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 star of Tár, Blue Jasmine, Carol and Elizabeth will also be honored in Toronto with a Tribute Award, while also participating in the In Conversation With… event.

TIFF lineup speakers tend to have films in Toronto’s official lineup. Saldaña is also bringing to Toronto her star turn in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, while Soderbergh will be in Toronto to present Presence, his ghost tale starring Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan.

Elsewhere, Korean stars Hyun Bin and Lee Dong-wook will talk about about their respective careers in the Korean film and television industry as they bring their espionage thriller Harbin to the film festival for a world premiere.

TIFF’S Visionaries sidebar will feature informal conversations with Oscar winner Cuarón (Gravity, Roma), Hollywood animator Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out), Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard, Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

On the film front, Toronto will open on Sept. 5 with Nutcrackers, David Gordon Green’s comedy starring Ben Stiller, and the 2024 edition will close with The Deb, Rebel Wilson‘s directorial debut and adapted from the original hit musical of the same name in Australia.

The Toronto Film Festival is set to run Sept. 5-15.