{"id":630098,"date":"2026-09-20T02:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630098\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T02:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:16:11","slug":"terry-fox-documentary-premieres-at-tiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630098\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Fox documentary premieres at TIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 As Canadians lace up for the annual Terry Fox Run, a new documentary offers unseen footage of the young man behind it all.<\/p>\n<p>Run Terry Run, directed by Sean Menard, follows Fox\u2019s journey as a 21-year-old with an amputated right leg from osteosarcoma who sets out to traverse the country to raise money for cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>Fox\u2019s brother, Darrell Fox, joined Canadian athletes gathered at the Toronto International Film Festival for a screening on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of his brother\u2019s Marathon of Hope, which began in St. John\u2019s, Nfld., in April 1980, and says he cherishes those memories.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Fox ran a marathon every day for 140 days, spanning more than 5,000 kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>He reached Thunder Bay, Ont., where he found out the cancer had spread to his lungs, forcing him to stop, and he died ten months later.<\/p>\n<p>Darrell Fox is an executive producer of the film and said the 180-minute documentary offers an intimate view of his brother\u2019s life and journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t forgotten that run,\u201d he said on the TIFF red carpet. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible, you know, and I cherish those memories of spending 93 days in a row with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Paralympic ice hockey player Billy Bridges attended the red carpet, along with more than a dozen other Olympians, to reflect on Fox\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a disabled Canadian, growing up, our heroes were few and far between,\u201d Bridges said. \u201cThere\u2019s something special about what Terry accomplished and the passion that he lit within every single Canadian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bridges said Terry Fox planted a seed he knew he wouldn\u2019t get to see grow. \u201cBut without that we wouldn\u2019t be where we are today with the support that we have for Canadians and cancer research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others in attendance included Andre De Grasse, Alysha Newman, Paul Poirier and Piper Gilles.<\/p>\n<p>The Terry Fox Run takes place on Sept. 20 across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Fatima Raza, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789870571_553_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 As Canadians lace up for the annual Terry Fox Run, a new documentary offers unseen footage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[307,93,1043,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-630098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-arts","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}