TIFF Documentary Lineup Includes Films From Laura Poitras, Raoul Peck, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi

Documentaries About Paula Deen, Clergy Abuse and Whistling Contests Headed to Toronto Film Festival

Twenty-three documentaries, including new works from the Oscar-winning directors Ben Proudfoot, Laura Poitras and Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, have been added to the lineup of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Wednesday. The TIFF Docs program will include 16 world premieres, beginning with “The Eyes of Ghana,” directed by Proudfoot, who has won Oscars for his short docs “The Queen of Basketball” and “T…

TIFF 2025 Launches Season’s Top Non-Fiction, with New Docs from Raoul Peck, Laura Poitras, Jimmy Chin & Chai Vaserhelyi, Colin Hanks, and More

Thom Powers walks IndieWire through the festival’s non-fiction slate.

TIFF Documentary Lineup Includes Films From Laura Poitras, Raoul Peck, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi

Docs from Laura Poitras, Raoul Peck and more are headed to TIFF.

Toronto announces its world cinema-laden Centrepiece slate, along with TIFF Docs and Midnight Madness

07/08/2025 - The former two strands have European world premieres galore alongside highlights from the year’s festival circuit, whilst the latter maintains its reputation as TIFF’s most transgressive section

Christopher Nelius' 'Whistle' set for world premiere at TIFF - IF Magazine

Christopher Nelius’ latest doco, Whistle, will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The festival announced its Docs strand overnight, with the film one of 23 from 18 countries due to screen. Whistle follows an eccentric group of international whistlers, including Australia’s Molly Lewis, as they descend on Hollywood to compete in the Masters of Musical Whistling competition. It’s Nelius’ second time at TIFF, after …

TIFF reveals its compelling documentary slate featuring Paula Deen, champion whistlers and balloonists

The festival will feature premieres of new films from Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Laura Poitras, Ben Proudfoot, Raoul Peck, and Colin Hanks