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September 4 to 14, 2025

QUÉBEC AT TIFF

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  Feature Films  

Follies

Photo du film Folichonneries

Fiction | North American Premiere

Section: Centrepiece

Screenwriters: Alexandre Auger, Éric K. Boulianne
Director: Éric K. Boulianne
Production: Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distribution: Entract Films

> Details

 

Lovely Day

Photo du film Mille secrets mille dangers

Fiction | World Premiere

Section: Special Presentations

Screenwriter: Philippe Falardeau with the collaboration of Alain Farah
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Production: micro_scope
Distribution: Les Films Opale, Entract Films

> Details

Mile End Kicks

Photo du film Mile End Kicks

Fiction | World Premiere

Section: Special Presentations

Screenwriter and Director: Chandler Levack
Co-production: Banner House (Québec), Zapruder Films (Ontario)
Distribution: Entract Films

> Details

 

Out Standing

Photo du film Seule au front

Fiction | World Premiere

Section: Discovery

Screenwriters: Martine Pagé, Mélanie Charbonneau
Director: Mélanie Charbonneau
Co-production: GPA Films (Québec), January Media (Ontario)
Distribution: Sphère Films

> Details

Peak Everything

Photo du film Amour apocalypse

Fiction | Toronto Premiere

Section: Gala Presentations | Closing Film

Screenwriter and Director: Anne Émond
Production: Metafilms
Distribution: Immina Films

> Details

 

Space Cadet

Photo du film Space Cadet

Animation | North American Premiere

Section: Centrepiece

Screenwriter: Mylène Chollet
Director: Eric San (Kid Koala)
Production: Les Films OUTSIDERS
Distribution: Les Films Opale, Entract Films

> Details

 

The Cost of Heaven

Photo du film Gagne ton ciel

Fiction | World Premiere

Section: Centrepiece

Screenwriters: Alexandre Auger, Mathieu Denis
Director: Mathieu Denis
Production: Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distribution: Maison 4:3

> Details

 

Mare’s Nest

Photo du film Mare's Nest

Fiction | North American Premiere

Section: Wavelengths

Screenwriter and Director: Ben Rivers
Minority co-production: Urth Films (United Kingdom), 4A4 Productions (France), Greenground Productions (Québec), La Bête (France) 
Distribution: Greenground Productions

> Details

 

  Shorts  

Jazz Infernal

Photo du court métrage Jazz Infernal

Fiction | World Premiere

Section: Short Cuts

Screenwriters: Will Niava, Kristelle Laroche
Director: Will Niava
Production: Telescope Films
Distribution: Travelling

> Details

What We Leave Behind

Photo du court métrage Ce qu'on laisse derriere

Animation | Canadian Premiere

Section: Short Cuts

Screenwriters and Directors: Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
Production: Sémaphore Films
Distribution: Travelling

> Details

 

OTHER QUÉBEC PRESENCES AT TIFF

Section: Short Cuts

> Selection of The Girl Who Cried Pearls, directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, produced by NFB (Montreal studio)

Platform Section Jury

>  Screenwriter and director Chloé Robichaud is a member of the Platform Section Jury.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AT TIFF

SODEC networking event

On September 7, SODEC will organize a networking event in collaboration with Bureau du Québec à Toronto.

Professional meetings for Québec Music Publishers

On September 8, SODEC will organize for a third consecutive year professional meetings between Québec Music Publishers and Canadian Music Supervisors. This activity will be followed by a listening session to introduce leading Québec artists.

The Québec participants are:

Bravo Musique Publishing
Cult Nation
Disques 7ième Ciel / 117 Records
Éditions Quartier Général
Editorial Avenue
Fair Enough
Mothland
Ray-On
Rosemarie Records
Slam Disques / Hell For Breakfast

Visionaries event

On September 7, two Québec filmmakers, Mélanie Charbonneau (Out Standing) and Chandler Levack (Mile End Kicks), will participate in the Visionaries event organized by Directors Guild of Canada.

 

International Financing Forum

On September 7 and 8, four Québec production companies will participate in the International Financing Forum, organized by Ontario Creates :

Yzanakio
Ocho
Les Films Band with Pictures
Chasseurs Films

See the 2025 Selected Projects and Participants List.

DIALOGUES Creative Visions in Animated Feature Films

On September 9, Kid Koala (Eric San) will participate in the panel DIALOGUES Creative Visions in Animated Feature Films, a conversation bringing together Kid Koala (Eric San), Domee Shi, Momoko Seto and Mamoru Hosoda on the theme: how directors can balance artistic integrity with industry realities, and what it takes to make animated films that captivate audiences and spark global imaginations.