#PRODUCTWATCH: 2026 ACURA ADX PLATINUM ELITE A-SPEC

This tiff, we had the pleasure of being partnered with the 2026 Acura ADX PLATINUM ELITE A-SPEC, a subcompact luxury SUV powered by a 1.5L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, operating at 190 horsepower. The 4WD feels like sheer power and muscle, while looking both sporty and elevated, available in an eye-catching Double Apex Blue Pearl II.

You get a total five driving modes here: NORMAL, SNOW, COMFORT, SPORT and INDIVIDUAL. This is an SUV for Canadians, as it’s ready for all conditions. It begins with a push-button start.

Not only this, it is loaded with safety features, led by the AcuraWatch safety suite, featuring adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, blind-spot monitoring, and a multi-view camera system. It also is equipped with eight airbags with its Advanced Airbag System (SRS). In the event of a close call, thankfully, you are protected with a Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) as well. Entry and exit are easy with Smart Entry with Walk Away Auto Lock.

The Acura ADX not only is extremely spacious, seating is cozy, coming with heated and ventilated front seats, leatherette or microsuede-trimmed options. Our vehicle contained the letter. Power controls in the Driver’s Seat made it easy to recline the chair back when we needed a quick recharge nap, because those star-studded tiff days are extremely long.

And did we mention the abundance of cargo space in the back for your shopping hauls? We literally stored our entire tiff wardrobe for ease out outfit changes as we hopped from press screenings, to red carpets and parties, to just casual outfits when we needed to be comfortable.

You get a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster and a 9-inch touchscreen, making for easy navigation at the touch of your fingertips. This to me is a huge advancement over previous offerings in the Acura family which went by a touchpad-like navigation system. This advancement helps place focus back on the road.

The drives are an absolute vibe here with ambient lighting in the SUV, plus a panoramic moonroof. It comes also with a Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound System with 15 speakers. We were floored by this, and it also having HD Radio, making radio static a thing of the past. We are please also with the many USB-C ports for our passengers, and wireless charging as well. Now if we were to critique one thing, it would be the placement of the drink holders, which we found cumbersome – though perhaps it’s just a learning curve.

In terms of fuel economy, you actually get great value here for an SUV: 9.1 L/100 km in the city, 7.7 L/100 km on the highway, and 8.5 L/100 km combined.

This Acura ADX Platinum Elite A-SPEC is perfect for you if you want size, utility and power, without ever sacrificing style.

The 2026 Acura ADX begins at $49,827 CAN. More here.

Come relive our thrilling tiff ’26 adventures in the 2026 Acura ADX Platinum Elite A-SPEC. You won’t want to miss this!

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#TIFF26: AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2026 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Toronto International Film Festival revealed this year’s award winners during a live press conference at TIFF Lightbox today. Among the top honours announced were the People’s Choice Awards, presented by Rogers, voted on by TIFF’s public audience; the Platform Prize, the Festival’s only juried programme; two Canadian feature film awards, Short Cuts, FIPRESCI, and NETPAC awards. In total, 12 awards were handed out, celebrating standout films and breakout talent.

In a historic first this year, winning TIFF’s Platform Prize grants a non-English-language film direct eligibility for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, alongside top winners from five other qualifying festivals.

Audiences can catch this year’s People’s Choice Award–winning films for free at the Lightbox, beginning at 12pm today.

Over the past 11 days, TIFF presented 294 films from 72 countries, welcoming over 800 talent across 98 red carpets. The Festival hosted 2,000 accredited media, close to 7,000 TIFF: The Market delegates, and 279 directors from around the world.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS PRESENTED BY ROGERS

Launched in 1978, the TIFF People’s Choice Award, presented by Rogers, celebrates the Festival’s top title as chosen by Toronto’s famously passionate and discerning public audience. The honour now spans four categories: overall, International, Documentary, and Midnight Madness.

