Six of the seven Red Sea Film Foundation-backed films are showcasing regional storytelling at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. A seventh film, “We Are All Strangers,” directed by Anthony Chen, is about 21-year-old Junyang and his widowed father, Boon Kiat.
Ben’Imana
The film by Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo explores reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda through a survivor forced to face her own past.Conversation with the Sea
A Palestinian father investigates his son's decades-old disappearance after a disputed debt notice reveals no official death record in the film by Muayad Alayan.A Girl Unknown
Director Zou Jing’s debut feature follows a young Chinese girl’s search for identity as she is passed to three families between her childhood and adolescence.Four Seasons in Java
Directed by Kamila Andini, the film follows Pertiwi as she returns home after prison as electricity transforms her village, forcing buried trauma and change to collide.Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, the film follows a visionary teen and an ostracized woman who unite against village hostility, fighting for freedom in Chad.The Violinist
Directed by Ervin Han and Raul Garcia, the animated historical epic follows two violin prodigies whose friendship is shattered by war in Singapore and Malaya.
