Fall 2025 Cinematheque & Public Programming at TIFF

TIFF Cinematheque and Public Programming kick off the fall season with retrospectives on Swiss-Canadian documentary filmmaker Peter Mettler; artist and filmmaker Lesley Loksi Chan; and one of Canada’s most prolific and groundbreaking artists, Joyce Wieland.

Picture of Light (1994) dir. Peter Mettler.

Nothing But Time: The Films of Peter Mettler

October 4 – 26, 2025
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Fusing travelogue, essay, and diary, the films of Peter Mettler merge a rigorously associational approach to narrative with a startling capacity for drawing extraordinary stories from people and places. Nothing But Time: The Films of Peter Mettler presents films directed by Mettler since the 1980s — including Picture of Light and Gambling, Gods and LSD — that exude beguiling imagery and his inexhaustible sense of wonder.

The Urge to Run a Lap (2017) dir. Lesley Loksi Chan.

TIFF Wavelengths Presents: Handmade Autofictions of Lesley Loksi Chan

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 6:30pm ET
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TIFF Wavelengths Presents is pleased to present Handmade Autofictions of Lesley Loksi Chan, a showcase of the filmmaker’s short films programmed by film curator and writer Aaditya Aggarwal. Through her process-based, handmade cinema, Hamilton-born artist-filmmaker Lesley Loksi Chan contemplates the lives of others, communing with the objects they leave behind. From early 20th-century Japanese-American photographer Frank Sakae Matsura, to Wanda, an eye patch–wearing former sex worker and now-single mother, to an unnamed narrator who revisits her sequestered maternity home from her teen years, to Lloyd Wong, the late Chinese-Canadian video artist who lived with AIDS in the 1990s, Chan conspires with her realized, if not always real, subjects to establish a versatile array of autofictions.

Joyce Wieland. “Solidarity,” (1973). Courtesy of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC), Toronto.

Jigs and Reels: The Complete Films of Joyce Wieland

October 22 – November 19, 2025
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Join TIFF Cinematheque this fall as we explore the films of famed Toronto multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker Joyce Wieland (1930–1998) in Jigs and Reels: The Complete Films of Joyce Wieland, screening October through November. Co-presented by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), TIFF Cinematheque, and AD HOC, this major retrospective will complement the exhibition Joyce Wieland: Heart On, on view at the AGO until January 4, 2026. The series is curated by Jim Shedden, Curator, Special Projects & Director, Publishing, AGO, and Georgiana Uhlyarik, Fredrik S. Eaton Curator of Canadian Art, AGO.

Unify Deaf Film Festival 2025: Short Films

Friday, October 24, 2025 | 6:00pm ET
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As part of the second biennial Unify Deaf Film Festival, TIFF Community Impact and Undivided Productions co-present a free public showcase of short films that celebrate and centre Deaf and hard-of-hearing artists. Following the screening, join us for a conversation with the filmmakers and members of Undivided Productions that will touch on accessibility, inclusivity, and community building in the arts.

Undivided Productions is a Deaf-led initiative that showcases the richness of Deaf culture and Deaf talent through film production, art, poetry, theatre, comedy, and other creative endeavours from the Deaf community and allies. Undivided’s mission is to invite people from all backgrounds to experience this richness through their fully accessible social media, artist products, and events.

This screening will be presented with open captions. ASL interpretation will be available for the live onstage components of this event.

**Silver Screenings: The Birds with Mark Peck**

Friday, October 31, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
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Silver Screenings is a free series with events every other month that brings seniors together to connect with fellow film lovers and participate in a variety of events including film talks, interactive workshops, and activities.

Coinciding with the release of the Royal Ontario Museum’s A Field Guide to Birds of Ontario by Mark Peck and Emily Rondel on October 10, ornithologist and former ROM Collections Specialist Mark Peck joins us for a free seniors screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Peck will deliver a pre-screening talk about bird behaviour and birding locations around the city. He will be available for book signing after the screening. This screening is co-presented with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).

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