The following films were acquired and announced for U.S. theatrical and digital distribution during this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 10-20, 2026) and TIFF: The Market (Sept. 10-16, 2026).
FESTIVAL
Original Title: Ni Vue, Ni Connue
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Section: Gala Presentations
Sales Agent: Indie Sales
Genre: Comedy
Elements: Marc Fitoussi (Credited Writer, D), Caroline Bonmarchand (P), Paul De Proyart (CP)
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anne Marivin, Emmanuelle Bercot, Ana Girardot, Diane Kruger
Logline: Corinne Maclou is a background actor. She dreams of one day being more than an extra and stays confident her breakthrough is right around the corner. When she meets famous actress Sandrine Kiberlain, whom she befriends, Corinne hopes to achieve her goal. But will she be welcomed into the respectable family of French cinema?
Distributor: HBO Max
Section: TIFF Docs
Sales Agent: UTA Independent Film Group
Genre: Documentary Feature
Elements: Rebeca Huntt (D, P), Kate Barry (P), Dan Cogan (P), Zoe Potkin (P), Bits Sola (P), Melanie Auguste (EP), Enrico Balleri (EP), Jon Bardin (EP), Camille Bernier-Green (EP), Reni Calister (EP), Mala Chapple (EP), Jessica Dolan Claredon (EP), Tommy Coriale (EP), Ian Darling (EP), Geralyn White Dreyfous (EP), Liz Garbus (EP), Bonamy Grimes (EP), Ruth Ann Harnisch (EP), Adam Lewis (EP), Melony Lewis (EP), Ann Lovell (EP), John McKenna (EP), Catherine Quantschnigg (EP), Jenny Raskin (EP), Jessica Robertson (EP), Barry Smith (EP), Alyse Ardell Spiegel (EP), Andrea Van Beuren (EP)
Cast: Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Jess Fishlock, Colin Kaepernick, Alex Morgan, Briana Scurry
Logline: Soccer star Megan Rapinoe explores what it means to win and lose.
Note: HBO has bought North American TV and streaming rights for the film.
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Section: Midnight Madness
Sales Agent: Upgrade Productions
Sold For: $10,000,000
Genre: Horror
Elements: Joshua Giuliano (D, W), Nick Antosca (P), Alex Hedlund (P), Roy Lee (P), Steven Schneider (P), Jason Blum (EP), Matt Brodlie (EP), Jonathan Kier (EP), Ben Ross (EP), Jeffrey Tinnell (EP), Robert Tinnell (EP)
Cast: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, Max Mattern, Dane DiLiegro
Logline: Three estranged siblings reunite in their hometown after the death of their father, and they set out to scatter his ashes at his favorite spot on a remote river. But when their boat breaks down, the trip devolves into a waking nightmare. Stranded miles from help with no cell service, they soon realize they’re being stalked by a faceless killer who has emerged from the woods. To survive the night, the siblings must put their long-standing grudges aside and fight together against a ruthless, almost mythic terror.
Note: The film was set to be released by Independent Film Company and Shudder, but Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Atomic Monster acquired it at TIFF.
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Section: Centrepiece
Sales Agent: WME Independent, 193
Genre: Action
Elements: Roshan Sethi (D, W), Russell Ackerman (P), Lia Buman (P), Tim Headington (P), Basil Iwanyk (P), Steve Klinsky (P), Adam Kolbrenner (P), Erica Lee (P), Diarmaid Odhran McGrath (P), John Schoenfelder (P), Neil Shah (P), Cáit Collins (EP), Eoin Egan (EP), Eric Harbert (EP), Macdara Kelleher (EP), David Martin (EP), Theresa Page (EP), Jay Schuminsky (EP), Andrew Schwartzberg (EP), Mahal Sourgose (EP), Ashley Stern (EP), Kim Szarynski (EP), Patrick Wachsberger (EP), Patrick White (EP), Michelle Yeoh (EP)
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Martin Freeman, Laurie Davidson, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Joseph Mydell
Logline: A retired surgeon is abducted and forced to operate on a mystery patient. Though vastly outnumbered, her captors have overlooked her greatest weapon: 35 years of surgical experience, leading to an explosive and brutal confrontation.
Distributor: Watermelon Pictures
Section: Centrepiece
Genre: Drama
Elements: Hosam Abu Dan (D, P), Khalil Al Muzayyen (W), Hanna Atallah (EP)
Cast: Mary Ziyara, Feras Al Masri, Ghassan Salem
Logline: Raghad, a 13-year-old girl, has lost her home and most of her family in a bombing in the Gaza Strip. She now lives with her father in a displacement camp, where she’s entering puberty in a crowded environment devoid of safety, privacy, and care. Meanwhile, her father faces hard choices and a moral dilemma involving Khalil, the local boss, in order to ensure their survival.
