Being Heumann (2026)
Director: Sian Heder Run Time: 127 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Madeline Delp, Mark Ruffalo, Rob Delaney, Ruth Madeley
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
They wouldn’t take Judy Heumann’s phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they’ve had enough.
What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as hundreds spontaneously seize government offices and refuse to leave until the bureaucrat in their way takes action. Bringing rebellion in all its forms to the hallowed halls, a movement’s accidental leaders struggle to find their path forward where none has ever been paved for them.
Being Heumann (2026) had its world premiere as the opening film of the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
About the filmmaker:
Siân Heder is a writer-director known for empathetic storytelling, nuanced characters, and commitment to bringing underrepresented perspectives to the screen. She wrote and directed CODA (2021), which broke records at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival by sweeping the U.S. Dramatic honors, winning the Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award, Directing Award, and Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast. The film went on to win Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur at the 94th Academy Awards.
Heder’s debut feature, Tallulah (2016), premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Netflix. She received multiple Writers Guild Award nominations for her work on Orange is the New Black (2013-2015), served as executive producer and co-showrunner on Little America (2020–2022) for Apple, and won a Peabody Award for her work on Men of a Certain Age (2010-2011). Her first short film, Mother, was awarded the Cinefondation Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Being Heumann (2026) is her latest feature film.
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