TIFF Congratulates 2026 Oscar Nominees

A total of 50 nominations from TIFF’s Official Selection

TIFF People’s Choice Award winner Hamnet receives eight nominations

18 Films in TIFF’s Official Selection nominated

TIFF Lightbox is the place to see Oscar-nominated films including Hamnet, Sirat, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Arco, One Battle After Another, and more!

The Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF) is proud to congratulate Official Selections nominated for the 98th Academy Awards®. Following the 50th edition of the Festival, 17 films from TIFF ’25 and one film from TIFF ’24 have been recognized by the Academy, totalling 50 nominations across major categories.

TIFF’s People’s Choice Award is regarded as a bellwether for the Awards, with past winners such as The King’s Speech, 12 Years a Slave, La La Land, Nomadland, and American Fiction going on to major Academy Award recognition. This year continues the tradition: Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, winner of the 2025 People’s Choice Award presented by Rogers, secured eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and a Best Actress nomination for TIFF ’17 Rising Star Jessie Buckley. It’s Zhao’s second time on the People’s Choice Award list following TIFF ’20 feature and Best Picture winner Nomadland. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, the People’s Choice Award runner‑up, received nine Oscar nominations, as well as Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, a runner‑up for the International People’s Choice Award.

Two films from TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten showcase are among this year’s Oscar nominees: The Girl Who Cried Pearls (TIFF ’25), from Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, for Best Animated Short Film; and perfectly a strangeness (TIFF ’24) from Alison McAlpine, for Best Documentary Short Film.

Several Oscar nominees were also honoured at the 2025 TIFF Tribute Awards, including:

• Jafar Panahi, TIFF Special Tribute Award: Nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay for It Was Just an Accident.
  
  
• Guillermo del Toro, TIFF Ebert Director Award: Nominated for nine awards for Frankenstein, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
  
  
• Kazu Hiro, TIFF Variety Artisan Award: Nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for The Smashing Machine.
  
  

Catch this year’s contenders including Sirāt, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Arco, Hamnet, One Battle After Another (70mm), and more at TIFF Lightbox. Look out for news on more Oscar-nominated films coming to the Lightbox via tiff.net and The Weekly newsletter(open in new tab)open_in_new.

TIFF Official Selections Nominated for Academy Awards

Title & Director - TIFF Programme - Oscar Nominations

Hamnet - dir. Chloé Zhao: Special Presentations 8 including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Jessie Buckley)
Sentimental Value - dir. Joachim: Trier Special Presentations 9 including Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature Film (Norway)
Frankenstein - dir. Guillermo del Toro: Special Presentations9 including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Jacob Elordi)
Train Dreams - dir. Clint Bentley: Special Presentations 4 including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song
The Secret Agent - dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho: Special Presentations 4 including Best Picture, Best Actor (Wagner Moura), Best Casting, Best International Feature Film (Brazil)
Blue Moon - dir. Richard Linkater: Special Presentations Best Actor (Ethan Hawke), Best Original Screenplay
It Was Just an Accident - dir. Jafar Panahi: Special Presentations Best International Feature Film (France), Best Original Screenplay
Sirāt - dir. Oliver Laxe: Special Presentations Best International Feature Film (Spain), Best Sound
The Voice of Hind Rajab - dir. Kaouther Ben Hania: Special Presentations Best International Feature Film (Tunisia)
Arco - dir. Ugo Bienvenu: Centrepiece Best Animated Feature Film
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - dirs. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han: Centrepiece Best Animated Feature Film
Kokuho - dir. Lee Sang-il: Special Presentations Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Smashing Machine - dir. Benny Safdie: Special Presentations Best Makeup and Hairstyling
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You - dir. Mary Bronstein: Special Presentations Best Actress (Rose Byrne)
The Lost Bus - dir. Paul Greengrass: Special Presentations Best Visual Effects
All The Empty Rooms - dir. Joshua Seftel: Short Cuts Best Documentary Short Film
perfectly a strangeness - dir. Alison McAlpine: Short Cuts Best Documentary Short Film
The Girl Who Cried Pearls - dirs. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski: Short Cutsm Best Animated Short Film

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