The New York Film Festival has unveiled its 2026 main slate, featuring Cannes winners 'Minotaur,' 'Fatherland' and 'All of a Sudden.' The lineup also includes 'Clarissa' and 'The Man I Love,' both of which premiered at Cannes, as well as Chris Rock's 'Misty Green,' which is also set to screen in Toronto.
In other film festival news, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has named 16 winners of its 53rd Student Academy Awards, selected from 2,972 entries from 894 colleges. For the first time, the awards ceremony will be held in connection with the Toronto International Film Festival.
Toronto's Wavelength program will feature films by directors Radu Jude, Beatrice Gibson and Mariano Llinas. TIFF programmer Andrea Picard said the selections reflect introspection and personal investment.