The Toronto International Film Festival has today announced dozens more films in its programme.
Eight new galas have been added, including David Hare’s UK spy film Page Eight as the closing night film. New world premieres include Nick Murphy’s supernatural thriller The Awakening starring Rebecca Hall, Tanya Wexler’s Victorian-era comedy Hysteria, Jason Statham-starrer Killer Elite, Marc Forster’s Machine Gun Preacher, Joel Schumacher’s home invasion thriller Trespass, and Jennifer Hudson’s Winnie Mandela biopic Winnie [pictured].
Among Special Presentations world premieres are Ian FitzGibbon’s Death of A Superhero, Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s Intruders, and Anne Fontaine’s Isabelle Huppert-starring My Worst Nightmare.
In the large Contemporary World Cinema section, 18 world premieres were announced today including Humpday director Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister, Extraterrestrial from Spanish director Nacho Vigalondon (Timecrimes), zombie film Juan of the Dead; AIDS orphan story Lucky by Avie Luthra; and UFO In Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo. (Previously announced Contemporary World Cinema titles from Canada include 388 Arletta Avenue, Billy Bishop Goes To War, I’m Yours and Sisters&Brothers.)
In Visions, world premieres are Matias Meyer’s The Last Christeros, Toshiaki Toyoda’s Monsters Club, and Joaquim Sapinho’s This Side of Resurrection.
World premieres in bold below.
GALAS
Page Eight David Hare (UK) [Closing Night Film]
The Awakening Nick Murphy (UK) [WP]
Beloved Christophe Honoré (France)
Hysteria Tanya Wexler (US/UK) [WP]
Killer Elite Gary McKendry (US/Australia) [WP]
Machine Gun PreacherMarc Forster (US) [WP]
Trespass Joel Schumacher (US) [WP]
Winnie Darrell J. Roodt (South Africa/Canada) [WP]
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
The Cardboard Village Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
Damsels in Distress Whit Stillman (US)
Death of a Superhero Ian FitzGibbon (Germany/Ireland) [WP]
The First Man Gianni Amelio (France/Algeria/Italy) [WP]
In Darkness Agnieszka Holland (Canada/Germany/Poland) [WP]
Intruders Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Spain) [WP]
Life Without Principle Johnnie To (Hong Kong)
Low Life Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval (France)
Mausam (Seasons of Love) Pankaj Kapur (India) [WP]
My Worst Nightmare Anne Fontaine (France/Belgium) [WP]
Rebellion Mathieu Kassovitz (France) [WP]
A Simple Life Ann Hui (Hong Kong/China)
Sleeping Beauty Julia Leigh (Australia)
Terraferma Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
Violet & Daisy Geoffrey Fletcher (US) [WP]
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Wei Te-Sheng (Taiwan)
Wuthering Heights Andrea Arnold (UK)
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
Azhagarsamy’s Horse Suseendran (India)
Beauty Oliver Hermanus (South Africa/France)
Blood of my Blood João Canijo (Portugal) [WP]
Bonsái Cristián Jiménez (Chile/France/Argentina/Portugal)
Colour of the Ocean Maggie Peren (Germany) [WP]
Death for Sale Faouzi Bensaidi (Belgium/France/Morocco) [WP]
Elena Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia)
Extraterrestrial Nacho Vigalondo (Spain) [WP]
Footnote Joseph Cedar (Israel)
The Forgiveness of Blood Joshua Marston (US/Albania/Denmark/Italy)
Free Men Ismaël Ferroukhi (France)
From Up on Poppy Hill Goro Miyazaki (Japan)
A Funny Man Martin P. Zandvliet (Denmark)
Future Lasts Forever Ozcan Alper (Turkey/France/Germany) WP
Good Bye Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
Goodbye First Love Mia Hansen-Løve (France/Germany)
Guilty Vincent Garenq (France)
Gypsy Martin Šulík (Slovakia)
Heleno José Henrique Fonseca (Brazil) [WP]
Himizu Sion Sono (Japan)
Hotel Swooni Kaat Beels (Belgium)
Islands Stefano Chiantini (Italy) [WP]
Juan of the Dead Alejandro Brugués (Spain/Cuba) [WP]
Land of Oblivion Michale Boganim (France/Germany/Poland/Ukraine)
Last Days in Jerusalem Tawfik Abu Wael (France/Israel/Palestine/Germany)
Last Winter John Shank (Belgium/France)
Lena Christophe Van Rompaey (The Netherlands/Belgium) [WP]
Lipstikka Jonathan Sagall (Israel/UK)
Lucky Avie Luthra (South Africa/UK) [WP]
Man on Ground Akin Omotoso (South Africa) [WP]
Michael Ribhu Dasgupta (India) [WP]
MichaelMarkus Schleinzer (Austria)
Miss Bala Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico)
Mr. Tree Han Jie (China)
Omar Killed MeRoschdy Zem (France)
Restoration Yossi Madmony (Israel)
Rose Wojciech Smarzowski (Poland)
Rough Hands Mohamed Asli (Morocco) [WP]
VISIONS
ALPS Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece/France)
Century of Birthing Lav Diaz (The Philippines)
Cut Amir Naderi (Japan)
Dreileben (Three Lives) Christian Petzold, Dominik Graf and Christoph Hochhäusler (Germany)
Fable of the Fish Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr. (The Philippines)
House of Tolerance Bertrand Bonello (France)
KOTOKO Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
The Last Christeros Matias Meyer (Mexico/The Netherlands) [WP]
The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev (US/Germany)
Monsters Club Toshiaki Toyoda, Japan [WP]
The Mountain GhassanSalhab (Lebanon/Qatar)
Mushrooms Vimukthi Jayasundara (India/France)
Play Ruben Östlund (Sweden/France/Denmark)
Porfirio Alejandro Landes (Colombia/Spain/Uruguay/Argentina/France)
Random Debbie Tucker Green (UK)
The River Used to be A Man Jan Zabeil (Germany)
Swirl Helvecio Marins Jr. and Clarissa Campolina (Brazil)
This Side of Resurrection Joaquim Sapinho (Portugal) [WP]
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