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Cameron Bailey On TIFF World Premiere Title ‘Mile End Kicks’ & Why The Festival Is Now Focused On “Celebrating Canada”


TIFF 2025 runs from September 4–14.

Mile End Kicks, the sophomore feature from Toronto native Chandler Levack(I Like Movies), is one of those independently produced titles set to come out of Canada this year, and it was included as a world premiere in this morning’s TIFF announcement. Starring are Barbie Ferreira ( Euphoria), Jay Baruchel ( BlackBerry), Devon Bostick ( Oppenheimer), Stanley Simons ( The Iron Claw), and Juliette Gariépy ( Société distincte). Titles also announced this morning as part of TIFF’s Official Selection were Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive, Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers, Sung-hyun Byun’s Good News, and Nia DaCosta’s Hedda.

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