Is Taylor Swift Releasing a Film at VIFF 2025? The Truth
Taylor Swift fans are down bad for the singer to make her directorial debut.
As chatter around the Grammy winner taking on a film project has continued, Swifties have been wondering if Taylor could release a movie or a documentary this year. And when the Vancouver International Film Festival played off her Life of a Showgirl imagery by posting their not-yet-announced lineup behind a sparkling orange lock—along with the caption, "...Ready for it? The #VIFF2025 full festival lineup will be revealed on August 27"—fans thought it meant Taylor’s movie might be coming sooner rather than later.
Also fueling the rumors? An Aug. 14 post from Taylor Nation featuring the orange lock with the caption, "We can't find the key! Lost it in Vancouver."
However, E! News has learned Taylor will not be in attendance at the Canadian film festival.
VIFF also shut down the theories that Taylor will be showcasing a project there.
In the comments, the festival cleared up the rumors by adding, "Please note! (From the VIFF Socials team, all swifties!) There will be no Taylor Swift documentary debuting at VIFF. Earlier today we saw the viral tiktok video with the prediction and were honoured to even be in the easter egg discussion. However, we're so excited to show you what's coming to #VIFF2025. Hope there's no 'Bad Blood.'"
Discussion surrounding Taylor's directorial endeavor has been ongoing since 2022, when Searchlight Pictures announced the Grammy winner would be directing a feature film based on an original script.
"Taylor is a once in a generation artist and storyteller," said Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield in the December 2022 release. "It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey."
Since then, information has been scarce. And when rumors began to spread that screenwriter Alice Birch had been brought onto the project, a source close to production told E! News that the rumors are not true and there is still only one screenwriter on the project: Taylor herself.
Others think the “Anti-Hero” artist could have another Eras Tour movie in the works: specifically, a behind-the-scenes documentary, pointing to the fact that she appeared to be filming her concerts in Vancouver, B.C., last year even after her concert movie dropped on Disney+.
For more Taylor easter eggs ahead of her Life of a Showgirl era, read on.
Taylor Swift wouldn't have had a countdown clock on her website ticking down to "12 AT 12:12 AM ET," set against a glittery orange background, for no reason.
On Aug. 12, 2024, Taylor was photographed in a matching plaid miniskirt and cropped jacket—but there was nothing clueless about it.
As pointed out by super-sleuth Kristen (@perfectlyfine89), not only could it be construed that Taylor is making very purposeful eye contact with the camera, but also the orange and green print of her outfit matches the color palette of the cover of The Life of a Showgirl, which Taylor revealed exactly one year later on Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast.
In an episode teaser posted at 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12, 2025, Taylor picked up a mint-green briefcase emblazoned with "T.S." in orange and pulled out the cover of what will be her 12th studio album. Blurred for now, but obviously green and orange.
Of course, Taylor is pretty mad about plaid, and she also wore a tartan print to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards—where she said the fateful words "my boyfriend Travis."
The Life of a Showgirl is already available to preorder from Taylor's website, which notes that whatever hard copy you desire—vinyl, CD or cassette—will ship before Oct. 13.
Fair enough, Taylor's connection to the number 13 well-established. But, as Kristen also noticed, Oct. 3 (a.k.a. 10-3) not only adds up to 13, it's both National Plaid Day and National Boyfriend's Day. See above.
Hindsight is always 20/13 in the Taylorverse. On the morning of Aug. 11, the official Taylor Nation social accounts posted a carousel of 12(!) pics showing Taylor onstage in a variety of orange ensembles, captioned, "Thinking about when she said 'See you next era…"
Travis and Jason made a half-hearted trick play when they teased a "VERY special guest" on a "special episode" of New Heights—dropping Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. ET, mind you—including what to even amateur Swifties was obviously a silhouette of Taylor in the post.
The top of the Empire State Building was preemptively lit up orange in honor of the occasion. The official X account for the New York City landmark posted a photo of the color-coordinated building on Aug. 11 at 1:45 p.m. ET, captioned, "See you next era."
A TikTok from Oct. 18, 2024, her first Miami show of the Eras Tour, showed Taylor standing in front of section A12 (Aug. 12, album 12?!) at Hard Rock Stadium.
Then she proceeded to wear a glittery orange bodysuit when she declared, "Miami, we are so back!" and then a green skirt and orange bustier during the 1989 portion of the concert, not to mention a very show girl-esque white feathery costume as she belted "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart"?
Her way of saying that her next album was finished and this is what it looks like?
To be fair, orange and green are also the official Miami Hurricanes colors—but hey, two things can be true at the same time.
There's already a Spotify playlist prophetically titled "And, baby, that's show business for you," featuring the now emblematic orange T.S. initials against a green background.
There are, ahem, 22 existing Taylor songs, all produced by Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback (a.k.a. Karl Johan Schuster), bolstering fans' speculation that she wrote the entirety of The Life of a Showgirl while on tour in Europe and these two helped her pull it off.
Fans noticed that the background of the New Heights podcast featured multiple boxes in orange, red, white and purple bearing her initials "T.S."—hinting at possible variations of the album or more music to come.
Taylor herself liked a fan theory on X (formerly Twitter) that pointed out how Lady Gaga released her song "Applause" 12 years to the day on Aug. 12 when Taylor announced Life of a Showgirl. The significance? Taylor had used "Applause" as her lead-in song before opening the Eras Tour each night, along with Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me."
Taylor liked a fan's post that hinted at a possible Gaga collab: "Is this just the most insane coincidence or like is she clinically insane.”
Swifties began speculating Sabrina Carpenter may be involved on Life of a Showgirl after she appeared in the 12th slide of a photo gallery from Taylor Nation teasing the next era. Not to mention, Sabrina unveiled a message on her website with the date Aug. 12.
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