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

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

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

Rapinoe

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

• RRebeca HunttDirector
• Megan Rapinoe

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
• Saad Kassis-Mohamed

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

Turtle Island Rap

• AAlexandra LazarowichDirector
• Travis Thompson

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

Re/Pair

• Lacey Schwartz DelgadoDirector

The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs

• ÈÈlia Gasull Balada
• MMatteo NorziDirectors
• SSara Flores

The Ultra Runner

• MMila Aung-ThwinDirector

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

Tehran, Under the Skin

• Afsaneh SalariDirector

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

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

Low Lies The Land

• EEmanuele GerosaDirector

The Final Act

• SSophie DeraspeDirector