Program TIFF 2026

Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a thirty-something man and a lowly employee, buries his mother without showing the slightest emotion. The following day, he embarks on an affair with an office colleague called Marie, and then he gets back to everyday life. But his neighbour upsets his daily routine by dragging him into some shady business, until a tragedy takes place on a beach beneath the blazing sun...

François and Julie, together for sixteen years and parents of two children, can no longer connect intimately. They decide to open up their relationship in order to engage in sexual follies that will allow them to learn more about themselves... But it can’t be that simple, right?

A car accident leaves a woman suffering from amnesia. She takes shelter in an apartment belonging to an aspiring actress and, as the two women do their best to uncover the stranger’s identity, their investigation leads them through a labyrinth of disorienting encounters that blur the line between dream and reality.

An extremely strange group of people lives in a communal house in a godforsaken district. The occupants of the house — apart from the vegetarian in the cellar — share one great passion: they are all customers of the butcher’s shop Delicatessen on the ground floor. One day the group is enhanced by the arrival of a young man with an unusual hobby.

Global heavyweights — from military strategists to philosophers — join a bold wargame exploring how artificial intelligence might reshape power itself. This documentary that doesn’t shy away from the most alarming scenarios will be accompanied by a debate on the future of AI!

Two down-on-their-luck jazz musicians find themselves out of a job and on the run after the police raid the speakeasy where they perform and they inadvertently witness a gang war. With no money and nowhere to hide, they join an all-female band headed to Florida. Armed with dodgy wigs and wobbly falsettos, Joe and Jerry settle into their new identities — especially after meeting the gorgeous Sugar Kane — but things soon begin to spiral out of control...

Shy Parisian waitress Amélie Poulain quietly dedicates her life to improving the lives of others through a series of elaborate acts of kindness, until an unexpected romance forces her to confront her own loneliness.

Viv, a Chinese artist wannabe, got stuck in Berlin after the pandemic and accidentally ventured into the vibrant alternative culture scene. To someone who was raised to follow “the standard”, everything seems so exciting. But to her family in China, the most alarming question surfaces: “why is she such an oddball?” Drifting between new environments and traditional expectations, Viv is constantly adapting to shifting opinions about herself, the world, and of course, China, only to feel more lost than ever.

This film is not suitable for children   Vermina, a weary elderly mother, wants to find the woman who will bring her son Fabian a little joy: by having sex with him for the first time. So what if Fabian is a mutated beast covered in pus-filled blisters? He also has a soul. And soon Vermina will happen upon the perfect victim: a young mother you would do anything to save her daughter's life.