Lovers of Serialized Story, don’t let its name fool you: Toronto International Film Festival has celebrated the series and the small screen for a decade. As the party reads for the tenth anniversary of its Primetime program at this year’s event-set “Spotlight Exceptional International Series and Boundary-Pushing Episodic Storytelling” -Har TIFF today announced the 2025 lineup.
This year’s Primetime slate has six world premieres including Sterlin Harjo’s latest“The Lowdown”, which opens the section and stars Ethan Hawke, plus Netflix Latest original Canadian series “Wayward” (created by Mae Martin and Ryan Scott, and the lead role Martin, Sarah Gadon and Toni Collette), Zach Baylin and Kate Susman’s “Black Jew” (Starring Jew “(Starring Jew” (Starring Jew “(Starring Jew. Of Who of Who Directs: Story of the Basketball Africa League “(the only document series in Lineupen) and” The Savage “(created by Houman Seyyedi).
In the last few weeks, TIFF has announced the majority of their choices, including Colin Hanks’ Opening evening documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” Plus new films from Steven Soderbergh, Nia Dacosta, Chandler Levack, Alejandro Amenábar and Sung-Hyun ByunThe the addition of 11 star -clear titles In the program Gala and special presentations (plus The whole range), the release of The platform jury and rangeThe Full Discovery SlateThe always-wild midnight madness assortmentits Robust documentary slateplus the talents celebrated At this year’s tribute bile.
TIFF 2025 Primetime (in alphabetical order):
“A Sámi Wedding” | Åse Kathrin Vuolab, Pål Jackman | Norway | World premiere
“Black Rabbit” | Zach Baylin, Kate Susman | USA | World premiere
“Gandhi” | Sameer Nair, Hansal Mehta | India | World premiere
“Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League” | Richard Brown, Tebogo Malope | Rwanda/UK/USA | World premiere
“Portobello – The Fall of Enzo Tortora” | Marco Bellocchio | Italy/France | International premiere
“Reunion” | William Magni, Luke Snellin | UK | North American premiere
“Rise of the Raven” | Balázs Polish, Robert Dornhelm | Hungary / Austria / Germany | North American premiere
“The Lowdown” | Sterlin Harjo | USA | World premiere
“The Savage” | Houman Seyyedi | Iran | International premiere
“Wayward” | Mae Martin, Ryan Scott | Canada | World premiere
The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, runs September 4-14, 2025. More festival information will be shared in the coming weeks.
