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Toronto Film Festival Adds 'Wild Horse Nine' and 'Bucking Fastard'
A film festival is a big event where people show new movies to the public.
The Toronto Film Festival is one of the biggest and most famous movie events in the world.
It is getting ready for its 51st year, and it just added 11 more movies to its list.
Now the festival will show 293 movies in total.
One new movie, called Wild Horse Nine, is about two CIA spies on a tricky mission in 1973.
They travel from a city called Santiago to a faraway island called Easter Island.
Another movie, called Bucking Fastard, tells a true story about two sisters who are so close that they talk at the same time.
There are also movies about neighbors in an Israeli city, a woman who joins a special group called a commune, and a grandmother who uses a Rubik's Cube to fight for what she wants.
These brand-new movies are being shown for the very first time, and movie lovers are excited to see them.
The Toronto Film Festival's 51st edition added 11 more films, bringing this year's total to 293 titles.
Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh's Searchlight film starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, follows two CIA agents on a mission from Santiago, Chile, to Easter Island in 1973.
Werner Herzog's Bucking Fastard stars Rooney and Kate Mara as intensely close sisters Jean and Joan Holbrooke and is based on a true story.
Other additions include Nanni Moretti's It Will Happen One Night, Guy Nattiv's The Liberation starring Carrie Coon and Lily James, Michelle Yeoh's It's My Time, and Cody Fern's Closing Night with Naomi Watts and Sarah Paulson.
The Idiot(s), starring Aimee Lou Wood, Johnny Flynn, Vicky Krieps and Christian Friedel, joined the lineup, while films like Wild Horse Nine and Bucking Fastard could also head to Telluride.
- Who
- Toronto International Film Festival organizers, along with directors such as Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog and Nanni Moretti, and stars such as Rooney Mara, Kate Mara, John Malkovich, Naomi Watts and Michelle Yeoh.
- What
- The 51st edition of the Toronto Film Festival added 11 more films to its schedule, bringing the total to 293 titles, including Wild Horse Nine, Bucking Fastard and It Will Happen One Night.
- Where
- Toronto, Canada (the festival); story settings include Santiago, Chile, and Easter Island.
- When
- Announcement made during build-up to the festival's 51st (2026) edition; no exact date given in the article.
- Why
- To round out the festival's schedule with additional premieres and notable titles ahead of the event.
Key facts
- Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
- Edition
- 51st
- Films added in announcement
- 11
- Total titles in lineup
- 293
- Notable additions
- Wild Horse Nine, Bucking Fastard, It Will Happen One Night, The Idiot(s), The Liberation
- World premieres announced
- Closing Night, The Road Not Taken, Neil Peart: No One's Disciple, Trees are Watching
- Wild Horse Nine setting
- Santiago, Chile, to Easter Island, 1973
- Bucking Fastard cast
- Rooney Mara, Kate Mara
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