People’s Choice Award presented by Rogers: La Bola Negra, dirs. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi

First runner-up: I Play Rocky, dir. Peter Farrelly

Second runner-up: Being Heumann, dir. Siân Heder

International People’s Choice Award presented by Rogers: Elsinore, dir. Simon Stone

First runner-up: Possible Love, dir. Lee Chang-dong

Second runner-up: The Assassin(s), dir. Hur Jin-ho

People’s Choice Documentary Award presented by Rogers: Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been, dir. Barry Avrich

First runner-up: Black Sunflowers, dir. James Marcus Haney

Second runner-up: The Ultra Runner dir. Mila Aung-Thwin

People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award presented by Rogers: Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, dir. Matthew Rankin

First runner-up: The Spiral, dir. Paolo Strippoli

Second runner-up: Arrested Memory, dir. SABU

PLATFORM PRIZE

Launched in 2015 and inspired by Jia Zhang-ke’s groundbreaking film, TIFF’s Platform Prize honours filmmakers with strong directorial vision and distinctive storytelling. All films in the programme are eligible for the prize. TIFF’s Platform Prize is one of only six international festival awards with a direct pathway to the Oscars. Building on this newly established status, the 2026 Platform programme expanded to 12 films, with an international five-member jury selecting the winner of the $20,000 CAD prize. This year’s jury was led by President Pablo Trapero, alongside Amma Asante, Sylvia Chang, Luc Déry, and Albert Lee.

Platform Prize:

Angh, dir. Theja Rio | India

Platform jury’s statement: “The Platform Prize goes to Angh. For its refreshing perspective, strength of filmmaking, and deeply resonant portrait of a world. We praise the filmmaker’s vision, audacity and courage.”

Special Jury Award:

Brace Your Heart (Garrat Du Váimmu), dir. Amanda Kernell | Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Bulgaria

Platform jury’s statement: “We would like to recognize Brace Your Heart with an Honourable Mention. For how its apparent simplicity reflects the complex nature of the world today, its powerful central performance and beautiful visual journey.”

SHORT CUTS AWARDS

Short Cuts Awards are presented to the Best International Short Film, Best Canadian Short Film, and Best Animated Short Film, as awarded by the Short Cuts jury. Each of the three winning films will receive a bursary of $10,000 CAD. The 2026 jurors for the Short Cuts Awards are Joecar Hanna, Chris Lavis, and Iris Ng.

Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film:

MAMMALIA, dir. Elia Kalogianni | Greece, Netherlands

Short Cuts jury’s statement: “We were struck by the audacity of a film willing to expose what we would rather not admit about ourselves and concepts we thought we were comfortable with. Bold, visceral, and formally assured, it explores the toxic relationship we don’t examine enough with those around us. It takes the grotesque and makes it disturbingly relatable, forcing opposing sides of a double standard into the same frame. What first feels extreme slowly reveals itself as something much more unsettling: a reflection of our own behavior, and of a society whose contradictions urgently deserve to be challenged.”

Honourable Mention:

The Spectacular Death of Prisca, dir. Kaelo Iyizoba | Nigeria

Short Cuts jury’s statement: “We wanted to give an Honourable Mention to a film that took us on a completely different kind of ride: a delightful mashup of melodrama, action and comedy that reminded us of the pure joy of making and watching cinema. Executed with remarkable precision in both filmmaking and performance, it turns family dynamics into something heightened, absurd and unexpectedly revealing. We were especially struck by how original it felt without ever seeming to chase originality. Choices that many filmmakers might hesitate to make were handled with such confidence and ease that the film created its own singular tone, full of personality and completely free of pretension.”

Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film:

Fight Kid, dir. Michael Del Monte | Canada

Short Cuts jury’s statement: “A film that is at once gripping and cautionary, offering a sharp dissection of inherited masculinity and ambition. We were taken by its enigmatic and electric journey, and by the unique way it blurs performance and reality, making it almost impossible to disengage from the screen.”

