{"id":27464,"date":"2026-08-04T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27464"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:00:57","slug":"the-possible-oscar-contenders-from-the-venice-and-toronto-film-festival-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27464","title":{"rendered":"The Possible Oscar Contenders From the Venice and Toronto Film Festival Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap body dropcap\">It\u2019s been six years since a movie that debuted at a fall film festival won the best-picture Oscar. Instead, the past few seasons have seen big studio movies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/one-battle-after-another-beats-sinners-for-best-picture-at-oscars-2026\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>One Battle After Another<\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/oppenheimer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Oppenheimer<\/em><\/a> make it to the Oscar stage without visiting any of the major festivals, while the movies that have emerged from the festival circuit have come from events earlier in the year\u2014like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/anora-cannes-exclusive-mikey-madison-sean-baker-awards-insider\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Anora<\/em><\/a>\u2019s trip to Cannes or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/04\/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-movie-review\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em><\/a>\u2019s SXSW debut.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, it\u2019s been a firmly held industry belief that releasing your film too early in the year means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/how-to-win-an-oscar\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">mounting an Oscar campaign<\/a> that will be too long, too arduous, and too expensive to pay off. Now that that theory has been dispelled, do fall festivals still hold the same weight in awards season that they used to?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rosalind Eleazar in Misty Green.\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_768,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/MISTY%20GREEN_01.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a6a215b03fa03859b3eac1d\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/MISTY%2520GREEN_01.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-bpPcvW kzGGxb caption AssetEmbedCaption-eZIMNW gMgneI asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionText-cQpRdU klhnDX hbiMYj caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Rosalind Eleazar in <em>Misty Green.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk gsdIcD hRFzlA caption__credit\">Merrick Morton\/A24<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In short: yes. This week on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/podcast\/little-gold-men\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Little Gold Men<\/a>,<\/em> the team makes the case for why fall film festivals still matter, especially for smaller movies that need strong word of mouth to survive the season. A splashy premiere at Venice, Telluride, or Toronto can create the buzz needed to mount a successful Oscar campaign: Take, for example, <em>Hamnet,<\/em> which debuted at Telluride last year and won the top prize, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/hamnet-wins-peoples-choice-award-toronto-international-film-festival\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">the People\u2019s Choice Award<\/a>, at TIFF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cEven though <em>Hamnet<\/em> had a lot of prestige\u2026it needed that push to the general audience because people were like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I wanna see it. It sounds so sad,\u2019\u201d says John Ross. \u201cBut then it gets something like the People\u2019s Choice Award, and it feels like, okay, I have to see it.\u201d <em>Hamnet<\/em> wound up getting nominated for eight Oscars and winning one, for best actress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Now that the lineups for Venice and TIFF have been unveiled\u2014the lineup for fall\u2019s third heavy-hitter festival, Telluride, is traditionally not released until right before the festival starts\u2014the <em>Little Gold Men<\/em> team also takes a guess at which films might be this year\u2019s most promising debuts. We start with two of Venice\u2019s most anticipated premieres, a pair of based-on-a-true story movies: Danny Boyle\u2019s <em>Ink,<\/em> which stars Guy Pearce as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/rupert-murdoch\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Rupert Murdoch<\/a>, and Lance Oppenheim\u2019s <em>Primetime,<\/em> about the investigative news show <em>To Catch a Predator,<\/em> starring Robert Pattinson as host Chris Hansen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been six years since a movie that debuted at a fall film festival won the best-picture Oscar. 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