Summer 2025 Cinematheque & Public Programming at TIFF

Celebrate the start of summer at TIFF with special Pride screenings and events, a retrospective on the legendary documentarian Frederick Wisemen, a curated programme of short films by the late artist Gordon Matta-Clark, and more.

Caring Cabin (2025) dir. Douglas Nayler Jr. & Chelsea McMullan. Image courtesy of Alyson Harwick.

Silver Screening: Really Happy Someday

Friday, June 13, 2025 | 12:00pm ET
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Silver Screenings is a free series that brings seniors together to connect with fellow film lovers and participate in a variety of events, including film talks, interactive workshops, and activities. In celebration of Pride Month, Silver Screenings will host a free screening of J Stevens’ Really Happy Someday, an intimate production set in Toronto—steeped in local queer references—that asks its audience to contemplate what it means to live an authentic life. A member of the film team will join us for a Q&A following the screening.

TIFF Next Wave Presents: Nowhere

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 6:30pm ET
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Described by Gregg Araki as “Beverly Hills 90210 on acid,” Nowhere marks the finale of his Teen Apocalypse Trilogy and a classic of New Queer Cinema. A wildly sexual, surrealist fever dream, the film follows the intersecting lives of a group of Los Angeles college students on the day the world is foretold to end. With a hyper-stylized production design, sun-soaked 90s fashion, and a shoegaze-inspired soundtrack, Araki encourages the audience to lose themselves in the absurd unshakable dread that consumes every young generation trying to make sense of an apathetic and careless world. But rather than take things too seriously, Nowhere delivers a wild, Y2K-fuelled capsule of teenage riot and rot.

Sing Along: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 7:00pm ET
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Put on some makeup (bold blue eyes and red glitter lip strongly encouraged), pull the wig down from the shelf, and join us for a lively Pride Month edition of Sing Along. Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not… Hedwig and the Angry Inch! Presented in collaboration with the Queer Songbook Orchestra, this event includes warm-up activities and onscreen lyrics so the whole audience can quote, cheer, and sing along with writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell’s cult classic glam-rock musical. Wear your best denim or fringe as an homage to the glam rock style era of endless possibilities (hair dress anyone?).

Titicut Follies (1967) dir. Frederick Wiseman. Image courtesy of Zipporah Films.

Frederick Wiseman: Body Politic

June 27 – July 30, 2025
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TIFF Cinematheque is pleased to present Frederick Wiseman: Body Politic, a month-long retrospective on the legendary documentarian. Taking the body as its focal point—a subject that cuts across many of his films in relation to how institutions exert control in both an individual and collective sense—the retrospective features a slate of brand new 4K restorations courtesy of Zipporah Films on the heels of a major restoration project of the filmmaker’s work.

Gordon Matta-Clark, Making of Conical Intersect, 1975, Courtesy of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark and David Zwirner Gallery.

TIFF Wavelengths Presents: Perforations: The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | 7:00pm ET
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TIFF Wavelengths Presents is proud to showcase a programme of shorts by the late, influential artist Gordon Matta-Clark. Curated by archivist, critic, and programmer Dylan Adamson, Perforations: The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark presents six films made between 1972 and 1976 that document Matta-Clark’s practice of exposing the thinness of the boundaries that divide people, mediums, spaces, and ideas in action. Jessamyn Fiore, Co-Director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, will join Adamson on stage for a post-screening Q&A.

Caring Cabin with Beverly and Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland

Saturday, July 5, 2025 | 2:30pm ET
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Legendary musician and transgender activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland and his creative partner and wife, the artist and activist Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland, join us in-person for a free screening of their children’s show pilot Caring Cabin. Blending archival footage, handmade puppets, and transcendent music, Caring Cabin constructs a cozy and colourful world in which its animal protagonists learn valuable lessons about nature, coping with change, and the power of community. This event invites intergenerational connection, and families with young children are welcome. Please note that masks are encouraged for the safety of our guests and will be available outside of the cinema.

Presented in collaboration with Visitor Media.

MDFF Selects: Student Film Showcase 2025

Thursday, July 31, 2025 | 6:30pm ET
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From 2004 to 2012, the Toronto International Film Festival Group partnered with the Film School Consortium to provide a venue for Canada’s emerging filmmakers to screen their work in competition and make connections with fellow artists and industry professionals. MDFF Selects is proud to relaunch the Student Film Showcase and help shine a light on the bright future of Canadian filmmaking. Join us for a lineup of 10 short films representing an exciting range of modes and genres, including animation, hybrid documentary, dark comedy, and powerful drama.

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