British director Theo Rhys’s debut feature Stuffed, starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling, is among the titles set to screen as part of the Discovery lineup at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
TIFF released the Discovery lineup this morning. Stuffed has been described as a “gloriously twisted musical” and has been expanded by Rhys from his 2021 short of the same name.
Other high-profile titles set for TIFF’s Discovery include David Turpin’s Ancestors, starring Éanna Hardwicke, Jack Wolfe, and Rupert Everett; Drifter, the directorial debut of Fast & Furious actor Sung Kang; Ghasideh Golmakani’s Head to Head, Tom Nicoll’s Salvation, and Voices, a 1960s period musical from first-time filmmaker and former NFL player Deantè Gray.
The 2026 Discovery Official Selection has been programmed by Jason Anderson, Kelly Boutsalis, Diana Cadavid, Robyn Citizen, Claire Diao, Giovanna Fulvi, June Kim, Peter Kuplowsky, Dorota Lech, and Jason Ryle. Check out the full lineup below.
TIFF 2026 will run from September 10 to 20.
A Common Story | Anna Foglietta | Italy
International Premiere
Ancestors | David Turpin | Ireland, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Arne Goes to Space | Lars Vega | Sweden
World Premiere
Bedford Park | Stephanie Ahn | USA
International Premiere
Drifter | Sung Kang | USA
World Premiere
Head to Head | Ghasideh Golmakani | Iran, Germany
World Premiere
I Am Mario | Sharon Kleinberg | Mexico
International Premiere
In Waves | Phuong Mai Nguyen | France, Belgium
International Premiere
Krux | Tony Vahl | Germany, Poland
World Premiere
Magazine | Alexandra Pechman | USA
World Premiere
Memories of a Forest | Katharina Rabl | Germany, Austria
International Premiere
Nosotros | Joaquín Ruano | Guatemala, Mexico
World Premiere
Purgatory | Lindsay Lanzillotta | Canada, USA
World Premiere
Salvation | Tom Nicoll | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Seventeen | Justin Ducharme | Canada
World Premiere
Sisters | Ione Hernández | Spain
World Premiere
Strong Son | Ian Bawa | Canada
World Premiere
Stuffed | Theo Rhys | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Discovery opening film
The Daughters of Abraham | Hanaël El Yousfi | France
International Premiere
The Fortunate Isles | Helena Girón, Samuel Delgado | Spain, Greece
World Premiere
Voices | Deantè Gray | USA
International Premiere
We Are Born Good | Leung Chuen Yeung | Hong Kong
World Premiere
What Lies Between Us | Amalie Næsby Fick | Denmark
World Premiere
Zjili: A Story of Sisterhood and The Burdens of Excess | Christine Boateng, Hajara Musah
Chambas | Ghana
World Premiere