Bearded sailor in period costume aboard historic sailing ship at sunset, with rigging and red cross visible
“I urge viewers to watch this film. I believe they won’t be disappointed. The initial response has been quite promising. I’m hopeful and waiting to hear more positive news.”
TIFF has further expanded its support of serialized storytelling, introducing the Series Accelerator initiative in 2021 that champions emerging
TIFF’s expansive curatorial vision across seven presentations, including Strange Cuts, the Midnight Madness-adjacent strand introduced in 2024.
The TIFF Docs programme features attention-grabbing non-fiction cinema from around the world. The programme will open with Academy Award–winning Canadian director Ben Proudfoot’s The Eyes of Ghana, which profiles the filmmaker Chris Hesse and is backed by executive producers Barack and Michelle Obama.
Presenting works from celebrated filmmakers including Mathieu Denis’ Cost of Heaven, Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake, Jan Komasa’s Good Boy, Anders Thomas Jensen’s The Last Viking, Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, Pietro Marcello’s Duse, Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, and Álvaro Olmos Torrico’s The Condor Daughter
Director Mursalin Shuvo commented, “Deri Kore Ashben has been in the works for a long time.
The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, presented by Rogers, runs September 4–14, 2025.
The cast of "Utshob" includes Zahid Hasan, Jaya Ahsan, Aupee Karim, Chanchal Chowdhury, Afsana Mimi, Tariq Anam Khan, Azad Abul Kalam, Intekhab Dinar, Sunerah Binte Kamal, Shoumya Joyti, and Sadia Ayman among others.
