TIFF 2025: UK films and co-productions in selection
PALESTINE 36 (Annemarie Jacir)
The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival have announced an incredible 40 UK films and co-productions at this year's festival. We're excited to reveal the UK titles featured across Gala, Platform, Discovery, Special Presentation, Docs, Short Cuts, Wavelength and Centrepiece strands!
GALA PRESENTATIONS
FUZE | Dir. David Mackenzie | Wri. Ben Hopkins | UK
World Premiere
GLENROTHAN | Dir. Brian Cox | Wris. David Ashton, Jeff Murphy | UK
World Premiere | Supported by Screen Scotland
HAMNET | Dir. Chloé Zhao | Wris. Maggie O'Farrell, Chloé Zhao | UK
World Premiere
PALESTINE 36 | Wri-dir. Annemarie Jacir | Palestine, UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
World Premiere | Supported by the BFI and BBC Film
THE CHORAL | Dir. Nicholas Hytner | Wri. Alan Bennett | UK
World Premiere | Supported by BBC Film and Screen Yorkshire
Rose of Nevada (Mark Jenkin)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
& SONS | Dir. Pablo Trapero | UK, Canada
World Premiere
A PALE VIEW OF HILLS | Wri-dir. Kei Ishikawa | Japan, UK, Poland
BAD APPLES | Dir. Jonatan Etzler | Wris. Jess O'Kane, Rasmus Lindgren | UK
World Premiere
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER | Dir. Edward Berger | Wris. Rowan Joffe, Lawrence Osborne | UK, USA
FRANKENSTEIN | Wri-dir. Guillermo del Toro | USA, UK
Supported by Screen Scotland
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ | Dir. James McAvoy | Wris. Gavin Bain, Elaine Gracie, Archie Thomson | UK, USA
World Premiere | Supported by Screen Scotland
HEDDA | Dir. Nia DaCosta | Wris. Henrik Ibsen, Nia DaCosta | USA, UK
World Premiere
ETERNAL RETURN | Wri.-dir. Yaniv Raz | UK, USA
World Premiere
ROSE OF NEVADA | Wri-dir. Mark Jenkin | UK
Supported by BFI and Film4
SACRIFICE | Dir. Romain Gavras | Wris. Will Arbery, Romain Gavras | UK, Greece
World Premiere | Supported by Film4
SENTIMENTAL VALUE | Dir. Joachim Trier | Wris. Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt | Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, UK
THE CHRISTOPHERS | Dir. Steven Soderbergh | Wri. Ed Solomon | UK
World Premiere
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY | Wri-dir. Rian Johnson | USA, UK
World Premiere
PLATFORM
WINTER OF THE CROW | Dir. Kasia Adamik | Wris. Kasia Adamik, Sandra Buchta, Lucinda Coxon | Poland, Luxembourg, UK
World Premiere | Backed by UK Global Screen Fund
STEVE | Dir. Tim Mielants | Wri. Max Porter | Ireland, UK
World Premiere
Retreat (Ted Evans)
DISCOVERY
RETREAT | Wri-dir. Ted Evans | UK
World Premiere | Backed by BFI, BBC Film, Creative UK
THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT | Dir. Nadia Latif | Wris. Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif | UK
World Premiere | Supported by Creative Wales
THE SON AND THE SEA | Dir. Stroma Cairns | Wris. Imogen West, Stroma Cairns | UK
World Premiere | Supported by BBC Film
California Schemin' (James McAvoy)
Bad Apples (Jonatan Etzler)
CENTREPIECE
GOOD BOY | Dir. Jan Komasa | Wris. Bartek Batosik, Naqqash Khalid | UK, Poland
World Premiere | Backed by UK Global Screen Fund
HAMLET | Dir. Aneil Karia | Wri. Michael Lesslie | UK
Backed by BFI, BBC Film
I SWEAR | Wri.-dir. Kirk Jones | UK
World Premiere
IRKALLA: GILGAMESH'S DREAM | Dir. Mohamed Al Daradji | Wris. Mohamed Al Daradji, Karim Traïdia | Iraq, United Arab Emirates, France, UK, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
LEFT-HANDED GIRL | Dir. Shih-Ching Tsou | Wris. Shih-Ching Tsou, Sean Baker | Taiwan, France, USA, UK
MY FATHER'S SHADOW | Dir. Akinola Davies Jnr | Wris. Akinola Davies Jnr, Wale Davies | UK, Nigeria
Backed by BFI, BBC Film
ORPHAN | Dir. László Nemes | Wris. László Nemes, Clara Royer | Hungary, France, Germany, UK
Backed by UK Global Screen Fund
SAIPAN | Dirs. Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn | Wri. Paul Fraser | Ireland, UK
World Premiere | Backed by UK Global Screen Fund, Northern Ireland Screen
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB | France, Tunisia, UK | Wri-dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
Supported by Film4
WASTEMAN | Dir. Cal McMau | Wris. Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran | UK
World Premiere
Saipan (Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn)
Wasteman (Cal McMau)
Glenrothan (Brian Cox)
TIFF DOCS
THE BALLOONISTS | Dir. John Dower | USA, UK, Austria
World Premiere
SHORT CUTS
THANKS TO MEET YOU! | Dir. Richard Hunter | UK
WAVELENGTHS FEATURES
MARE'S NEST | Dir. Ben Rivers | France, UK, Canada
WAVELENGTHS SHORTS
I SAW THE FACE OF GOD IN THE JET WASH | Dir. Mark Jenkin | UK
DARIA'S NIGHT FLOWERS | Dir. Maryam Tafakory | France, Iran, UK
INDUSTRY SELECTS
FALLING | Wri-dirs. James Krisel, Colin Krisel | UK
STRAIGHT CIRCLE | Wri-dir. Oscar Hudson | UK
Supported by BBC Film