Honourable Mention:

Almost Pink, dir. Justine Prince | Canada

Short Cuts jury’s statement: “A film that helps us address another shameful and traumatic experience we fear to share. Disturbing but vital, it confronts the sexual exploitation of teenagers and the social and economic forces that allow it to happen. With remarkable confidence, the film builds and sustains an unbearably tense and terrifying atmosphere, demanding that we pay attention to a reality too often kept out of sight.”

Short Cuts Award for Best Animated Short Film:

Into The Betaverse, dirs. Varun Raman, Tom Hancock | United Kingdom

Short Cuts jury’s statement: “This film is a venue where ridiculous meets the profound. It is a surprisingly emotional comedy about friendship and finding love in unexpected places. This confident hybrid of live action and animation is unapologetically primitive and loose. Which, in an era of AI smoothing, that roughness only makes its humanity feel more present.”

Honourable Mention:

Terminal, dir. Alexandre Siqueira | Portugal, Spain, France

Short Cuts jury’s statement: “We shared the joy of discovering a film that knows how to be poetic and surreal without becoming overwhelming. It creates a delicate allegory of death and loss while giving us the space to sit with those emotions. Its animation is crisp and full of detail, but never calls attention to itself at the expense of the story. The style serves the film’s quest to connect rather than competing with it.”

FIPRESCI PRIZE

The FIPRESCI jury awards the International Critics’ Prize, dedicated to emerging filmmakers, to a debut feature film having its World Premiere in TIFF’s Discovery programme. The 2026 FIPRESCI jury members are Pragya Mishra, Cătălin Olaru, Savina Petkova (PhD), Enoe Lopes Pontes (PhD), and Victor Stiff.

FIPRESCI Prize:

Ancestors, dir. David Turpin | Ireland, United Kingdom

FIPRESCI jury’s statement: “In this story of lost people finding each other, we saw an extraordinary command of translating the dreamy landscape of memories and recollections into compassionate cinematic language. It immersed us in someone else’s life, a time of love and turmoil, a past that returns through photographs and memories to haunt, bring longing, and give hope at once.”

NETPAC AWARD

Presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Pacific Cinema, the NETPAC Award recognizes films from the Asian and Pacific regions. The jury consists of three international community members selected by TIFF and NETPAC, who award the prize to the best Asian film by a first or second-time feature director. The 2026 NETPAC jury was led by Jury Chairperson Mara Matta, alongside Richard Fung and Panagiotis Kotzathanasis.

NETPAC Award:

Thirteen in Gaza, dir. Hosam Abu Dan | Palestine

NETPAC jury’s statement: “Against unfolding genocide, Thirteen in Gaza by Hosam Abu Dan turns suffering into neither spectacle nor victimhood, but into riveting images of life in all its complexity. A brave, intimate film that announces a major new voice in cinema.”

BEST CANADIAN DISCOVERY AWARD

The Best Canadian Discovery Award celebrates the next generation of filmmakers shaping its future. The award recognizes emerging talent whose first or second feature brings a distinctive voice to the Canadian film landscape. All Canadian first or second feature films in Official Selection are eligible. The winner receives a cash prize of $10,000 CAD. The 2026 Best Canadian Discovery Award Jury members are Zarrar Kahn, Justine Pimlott, and Sophy Romvari.

Best Canadian Discovery Award:

Smudge the Blades, dir. Cody Lightning | Canada

Canadian Discovery jury’s statement: “Smudge the Blades is electric. It carries heart and humour in equal measure, while never shying away from the challenges faced by Indigenous communities caused by the ongoing treatment of Indigenous people and colonization of Indigenous lands. Rooted in joy and resilience, Smudge the Blades challenges familiar genres by placing Indigenous voices at the centre of a story filled with hope, offering a radical path forward. Cody’s deeply empathetic directing and his eye for character, has resulted in a film that is propulsive, funny and furious. An assured sophomore feature about family, ambition — and the transformational power of community.”

