Program TIFF 2026

After years of spiraling addiction, 32-year-old Dejan arrives at an isolated monastery where addicts are treated through labor, discipline, obedience and faith. Immersed in a rigid daily routine, Dejan begins his painful journey toward recovery. But then an unexpected event will force him to choose between protecting the system that gave him purpose and confronting the truth he can no longer ignore.

From besieged Aleppo to the confines of a London newsroom, Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist and cameraman Abd Alkader Habak retrace their love story, using their vast personal archives stretching over 13 years of revolutions, war and exile. Can their love survive distance, danger, and differences?

Ukraine, in the near future. The war has ended. A film director is out of work, out of luck, and out of touch with his family abroad. While his wife and daughter built a new life in Vienna, he stays behind—confused, restless, and convinced that things will get better. Eventually. Probably. Maybe.

In the early 1930s, painter Leonora Carrington, a rebel against social expectations, joins the surrealist movement and its iconic figures like André Breton and Salvador Dalí in Paris. A whirlwind love affair with artist Max Ernst confronts her with her inner demons. During the war, Leonora flees to Mexico and finally empowers herself....See more details

Mehdi’s life balances between two worlds. He presents himself as the perfect Algerian son to his mother Fatima while secretly maintaining a relationship with Léa and pursuing his passion for French cuisine and wine as a chef. When Léa insists on meeting his mother, Mehdi is forced into a corner and comes up with a disastrous solution that threatens to unravel everything.

When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down evil, only to realize that darkness can thrive in unexpected places.

"I was eight the last time I saw my sister. She was standing in the doorway, crying, wearing plastic bags instead of socks. When I asked why, she said her shoes were wet and she couldn't afford new ones. Then she left. That was the last time I saw her. 27 years later, a letter arrived from her. But instead of bringing us together, it was thrown away....See more details

Jung-hwan, a professional wild animal trainer, spends his days bickering and playing with his teenage daughter, Soo-ah, who is passionate about dancing. Then one day, Soo-ah gets infected by a zombie virus that sweeps across the world. To protect her, Jung-hwan takes Soo-ah to a seaside village where his mother lives....See more details

Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Finland’s accession to NATO, three Russian women living in Finland develop radically different attitudes toward Putin’s Russia and their own identity. While one completely rejects her Russian roots, the others continue to hold on to them.

Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1973. As the military coup unfolds across the country, Captain Jorge Silva receives an order that will change his life forever: to turn the Air Force Academy, where he now trains young cadets, into a detention and torture center. Convinced that the horror will be short-lived, Silva tries to stay on the sidelines, but the arrival of an unhinged superior officer will force him to confront his deepest beliefs.