Overview
- The 2025 Platform slate comprises ten world and international premieres, including Farnoosh Samadi’s Between Dreams and Hope, Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s Bouchra, György Pálfi’s Hen, Pauline Loquès’s Nino and Bretten Hannam’s Sk+te’kmujue’katik.
- Steve, directed by Tim Mielants and adapted from Max Porter’s novella Shy, stars Cillian Murphy as a reform-school headteacher confronting his own mental health amid a day of crisis.
- A jury chaired by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, winner of the 2024 Platform Award, will be joined by Oscar-nominated actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Québécois filmmaker Chloé Robichaud.
- Since its 2015 launch, Platform has introduced acclaimed titles such as Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight, William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth and Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama, cementing its reputation for artistically ambitious international cinema.
- TIFF plans to introduce an official buying-and-selling market next year to strengthen distribution opportunities for films premiered in Platform.