Honourable Mention:

The Black Box is Orange, dir. Yuula Benivolski | Canada

Canadian Discovery jury’s statement: “A childhood impacted by settler ideology is unpacked through painful memories and the striking use of archival images. For its sensitive, brave and challenging formal dexterity, showcasing a nuanced depiction of the systematic erasure of Palestinian histories while delicately threading the needle between personal and political, we award The Black Box is Orange with the Honourable Mention for this year’s Discovery Award.”

BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM AWARD

The Best Canadian Feature Film Award honours the unique craft and storytelling in Canadian cinema. All Canadian feature films in Official Selection — excluding first or second features — are considered for the award. The winning filmmaker will receive a $10,000 CAD cash prize. The 2026 Best Canadian Feature Film Award jury members are Hubert Davis, Deepa Mehta, and Christina Rogers.

Best Canadian Feature Film Award:

Sunburn, dir. Serville Poblete | Canada

Canadian Feature Film jury’s statement: “Sunburn is a vibrant, funny, and deeply human film that brings a fresh, visceral energy to Toronto. With innovative filmmaking, remarkable performances, and an ensemble of characters who moved us, the film achieves something extraordinary. We are thrilled to recognize Serville Poblete as a young filmmaker with a distinctive voice and a generous vision.”

Honourable Mention:

Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story, dir. Adrian Buitenhuis | Canada

Canadian Feature Film jury’s statement: “The Rick Hansen Story is a moving, beautifully crafted film that offers a powerful new perspective on Rick Hansen’s extraordinary journey, while reminding us of the people who are too often left behind.”

Awards descriptions including eligibility can be found at tiff.net/awards. Information on the People’s Choice Award voting process can be found at tiff.net/vote.

The 51st Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, concludes today. The 52nd edition of the Festival will take place September 9–19, 2027.

About TIFF:

TIFF is a not-for-profit cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world through film. A global leader in film and entertainment, TIFF initiatives include the annual Toronto International Film Festival® in September; TIFF Lightbox, which features five cinemas, plus learning and entertainment facilities; the Donald Shebib TIFF Film Circuit, an innovative national distribution programme; and TIFF: The Market launching in 2026. The organization generates an estimated annual economic impact of $240 million CAD. TIFF Lightbox is generously supported by contributors including the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto, the Reitman family (Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel, and Susan Michaels), The Daniels Corporation, and RBC. For more information, visit tiff.net.

TIFF is generously supported by Festival Presenting Sponsor Rogers Communications.

TIFF is generously supported by Major Sponsors RBC and Visa and Major Supporters Telefilm Canada, the Government of Ontario, and the City of Toronto.

TIFF’s People’s Choice Awards are presented by Rogers.

#TRAVEL: SOHO HOTEL TORONTO

The SoHo Hotel Toronto remains the choice as the place to stay in the City. Whether you’re looking for a weekend getaway, an overnight stay for a game or a show, or visiting for a festival like the Toronto International Film Festival (tiff), it doesn’t get better than this. Situated just steps from the CN Tower, Rogers Centre and Metro Toronto Convention Centre, its convenience of proximity already is a huge win – but wait till you experience their service and amenities. There are reasons why this Hotel continues to receive top scores over and again, in customer satisfaction.

I stayed at the SoHo Hotel Toronto during tiff and now with TIFF: The Market basing itself at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and all the red carpet bustle and festivities taking place along King Street, I was in a prime position to enjoy and cover the Festival, plus of course, see the stars all within a quick walk! I also appreciated the ease of parking with in-out privileges, and license plate recognition making that possible during my stay for the handful of times I had to drive.

The Hotel offers large hotel rooms, but for longer-term stays, they have luxury apartment rentals, which are known to be occupied by talent who are in-town filming. In addition to a litany of stars having stayed at the Hotel in the past, including the likes of Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Will Smith, Charlie Hunnam, Shania Twain and several more, did you know red-hot Hudson Williams filmed scenes in the hotel during season one of Heated Rivalry? They also offer meeting and conference spaces. We had the pleasure of staying in one of their beautifully-maintained and spacious luxury apartments.

