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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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Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Presence’ Gets International Premiere as Centerpiece Selection at Toronto
Steven Soderbergh’s spooky ghost story Presence — starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and newcomer Callina Liang — will receive its international premiere as part of the Centerpiece sidebar at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival. Soderbergh first screened Presence at Sundance earlier this year, some 35 years after the debut of his breakout film, Sex, Lies […]
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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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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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Ben Stiller’s ‘Nutcrackers’ to Open Toronto Film Festival
Nutcrackers, David Gordon Green’s heartfelt comedy starring Ben Stiller, is set to open the 2024 Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 5. The TIFF opener — marking Stiller’s first starring role in a movie since Mike White’s Brad’s Status and Noah Baumbach’s Netflix family drama The Meyerowitz Stories in 2017 — will have a world premiere […]
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Cameron Bailey Talks Toronto Film Fest’s Grand Market Plans, Rekindling China Connections
While the Toronto International Film Festival was making headlines this week for its most immediate plans, the event’s CEO Cameron Bailey was 7,000 miles away and looking a little bit further into the future. This year’s TIFF has announced the first batch of highlights for its September 5-15 edition, including world premieres for the documentary […]
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Toronto Festival to Honor David Cronenberg, Amy Adams
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the first wave of its honorees for this year, naming Canadian directing legend David Cronenberg as the recipient of the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award and Amy Adams as the winner of this year’s TIFF Tribute Performer Award. Cronenberg is among the most unique and influential filmmakers […]
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