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TIFF Opens 51st Edition Featuring “Being Heumann”, “Prima Facie”

7/7/2026

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Toronto International Film Festival opened its 51st edition on September 10 with Siân Heder’s “Being Heumann,” starring Ruth Madeley as activist Judy Heumann and portraying a 1977 28-day San Francisco sit-in for Section 504 enforcement.
The festival premiered “Prima Facie,” directed by Susanna White and starring Cynthia Erivo as a defense barrister.
TIFF debuted the thriller “The Assassin(s)” about the August 15, 1974 attempted assassination of President Park Chung-hee and added “TIFF: The Market” program.

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Toronto International Film Festival opened its 51st edition on September 10 with Siân Heder’s “Being Heumann,” starring Ruth Madeley as activist Judy Heumann and portraying a 1977 28-day San Francisco sit-in for Section 504 enforcement.
The festival premiered “Prima Facie,” directed by Susanna White and starring Cynthia Erivo as a defense barrister.
TIFF debuted the thriller “The Assassin(s)” about the August 15, 1974 attempted assassination of President Park Chung-hee and added “TIFF: The Market” program.