SoHo Hotel Toronto is central to some fantastic restaurants, just minutes away from all the amazing food options at The Well. The Hotel also houses the excellent Moretti Caffe and Pizzeria Moretti, in addition to offering in-room dining as well. Luxury apartments are equipped with in-suite laundry and kitchens too.

Also available to guests are a Saltwater pool and extensive health club facilities, with great equipment selection to choose from for your workouts.

Just this year, SoHo Hotel Toronto underwent a lobby renovation, which looks fantastic and ambient, showcasing a unique digital art collection from globally-renowned artists. This certainly was the trendy spot to stay at tiff as I saw many TikTokers – some who are my friends – pass through the lobby when I had to visit the Hotel’s amazingly-attentive staff. Did you know the Hotel even offers Clefs d’Or personal concierge services?

A dealbreaker for me in accommodations is their pet-friendliness. As you all know, beanie travels with me and comes with me on my TV appearances and star-sighting adventures occasionally. Upon check-in, we were pleased to see a mat and bowls placed out for her. The big windows and bright views in our suite made her feel right at home and she loved our cozy King-size bed, making it really challenging actually for me to get her out of bed to go on our morning walks. I equally was guilty of not wanting to get up as well, I might add!

This brings us to our next point, it was so helpful having Clarence Square right beside the hotel and this is something I actually have come to really appreciate. This is a very dog-friendly space with an enclosed area for dogs to run around under their parents’ supervision. Often I visit other cities like New York where greenery is actually harder to come across. Imagine having to walk for blocks to get to a patch of grass. I am just grateful for this.

A quick overview of some of the amazing things SoHo Hotel Toronto has to offer:

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A complete tiff ’26 roundup:

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You deserve this quiet luxury. More here.

SOHO HOTEL TORONTO AND WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

For the month of October 2026, in celebration of Women’s History month, they are offering comp upgrades to suites for any women that book on the link below:

Promo code: WOMEN

Booking link: SoHo Hotel Toronto – Reservations – Women’s History Month

Booking window: Sep 4 – Oct 31, 2026

Stay window: Oct 1 – Oct 31, 2026

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#SPOTTED: BELLA KAY IN TORONTO

20-year-old Singer-Songwriter Bella Kay is a rising star. You already know her breakout hit “Iloveitiloveitiloveit” from her debut album My Reckless Abandon, which is out now. Now she’s joining the likes of Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams on tour as a supporting act, so be prepared for big things ahead.

She brought her The Reckless Tour to Toronto at The Opera House, selling-out the venue. Right before her show, she took time out in her day to met hundreds of fans at Kops Records on the Danforth.

Some highlights from the meet and greet. She was so sweet!

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Stream My Reckless Abandon now here.

#SPOTTED: ADÉLA IN TORONTO AT THE PHOENIX

We just might be amidst 2026’s biggest Pop moment with the rise of Slovak Singer-Songwriter ADÉLA! While many got their first introduction to her on Netflix series THE DEBUT: DREAM ACADEMY, which launched global phenomenon Katseye, she has managed to take that recognition to find success as a solo artist. Her debut album PRIMA debuted at #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200 and #6 on the Canadian equivalent, and following the success of her Top 30 hit “Ain’t in LA“, she is about the surpass that feat with her latest single, “Nicole Kidman“, which is going viral, being used by many celebrities including Lizzo and Nicole Scherzinger.

Her debut album is a perfect study of Pop perfection. You can hear the influences, with nods to 2013 Miley and Lana Del Rey, with Ariana Grande and Britney coming through in the best way possible, yet still feeling very individual and unique.

