Along with special events to commemorate the anniversary, there were a total of 330 films screened.

There was a special screening of Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky featuring musical accompaniment by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Also, 25 digital video shorts were made by attending filmmakers.

[2][3][4] The Bloomberg Tribute to Stephen Frears Preludes was a special one-off program of ten short films by Canadian film directors, commissioned by TIFF to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

[9] The Preludes films were also subsequently screened on the web separately from their screenings at TIFF, on a platform funded by Bell Canada.