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Wed, September 9

  1. 6:30 pm → 9:17 pm1st of 1 screeningHopeTIFF Lightbox 2RegularScience Fiction · Mystery · Action — KoreanIn the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.Na Hong-jinDirectorHwang Jung-minZo In-sungHoyeonAlicia VikanderMichael FassbenderTaylor RussellCameron BrittonLee Sang-heeUm Mun-sukIm Hyun-sik

Thu, September 10

  1. 8:45 pm → 10:57 pm1st of 3 screeningsThe HousewifeRoyal Alexandra TheatrePremiumDrama — EnglishA young New York Times journalist tracking down a potential Nazi officer living secretly in Queens.Ben ShirinianDirectorNaomi WattsTye SheridanMichael ImperioliNorman ReedusHannah Marks

Fri, September 11

  1. 4:15 pm → 7:11 pm2nd of 2 screeningsFjordScotiabank 13RegularDrama — Norwegian · English · Swedish · RomanianAfter the deaths of Mihai's parents, Mihai and Lisbeth Gheorghiu leave everything behind in Romania and move with their children to a remote village in Norway, hoping to rebuild their lives near Lisbeth's family. There, they grow close to their neighbors, the Halbergs, whose warmth offers the promise of a fresh start. But the fragile peace begins to unravel when the Gheorghius' young daughter, Elia, arrives at school covered in bruises.Cristian MungiuDirectorSebastian StanRenate ReinsveLisa CarlehedEllen Dorrit PetersenLisa Loven KongsliHenrikke Lund OlsenVanessa CebanJonathan Ciprian BreazuGiulia NahmanyIngvild Lien
  2. 9:20 pm → 11:47 pm2nd of 3 screeningsStuffedScotiabank 2RegularRomance · Horror — EnglishAraminta, a brooding taxidermist whose secret ambition is to stuff a human specimen, meets Bernie, a lonely man so afraid of being forgotten that he volunteers himself, their pact unexpectedly evolves into a haunting romance.Theo RhysDirectorJodie ComerHarry Melling
  3. 11:59 pm → 2:29 am1st of 3 screeningsThe Face of HorrorRoyal Alexandra TheatreRegularHorror · Romance — EnglishIn medieval England, the beautiful Eleanor pines away for her errant husband, the handsome but adulterous knight Edward. When Edward’s treachery culminates in a tragedy that robs Eleanor first of her beauty and then of her life, she returns as a ghost to eke bloody revenge on Edward and his new bride.Anna BillerDirectorKristine FrosethJonah Hauer-KingBella HeathcoteEllie BamberLeo SuterBen RadcliffePerdita WeeksJohn SackvilleBenedick BlytheSteven Blake

Sat, September 12

  1. 11:30 am → 1:47 pm1st of 3 screeningsTender Loving CareTIFF Lightbox 1PremiumDrama — EnglishPlot TBA. Said to be an "insightful exploration of the contemporary world."Mike LeighDirectorMarion BaileyPaul JessonKate O'FlynnAlice Bailey Johnson
  2. 2:30 pm → 4:00 pm1st of 1 screeningIn Conversation With... Andrew ScottRoyal Alexandra TheatrePremium
  3. 9:00 pm → 11:22 pm1st of 3 screeningsLemonadeTIFF Lightbox 3RegularDrama — EnglishDanny, a kind-hearted teen about to age out of the care system is facing adulthood without family or support. After a turbulent childhood and separation from his younger brother, Danny is determined to build a future - but one reckless mistake puts him at risk of prison. As his 18th birthday approaches, Josh - his former social worker and the only adult who ever believed in him - returns, offering guidance when Danny needs it most. With new love, big dreams, and overwhelming challenges, Danny must choose whether to repeat the cycle of his past or fight for the life he deserves.Kim BartleyDirectorLewis BrophyBarry KeoghanCarla TousJustin Daniels AneneDerry KielyConnie DoonaCate RussellEileen WalshGraham EarleyConor Hackett
  4. 9:30 pm → 11:46 pm1st of 3 screeningsAncestorsTIFF Lightbox 4RegularDrama · Fantasy · Romance — English1988. Dreams, memories and history collide as a young man searches for his missing friend.David TurpinDirectorÉanna HardwickeJack WolfeJessica ReynoldsRupert EverettChristina Hendricks

