TIFF Adds Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’, Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’, ‘The Idiot(s)’ & More To Lineup
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- TIFF announced 11 new additions to its 51st edition lineup, bringing the festival's total to 293 titles across all sections.
- Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight) gets a Canadian premiere after debuting at Venice, starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Parker Posey, Steve Buscemi, and Tom Waits as CIA agents on a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island in 1973.
- Werner Herzog's Bucking Fastard receives a Canadian premiere, starring Rooney and Kate Mara as twin sisters who speak in unison and love the same man — based on a true story.
- Nanni Moretti's It Will Happen Tonight gets its international premiere, following four tenants in an Israeli city whose lives intertwine as they search for fulfillment.
- Guy Nattiv's The Liberation — starring Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey, and Odessa Young as a woman drawn into an all-female commune — receives a Canadian premiere alongside The Idiot(s) with Aimee Lou Wood, Johnny Flynn, and Vicky Krieps.
- Michelle Yeoh stars in Bai Xue's It's My Time, a North American premiere about a troublemaking nursing home resident who uses a Rubik's Cube to fight aging and prejudice.
- The article notes films carrying Canadian premiere designations — Wild Horse Nine, Bucking Fastard, The Idiot(s), and The Liberation — are likely candidates for Telluride's imminent lineup reveal.
Why it matters: With 293 titles now programmed, TIFF's 2026 slate confirms its role as a key North American launchpad for fall awards season — the Canadian-premiere designations on Venice-debuting films like *Wild Horse Nine* and *Bucking Fastard* effectively double them as Telluride picks, concentrating prestige buzz across two festivals within weeks.
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