TIFF Opens With Siân Heder’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Being Heumann’ — and Apple Has Its Next Oscar Contender

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TIFF Opens With Siân Heder’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Being Heumann’ — and Apple Has Its Next Oscar ContenderWorldPing
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What happened

“Being Heumann” opens on a New York sidewalk that doesn’t allow Judy Heumann to climb it.

There’s no curb cut or ramp.

Just a woman and her wheelchair.

Director Siân Heder holds on it — and then Judy gives the middle finger.

Key facts

  • Reported by Variety and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:16:17 UTC.

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  1. Oscar Predictions 2027: Telluride Reshapes the Best Picture Race as TIFF Lines Up Its Crowd-Pleasers

  2. ‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s First Film Since ‘CODA’ Is a Bold and Stirring Dramatization of the Protest That Launched the Disabled-Rights Revolution

  3. TIFF Opens With Siân Heder’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Being Heumann’ — and Apple Has Its Next Oscar Contender

  4. Sian Heder Says “Collective Action Matters” as ‘Being Heumann’ Opens Toronto Film Festival

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