Michelle Yeoh, Sebastian Stan, Taron Egerton, Jodie Comer, Chase Infiniti, & More at Collider’s TIFF Studio 2026 | Photo Gallery

It feels like only yesterday that Paul Thomas Anderson was heading up onto the Dolby Theatre stage at the 98th Academy Awards to pick up his Best Picture prize for One Battle After Another. In the blink of an eye, conversation has turned to next year’s Academy Awards, courtesy of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival, considered the spiritual opening of awards season and the beginning of the 2027 Oscars race.