The 51st edition of the Toronto Film Festival rounded out its schedule today with 11 more films bringing this year’s count to 293 titles.

Of note, following the world premieres at Venice, Searchlight’s Martin McDonagh film Wild Horse Nine, Werner Herzog’s Rooney and Kate Mara movie Bucking Fastard, and Nanni Moretti’s It Will Happen One Night find their way to Toronto.

Wild Horse Nine stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Parker Posey, Steve Buscemi and Tom Waits in a story about two CIA agents who are facing a trust-testing mission from Santiago, Chile to Easter Island during 1973.

In Bucking Fastard, the Maras star as sisters Jean and Joan Holbrooke, who are so close that they speak in unison, love the same man, have the same dreams and event make the same slips of the tongue. Pic is based on a true-story. Given the designation of Canadian premiere for both Bucking Fastard and Wild Horse Nine it wouldn’t be shocking if we find these films showing up in Telluride’s lineup, which is unveiled shortly before that fest starts.

Moretti’s latest dramedy, centers around four tenants who live in the same building in an Israeli city. Each faces personal problems and emotional voids. Their lives intertwine as they search for fulfillment, connection, and redemption.

The Idiot(s) stars White Lotus’  Aimee Lou Wood, Johnny Flynn, Vicky Krieps, and Christian Friedel in a story about newlyweds’ European honeymoon which leads them to Baden, which turns into an unexpected and explosive years-long stay as they struggle and overcome obstacles in pursuit of one of them, Fyodor, writing his to-be masterpiece, The Idiot. With a Canadian premiere label here, we can figure it’s also going to Telluride.

Oscar winner Guy Nattiv arrives at TIFF with The Liberation also having a Canadian premiere. Pic stars Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey, Odessa Young, Tracy Letts, and Jaime Ray Newman. Coon plays Rita, a woman in midlife haunted by the weight of her past, encounters magnetic young spiritual leader Ricki (James) and leaves her family to follow her to an all-female commune. But when her daughters Ella (Ramsey) and Jo (Young) arrive unexpectedly and become drawn into the group’s seductive world, Rita is forced to choose between the family she left behind and the life she believes can save her.

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh stars in Bai Xue’s It’s My Time receiving a North American premiere. The movie tells the story of a woman who always makes trouble in the nursing home, using her “nonsense” to fight against aging and prejudice. Unexpectedly, a small Rubik’s Cube becomes the fulcrum for her to pry open the future.

Getting a world premiere is actor Cody Fern’s directorial Closing Night starring Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson and Odessa A’zion. The family drama follows a renowned actress who faces mounting pressure during show rehearsals when her estranged sister suddenly reappears after three decades.

Peter Ho-Sun Chan was previously at a festival, specifically Cannes, in 2024 with She’s Got No Name, and he’s coming to TIFF with the world premiere of The Road Not Taken.

Films announced today (in alphabetical order)

A Good Little Soldier | Stéphane Brizé | France
North American Premiere | Special Presentations

Bucking Fastard | Werner Herzog | USA
Canadian Premiere | Special Presentations

Closing Night | Cody Fern | Australia, Canada
World Premiere | Special Presentations

It’s My Time | Bai Xue | China
North American Premiere | Gala

It Will Happen Tonight | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France, Spain
International Premiere | Special Presentations

Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple | Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn | Canada
World Premiere | Special Presentations

The Idiot(s) | Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert | Poland, Germany
Canadian Premiere | Special Presentations

The Liberation | Guy Nattiv | USA
Canadian Premiere | Special Presentations

The Road Not Taken | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | China
World Premiere | Special Presentations

Trees are Watching | Bahman Ghobadi | Turkey
World Premiere | Centrepiece

Wild Horse Nine | Martin McDonagh | USA, Chile
Canadian Premiere | Special Presentations

You can find the full TIFF 2026 schedule here.

Following in the footsteps of Phoebe Snow, Aretha Franklin and Boys II Men, Brandy will sing the theme song for A Different World. Fans will be able to enjoy hearing the new rendition ahead of each new episode of the Netflix sequel series releasing on September 24, or by watching an early preview above.

“Singing this iconic theme song for A Different World means everything to me. It was one of those shows that I had to watch every time it came on. I remember the song and how it made me feel,” Brandy shared.

