With many of the biggest premieres for Fallival officially on the calendar, each subsequent set -up message is leaning more and more against Sicko Cinephiles among us. You probably already knew that that 2025 Toronto International Film Festival would include “The Sound of Falling”, “The Smashing Machine” and “Frankenstein”, but they recently announced Wavelengths Lineup promises to offer many hidden gemstones you’ve never heard of. And of course there are some favorites from second 2025 Festivals That the Toronto audience has not had a chance to see.
The famous avant-garde part of the festival has nine features and 14 shorts from all over the world, each of which presses the boundaries of cinematic story in some way. Highlights include Kahlil Joseph’s genre -bending artwork “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” (which premiered to rave reviews on Sundance), Ben Rivers “Mare’s Nest” (which will Also play NYFF) and Gael García Bernal-led historical epic “Magellan.”
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 slateTV-centered Primetime rangeplus the talents celebrated At this year’s tribute bile.
2025 wavelengths (in alphabetical order):
“BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions” | Kahlil Joseph | US Canadian premiere
“Copper (copper)” | Nicolás Pereda | North American premiere in Canada/Mexico
“Dry leaves” | Alexandre Koberidze | Germany/Georgia North American Premiere
“Levers” | Rhayne Vermette | Canada World Premiere
“Magellan (Magalhães)” | LAV Diaz | Portugal/Spain/France/Philippines/Taiwan North American Premiere
“Mare Bo” | Ben Rivers | France/UK/Canada North American premiere
“The seasons (Stations) ”| Maureen Farmer | Portugal/France/Spain/Austria North American premiere
2025 wavelength pairings:
“With Hasan in Gaza” | Kamal Aljafari | Palestine/Germany/France/Qatar North American premiere
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“It’s so beautiful here” | Basma al-Sharif | Palestine international premiere
2025 wavelengths shorts:
Wave lengths 1: Map of tracks
Ten mornings ten evenings and a horizon ”| Tomonari Nishikawa | Japan Rojo Green Blau | Victoria Schmid | Austria
World premiere
“Disappeared” | Sohrab Hura | India/Nepal Canadian premiere
“09/05/1982” | Jorge Caballero, Camilo Restrepo | Mexico/Spain North American premiere
“Map of tracks (memory coordinates)” | Chan Hau Chun | Hong Kong World Premiere
“Going through” | Vadim Kostrov | France Canadian Premiere
Wavelengths 2: in the blue
“I saw God’s face in the jet washing” | Mark Jenkin | Britain’s North American premiere
“From my cloud” | Minjung Kim | South Korea’s world premiere
“Cacorogator” | Abdellah Taïa | France’s North American premiere
Wavelengths 3: minimum claim
“Land of Barbar” | Fredj Moussa | Tunisia World Premiere
“Human condition” | Friedl Vom Gröller | Austria world premiere
“Minimum claim” | Eri Saito | Japan World Premiere
“Conference” | Björn Kämarer | Austria world premiere
“Morgenkreis” | Basma al-Sharif | Canada/United Arab Emirates International Premiere
“BLANKET” | Blake Williams | 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.