Sun, September 13

  1. 12:00 pm → 2:17 pm2nd of 3 screeningsTender Loving CareScotiabank 4RegularDrama — EnglishPlot TBA. Said to be an "insightful exploration of the contemporary world."Mike LeighDirectorMarion BaileyPaul JessonKate O'FlynnAlice Bailey Johnson
  2. 2:00 pm → 4:20 pm1st of 3 screeningsOnwards and SidewaysRoy Thomson HallPremiumEnglishTony Evans is the deputy head of a local primary school. Emma Dretzin is a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.John MaddenDirectorLaura LinneyRhys Ifans
  3. 2:45 pm → 5:10 pm2nd of 2 screeningsClosing NightScotiabank 2RegularThriller — EnglishA celebrated actress's life begins to unravel on the eve of her greatest performance. When her sister April arrives in New York after a 30-year estrangement, the stage is set for a tense family confrontation.Cody FernDirectorSarah PaulsonNaomi WattsDianne WiestToby WallaceOdessa A'zionJulie Le Breton
  4. 5:45 pm → 8:20 pm1st of 2 screeningsCowardTIFF Lightbox 2RegularDrama · Romance · War — Dutch · FrenchPierre, a young Belgian soldier, wants to prove himself on the battlefield during the First World War. Behind the frontlines, he meets Francis, who is asked to find a way to boost morale.Lukas DhontDirectorValentin CampagneEmmanuel MacchiaJonas WertzJef JacobsLiam JacqminAnaëlle FournierMathieu CarpentierMistral GuidottiWillem De SchryverBoris Bouchat
  5. 9:20 pm → 11:41 pm1st of 2 screeningsBitter ChristmasScotiabank 2RegularDrama · Comedy — SpanishIn 2025 Spain, a celebrated film director struggles to write the screenplay for an autofictional film set in 2004 Spain about an unsuccessful movie director turned director of commercials who suffers a panic attack that forces her to take a break by visiting the Canary Islands, where she begins work on a new film.Pedro AlmodóvarDirectorBárbara LennieLeonardo SbaragliaAitana Sánchez-GijónVictoria LuengoPatrick CriadoMilena SmitQuim GutiérrezRossy de PalmaCarmen MachiDiogo Belizario

Mon, September 14

  1. 12:00 pm → 2:14 pm1st of 4 screeningsElsinoreVISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatrePremiumDrama · History — EnglishA powerful, deeply moving and inspiring true story of actor Ian Charleson, who faced incredible odds while preparing to give the performance of his life in Hamlet at the National Theatre in London.Simon StoneDirectorAndrew ScottOlivia ColmanBillie PiperJohnny FlynnLuke ThompsonPeter MullanMonica DolanJuliet StevensonJoe LockeAdeel Akhtar
  2. 3:00 pm → 5:28 pm1st of 4 screeningsWild Horse NineVISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatrePremiumComedy · Crime · Thriller — EnglishShortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.Martin McDonaghDirectorJohn MalkovichSam RockwellSteve BuscemiParker PoseyTom WaitsMariana di GirolamoPaola GianniniAilín SalasSamuel Wayt
  3. 6:20 pm → 8:40 pm2nd of 3 screeningsOnwards and SidewaysScotiabank 4RegularEnglishTony Evans is the deputy head of a local primary school. Emma Dretzin is a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.John MaddenDirectorLaura LinneyRhys Ifans
  4. 9:30 pm → 12:06 am1st of 2 screeningsBunkerRoy Thomson HallPremiumThriller · Drama — Spanish · EnglishWhen an architect accepts a morally ambiguous project — building a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire — his wife begins to question their marriage after 17 years together.Florian ZellerDirectorPenélope CruzJavier BardemPatrick SchwarzeneggerPaul DanoStephen GrahamEileen AtkinsMark GatissNimmi HarasgamaJamie BispingChristos Lawton

