CONTENT ADVISORY
Sexual acts, violence, strong language, death, drug use
USA2025106 minEnglishToronto Premiere2slgbtq+, Comedy, First Feature
She’s been cursed. Literally. And she needs $1,000 for the hex-breaking cure. AP (played by director Annapurna Sriram) embarks on a sex worker’s odyssey through pre-millenium Trashtown, U.S.A., where the grass is brown and the cops are kinky. Desperate for a life reset, AP embarks on a scooter-driven adventure with her always-and-forever-tethered ex-lover Danni. Through strip clubs, celebrity mansions, and fortune tellers around every corner, fans of John Waters and 1990s Gregg Araki films will love Sriram’s world-building and her campy, crude, queer take on the buddy film genre.
Fucktoys is a darkly humorous tale about the uphill battle of carving out a new life for oneself and the risks it takes to do it. Sriram’s directorial debut kicks down the door for a new wave of American sexploitation films, while its anarchist spirit is a call to challenge mainstream American filmic conventions.
– Khanh Tudo
Annapurna Sriram
Sadie Scott
Big Freedia
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW Film Festival, 2025
BFI London Film Festival, 2025
Fantasia Film Festival, 2025
AWARDS
Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate, SXSW Film Festival, 2025
Annapurna Sriram
Originally from Nashville, Tenn., Annapurna Sriram holds a bachelor’s degree in acting from Rutgers University. Her most cherished previous work includes Jesse Eisenberg’s The Spoils, Wallace Shawn’s Evening at the Talk House, and her work in the independent feature film Feral. Fucktoys is her directorial debut.
8 Nov, 2025 8:30 pm
TIFF Lightbox C3AA
CONTENT ADVISORY
Sexual acts, violence, strong language, death, drug use
IN PERSON ACCESSIBILITY
This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).
Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
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