Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Helen Mirren and more visit L.A. Times Studio at TIFF

As summer turns to fall and conversations turn to gold statuettes, another Toronto International Film Festival beckons. Our reporters, critics and staffers are on the ground at TIFF’s 2026 edition now in progress, taking in all the highlights. Our coverage includes a daily newsletter as well as portraits and video interviews from the Los Angeles Times Studio at RBC House.

Bookmark this site and revisit all weekend to catch our updates: You’ll be surprised who drops by. And be sure to check out our complete coverage of TIFF 2026 throughout the festival.

Cynthia Erivo from the film “Prima Facie.”

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1. Suzie Miller. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) 2. Daniel Ings. 3. Susanna White from the film “Prima Facie.”

Knyght Darius Jack, Louise Bagnall and Milcania Diaz-Rojas from the film “Julian.”

Sarah Paulson, Director/Co-Writer Cody Fern and Naomi Watts from the film “Closing Night.”

Trudie Styler, Director Selena Tan, Eva Birthistie, Mickey Sumner, Antenio Banderas and Eden Hamilton from the film “Up Against It.”

Antenio Banderas from the film “Up Against It.”

Taron Egerton, Jonathan Schey, Charly Clive and Jessica Henwick from the film “Everybody Wants to F*ck Me.”

Malgorzata Szumowska, Johnny Flynn, Aimee Lou Wood and Michal Englert from the film “The Idiot(s).”

Diego Luna and Anna Diaz from the film “Ashes (Ceniza en la boca).”

Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong, Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu from the film “Possible Love.”

Buddy the Golden Retriever from the film “Air Bud.”

Geoffrey Rush, Shinya Tsukamoto, Rodney Hicks and Mark Merphy from the film “Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?”

Frank Berry and Liam Neeson from the film “The Lost Children of Tuam.”

Danny Page, Smylie Bradwell, Dominic Tighe and Paul Andrew Williams from the film “Faith.”

Nico Hiraga, Jason Isaacs, Niki Byrne, Chloe Bailey, Christopher Briney and Chase Infiniti from the film “The Julia Set.”

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1. Andrew Haigh. 2. Fred Hechinger from the film “A Long Winter.”

Arie Esiri, David Oyelowo, Ayo Edebiri, India Amarteifio and Chuko Esiri from the film “Clarissa.”

Jan Holoubek, Joanna Kulig, Jan Bulow, Itay Tiran from the film “Wild Wild East.”

Reed Van Dyk, Hiam Abbass, Kenneth Branagh and Boyd Holbrook from the film “Atonement.”

Director Ervin Han from the film “The Violinist”

Sung Kang and Tamara Braun from the film “Drifter.”

Jorge Salinas, Esmeralda Pimentel, Gael Garcia Bernal from the film “Hombre Al Agua.”

Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell from the film “Ink.”

Seth Rogen from the film “Babies.”

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1. Anna Kendrick. 2. Lauren Anne Miller Rogen from the film “Babies.”

Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, Lily-Rose Depp, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Lea Seydoux from the film “Alpha Gang.”

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1. David Harbour. 2. Courteney Cox. 3. Patricia Arquette from the film “Evil Genius.”

Martin Freeman, Roshan Sethi and Michelle Yeoh from the film “The Surgeon.”

Will Sharpe and Phuong-Mai Nguyen from the film “In Waves.”

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Jim Morrison from the film “Everest: The Other Side..”

Giovanni Ribisi, Kat Cunning, Jonathan Tucker, Eileen Myers, Shawn Ryan, Mireille Enos, Adam Arkin, William Jackson Harper, Jon Hamm and Kristoffer Polaha from the series “American Hostage.”

Abbi Jacobson from the film “Tangles.”

Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney and John Madden from the film “Onwards and Sideways.”

Eugene Kotlyarenko, Kiko Mizuhara and Cole Sprouse from the film “Vintage Violence.”

Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton from the series on Netflix “Below.”

Jennifer Peedom, Genden Phuntsok and Liz Watts from the film “Tenzing.”

Anna Lambe (Anna), Nyla Innuksuk (Nyla) and Zorga Qaunaq (Zorga) from the film “In the Heart of the South.”

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1. Megan Rapinoe. 2. Rebecca Huntt from the film “Rapinoe.”

Lewis Brophy, Carla Tous and Kim Bartley from the film “Lemonade.”

Jane Levy, Dane DiLiegro, Max Mattern Jessica Rothe and Joshua Giuliano from the film “River.”

Kristine Froseth, Jonah Hauer-King and Anna Biller from the film “The Face of Horror.”

Daniel Zolghadri, Alexandra Pechman, Iris Apatow, Joshuah Melnick, Delaney Rowe and Lukita Maxwell from the film “Magazine.”

Loren Gray, Rebel Wilson, Christopher Scott from the film “Girl Group.”

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1. Cristian Mungiu. 2. Sebastian Stan from the film “Fjord.”

Michael Imperioli, Luke Evans, Tye Sheridan and Ben Shirinian from the film “The Housewife.”

(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)

Ashley Pike, Kit Weyman, Shamier Anderson and Ashley Massey from the film “Call Me Tim.”

Jodie Comer, Harry Melling, Joss Holden-Rea and Director Theo Rhys from the film “Stuffed.”

Kiko Mizuhara from the film “Vintage Violence.”

Andrew Morgan, Zella Day and Tesse Woods from the film “Bleeding Hearts.”

Director Kris Rey, Caleb Hearon and Zooey Deschanel from the film “Trash Mountain.”

Hirokazu Koreeda from the film “Look Back.”

Marcus Haney, Anna Diianchuk, Tetyana Diianchuk and Nikoletta Stoianova from the film “Black Sunflowers.”

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