Toronto Film Festival
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis,’ Films From Pedro Almodovar and Max Minghella Join Toronto Film Fest
The Toronto Film Festival has made its final lineup announcement for its 2024 edition, to include a North American premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s dystopian epic Megalopolis and a world bow for Driven director Nick Hamm’s medieval action drama William Tell. Both movies, including the Cannes-bowing Megalopolis, will get a Gala premiere at Roy Thomson Hall. […]
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Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña, Steven Soderbergh to Keynote Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled speakers for its 2024 edition next month, to include discussions with Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña and Steven Soderbergh. Blanchett will be in Toronto along with two of her latest projects: Alfonso Cuarón’s TV series Disclaimer and Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin’s Rumours, which bowed in Cannes. The […]
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Joe Wright, Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg TV Series Join Toronto Film Fest Lineup
World premieres of Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century, Tomas Alfredson’s Faithless and Thomas Vinterberg’s debut TV series Families Like Ours were unveiled as part of the Toronto Film Festival’s Primetime program on Friday. The Toronto focus on new TV series has booked a Canadian premiere for Disclaimer, the seven-part psychological thriller for […]
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Toronto Film Fest Adds Wang Bing, Roberto Minervini, Miguel Gomes Films to Wavelengths
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled its Wavelengths program for artist-driven experimental work that includes films by avant garde directors Wang Bing, Roberto Minervini and Miguel Gomes. With 11 features on offer, the Wavelengths section includes a 14-hour documentary, exergue – on documenta 14, from director Dimitris Athiridi set to be presented over three screenings. […]
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Eddie Huang, Raoul Peck, Steve Pink Films Join Docs Lineup at Toronto Film Fest
Eddie Huang, creator of ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat comedy, is set to open the Toronto Film Festival’s TIFF Docs sidebar with a world premiere for Vice is Broke, a documentary about the rise and fall of Vice Media. Huang will chronicle events leading up to Shane Smith’s Vice Media, a scrappy media player once valued […]
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Toronto Film Fest Signs New Lead Sponsor
The Toronto Film Festival has found a replacement lead sponsor for its 49th edition in September. On Wednesday, Canadian phone giant Rogers was announced as the presenting sponsor of the 2024 edition and the concluding People’s Choice Awards. Terms of the sponsorship deal were not disclosed, but Rogers replaces rival phone giant Bell, lead sponsor […]
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Mike Leigh to Receive Toronto Film Festival Tribute Award
Mike Leigh is set to received a Tribute Award at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival. Leigh, who returns to the festival with the world premiere of Hard Truths, will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award on Sept. 8 after earlier bringing films like Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky and Mr. Turner to the Canadian festival. Prior awards for Leigh […]
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Psychological Thriller ‘The Unraveling’ to Get U.S. Release From The Horror Collective (Exclusive)
Entertainment Squad, the boutique distribution company founded by Shaked Berenson, has acquired worldwide rights to the psychological thriller The Unraveling from AZ If Productions and will release the movie on Oct. 8 under its genre label The Horror Collective. The company will bring the film to English-speaking territories, handling its release in the U.S., Canada, the […]
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Demi Moore’s ‘The Substance’ to Open Midnight Madness at Toronto Film Fest
The Substance, a feminist horror pic where Demi Moore plays an aging Hollywood star who embraces a secret cloning procedure to save her career will open the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto Film Festival with a North American premiere, organizers said Thursday. The Cannes award winner from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley […]
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Chloe Sevigny’s ‘Bonjour Tristesse,’ Kaniehtiio Horn’s ‘Seeds’ Join Toronto Film Fest Lineup
The Chloe Sevigny-starring adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s classic novel Bonjour Tristesse from director Durga Chew-Bose is set to open the 2024 Toronto Film Festival’s Discovery program with a world premiere, organizers said Wednesday. Claes Bang, Lily McInerny and French actress Nailia Harzoune also star in the English-language contemporary take by the Canadian writer-turned-director. TIFF’s Discovery program, which […]
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Nacho Vigalondo’s Sci-Fi Romance ‘Daniela Forever’ to Open Toronto Film Fest Platform Competition
Nacho Vigalondo’s Daniela Forever, starring Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding, will open the Toronto Film Festival’s Platform competition program with a world premiere. The Madrid-set sci-fi romancer has Golding playing Nicolas, a man grieving after the sudden death of his girlfriend (Beatrice Grannò) six months earlier and taking part in a clinical trial for a drug that […]
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Angelina Jolie’s ‘Without Blood,’ Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’ Added to Toronto Film Fest Lineup
The Toronto Film Festival has turned up the star power for its 49th edition, having added the latest movies from Alicia Vikander, Lupita Nyong’o, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, Lily James and Riz Ahmed. For the Gala section at Roy Thomson Hall, there’s world bows for two music specials: the Andrea Bocelli […]
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