele GerosaDirector

Tehran, Under the Skin

In an age of body anxiety, filmmaker Afsaneh Salari embeds herself in the offices of Iranian plastic surgeons to interview their clients with humour and empathy.

• Afsaneh SalariDirector

Rescue

On a dead-calm morning in the Mediterranean, the migrant rescue ship of Doctors Without Borders spots a deflating rubber boat. Dozens of people are struggling in the water. Among the refugees is Roro, a Yemeni mother traveling with her husband, Hani, their two-month-old baby, and two young sons. As the rescue begins, a Libyan militia intervenes and abducts Roro and the children, dragging them back to Libya. Meanwhile, Hani is rescued and arrives in Europe alone. A family is violently torn apart across the Mediterranean. While Hani fights from Europe to reunite the family, Roro struggles to survive captivity in Libya and to protect her children. Trapped by a violent system deeply entangled with EU border politics, she relentlessly attempts to cross the sea again. RESCUE is a gripping story of survival and injustice, and a powerful portrait of a young mother whose strength drives the film.

• SSine PlambechDirector

Re/Pair

Prominent Black and Jewish figures engage in conversations about rifts in their historic alliance, partly centered on but not limited to current events in the Middle East.

• LLacey Schwartz DelgadoDirector