TUFF - Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival

TUFF - Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival A festival of films showcasing the talent of contemporary Ukrainian artists and filmmakers. April 24th to 27th, 2025 Royal Cinema, Toronto.

04/22/2026

We filled the room. Then we filled it with meaning.

Thank you to everyone who attended or supported for making the Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival 2026 what it was.

Щиро дякуємо. 💙💛

Дякуємо. Thank you.To our filmmakers who trusted us with their work.To our panelists for their insights and generosity. ...
04/20/2026

Дякуємо. Thank you.

To our filmmakers who trusted us with their work.
To our panelists for their insights and generosity.
To our audiences who showed up and shared.
To our volunteers, partners, and sponsors who carried this festival on their backs.

The 2026 edition of the Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival reminded us what cinema can hold.
Memory. Resistance. Community.

These stories don’t exist in a vacuum. They come from a place that continues to fight for its voice, its culture, and its future. It is a privilege to share them here, together, in Toronto.

Дякуємо ❤️

Than you to our incredible closing night panelists and .lutsyshyn for an insightful look into the challenges of being ...
04/20/2026

Than you to our incredible closing night panelists and .lutsyshyn for an insightful look into the challenges of being an immigrant in the Canadian film industry and for the invaluable insights that were shared.

Today at • 1:00 PM — To The Victory! (2025)A filmmaker in Kyiv attempts rebuild a life shaped by war, memory, and what ...
04/19/2026

Today at

• 1:00 PM — To The Victory! (2025)
A filmmaker in Kyiv attempts rebuild a life shaped by war, memory, and what remains

• 4:30 PM — Flowers of Ukraine (2024)
One woman refuses to surrender her home as Russia’s invasion closes in

• Post-screening — Panel: Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema: Filmmaking on the Frontlines
Artists and industry voices on storytelling under the realities of war

📍 The Royal Cinema
🎟️ tuff.film

04/18/2026

Thank you for your continued support of the Ukrainian community and for marking ’s fourth year with us. We are grateful.

Today at • 1 PM Shorts Program + Industry PanelNew voices. Real conversation. The future of the film industry, in the ...
04/18/2026

Today at

• 1 PM Shorts Program + Industry Panel
New voices. Real conversation. The future of the film industry, in the room.

• 5 PM Militantropos
War, seen through the people forced to live inside it.

• 8:30 PM Do You Love Me?
Coming of age as everything you know falls apart.

📍 The Royal Cinema
🎟️ tuff.film

Two war veterans. One fragile connection. A story about what comes after trauma.The Fatigued screens tonight at 9:30 PM ...
04/17/2026

Two war veterans. One fragile connection. A story about what comes after trauma.

The Fatigued screens tonight at 9:30 PM at The Royal Cinema, closing out TUFF 2026. Grand Prix winner at the 54th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival.

🎟 Get your tickets at tuff.film
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Два ветерани. Один крихкий зв’язок. Історія про те, що здатне вижити після травми.

Втомлені — сьогодні о 21:30 у The Royal Cinema. Ґран-прі 54-го МКФ «Молодість».

🎟 Квитки на tuff.film

04/15/2026

The war is over. Nothing feels fixed.

Roman is a filmmaker in postwar Kyiv with no work, a son at home, and a wife and daughter who stayed in Vienna. He keeps telling himself the hard times will pass. The film keeps asking whether he believes it.

To the Victory! is Valentyn Vasyanovych’s quietly devastating portrait of what survival looks like after the cameras stop rolling - shot with his own crew, playing versions of themselves, including Vasyanovych himself. Winner of the Platform Award at TIFF.

🎬 Sunday, April 19 | 1:00 PM | The Royal Cinema
🎟️ Tickets at tuff.film

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Війна закінчилася. Але легше не стало.

«За Перемогу!» — антиутопічна історія про післявоєнну Україну. Режисер Валентин Васянович грає сам себе: людину, яка намагається знайти сенс у роботі та житті, поки сім’я залишається за кордоном. Більшість знімальної групи також зіграли самих себе.
Лауреат премії Platform Award на ТІФФ.
Реж. Валентин Васянович | 105 хв

🎬 Неділя, 19 квітня | 13:00 | The Royal Cinema
🎟️ Квитки: tuff.film

Four years of the Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival and a growing community around Ukrainian cinema.Supporting Ukrainian c...
04/15/2026

Four years of the Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival and a growing community around Ukrainian cinema.

Supporting Ukrainian cinema today means supporting artists who continue to create through war, displacement, and uncertainty. It means making sure these stories are seen, shared, and remembered.
Through this work, TUFF continues to give back through donations to the and the .

If you’ve been meaning to go, this is your moment.

Join us this Thursday through Sunday, and be part of it 🎬

Join us for a panel on Sunday after the Screening of Flowers of Ukraine!Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema: Filmmaking on the...
04/14/2026

Join us for a panel on Sunday after the Screening of Flowers of Ukraine!

Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema: Filmmaking on the Frontlines

This conversation explores how filmmakers are shaping the future of the film industry while ensuring Ukrainian voices define the global narrative about the war.

Panelists:

Anna Lee
Tajikistan-born, Ukraine-raised filmmaker based in Canada. Began in Kyiv (2007) on music videos, commercials, and shorts. DGC Assistant Director; credits include What We Do in the Shadows, Nightmare

Anastasia Itkina ()
Ukrainian-born writer and producer based in Toronto, Anastasia creates award-winning films and champions emerging voices in independent cinema.

Moderated by Anastasiya Lutsyshyn (.lutsyshyn)

Anastasiya is a Ukrainian filmmaker focused on cross-cultural storytelling, bringing stories to life through visually compelling narratives shaped by in-depth research.

Panel is included in your Flowers of Ukraine Sunday screening. Secure your tickets at tuff.film

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