World premieres of hot sales titles including Nick Hamm’s English-language feature William Tell starring Claes Bang and theatre director Marianne Elliott’s debut The Salt Path with Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs are among 20 additions to Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) official selection.
The new arrivals announced on Tuesday bring the total number of films on offer to 278 at the 49th edition of the festival running September 5-15. The entire schedule is now available on the festival’s website.
There are also world premieres in Galas and Special Presentations for Leyline, FirstGen and Peter Spears’ drama On Swift Horses starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi and directed by Daniel Minahan, Max Minghella’s dark comedy Shell with Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson, and 1930s Oklahoma dust storm horror Hold Your Breath with Sarah Paulson.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis receives its first public screenings since Cannes, while a host of other titles hopping over the Atlantic following their world premieres in Venice offer further indication of some of the must-have fall festival selections in the run-up to awards season.
They include Luca Guadagnino’s Queer at Fremantle starring Daniel Craig; Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door with Sony Pictures Classics in the US and Warner Bros for select territories; Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist with Focus Features on board international distribution; sales title Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio; and Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller Babygirl from A24 starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. Mati Diop’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Dahomey is also on its way to TIFF.
Discovery additions comprise world premieres of Canadian entries Village Keeper from Karen Chapman and You Are Not Alone from Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien.
Damien Chazelle and Mina Shum are featured in Special Screening events with respective selections: 2016 TIFF People’s Choice Award winner La La Land, and Double Happiness from 1994.
Gala
Megalopolis (USA)
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
North American premiere
William Tell (It-UK)
Dir Nick Hamm
World premiere
Special Presentations
Babygirl (USA)
Dir: Halina Reijn
North American premiere
Dahomey (Ben-Fr-Sen)
Dir: Mati Diop
North American premiere
Hold Your Breath (USA)
Dirs: Karrie Crouse, Will Joines
World premiere
On Swift Horses (USA)
Dir: Daniel Minahan
World premiere
Paul Anka: His Way (USA)
Dir: John Maggio
World premiere
Queer (It-USA)
Dir: Luca Guadagnino
North American premiere
Saturday Night (USA)
Dir. Jason Reitman
Canadian Premiere
Shell (USA)
Dir: Max Minghella
World premiere
The Brutalist (UK)
Dir: Brady Corbet
North American premiere
The Luckiest Man In America (USA)
Dir: Samir Oliveros
World premiere
The Room Next Door (Sp)
Dir: Pedro Almodóvar
North American premiere
The Salt Path (UK)
Dir: Marianne Elliott
World premiere
Vermiglio (It-Fr-Belg)
Dir: Maura Delpero
North American premiere
Discovery
Village Keeper (Can)
Dir: Karen Chapman
World premiere
You Are Not Alone (Can)
Dirs: Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien
World premiere
Centrepiece
Bliss (Hemda, Isr)
Dir: Shemi Zarhin
International premiere
Special Events
Double Happiness (Can)
Dir: Mina Shum
Whiplash (USA)
Dir: Damien Chazelle.
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