NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� 鈥淏eing Heumann,鈥� director Si芒n Heder’s film about , will open the 51st Toronto International Film Festival.
Festival organizers announced Tuesday that 鈥淏eing Heumann,鈥� starring Ruth Madeley as Heumann, will make its world premiere on the opening night of the Canadian festival Sept. 10. The festival runs through Sept. 20.
Heumann, who died in 2023, has been called the 鈥渕other of the disability rights movement鈥� for her longtime advocacy and for lobbying for what eventually led to the federal . Heumann, who lost the ability to walk at age 2, was also a central figure in
鈥淏eing Heumann鈥� is Heder’s follow-up to the which won best picture at the Academy Awards. The win and signaled the first time a streamer, Apple, . Apple is also releasing 鈥淏eing Heumann.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to open this year鈥檚 Festival with Si芒n Heder鈥檚 inspiring follow-up to her Oscar winning 鈥楥ODA,鈥欌�� Cameron Bailey, chief executive of TIFF, said in a statement. 鈥�’Being Heumann’ features an electric performance from Ruth Madeley in the story of Judy Heumann, a world-changing advocate for accessibility.鈥�
The festival, one of the premiere launching pads of fall movies, also announced gala world premieres of Susanna White’s legal thriller 鈥淧rima Facie,鈥� starring Cynthia Erivo, and of Hur Jin-ho’s Korean thriller 鈥淭he Assassin(s).鈥�
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The story has been updated to correct that the film 鈥淐rip Camp鈥� was from 2020, not 2000.
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