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The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed its lineup of international films, including a Canadian remake of the hockey classic Youngblood .

The reimagined drama is co-written by late Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer, and it’s among the 55 titles in TIFF’s Centerpiece program.

The 2025 version of Youngblood revisits the 1986 cult classic that starred Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and a young Keanu Reeves, this time following a Black hockey prodigy played by Ashton James.

Officer was originally set to direct the film before he died in December 2023, and Osca

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