TIFF: THE MARKET
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Sales Agent: Voltage Pictures
Genre: Action
Elements: Kyle Kauwika Harris (D, W), Don Roff (W), Dawn Bursteen (W, EP), Talia Bella (P), Randy Wayne (P), Alan B. Bursteen (EP), Kelly Lynn Reiter (EP)
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Jason Behr, Danielle Vasinova, Glenn Morshower
Logline: Haunted by the loss of his team, former special operations commander Jedediah “Jed” Butcher has retreated to a solitary life. When he is recruited for a covert mission to rescue a besieged foreign leader from rebel militias, Butcher is drawn back into a world he thought he had escaped, only to uncover a conspiracy driven by powerful interests seeking control of the country’s natural resources.
Distributor: Aura Entertainment
Sales Agent: Capture
Genre: Horror
Elements: Justin G. Dyck (D, Revisions), Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant (W), Keith Cooper (Revisions), Raymond Mansfield (P), Sean McKittrick (P), Anthony Burns (EP), Edward H. Hamm Jr. (EP), Jameson Parker (EP), Gabrielle Union (EP)
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Mike Colter, Raúl Castillo, Matt Frewer, Thomas Lennon
Logline: Detective Shay Williams and her partner become trapped inside a New Orleans convent with a group of tourists when a group of female vampires escapes from their attic prison for the first time in over 300 years.
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Sales Agent: CAA, Rocket Science
Sold For: $7,000,000
Genre: Action
Elements: Jaume Collet-Serra (D, EP), Melanie Toast (Current Draft), Mark Bianculli (Previous Draft), Ana Lily Amirpour (Story By, EP), Sascha Penn (Story By), Braden Aftergood (P), Toby Jaffe (P), Neal H. Moritz (P), Joe Neurauter (P), Thorsten Schumacher (P), Lars Sylvest (P), Chance (EP), Hisham Alghanim (EP), Markus Barmettler (EP), Josef Brandmaier (EP), Gianluca Chakra (EP), Grant Cramer (EP), Robert A. Daly Jr. (EP), Kwesi Dickson (EP), Simon Fawcett (EP), Chiara Gelardin (EP), Gala Gordon (EP), Eric Gozlan (EP), Tarek Anthony Jabre (EP), Lily James (EP), Philipp Kreuzer (EP), Philip Lee (EP), David Lipper (EP), Jeff Most (EP), Katy Most (EP), Keli Price (EP), Raj Brinder Singh (EP), Matthew Stedman (EP), Rodrigo Ruiz Tarazona (EP), Jay Taylor (EP), Kevan Van Thompson (EP), Christopher Woodrow (EP), Chance Wright (EP)
Cast: Lily James, Pierce Brosnan, Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba, Bruno Gouery
Logline: Ray Cooper is a seasoned mountaineer who runs a luxury chalet in the Dolomites with his daughter, Sydney. When a weekend excursion with a billionaire’s son turns violent, they become the targets of a group of kidnappers. As the attack unfolds, Ray’s other daughter Naomi—still haunted by a tragic climbing accident—escapes into the mountains and must fight for survival against both nature and her pursuers.
Distributor: Saban Films
Sales Agent: WestEnd Films
Genre: Thriller
Elements: James Erskine (D, P, W), Victoria Gregory (P), Jason Maza (P), Sean Sorensen (P), Mark Stewart (P), Adriel Thomas (P), Montgomery Blencowe (EP), Jon Levin (EP), Michael Safai (EP), Ian Sharp (EP), Steven Toll (EP), Randy Jones Toll (EP), Maisie Williams (EP), Pat Wintersgill (EP), Collin Myers (Co EP), Byron Ross (Co EP), Louis Wei (Co EP)
Cast: Maisie Williams, Rory Kinnear, Lovi Poe
Logline: Sylvie Johnson’s drive to London is thrown into chaos when an anonymous caller informs her that a bomb has been planted in her car. Trapped and cut off from any outside help, Sylvie is forced to follow the terrorist’s instructions, her every move watched, and with no choice but to deliver the ticking bomb to its target — the Royal Albert Hall. Sylvie must confront her deepest secrets, use all her wits to survive, and uncover why, of all people, she’s been entangled in this elaborate terror plot.
Distributor: Sumerian
Sales Agent: Salaud Morisset
Genre: Drama
Elements: Eivind Landsvik (D, W), Synnøve Hørsdal (P), Lotte Sandbu (P), Mikkel Jersin (CP), Oline Nordentoft (CP)
Cast: Marie Ulven, Tone Beate Mostraum, Embla Berntsen Stridbeck, Anders Danielsen Lie, Snorre Kind Monsson
Logline: At the height of her music career, Maja falls apart and has to step away from her ambitions. Depressed and broke, she moves back home with her mother and works part-time at a local high school. Far from the spotlight, wrapped in everyday kindness, she slowly finds her way back to life.