Snow sang the original series’ theme song for Season 1, followed by Franklin for seasons 2 to 5, and finally by Boys II Men for the sixth and final season. The original song is written by original cast member Dawn Lewis, Stu Gardner, and Bill Cosby, the latter of whom created A Different World, a spinoff of his family sitcom The Cosby Show.

From writer, showrunner, and executive producer Felicia Pride, the 10-episode single-cam series A Different World follows Deborah (Maleah Joi Moon), Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison), and Whitley Gilbert’s (Jasmine Guy) free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child, as she enters her freshman year at Hillman College. There, she finds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape as she sets out to build her own legacy, while having the time of her life, alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.

In addition to Kardison and Guy, the show will also count on reappearances from original cast members, including Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson, Cree Summer as Freddie Brooks, Charnele Brown as Dr. Kimberly Reese Boyer, Jenifer Lewis as Professor Davenport, Jada Pinkett Smith as Lena James, Dawnn Lewis as Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor, Glynn Turman as Col. Bradford Taylor, Karen Malina White as Charmaine Brown and Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux.

The new original cast also includes the next generation of the fictional HBCU’s finest: Rashida Duvall (Alijah Kai), a first‑gen criminal justice major; Shaquille Johnson (Cornell Young IV), a five‑star athlete choosing legacy; Amir Rodale (Jordan Aaron Hall), a sharp psych major better at fixing everyone else’s problems than facing his own; Hazel Henry (Kennedi Reece), a church‑raised small‑town girl defining her own values; and Kojo Achebe (Chibuikem Uche), a Ghanaian‑Nigerian fashion entrepreneur finding the courage to follow his vision.

The guest cast will also include Tichina Arnold as Darlene Duvall, Joshua Suiter as Andre, Raven Goodwin as Dr. Brooklyn Boyer, Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith as Coach Coles, and Norman Nixon Jr. (Grey’s Anatomy) as Professor Baptiste.

Debbie Allen, who directed 83 episodes of the original series, directed the series premiere. Additional directors and their corresponding episodes are as follows: Tiffany Johnson (102, 105, 106), Angela Barnes (103, 104), Nefertite Nguvu (107, 108), and Bille Woodruff (109, 110). The writers are Pride (101, 110), Des Moran (102), Lisa McQuillan (103, 109), Howard Jordan Jr (104), Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola (105), Des Moran & Ashley Laverne Jackson (106), Howard Jordan Jr & Tasha Armstead & Joel Armstead (107), and Pride and Moran (108). Writers from the original series, Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gina Prince-Bythewood, return as executive producers alongside Tom Werner, Allen, Pride, and Mandy Summers.

The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled a fresh round of titles to finalize its upcoming 51st edition, including Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine and Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard.

Toronto is giving Cody Fern’s directorial debut, Closing Night, a world premiere, with Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson and Dianne Wiest starring in the Special Presentations title. There’s also a first look for Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s The Road Not Taken in the Special Presentations program, and a world bow for Bahman Ghobadi’s Trees are Watching film in the Centrepiece section.

Also in the Special Presentations program, Toronto booked an international premiere for Nanni Moretti’s It Will Happen Tonight after it opens in Venice; and there’s North American premieres for Stéphane Brizé’s 11th feature, Un bon petit soldat (A Good Little Soldier), led by Alba Rohrwacher and Vincent London; and It’s My Time, by Chinese director Bai Xue.

The Special Presentations program also has Canadian premieres for Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, a dark comedy with John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA officers sent to Easter Island ahead of the 1973 coup in Chile; Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard, the latest feature from the Grizzly Man director set for a Venice world premiere starring sisters Kate Mara and Rooney Mara, along with Orlando Bloom and Domhnall Gleeson; and Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple, a documentary about the late Rush drummer and lyricist from directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn.

There’s also Canadian premieres for Małgorzata Szumowska offbeat newlywed adventure The Idiot(s), starring Aimee Lou Wood and Johnny Flynn; and Guy Nattiv’s Liberation, starring Carrie Coon, Lily James and Bella Ramsey.

The latest film additions to the TIFF lineup are the last announced titles for a 51^st edition to feature in all 293 titles. Oscar-winning CODA filmmaker Sian Heder’s upcoming feature Being Heumann will open the September event, while Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend, a biopic about the late Canadian racing car driver Gilles Villeneuve, will close the annual film festival.

The Toronto Film Festival is set to run Sept. 10 to 20.