Tue, September 15

  1. 11:00 am → 1:36 pm2nd of 2 screeningsBunkerVISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatreRegularThriller · Drama — Spanish · EnglishWhen an architect accepts a morally ambiguous project — building a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire — his wife begins to question their marriage after 17 years together.Florian ZellerDirectorPenélope CruzJavier BardemPatrick SchwarzeneggerPaul DanoStephen GrahamEileen AtkinsMark GatissNimmi HarasgamaJamie BispingChristos Lawton
  2. 2:30 pm → 4:56 pm1st of 2 screeningsInkVISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatrePremiumDrama — EnglishAn explosive cinematic rollercoaster about a group of misfits and visionaries who had an idea for a new kind of news - one that would give the people what they want, and would change the face of the world we live in today.Danny BoyleDirectorGuy PearceJack O'ConnellClaire FoyChristopher FulfordNick BiadonBrian GleesonLucy RussellPatrick KennedyLouis LandauPeter Ferdinando
  3. 5:45 pm → 8:50 pm1st of 4 screeningsLa Bola NegraVISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatrePremiumDrama · War — SpanishSet across three timelines — Republican Spain in 1932, the Civil War in 1937, and contemporary Spain in 2017 — the film follows a constellation of interconnected lives centered on three young men, whose emotional and political echoes gradually reveal themselves.Javier CalvoDirectorJavier AmbrossiDirectorGuitarricadelafuenteMiguel BernardeauCarlos GonzálezMilo QuifesLola DueñasPenélope CruzGlenn CloseJulio TorresLorenzo ZurzoloAlberto Cortés
  4. 9:30 pm → 12:08 am1st of 4 screeningsTenzingRoy Thomson HallPremiumDrama — EnglishA determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.Jennifer PeedomDirectorGenden PhuntsokTom HiddlestonWillem DafoeCaitríona BalfeThinley Lhamo

Wed, September 16

  1. 11:45 am → 1:55 pm2nd of 4 screeningsLook BackTIFF Lightbox 1RegularDrama — JapaneseThe overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together.Hirokazu Kore-edaDirectorNatsuki DeguchiAju MakitaFuuri NanaseRokka OkadaMasaki SudaKankuro KudoKayo NoroRyo IkedaMiyu SasakiMaho Yamada
  2. 3:00 pm → 5:12 pm1st of 3 screeningsA Good Little SoldierTIFF Lightbox 2RegularFrench · ItalianStéphane BrizéDirectorAlba RohrwacherVincent Lindon
  3. 3:20 pm → 5:28 pm2nd of 2 screeningsAshesScotiabank 1RegularThriller · Drama — Spanish · English · CatalanLucila leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with their mother in Madrid, who had left a few years earlier to chase a better future. When they finally arrive, the bitter, suffocating reality that awaits them proves far harsher than Lucila had imagined. Still, she is determined to make the most of this fragile new life.Diego LunaDirectorAnna DíazAdriana PazLuisa HuertasGuillermo RíosSergio BautistaBenny EmmanuelTeresa LozanoAdriana JácomeIrene Escolar
  4. 6:15 pm → 8:42 pm1st of 2 screeningsA Long WinterTIFF Lightbox 2RegularDrama — EnglishHigh in the mountains, autumn comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead.Andrew HaighDirectorFred HechingerCaitríona BalfeD'Pharaoh Woon-A-TaiKit ConnorEbon Moss-BachrachManuel Garcia-RulfoDavid Furr
  5. 8:30 pm → 11:04 pm1st of 2 screeningsThe LiberationRoyal Alexandra TheatrePremiumDrama · Mystery · Thriller — EnglishRita is entranced by the mesmeric Leader and renounces her family to embrace the world of the enigmatic Harmonia commune. Her daughters Ella and Jo put everything on the line to infiltrate the cult and bring their mother home. Yet, once immersed in the commune, they find themselves inexorably drawn into the Leader’s labyrinthine web of psycho-spiritual manipulation.Guy NattivDirectorCarrie CoonLily JamesBella RamseyOdessa YoungTracy LettsJaime Ray NewmanSiobhan WilliamsMorgan Taylor CampbellSharon TaylorJohn Cassini

