TIFF’26: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | SOUMSOUM, THE NIGHT OF THE STARS
“I wanted to escape from this eternal dialectic between the colonized people and those who have colonized us.”
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TIFF ’26: Djinn Wedding
Karahan explores these misfortunes through an almost supernatural lens, invoking images and motifs that allude to the curse perpetually hanging over them.
TIFF ’26: Being Heumann
Being Heumann is inspiring without making the fight look easy.
TIFF ’26: The Assassin(s)
By covering the suppression of truth following the assassination attempt, the film shows that ‘The Assassin(s)’ referred to in its title do not just refer to the man who fired the gun and his mysterious accomplice.
TIFF ’26: Babies
I really liked that Babies actually commits to exploring an answer Hollywood doesn’t often give.
TIFF ’26: YAGA
There’s something strange happening in the town of Whittock. After two episodes of YAGA though,...
TIFF ’26: It’s My Time
Xue leans into the intensity that comes with contact sports, making split second decisions and movements of cubes in hands feel massive.
TIFF ’26: The Last Photograph
The Last Photograph becomes less about simply finding the next person on Ethan’s list and more about two damaged men trying to find something worth holding onto.
TIFF ’26: Club Kid
At some point, the party has to end. Club Kid asks what happens when you’re the last person to realize it.
TIFF ’26: Run Terry Run
Quite simply, one cannot help but get emotional watching Run Terry Run.
TIFF ’26: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
The film focuses on this dynamic – the wives with each other and their husband- highlighting the fact that structures that trap women, ironically, also need the participation of women to last.
TIFF ’26: Phoolan
Mehta masterfully executes telling Phoolan’s story, handling it with care so that we feel for her, root for her, and are inspired by her courage.
TIFF ’26: The Julia Set
Julia’s journey is one of owning her strengths and allowing them to shine.