3 great films from TIFF 2025

Breaking down the movies from TIFF 2025 that should be on your radar

By Cody Corrall, KC Hoard • September 10, 2025 2:58 pm EDT

The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is underway, featuring everything from big premieres to more unique hidden gems.

As TIFF starts to wrap up, Xtra culture editor KC Hoard sat down to recommend three movies from the festival that he can’t stop thinking about: Chloé Zhao’s buzzy Hamnet, Christopher Nelius’s unconventional documentary Whistle and Richard Linklater’s heartbreaking biopic Blue.

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Cody Corrall is Xtra's Social Video Producer. Their work has appeared in BuzzFeed News, TechCrunch, the Chicago Reader, CINE-FILE, Thrillist, Paste Magazine, and other places on the world wide web. He lives in Chicago and speaks English.

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KC Hoard is the Associate Editor, Culture at Xtra.

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