Sundance Institute supported projects premiere in Toronto

The fall film season is commencing, and projects supported by the Sundance Institute are making their way to Toronto, Canada, for one of the most significant annual cinema events: the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Eight projects associated with the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and Sundance artist programs will be featured at TIFF, which runs from September 10–20.

The lineup includes premieres and award winners from the 2026 Festival, such as Bedford Park, a romance about a Korean American woman confronting her childhood traumas; Josephine, which narrates the story of an 8-year-old girl coping with the aftermath of witnessing a crime; and Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, exploring love, loss, and new opportunities in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene. Audiences can also view The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, a drama about a seasoned thief on a citywide quest after a job goes awry, and Once Upon a Time in Harlem, a retrospective by the late filmmaker William Greaves on a notable 1972 Harlem Renaissance gathering.

TIFF will also showcase projects developed through Sundance Institute artist programs. Seventeen, supported by the Indigenous Program, follows three sex workers whose paths intersect in downtown Vancouver, while the Feature Film Program-supported thriller Elephants in the Fog focuses on a village matriarch grappling with desire and duty amid a young woman's disappearance.

There are numerous Sundance Institute–supported films to experience at TIFF, including a screening of the classic sports drama Hoosiers, directed by David Anspaugh and featuring Gene Hackman as the new coach of an underdog Indiana high school basketball team, originally shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 1987. Explore all the titles screening at the festival below.