Brian Mulroney documentary gets Midnight Madness premiere at TIFF
A former prime minister is headlining Toronto's late-night cinema.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, programmed in the Midnight Madness section, according to TIFF. The slot is the festival's after-hours programme for cult titles and rowdy crowds. It is an unusual home for a political life story.
The festival lists a screening on Sunday, 13 September 2026 at 2:15 PM at Scotia 12, according to TIFF. TIFF runs in Toronto, Canada. The film is Canadian.
The film stars former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, according to Deadline. Mulroney was Canada's 18th prime minister. He served from 1984 to 1993.
He died in 2024. He was 84. He died in Palm Beach, Florida.
The feature documentary was directed by Matthew Rankin, according to Deadline. Rankin is a Canadian filmmaker, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It is a production of the National Film Board of Canada. The Board confirmed the film as a feature documentary ahead of the festival, according to the NFB.
The TIFF programme describes the film as a satirical collage of archival footage, television nostalgia, and national mythmaking, according to Deadline. The festival's own listing frames it with a comparison involving British documentarian Adam Curtis and Heritage Minutes, the short Canadian history films, according to TIFF.
What makes this stand out is the collision. A late-night audience meets an archive-built portrait of a 1980s leader. For fans, this means expecting jokes, static and old broadcast clips alongside the history lesson.
