Falas Negras

The 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 10 to September 20, 2026. The festival's opening film was Being Heumann by Sian Heder, and its closing film was Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend (Villeneuve : l'ascension d'une légende) by Yan Lanouette Turgeon. The festival also hosted the 2026 edition of the Student Academy Awards, and non-English language winners of the festival's Platform Prize are now automatically eligible for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The festival's first programming announcement of three Gala titles was revealed on July 7, 2026, and a second announcement of five Special Presentations films was released on July 16. Several full sections were announced in the week of July 20, with additional announcements in the week of August 3, before the complete schedule was announced August 11.