We had the joy of seeing her first-ever self-headlining tour at The Phoenix in Toronto where she brought the house down with a selection of tracks from PRIMA and her previous EP, The Provocateur. She tells the audience that her next time visiting, she’d like to play at a larger venue with a budget for even more dancers. Despite admittedly being sick, she sounded and performed a dynamite show, ending on “Nicole Kidman” as the audience sang along word-for-word.

Prior to her show, a Pop-Up was held at King West’s RCHIVE giving fans a chance to pregame for the tour with exclusive merch, special activations and more. There was also an all-day dance party, exclusive photo opportunities, freebies and the first 100 attendees to make a purchase, got a complimentary Pink Milk mocktail as a gift with purchase. Pink being the Entertainer’s signature hair colour.

Amidst some uncertain times, Adéla is the future of Pop.

Some highlights, including her going out to meet fans outside the venue after the show;

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#BOXOFFICE: “RESIDENT EVIL” DEBUTS WITH FRANCHISE BEST OPENING

Zach Cregger’s RESIDENT EVIL opens huge this weekend with $55 million from 3,684 theatres for Sony Pictures. This is the Franchise’s biggest opening ever, its best belonging previously to 2010’s Resident Evil: Afterlife with $26.6 million. Critically, it also is a huge hit with 95% on the Tomatometer.

Second goes to PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 with $10.8 million from 4,163 theatres, a two-week total of $48.6 million for Warner Bros.

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY takes third with $6.5 million for Sony Pictures, an eight-week run of $944.3 million.

THE ODYSSEY is in fourth with $5 million, taking it to $609.8 million for Universal Pictures.

COYOTE vs. ACME rounds things out in fifth with $4.2 million for VVS Films/Ketchup Entertainment, a total $54.5 million in its fourth frame.

#TIFF26: “LA BOLA NEGRA” REVIEW

By Mr. Will Wong

LA BOLA NEGRA was made for Awards Season. The Spanish queer drama from co-directed and co-adapted by duo Los Javis spans three eras, connecting the stories of three men in a thoughtful way, inspired by an unfinished poem by Federico García Lorca and Alberto Conejero‘s play La piedra oscura.

We have Carlos (Milo Quifes) who is “blackballed” or voted out from a casino after suspicions are raised about him being homosexual. His father urges him to plea for the powers that be to change their decision. We also meet Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) who is enlisted into the nationalist army, only to fall in love with a prisoner of war named Rafael (Miguel Bernardeau) he is to pry information from and be cruel to. The story then skips to modern day, where a historian named Alberto (Carlos González) is about to receive an inheritance from his estranged grandfather, bringing to the surface years of unresolved tension between his mother (Lola Dueñas) and him.

Los Javis are doing some groundbreaking things here, re-framing the queer identity here, going beyond just looking at the challenges of oppression. Ultimately, the Film finds pockets of empowerment, light and love, making La Bola Negra an experience that warms the heart, paying respect to those who paved the way for us today by way of remembering the stories of those who could not live their truths. Above this, the Film visually is spectacular under the cinematography of Gris Jordana.

Some truly fantastic performances from this Ensemble, including Guitarricadelafuente, who is tortured between obligation and his heart. The Film is boosted by two surprise appearances from Penélope Cruz and she truly is dazzling here as a showgirl who rouses the troops to fight, and Glenn Close as Hispanist scholar, who specializes in queer history.

While it does feel excessive in length at 160 minutes, the ambitious LA BOLA NEGRA proves a rewarding watch. It screens at TIFF ’26:

Wednesday, September 16
Royal Alexandra Theatre
4:30 pm

Friday, September 18
Royal Alexandra Theatre
4:15 pm

Saturday, September 19
VISA Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre
2:00 pm

#TIFF26: “THE LIBERATION” REVIEW

By Mr. Will Wong

The buzz has been deafening for Carrie Coon‘s performance in THE LIBERATION, a fascinating character study-turned-Thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv. And it certainly does not disappoint.

