New films from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns and David Mackenzie will make their world premieres at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Monday.
Beginning a “TIFF Takeover” week that will include four different programming announcements, the first day of releases unveiled 63 galas and special presentations, a dozen of which had previously been announced. The new films include 25 world premieres and 11 North American premieres.
The world premieres include Jolie’s “Without Blood,” a war drama starring Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir; Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” with Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Burns’ “Millers in Marriage,” with Minnie Driver and Morena Baccarin; Mackenzie’s “Relay,” with Lily James and Riz Ahmed; Sean Ellis’ “The Cut,” with Orlando Bloom and Catriona Balfe; and Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl,” with Kiernan Shipka and Jamie Lee Curtis.
North American and Canadian premieres, many of which will screen prior to Toronto at the Venice or Telluride film festivals, include Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” a drama about the selection of a new pope starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, from the director of “All Quiet on the Western Front”; “The Piano Lesson,” an August Wilson adaptation directed by Malcolm Washington, produced by Malcom’s father, Denzel, and starring his brother, John David, along with Samuel L. Jackson; Julie Delpy’s refugee drama “Meet the Barbarians”; and editor-turned-director William Goldenberg’s “Unstoppable,” with Jennifer Lopez and Bobby Cannavale.
Many of the TIFF films premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, including Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner “Anora,” as well as Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds,” Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light,” Andrea Arnold’s “Bird,” Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia,” Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” and Magnus von Horn’s “The Girl With the Needle.”
The Sundance title “Will & Harper,” directed by Josh Greenbaum and featuring a road trip with old friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, will also have a gala screening.
The lineup also included a number of music documentaries, including “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” by Thom Zimny, “Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe” by Cosima Spender and “Piece by Piece” by Morgan Neville, in which the life of Pharrell Williams is depicted by Lego figures.
The TIFF press release says that talent attending the festival will include Amy Adams, Riz Ahmed, Cate Blanchett, Andrea Bocelli, Will Ferrell, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Vikander and Pharrell Williams.
Films that had been previously announced included Ron Howard’s “Eden,” R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s “Elton John: Never Too Late,” David Gordon Green’s “Nutcrackers,” Rebel Wilson’s “The Deb” and Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch.”
About half the titles will go to Toronto looking for distribution deals.
The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival will begin on Sept. 5 and will run through Sept. 15. Additional programming will be announced over the next three weeks, with this year’s schedule due to be revealed on August 13.
Here is the current lineup of Galas and Special Screenings:
Galas 2024
*previously announced
“Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe,” Cosima Spender | UK
World Premiere
“Better Man,” Michael Gracey | USA
Canadian Premiere
“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs,” Embeth Davidtz | South Africa
Canadian Premiere
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*“Eden,” Ron Howard | USA
World Premiere
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*“Elton John: Never Too Late,” R.J. Cutler, David Furnish | USA
World Premiere
*“Harbin,” Woo Min-ho | South Korea
World Premiere
“Meet the Barbarians,” Julie Delpy | France
International Premiere
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*“Nutcrackers,” David Gordon Green | USA
World Premiere
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“Oh, Canada,” Paul Schrader | USA
North American Premiere
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“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
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“The Friend,” Scott McGehee, David Siegel | USA
International Premiere
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“The Penguin Lessons,” Peter Cattaneo | Spain/United Kingdom
World Premiere
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“The Return,” Uberto Pasolini | Italy/United Kingdom
World Premiere
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“The Shrouds,” David Cronenberg | Canada/France
North American Premiere
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*“The Wild Robot,” Chris Sanders | USA
World Premiere
“Unstoppable,“ William Goldenberg | USA
World Premiere
“Will & Harper,” Josh Greenbaum | USA
International Premiere
Special Presentations 2024
*Previously announced
“40 Acres,” R.T. Thorne | Canada
World Premiere
“All of You,” William Bridges | USA
World Premiere
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“All We Imagine as Light,” Payal Kapadia | France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg
Canadian Premiere
“Anora,” Sean Baker | USA
Canadian Premiere
“Bird,” Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
“Bring Them Down,” Christopher Andrews | Ireland/Belgium
World Premiere
“Can I Get A Witness?” Ann Marie Fleming | Canada
World Premiere
“Carnival is Over,” Fernando Coimbra | Brazil/Portugal
World Premiere
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“Caught by the Tides,” Jia Zhang-Ke | China
North American Premiere
“Conclave,” Edward Berger | USA/United Kingdom
International Premiere
“Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard | France/USA/Mexico
Canadian Premiere
“Hard Truths,” Mike Leigh | United Kingdom/Spain
World Premiere
“Harvest,” Athina Rachel Tsangari | United Kingdom
North American Premiere
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“Heretic,” Scott Beck, Bryan Woods | Canada
World Premiere
“I’m Still Here,” Walter Salles | Brazil/France
North American Premiere
“I, the Executioner,” Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea
North American Premiere
*“K-Pops,” Anderson .Paak | USA
World Premiere
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“Love in the Big City,” E.oni | South Korea
World Premiere
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“Millers in Marriage,” Edward Burns | USA
World Premiere
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“Misericordia,” Alain Guiraudie | Spain/Portugal/France
Canadian Premiere
*“Nightbitch,” Marielle Heller | USA
World Premiere
“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” Rungano Nyoni | Zambia/United Kingdom/Ireland
North American Premiere
“Piece by Piece,” Morgan Neville | USA
International Premiere
“Quisling – The Final Days,” Erik Poppe | Norway
International Premiere
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“Relay,” David Mackenzie | USA
World Premiere
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“Rez Ball,” Sydney Freeland | USA
World Premiere
“Riff Raff,” Dito Montiel | USA
World Premiere
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“Rumours,” Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson | Canada/Germany
North American Premiere
“Sharp Corner,” Jason Buxton | Canada/Ireland
World Premiere
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*“Shepherds,” Sophie Deraspe | Canada/France
World Premiere
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“Sketch,” Seth Worley | USA
World Premiere
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“The Assessment,” Fleur Fortuné | United Kingdom/Germany/USA
World Premiere
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“The Cut,” Sean Ellis | United Kingdom
World Premiere
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“The End,” Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark/UK
Canadian Premiere
“The Fire,” Inside Rachel Morrison | USA
World Premiere
“The Girl with the Needle,” Magnus von Horn | Denmark/Poland/Sweden
North American Premiere
“The Last Showgirl,” Gia Coppola | USA
World Premiere
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*“The Life of Chuck,” Mike Flanagan | USA
World Premiere
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“The Order,” Justin Kurzel | Canada/USA
North American Premiere
“The Piano Lesson,” Malcolm Washington | USA
International Premiere
*“We Live in Time,” John Crowley | United Kingdom/France
World Premiere
“Went Up the Hill,” Samuel Van Grinsven | New Zealand/Australia
World Premiere
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“Without Blood,” Angelina Jolie | USA/Italy
World Premiere
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“Young Werther,” José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço | Canada
World Premiere
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