Thu, September 17

  1. 11:15 am → 1:42 pm2nd of 2 screeningsA Long WinterTIFF Lightbox 3RegularDrama — EnglishHigh in the mountains, autumn comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead.Andrew HaighDirectorFred HechingerCaitríona BalfeD'Pharaoh Woon-A-TaiKit ConnorEbon Moss-BachrachManuel Garcia-RulfoDavid Furr
  2. 12:10 pm → 2:44 pm2nd of 2 screeningsThe LiberationScotiabank 1RegularDrama · Mystery · Thriller — EnglishRita is entranced by the mesmeric Leader and renounces her family to embrace the world of the enigmatic Harmonia commune. Her daughters Ella and Jo put everything on the line to infiltrate the cult and bring their mother home. Yet, once immersed in the commune, they find themselves inexorably drawn into the Leader’s labyrinthine web of psycho-spiritual manipulation.Guy NattivDirectorCarrie CoonLily JamesBella RamseyOdessa YoungTracy LettsJaime Ray NewmanSiobhan WilliamsMorgan Taylor CampbellSharon TaylorJohn Cassini
  3. 2:00 pm → 4:15 pm3rd of 3 screeningsThe DebutTIFF Lightbox 1RegularMusic · Comedy · Drama — EnglishWhen Mona Friedman is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role—even if it means waging war against the show’s domineering director.Jesse EisenbergDirectorJulianne MoorePaul GiamattiHalle BaileyHavana Rose LiuJesse EisenbergCara BuonoBernadette PetersLilli CooperColton RyanMaulik Pancholy
  4. 9:30 pm → 12:11 am2nd of 4 screeningsThe Assassin(s)VISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatreRegularDrama · Crime · Thriller · Action — Korean · JapaneseIn 1974, a shooting shocks South Korea. Detective Cheol-gu, who witnesses the attack, Jae-hwan, the city desk editor whose coverage is suppressed, and Young-il, a rookie reporter, begin to dig beneath the cover-up. As their pursuit of the truth deepens, they come to confront forces meant to remain unseen.Hur Jin-hoDirectorYoo Hai-jinPark Hae-ilLee Min-hoChoi Yu-riRyu Hye-youngKim Dae-myungBae Sung-wooYou Seong-jooJo Kyeong-hyeon

Fri, September 18

  1. 12:15 pm → 2:27 pm3rd of 3 screeningsTanglesScotiabank 7RegularAnimation · Drama — EnglishWhen Alzheimer's disease begins to strip away her mother's vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in the conservative small town she recently fled in order to care for her. She quickly realizes she must accept the cruel and warped reality of the disease, and the imperfect beauty of her family, in order to become the daughter they need.Leah NelsonDirectorJulia Louis-DreyfusAbbi JacobsonBryan CranstonSamira WileyBeanie FeldsteinSeth RogenWanda SykesBowen YangPamela AdlonSarah Silverman
  2. 3:00 pm → 5:07 pm2nd of 4 screeningsThe Man I LoveTIFF Lightbox 1RegularDrama · Romance — EnglishIn late 1980s New York, a theater artist living with AIDS takes on one possibly last great role.Ira SachsDirectorRami MalekTom SturridgeLuther FordRebecca HallEbon Moss-BachrachMaisy StellaSasha Lane
  3. 6:45 pm → 9:01 pm3rd of 4 screeningsPrima FacieScotiabank 3RegularDrama — EnglishTessa is a brilliant British defence barrister dominating London’s ruthless courtrooms. Fierce, witty, and self-made, she defends men accused of sexual assault — until she is assaulted herself by a colleague from a powerful legal dynasty. Suddenly, the system she trusted turns against her. As she faces the same tactics she once used in court, Tessa’s faith in justice unravels. Once in control, now exposed and disbelieved, she must fight to reclaim her voice and sense of self.Susanna WhiteDirectorCynthia ErivoDaniel IngsElizabeth DulauNoma DumezweniToheeb JimohHarry TreadawaySarah JunillonElliot LeveySimon Russell Beale
  4. 9:30 pm → 11:29 pm3rd of 3 screeningsAmerican HostageScotiabank 4RegularDrama · Crime — EnglishA psychological thriller anthology series focusing on a different hostage case every season.Adam ArkinDirectorJon HammGiovanni RibisiKristoffer PolahaWilliam Jackson HarperMireille Enos

