Virtuosos Awards: SBIFF2026

The 2026 Virtuosos Awards at the SBIFF bring together eight of the year’s most talked-about performers for an onstage conversation celebrating their breakout, bold, and awards-defining performances.

2025 · Directed by Guillermo del Toro · 2h 29m

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and

2025 · Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 2h 50m

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson comes “One Battle After Another,” starring Academy Award and BAFTA winner Leonardo DiCaprio.

2025 · Directed by Joachim Trier · 2h 13m

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part

2025 · Directed by Zach Cregger · 2h 8m

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

2025 · Directed by Ryan Coogler · 2h 17m

Michael B. Jordan plays twin brothers who return home for a fresh start—only to discover something evil has been waiting for them.

2025 · Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho · 2h 41m

Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent.

2025 · Directed by David Michôd · 2h 14m

Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney) never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into the world of boxing und

2026 · Directed by Mike Doyle · 1h 39m

When Nate is forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup, he is determined to escape the confines of retirement community life and his meddlesome grandparents' relentless attempts to 'improve' him.

2026 · Directed by Philip Clyde-Smith · 15m
2026 · Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller · 1h 58m

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man chronicles Asher’s remarkable six-decade journey through the worlds of pop, folk, and rock.

2026 · Directed by Alex Reis · 15m

The birth of a young Black couple’s first child brings both joy and agony, as the father confronts his dilemmas surrounding the arrival, coexistence, and departure of his beloved firstborn.

2026 · Directed by Tom Koch · 13m
2026 · Directed by Rob Harris · 19m
2025 · Directed by Aisling Byrne · 26m

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