La 49a edizione del Toronto International Film Festival, in programma dal 5 al 15 settembre, svela i film delle sezioni Gala e le Special Presentations. Nella selezione, le anteprime mondiali dei nuovi lavori di Mike Leigh (Hard Truths, nuova collaborazione con Marianne Jean-Baptiste, protagonista di Segreti e bugie), Uberto Pasolini (The Return, variazione dell’Odissea), Ron Howard (il survival movie Eden), David Gordon Green (Nutcrackers, titolo d’apertura della kermesse), Gia Coppola (The Last Showgirl con Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis e Dave Bautista), Rebel Wilson (l’opera prima The Deb), Chris Sanders (Il robot selvaggio, dal graphic novel di Peter Brown), Marielle Heller (la commedia horror Nightbitch con Amy Adams in odore di Oscar), Mike Flanagan (The Life of Chuck, tratto da Stephen King) e Angelina Jolie (Without Blood, dal romanzo Senza sangue di Alessandro Baricco).

Gala

  • Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe Cosima Spender | GB | World Premiere
  • Better Man Michael Gracey | USA | Canadian Premiere
  • Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz | Sudafrica | Canadian Premiere
  • Eden Ron Howard | USA | World Premiere
  • Elton John: Never Too Late R.J. Cutler, David Furnish | USA | World Premiere
  • Harbin Woo Min-ho | Corea del Sud | World Premiere
  • Meet the Barbarians Julie Delpy | Francia | International Premiere
  • Nutcrackers David Gordon Green | USA | World Premiere
  • Oh, Canada Paul Schrader | USA | North American Premiere
  • Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Thom Zimny | USA | World Premiere
  • Superboys of Malegaon Reema Kagti | India | World Premiere
  • The Deb Rebel Wilson | Australia | World Premiere
  • The Friend Scott McGehee, David Siegel | USA | International Premiere
  • The Penguin Lessons Peter Cattaneo | Spagna/GB | World Premiere
  • The Return Uberto Pasolini | Italia/GB | World Premiere
  • The Shrouds David Cronenberg | Canada/Francia | North American Premiere
  • The Wild Robot Chris Sanders | USA | World Premiere
  • Unstoppable William Goldenberg | USA | World Premiere
  • Will & Harper Josh Greenbaum | USA | International Premiere

Special Presentations

  • 40 Acres R.T. Thorne | Canada | World Premiere
  • All of You William Bridges | USA | World Premiere
  • All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia | Francia/India/Paesi Bassi/Lussembrugo | Canadian Premiere
  • Anora Sean Baker | USA | Canadian Premiere
  • Bird Andrea Arnold | GB | Canadian Premiere
  • Bring Them Down Christopher Andrews | Irlanda/Belgio | World Premiere
  • Can I Get A Witness? Ann Marie Fleming | Canada | World Premiere
  • Carnival is Over Fernando Coimbra | Brasile/Portogallo | World Premiere
  • Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-Ke | Cina | North American Premiere
  • Conclave Edward Berger | USA/GB | International Premiere
  • Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard | Francia/USA/Messico | Canadian Premiere
  • Hard Truths Mike Leigh | GB/Spagna | World Premiere
  • Harvest Athina Rachel Tsangari | GB | North American Premiere
  • Heretic Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Canada | World Premiere
  • I’m Still Here Walter Salles | Brasile/Francia | North American Premiere
  • I, the Executioner Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea | North American Premiere
  • K-Pops Anderson .Paak | USA | World Premiere
  • Love in the Big City E.oni | Corea del Sud | World Premiere
  • Millers in Marriage Edward Burns | USA | World Premiere
  • Misericordia Alain Guiraudie | Spagna/Portogallo/Francia | Canadian Premiere
  • Nightbitch Marielle Heller | USA | World Premiere
  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni | Zambia/GB/Irlanda | North American Premiere
  • Piece by Piece Morgan Neville | USA | International Premiere
  • Quisling - The Final Days Erik Poppe | Norvegia | International Premiere
  • Relay David Mackenzie | USA | World Premiere
  • Rez Ball Sydney Freeland | USA | World Premiere
  • Riff Raff Dito Montiel | USA | World Premiere
  • Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada/Germania | North American Premiere
  • Sharp Corner Jason Buxton | Canada/Irlanda | World Premiere
  • Shepherds Sophie Deraspe | Canada/Francia | World Premiere
  • Sketch Seth Worley | USA | World Premiere
  • The Assessment Fleur Fortuné | GB/Germania/USA | World Premiere
  • The Cut Sean Ellis | GB | World Premiere
  • The End Joshua Oppenheimer | Danimarca/GB | Canadian Premiere
  • The Fire Inside Rachel Morrison | USA | World Premiere
  • The Girl with the Needle Magnus von Horn | Danimarca/Polonia/Svezia | North American Premiere
  • The Last Showgirl Gia Coppola | USA | World Premiere
  • The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan | USA | World Premiere
  • The Order Justin Kurzel | Canada/USA | North American Premiere
  • The Piano Lesson Malcolm Washington | USA | International Premiere
  • We Live in Time John Crowley | GB/Francia | World Premiere
  • Went Up the Hill Samuel Van Grinsven | NZ/Australia | World Premiere
  • Without Blood Angelina Jolie | USA/Italia | World Premiere
  • Young Werther José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço | Canada | World Premiere