TIFF Lightbox 2025 November/December programming highlights

After a milestone 50th Festival, TIFF is finishing the year strong with a winter slate featuring three retrospectives, tributes, anticipated new restorations, a selection of offbeat and traditional holiday films, and special guests at the Lightbox. Luc Moullet: High Altitude celebrates the reappraisal of the irreverent French filmmaker and one of the last living members of the nouvelle vague with newly-restored features and rarely-screened shorts, following retrospectives in New York and Los Angeles. Lyon-born Lucile Hadzihalilovic is spotlighted in Growing Pains: Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s New Worlds, a retrospective timed with the release of her latest film, The Ice Tower. Joining a North American tour organized by leading film institutions, TIFF Cinematheque presents its most extensive retrospective of Japanese visionary Mikio Naruse since his centennial in 2005.

TIFF also pays tribute to screen legend Robert Redford with Special Screenings of Ordinary People and The Sting, celebrating his legacy as a director and actor. Ahead of Viola Desmond Day on November 8, TIFF presents a free 35mm screening of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit hosted by Jully Black on November 7. Other highlights include the Canadian premiere of the 2K restoration of Mary Stephen’s Ombres de soie; a centennial screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush and a 30th anniversary screening of The White Balloon in 35mm by Jafar Panahi, whose TIFF 50 Official Selection It Was Just an Accident opens at the Lightbox on October 24.

For the holidays, the popular Magnificent 70mm series returns with widescreen classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Top Gun. Alternative festive favourites include the 25th anniversary screening of American Psycho with filmmaker Mary Harron in attendance on December 5, the 35th anniversary of Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands; and Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar starring Samantha Morton, both screening in 35mm. Audiences can also catch Ramsay’s latest, Die My Love, at the Lightbox starting November 7. Plus, TIFF will once again screen Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, continuing its New Year’s Eve tradition. Rounding out the celebration is the return of TIFF’s popular Sing Along series hosted by local performers and packed with fun!

Look out for buzzworthy New Releases playing at the Lightbox in November, including Richard Linklater’s TIFF 50 features Blue Moon and the much-anticipated Nouvelle Vague; Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut , and Luca Guadagnino’s , screening in glorious 35mm. An exciting December lineup including Kleber Mendonça Filho’s (TIFF 50), is on the way, just in time for the holidays, packed with awards-season hopefuls and hidden gems. Visit for more details. Tickets for November programming will be available to TIFF Members on Wednesday, October 15, and to the public on Friday, October 17. Tickets for December programming will be available to TIFF Members on Wednesday, November 12, and to the public on Friday, November 14. See for up-to-date programming.