WIF is proud to present our guide to the Toronto International Film Festival 2026, celebrating the visionary filmmakers and executives that make up our community of supporters, alumni, and honorees. Join us in congratulating and championing their work on this global stage.
Want more? This year, there are more than 60 films directed by women at TIFF – view all of them HERE.
BEING HEUMANN
WORLD PREMIERE
Featuring a breakout performance by Ruth Madeley and Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo, this inspiring historical drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Siân Heder (CODA) celebrates the paradigm-shifting activist Judy Heumann, “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.”
Siân Heder, Director/Writer
’21 WIF Crystal Award for Advocacy Honoree
Dana Belcastro, Production Executive, Apple TV
WIF Mentor
CHEYENNE
WORLD PREMIERE
Cheyenne follows a group of fearless cowgirls who compete at riding wild broncos on the rodeo circuit after nearly a century of being excluded because of their gender.
Taimi Arvidson, Director
’19 Sundance/WIF Financing Intensive Alum
Brittany Douziech, Music Supervisor
WIF Mentor
THE HOUSEWIFE
WORLD PREMIERE
Grounded in artful performances from Oscar nominee Naomi Watts and Tye Sheridan, this salient historical drama depicts the complexities of seeking justice in the long shadow of Nazism.
Cindy Cowan, Producer
WIF Member
MUSK
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
The Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney delivers his most ambitious and epic work in exploring the history of the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
Jessie Deeter, Producer
’15 WIF Film Finishing Fund Grantee
EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE
WORLD PREMIERE
Professional ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson seek to ski down the North Face of Mount Everest, a feat never achieved, as the Oscar-winning filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin follow their journey, shooting for the IMAX screen.
Shannon Dill, Producer
WIF Member
TRASH MOUNTAIN
WORLD PREMIERE
After the death of their hoarder father in rural Missouri, two siblings (Caleb Hearon and Zooey Deschanel) reunite to sort through the baggage — both literal and emotional — in Kris Rey’s poignant and funny exploration of love and grief.
Brittany Douziech, Music Supervisor
WIF Mentor
BABIES
WORLD PREMIERE
Seth Rogen and Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick star in Lauren Miller Rogen’s big-hearted comedy about the dilemma that eventually infiltrates every long-term relationship: to parent or not to parent?
Jen Ray, Producer
WIF Mentor
TANGLES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
A young woman deals with her vibrant mother’s Alzheimer diagnosis in this deeply moving animation adapted from a graphic memoir, with a voice cast including Abbi Jacobson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Seth Rogen, and Bowen Yang.
Jen Ray, Producer
WIF Mentor
PHOOLAN
WORLD PREMIERE
In the heartland of India, a young Phoolan Devi becomes one of the most famous outlaws in Indian history and the target of 2,000 heavily armed men sent to kill her over a gruelling 48-hour siege.
Pip White, Director of Photography
‘23 Cinematography Fellow
NEVERMAN
WORLD PREMIERE
Broadway and cabaret icon Justin Vivian Bond stars as a transgender gay rights activist with worsening Alzheimer disease suffering from the treatment in her nursing home, in Rodrigo Barriuso’s poignant second feature.
Emily Schweber, Casting Director
WIF Mentor
THE JULIA SET
WORLD PREMIERE
Chase Infiniti stars as a gifted university student who becomes romantically involved with a teaching assistant as they both prepare for the Putnam Exam, the most challenging math competition in North America. Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs co-star.
Marcello Dubaz, Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Effects Editor
WIF Mentor