TORONTO — K-pop superstar Lisa is one of the many celebrities expected on the Toronto International Film Festival’s red carpets today. The Blackpink singer will be debuting “Always Lalisa,” a documentary about the year she spent away from the pop quartet. Coincidentally, Rebel Wilson will also be in town promoting “Girl Group,” a film she wrote, directed and starred in alongside Jennifer Coolidge. Wilson plays a pop singer who winds up making some ill-advised choices when she takes a hiatus from her hit band to attempt a solo career. Also premiering today is “The Julia Set,” which features Chase Infiniti as a gifted university student who gets romantically entangled with a teaching assistant. As for Cancon, Paralympian Rick Hansen was on deck to promote the documentary “Man In Motion: The Rick Hansen Story.” The film chronicles Hansen’s quest to wheel 40,000 kilometres through 34 countries in the 1980s. Actor Ryan Reynolds was a producer on the film, though he wasn’t in attendance Friday. It’s one of several films spotlighting disabled activists at this year’s edition of TIFF. “It’s such an honour, first of all, to be included with two people who I knew, Judith Heumann, a great American and global human rights activist, and Terry Fox was a dear friend and played on the wheelchair basketball team,” Hansen said on the carpet. “Being Heumann,” about a 28-day sit-in that resulted in massive changes to civil rights for disabled Americans, opened the festival on Thursday night, and “Run Terry Run” is due to screen on Saturday. Also Thursday, Jay Baruchel is expected to walk the red carpet at the premiere of “The Stunt Driver,” a comedy about a Canadian daredevil. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2026.
