I Play Rocky World Premiere

Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky has recently released its trailer and whether or not people are anticipating the movie itself, the talk has been all about the impressive portrayals of Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers in the trailer. The film is due out this November, but an audience will be able screen it a month in advance as it will make its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF has just unveiled its complete list of films on the program for 2026.

TIFF Slate

It was gradually revealed that we were getting world premieres for CODA director, Siân Heder’s new film Being Heumann, as well as Alpha Gang and Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Now, we get the full shebang.

This year’s Gala and Special Presentations feature films from nearly 30 countries, highlighting distinctive artistic visions by leading global directors including: Pedro Almodóvar, Danny Boyle, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Lee Chang-dong, Jesse Eisenberg, Gael García Bernal, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Mike Leigh, John Madden, Rachel Morrison, Cristian Mungiu, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Florian Zeller and Andrey Zvyagintsev. 

The 51st edition of TIFF will run on September 10—20, 2026. 

Check out the complete list of films below.

2026 Gala Presentations (in alphabetical order):

*previously announced 

• A Talent for Murder | Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, Italy
  World Premiere 
• All About Corinne | Marc Fitoussi | France
  North American Premiere
• Always Lalisa | Sue Kim | USA
  World Premiere 
• Atonement | Reed Van Dyk | USA
  North American Premiere 
• Babies | Lauren Miller Rogen | USA
  World Premiere
• *Being Heumann | Siân Heder | USA
  World Premiere 
  Opening Night Film
• Bunker | Florian Zeller | France, Spain
  North American Premiere 
• Diary of a Mad Old Man | Wayne Wang | USA
  World Premiere
• Evil Genius | Courteney Cox | USA
  World Premiere
• Girl Group | Rebel Wilson | United Kingdom
  World Premiere
• Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story | Adrian Buitenhuis | Canada
  World Premiere 
• Misty Green | Chris Rock | USA
  World Premiere
• Onwards and Sideways | John Madden | United Kingdom
  World Premiere
• Pretenders | Joss Crowley | United Kingdom
  World Premiere 
• *Prima Facie | Susanna White | Australia, United Kingdom
  World Premiere
• Run Terry Run | Sean Menard | Canada
• Spirit Guardians: The Last Secret of the First Emperor | Nguyen Phan Quang Binh | Vietnam
  International Premiere 
• Tenzing | Jennifer Peedom | USA, Australia
  Canadian Premiere
• *The Assassin(s) | Hur Jin-ho | South Korea
  World Premiere
• The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd | Tim Blake Nelson | USA
  World Premiere
• The Only Living Pickpocket in New York | Noah Segan | USA
  Canadian Premiere 
• Up Against It | Trudie Styler | United Kingdom
  World Premiere
• Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend | Yan Lanouette Turgeon | Canada
  World Premiere 
  Closing Night Film

2026 Special Presentations (in alphabetical order):

*previously announced 

• A Long Winter | Andrew Haigh | Canada, United Kingdom
  Canadian Premiere 
• All of a Sudden | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | France, Japan, Germany, Belgium
  North American Premiere 
• All That She Wants | Scarlett Bermingham, Andrew Rhymer | USA, Canada
  World Premiere 
• *Alpha Gang | David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | USA
  International Premiere 
• Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo | Takashi Miike | USA, United Kingdom, Japan
  World Premiere
• Bitter Christmas | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain
  North American Premiere
• Clarissa | Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri |  Nigeria, USA
  North American Premiere 
• Club Kid | Jordan Firstman | USA
  Canadian Premiere 
• Coward | Lukas Dhont | Belgium
  North American Premiere
• Elsinore | Simon Stone | United Kingdom
  Canadian Premiere 
• Everest: The Other Side | Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | USA
  Canadian Premiere 
• Everybody Wants To F*** Me | Jonathan Schey | United Kingdom, France, USA
  World Premiere
• Faith | Paul Andrew Williams | United Kingdom
  World Premiere 
• Fjord | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
  Canadian Premiere 
• Gentle Monster | Marie Kreutzer | Austria
  Canadian Premiere 
• *Glaxo | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Brazil
  World Premiere 
• Growth of the Soil | Hans Petter Moland | Norway
  World Premiere 
• Happily Ever After | Feng-I Fiona Roan | Taiwan
  World Premiere 
• Hombre al agua | Gael García Bernal | Mexico
  North American Premiere 
• I Play Rocky | Peter Farrelly | USA
  World Premiere
• In Alaska | Jaap van Heusden, Vinnie Karetak | Netherlands, Canada
  World Premiere
• Ink | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom, France, USA 
  Canadian Premiere 
• Josephine | Beth de Araújo | USA
  Canadian Premiere 
• La Bola Negra | Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi | Spain, France
  Canadian Premiere 
• Le Faux Soir | Michaël R. Roskam | Belgium, France
  World Premiere 
• Look Back | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan
  North American Premiere 
• *Love of Your Life | Rachel Morrison | USA
  World Premiere 
• Minotaur | Andrey Zvyagintsev | France, Germany, Latvia
  Canadian Premiere 
• Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan
  North American Premiere 
• Paradise Lost | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea
  World Premiere 
• Phoolan | Richie Mehta | India
  World Premiere 
• Possible Love | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea
  North American Premiere 
• Tender Loving Care | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom
  Canadian Premiere 
• The Age of Goodbyes | Edmund Yeo | Taiwan, Malaysia
  World Premiere 
• The Beloved | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain
  North American Premiere 
• The Debut | Jesse Eisenberg | USA
  International Premiere 
• *The Housewife | Ben Shirinian | USA
  World Premiere
• The Julia Set | Niki Byrne | USA
  World Premiere 
• The Man I Love | Ira Sachs | USA
  North American Premiere 
• The Stunt Driver | Michael Dowse | Canada
  World Premiere 
• The Unknown | Arthur Harari | France
  North American Premiere 
• Whatcha Want | Mina Shum | Canada
  World Premiere 
• *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | Bassam Tariq | USA
  World Premiere 

Source:
TIFF