Sian Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ to Open TIFF 2026, Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Prima Facie’ to World Premiere

By Rebecca Rubin

Rebecca Rubin

Senior Film and Media Reporter

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Sian Heder’s activist drama “Being Heumann” will open the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie, starring Ruth Madeley as disability rights advocate Judith Heumann, will host its world premiere on Sept. 10 at Roy Thomson Hall.

“Being Heumann” is Heder’s follow-up to 2021’s “CODA,” which became a sensation at Sundance and sold to Apple for $25 million before winning the Oscar for best picture. Her new movie is adapted from Heumann’s memoir and follows the activist as she leads over 100 disabled people in a 28-day protest to encourage the government to enforce the section of the Rehabilitation Act that requires all federal spaces to become accessible.

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