TIFF 2025: Hedda Q & A with Nia DaCosta, Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogene Poots and more
TIFF 2025: Hedda Q & A with Nia DaCosta, Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen PootsTom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock at the premiere of "Hedda" during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 07, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario.
Adapted from the Henrik Ibsen play "Hedda Gabler", director Nia DaCosta reinvents the story to tell it from a different angle. Hedda is a provocative, modern reimagining of this classic play.
The film stars Tessa Thompson, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Nina Hoss.
"Newly wed and precariously dissatisfied with life, Hedda (Tessa Thompson), gun-loving daughter of the late General Gabler, has just convinced her husband George (Tom Bateman), a timid but ambitious scholar, to throw a lavish party the couple cannot afford. On the teeming guest list is Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss), a celebrated author of a book exploring sexuality — and also George's key rival for a coveted academic post. Hedda sees the guests as pawns in an elaborate game she plans to orchestrate with ruthless precision."