The first set of selections for the Gala and Special Presentation programs for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival have been announced, which include 29 world premieres, 6 international premieres, 13 North American premieres, and 8 Canadian premieres.
A few highlights include Rian Johnson‘s Knives Out, the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems, and Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, just to name a few, but really I could list about 20 titles I’m excited for.
The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5–15, 2019. Take a look below for the full list of announced titles and visit tiff.net for more information.
GALAS 2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Marielle Heller | USA
World Premiere
Abominable Jill Culton | USA
World Premiere
American Woman Semi Chellas | Canada
Canadian Premiere
Blackbird Roger Michell | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Clemency Chinonye Chukwu | USA
International Premiere
Ford v Ferrari James Mangold | USA
Canadian Premiere
The Goldfinch John Crowley | USA
World Premiere
Harriet Kasi Lemmons | USA
World Premiere
Hustlers Lorene Scafaria | USA
World Premiere
Joker Todd Phillips | USA
North American Premiere
Just Mercy Destin Daniel Cretton | USA
World Premiere
*Opening Night Film*
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band Daniel Roher | Canada
World Premiere
Ordinary Love Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn | United Kingdom
World Premiere
*Closing Night Film*
Radioactive Marjane Satrapi | United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Sky Is Pink Shonali Bose | India
World Premiere
The Song of Names François Girard | Canada
World Premiere
True History of the Kelly Gang Justin Kurzel | Australia
World Premiere
Western Stars Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen | USA
World Premiere
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2019
A Herdade Tiago Guedes | Portugal
North American Premiere
Bad Education Cory Finley | USA
World Premiere
Coming Home Again Wayne Wang | USA/South Korea
World Premiere
Dolemite Is My Name Craig Brewer | USA
World Premiere
Ema Pablo Larraín | Chile
North American Premiere
Endings, Beginnings Drake Doremus | USA
World Premiere
Frankie Ira Sachs | France/Portugal
North American Premiere
The Friend Gabriela Cowperthwaite | USA
World Premiere
Greed Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Guest of Honour Atom Egoyan | Canada
North American Premiere
Heroic Losers (La odisea de los giles) Sebastian Borensztein | Argentina/Spain
International Premiere
Honey Boy Alma Har’el | USA
International Premiere
Hope Gap William Nicholson | United Kingdom
World Premiere
How to Build a Girl Coky Giedroyc | United Kingdom
World Premiere
*Opening Special Presentations Film*
I Am Woman Unjoo Moon | Australia
World Premiere
Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi | USA
World Premiere
Judy Rupert Goold | United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Knives Out Rian Johnson | USA
World Premiere
La Belle Époque Nicolas Bedos | France
North American Premiere
The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh | USA
North American Premiere
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers | USA
North American Premiere
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach | USA
Canadian Premiere
Military Wives Peter Cattaneo | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Motherless Brooklyn Edward Norton | USA
International Premiere
No.7 Cherry Lane Yonfan | Hong Kong
North American Premiere
The Other Lamb Malgorzata Szumowska | Belgium/Ireland/USA
World Premiere
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar | Spain
Canadian Premiere
The Painted Bird Václav Marhoul | Czech Republic/Ukraine/Slovakia
North American Premiere
Parasite (Gisaengchung) Bong Joon-ho | South Korea
Canadian Premiere
Pelican Blood (Pelikanblut) Katrin Gebbe | Germany/Bulgaria
North American Premiere
The Personal History of David Copperfield Armando Iannucci | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) Céline Sciamma | France
Canadian Premiere
The Report Scott Z. Burns | USA
International Premiere
Saturday Fiction (Lan Xin Da Ju Yuan) Lou Ye | China
North American Premiere
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles | USA/United Kingdom/Italy/Argentina
Canadian Premiere
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | USA
International Premiere
Weathering With You Makoto Shinkai | Japan
North American Premiere
While at War (Mientras Dure La Guerra) Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/Argentina
World Premiere
