We’re excited to announce that LIKE MAGIC (dir. Melissa Saavedra Gil), made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Blending archival footage, personal testimony, and a decades-long search for answers, Columbian filmmaker Melissa Saavedra Gil transforms a childhood tragedy into a powerful exploration of memory, truth, and healing in this intimate debut. We are also thrilled that TIFF’s 2026 Opening Night Film — RAPINOE — is directed by program alum Rebecca Hunt (dir. BEBA, which premiered at TIFF in 2021). Also having world premieres at TIFF are new films from program alum Lacey Schwartz Delgado (RE/PAIR) and Sophie Deraspe (THE FINAL ACT).
A WOMAN’S PLACE IS EVERYWHERE (dir. Fanny Texier), which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and was made with the support of the WMM Production Assistance Program, will have its U.S. Premiere at the New York Film Festival (NYFF). Also in the line-up are new films from program alum Laura Poitras and Julia Loktev, as well as NITRATE KISSES, a revival of a work by Barbara Hammer, whose films have long been distributed by WMM.