Sat, September 19

  1. 11:00 am → 1:22 pm3rd of 4 screeningsThe Julia SetVISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales TheatreRegularDrama — EnglishJulia, a gifted mathematician, navigates the cutthroat world of academia. Pascal, a teaching assistant, recruits her to join an exclusive training program for the prestigious and notoriously difficult Putnam mathematics competition.Niki ByrneDirectorChase InfinitiChristopher BrineyGillian AndersonJason IsaacsNina HossChlöe BaileyCarmen EjogoNico HiragaLiz LinAlex Dillard
  2. 2:15 pm → 6:01 pm2nd of 2 screeningsAll of a SuddenScotiabank 10RegularDrama — French · JapaneseMarie-Lou Fontaine, director of a nursing home in the Paris suburbs, defies convention by adopting the 'Humanitude' method despite her team’s resistance. Her encounter with Mari Morisaki, a terminally ill Japanese playwright, transforms her life. Together, they turn the facility into a symbol of resistance and humanity against the system’s limits.Ryûsuke HamaguchiDirectorVirginie EfiraTao OkamotoKyōzō NagatsukaKodai KurosakiJean-Charles ClichetMarie BunelRomain CottardMarie DenarnaudGabriel DahmaniSephora Pondi
  3. 6:30 pm → 9:08 pm4th of 4 screeningsTenzingTIFF Lightbox 2RegularDrama — EnglishA determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.Jennifer PeedomDirectorGenden PhuntsokTom HiddlestonWillem DafoeCaitríona BalfeThinley Lhamo
  4. 11:59 pm → 2:29 am1st of 2 screeningsRogue TrooperRoyal Alexandra TheatreRegularScience Fiction · Action · Animation · Adventure — EnglishRogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically-engineered, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching for the Traitor General. His comrades are with him in the form of biochips—onto which a G.I.'s entire personality is downloaded at the time of death for later retrieval—and are named Gunnar (mounted on Rogue's rifle), Bagman (on his backpack) and Helm (on his helmet). Rogue is designed to be immune to almost all known toxins, can submerge in strong acid unaffected, and is able to withstand a vacuum on his bare skin.Duncan JonesDirectorAneurin BarnardJack LowdenHayley AtwellSean BeanJemaine ClementAsa ButterfieldDaryl McCormackMatt BerryReece ShearsmithDiane Morgan

Sun, September 20

  1. 3:00 pm → 5:19 pm3rd of 3 screeningsBucking FastardScotiabank 13RegularDrama — EnglishTwo sisters, Jean and Joan Holbrooke, are so close to each other that they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. They even make the same slip of tongue in unison. We cannot see the world as they see it, but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.Werner HerzogDirectorKate MaraRooney MaraHugh O'ConorSimon DelaneyTerry McMahonShane ConnellanOrlando BloomDomhnall Gleeson
  2. 7:15 pm → 9:56 pm4th of 4 screeningsThe Assassin(s)Scotiabank 2RegularDrama · Crime · Thriller · Action — Korean · JapaneseIn 1974, a shooting shocks South Korea. Detective Cheol-gu, who witnesses the attack, Jae-hwan, the city desk editor whose coverage is suppressed, and Young-il, a rookie reporter, begin to dig beneath the cover-up. As their pursuit of the truth deepens, they come to confront forces meant to remain unseen.Hur Jin-hoDirectorYoo Hai-jinPark Hae-ilLee Min-hoChoi Yu-riRyu Hye-youngKim Dae-myungBae Sung-wooYou Seong-jooJo Kyeong-hyeon