The Film centers on Rita (Coon), a Holocaust survivor and mother of two living in New Jersey, who finds herself seduced into a commune cult, led by Ricki (Lily James). Doing this, Rita abandons her responsibilities as wife and mother and when her daughters Ella (Bella Ramsey) and Jo (Odessa Young) go to convince her to return home, they find themselves caught in the web of the cult, unable to make it out. Rita is forced to choose between her allegiance to the cult and her daughters when danger strikes.

Coon and Nattiv do a masterful job drawing us into Rita‘s mind and why she makes the choices she does here. Rita‘s choices never are singular, but more sequential in leading her down this path. Coon taps into Rita‘s pain and unresolved trauma, making it feel truthful in every frame. Ramsey also delivers a standout performance, acting often as our vessel in frustration at what we are seeing especially in the final act of the Film where it takes flight fully as a Thriller.

Terrifying, empathetic and at once compelling, THE LIBERATION screens at TIFF ’26:

Wednesday, September 16
Royal Alexandra Theatre
Premium
8:30 pm

Thursday, September 17
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
12:10 pm

#TIFF26: DAYS 7 TO 9 SIGHTINGS – PENÉLOPE CRUZ, LOS JAVIS, CARRIE COON, MICHELLE YEOH, LEE MIN-HO, HUDSON WILLIAMS

Just getting caught-up here! Apologies, have been a bit under the weather and still trying to make it through this Festival!

So hard to believe the Festival ends already tomorrow! What a whirlwind it’s been. Here are some sightings, including:

•Matthew Lillard at tiff for CARRIE

•Hudson Williams at tiff for YAGA

•Michelle Yeoh at tiff for THE SURGEON and IT’S MY TIME

•Lee Min-ho at tiff for THE ASSASSIN(S)

•Penélope Cruz, Los Javis, Milo Quifes, Carlos González, and Miguel Bernardeau at tiff for LA BOLA NEGRA

•Carrie Coon and Guy Nattiv at tiff for THE LIBERATION

•Rami Malek and Tom Sturridge at tiff for THE MAN I LOVE

•Stanley Yau of Mirror at tiff for THE AGE OF GOODBYE and A NIGHT OF HONG KONG CINEMA

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In case you didn’t get a chance to check them out, our chats with Michelle Yeoh and Carrie Coon!

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Also some highlights from MAKING WAVES WITH HUDSON WILLIAMS for you:

…and something for all the Minoz out there!

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…and also amazing being on the carpet for LA BOLA NEGRA which I finally am getting to see today! This received what is being called the lomgest standing ovation in tiff‘s history.

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Our final photo set of tiff ’26 for CARRIE, which premiered last night

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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “FORGOTTEN ISLAND”

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of FORGOTTEN ISLAND in Vancouver on September 23, 2026.

FORGOTTEN ISLAND Vancouver Screening 

Wednesday, September 23 

Cineplex Cinemas Marine Gateway, 452 SW Marine Dr 

7:00 PM  

Synopsis:

Your best friendship is worth fighting for.

DreamWorks Animation, the studio that brought you unforgettable bonds between a boy and a dragon in How to Train Your Dragon, an ogre and a donkey in Shrek, and a robot and a gosling in The Wild Robot, now welcomes a dazzling and emotional story about two lifelong best friends who must come together before they drift apart in Forgotten Island.

Grammy and Academy Award® winning supernova H.E.R. and Liza Soberano (Lisa Frankenstein, Alone/Together) star as high school graduates Jo and Raissa, who have been best friends since grade school but are now about to embark on separate life paths.
While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, packed with magical and mythological creatures they grew up hearing stories about from their Filipino families.
Some of these figures will become friends, some foes. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa will race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island is distributed by Universal Pictures.

To enter for a chance to win, click “like” on this post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK. Tag a friend in the comments you’re taking. Multiple entries allowed.

FORGOTTEN ISLAND is in theatres September 25, 2026.

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