As is often the case with CIFF, the team here at RogerEbert.com has seen and covered many of the films playing at the event. An increasingly impressive programming team does a stellar job of scouting events like Cannes for highlights, along with scheduling many of the same films that drew attention at Venice, Toronto, Telluride, and New York. We will be covering over a dozen films out of CIFF for the first time, along with running full reviews of “Club Kid,” “Rose,” “Clarissa,” “Behemoth!,” and more, but we thought the best way to preview this year’s event was to give you a portal to all of our coverage of CIFF 2026 films. Just looking at the list below reveals how completely the programmers of CIFF have brought home the best of the best of fest season 2026. Pick your faves. And go see a movie.
“14th”
“Bunker”
“Burgundy”
“Clarissa”
“Club Kid”
“Elsinore”
“I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning”
“Ink”
“Iron Boy”
“The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd”
“Minotaur”
“Musk”
“The Only Living Pickpocket in New York”
“Rose”
“Tangles”