The Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, today revealed its 2026 lineup for the Wavelengths and TIFF Classics programmes. Across acclaimed contemporary cinema, daring experimental work, and anticipated restorations, these distinct programmes showcase artistry and creative risk-taking at TIFF 2026.

Spanning feature films, shorts, and boundary-blurring mid-lengths, Wavelengths foregrounds artist-driven works that embrace risk, defy convention, and challenge cinematic form. This year’s curation features an expanded lineup of 11 feature films, with striking new work from a mix of returning Wavelengths alumni and exciting debuts.

Wavelengths Features

• At Night | Beatrice Gibson | United Kingdom, France, North American Premiere
• Double Freedom (La libertad doble) | Lisandro Alonso | Chile, Argentina, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom, North American Premiere
• Everything Else is Noise (Lo demás es ruido) | Nicolás Pereda | Germany, Canada, Mexico, North American Premiere
• Life of Jorge Luis Borges (Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges) | Mariano Llinás | Argentina, North American Premiere
• London | Sebastian Brameshuber | Austria, North American Premiere
• My Wife Cries (Meine Frau Weint) | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, North American Premiere
• Nobody’s Violence (Violence du corps de l’autre) | Denis Côté | Canada, North American Premiere
• Once Upon a Time in Harlem | William Greaves, David Greaves | USA, Canadian Premiere
• The Black Box is Orange | Yuula Benivolski | Canada, World Premiere
• The Diary of a Chambermaid (Le journal d’une femme de chambre) | Radu Jude | France, Romania, North American Premiere
• The Remotes | John Torres | Philippines, World Premiere

Wavelengths Shorts

WAVELENGTHS 1: HOUSE AND HOME

• Two Pids | John Smith | United Kingdom, North American Premiere
• After Image | Rita Ferrando | Canada, Argentina, World Premiere
• Moon Palace (月宫) | Jiaqi Yu | China, USA, World Premiere
• Microcosmic Orbit: Encased | Danaya Chulphuthiphong | Thailand, North American Premiere
• The Address Book | Mustafa Uzuner | Canada, World Premiere | 16mm
• Chronicle of Tiredness (Crónica del cansancio) | Natalia Marín | Spain, North American Premiere

WAVELENGTHS 2: THIS SUFFOCATING NOW

• Ghazal-e Sorkh (غزالِ سرخ) | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom, France , World Premiere
• TM | Takehisa Kosugi | Japan | 1974, International Premiere of new restoration 
• Fire Flies (咒语) | Zheng Lu Xinyuan | China, World Premiere
• Splits in Two | Simon Liu | Hong Kong, USA, World Premiere
• This Suffocating Now | Vika Kirchenbauer | Germany, North American Premiere

WAVELENGTHS 3: TIME AND TIDE

• Forever…Forever | Johann Lurf | Austria, France, North American Premiere | 70mm
• La Prospettiva (1653) | Ben Russell | France, Italy, World Premiere
• Electric Fragments No. 1 – Rom (Men) (Frammenti Elettrici No. 1 – Rom (Uomini)) | Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi | Italy | 2001
• Fevers | James Richards | Germany, United Kingdom, North American Premiere

WAVELENGTHS: ANOUSHAHPOUR/ALJAFARI

• Peacocks Come with the Clouds (طاووس‌ها با ابرها می‌آیند) | Parastoo Anoushahpour | Iran, Canada, World Premiere
• Masao Adachi Takes a Passport Photo (足立正生、パスポート写真を撮る) | Kamal Aljafari | Germany, France, Japan, World Premiere 

TIFF Classics presented by MUBI, supported by Ontario Creates and the Canada Council for the Arts, brings restored and rediscovered works back into the spotlight, reuniting audiences with iconic films from visionary filmmakers in Canadian and international cinema. This year’s TIFF Classics programme spans landmark historical works, radical form, and bold social satire.

2026 TIFF Classics programme (in alphabetical order) 

• Ken Russell’s The Devils | Ken Russell | United Kingdom |1971, North American Premiere of 4K restoration, courtesy of Warner Bros. Clockwork
• Kissed | Lynne Stopkewich | Canada | 1996
• World Premiere of 4K restoration, courtesy of Canadian International Pictures
• Report to Mother (Amma Ariyan) | John Abraham | India | 1986
• North American Premiere of 4K restoration, courtesy of Film Heritage Foundation
• Spring in a Small Town (Xiao cheng zhi chun) | Fei Mu | China | 1948
• World Premiere of 4K restoration, courtesy of the China Film Archive
• Ten Dark Women (Kuroi jûnin no onna) | Kon Ichikawa | Japan | 1961, North American Premiere of 4K restoration, courtesy of Kadokawa Corporation

Pelechian Project 

• Land of the People | Artavazd Pelechian | Armenia, USSR | 1966 (10 mins.)
• The Beginning | Artavazd Pelechian | Armenia, USSR | 1967 (10 mins.)
• We | Artavazd Pelechian | Armenia, USSR | 1969 (27 mins.)
• The Seasons | Artavazd Pelechian | Armenia, USSR | 1975 (31 mins.)
• The End | Artavazd Pelechian | Armenia | 1992 (8 mins.), North American Premiere of 4K restorations, courtesy of Coproduction Office 

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, runs September 10–20, 2026.