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MDFF Selects in partnership with TIFF is a showcase of the world’s best, most challenging, and most provocative new international cinema.

Student Film Showcase 2026
Directors: Dorothée Gingras-Bernardin, Ruth Tesfahun, Khê Lăng Yên-Khê, June (Chia En) Lee, Abby Ridd, Dani Fink, Carrara Stern, Zaman Khan, Justin Tan, Jhonathan Varela Gonzalez
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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The Misconceived
Director: James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Status: Toronto Premiere
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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The Sparrow and the Chimney
Director: Ramon Zürcher
Status: Toronto Premiere
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2026
Location: TIFF Lightbox

Ramon Zürcher’s and producer Silvan Zürcher’s
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I Only Rest in the Storm
Director: Pedro Pinho
Status: Toronto Premiere
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025
Location: TIFF Lightbox

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Fiume o morte!
Director: Igor Bezinović
Status: Toronto Premiere
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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Videoheaven
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Status: Toronto Premiere
Date: Thursday October 23rd 2025
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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Afternoons of Solitude
Director: Albert Serra
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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Student Film Showcase Retrospective
Directors: Brandon Cronenberg, Jacquelyn Mills, Antoine Bourges, Kazik Radwanski, Hugh Gibson
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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Student Film Showcase 2025
Directors: Arian Salarian, Faith Montoya, Zoe Zhou, Cassidy Cooper, Radin Khodadadi, Han Liu, Lucia Fella Pellegrino, Grant Earl MacIntosh, Annie Liu, Eva Phillips
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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Lazaro at Night
Director: Nicolás Pereda
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Location: TIFF Lightbox
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