TIFF Adds Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’, Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’, ‘The Idiot(s)’ & More To Lineup — SkimNews
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- TIFF 2026 added 11 films to its 51st edition lineup Tuesday, bringing the total to 293 titles for the festival running September 10-20.
- Wild Horse Nine by Martin McDonagh (Searchlight) features John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Parker Posey, Steve Buscemi, and Tom Waits as CIA agents on a trust-testing 1973 mission from Santiago, Chile to Easter Island.
- Bucking Fastard by Werner Herzog stars Rooney and Kate Mara as twins Jean and Joan Holbrooke, who speak in unison, love the same man, and share dreams — based on a true story.
- The Idiot(s) stars White Lotus's Aimee Lou Wood and Johnny Flynn as newlyweds whose European honeymoon in Baden stretches into a years-long stay so one can write Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
- It's My Time (Bai Xue) stars Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as a nursing home troublemaker who uses a Rubik's Cube to fight aging and prejudice — receiving a North American premiere.
- Three of the new titles — Wild Horse Nine, Bucking Fastard, and The Idiot(s) — carry Canadian premiere (not world premiere) designations, which the article flags as a strong tell they will appear at Telluride's September 4 lineup.
- Other additions include Guy Nattiv's The Liberation (Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey), Cody Fern's directorial debut Closing Night (Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson), and Peter Ho-Sun Chan's The Road Not Taken.
Why it matters: Three Venice-debuting titles from McDonagh, Herzog, and Moretti bolting onto a 293-film slate cements TIFF's role as the fall festival's anchor event. The Canadian-premiere labels on Wild Horse Nine, Bucking Fastard, and The Idiot(s) effectively pre-confirm their Telluride showings, meaning distributors and awards strategists are watching this batch for the next five-week awards runway.
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