Toronto International Film Festival
North America's largest public film festival and the most important autumn acquisition market for English language independent film. Its Gala and Special Presentations sections function in practice as a buyer showcase for the fourth quarter.
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Week in Distribution: August 13 to August 19, 2026
Locarno closed with a Romanian drama taking the Leopard, Paramount announced it had cleared nearly 70 jurisdictions and still cannot close, and Toronto's documentary programme confirmed how far that market has moved. The month ends with a clearer picture than it started with.
TIFF Docs 2026: 21 Titles, 18 World Premieres, and a Documentary Market That Has Quietly Reorganised
Toronto's 2026 documentary programme carries 21 titles from 20 countries with 18 world premieres, opens with Rebeca Huntt's Rapinoe, and is more than two thirds directed by women. The lineup is a good read on where documentary money now comes from, which is not where it came from five years ago.
Week in Distribution: August 6 to August 12, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery crossed $3 billion in quarterly streaming revenue and named a library replenishment gap out loud. Locarno Pro passed 2,000 accreditations for the first time. Toronto filled in its international section. A week that was mostly about supply.
Toronto Centrepiece 2026: 54 Features from 50 Countries, and the Section That Matters Most to International Sellers
Toronto unveiled a Centrepiece lineup of 54 features representing 50 countries, with ten world premieres including titles from Indonesia, Israel and India. For international sales agents, Centrepiece is a more useful document than the Gala list, and it is read by fewer people.
Week in Distribution: July 30 to August 5, 2026
Disney closed its fiscal third quarter with a streaming margin it wants investors to notice, Toronto revealed 64 titles for the autumn, and Locarno opened its 79th edition. A week about how buyers intend to spend rather than about what they bought.
Toronto Unveils Its First 2026 Lineups: 64 Gala and Special Presentations Titles, 32 Premieres, and an Opening Night Built on CODA
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival revealed 64 titles across Gala and Special Presentations, including 32 premieres, and set Sian Heder's Being Heumann as its opening night film. For the autumn acquisition market, Toronto's Special Presentations slate is the single most useful supply document of the year.
Venice 2026 Sets the Autumn Board: Boyle Opens, McDonagh and Lee Chang-dong in Competition, and What the Slate Tells Buyers
The 83rd Venice Film Festival unveiled a competition slate led by Danny Boyle's Ink, Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine and Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love. For buyers planning the autumn, the lineup is the first hard read on what will be available, and at what altitude, through Toronto and into the fourth quarter.