Toronto International Film Festival Adds More Galas & Special Presentations to Roster
By: Caryn Robbins Aug. 15, 2017
The Toronto International Film Festival® today unveiled its second serving of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes in September. Six Galas and 32 Special Presentations have been added to THE LINEUP of leading titles already announced. Audiences can look forward to innovative storytelling from some of the most prominent filmmakers and actors in Canada and around the world.
"We're thrilled to bring Festival audiences some of the year's most exciting films in our Gala and Special Presentations lineup," said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. "But beyond the sizzle of the premieres, this year's selections show filmmakers continuing totake chances and push boundaries, whether they're working in Hollywood or Hong Kong, Montreal or Munich." This second announcement brings the programme's total to 48 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 19 North American Premieres and 10 Canadian Premieres. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7 to 17, 2017.
55 Steps Bille August, Germany/Belgium
World Premiere Chappaquiddick John Curran, USA
World Premiere Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes François Girard, Canada
World Premiere My Days of Mercy Tali Shalom-Ezer, USA
World Premiere The Leisure Seeker Paolo Virzì, Italy
International Premiere Three Christs Jon Avnet, USA
World Premiere SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2017
The Captain (Der Hauptmann) Robert Schwentke, Germany/France/Poland
World Premiere The Conformist (???) Cai Shangjun, China
North American Premiere The Cured David Freyne, Ireland/United Kingdom/France
World Premiere The Escape Dominic Savage, United Kingdom
World Premiere The Florida Project Sean Baker, USA
North American Premiere Foxtrot Samuel Maoz, Israel/Germany/France/Switzerland
Canadian Premiere I Love You, Daddy Louis C.K., USA
World Premiere In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts) Fatih Akin, Germany/France
North American Premiere Journey's End Saul Dibb, United Kingdom
World Premiere The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/United Kingdom
North American Premiere
World Premiere Lean On Pete Andrew Haigh, USA/United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere Loving Pablo Fernando León de Aranoa, Spain
North American Premiere Michael Jackson's Thriller 3D John Landis, USA
North American Premiere Preceded By
Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller Jerry Kramer, USA
North American Premiere Manhunt John Woo, Hong Kong/China
North American Premiere Mark Felt - The Man Who Brought Down the White House Peter Landesman, USA
World Premiere Marrowbone Sergio G. Sánchez, Spain
World Premiere Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin, USA
World Premiere The Motive (El Autor) Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain
World Premiere Number One (Numéro Une) Tonie Marshall, France
World Premiere On Chesil Beach Dominic Cooke, United Kingdom
World Premiere Outside In Lynn Shelton, USA
World Premiere Papillon Michael Noer, Serbia/Montenegro/Malta
World Premiere Racer and the Jailbird Michaël R. Roskam, Belgium/France
North American Premiere Radiance (Hikari) Naomi Kawase, Japan/France
North American Premiere Redoubtable Michel Hazanavicius, France
North American Premiere Three Peaks (Drei Zinnen) Jan Zabeil, Germany/Italy
North American Premiere Unicorn Store Brie Larson, USA
World Premiere Who We Are Now Matthew Newton, USA
World Premiere You Disappear (Du Forsvinder) Peter Schønau Fog, Denmark/Sweden
International Premiere Youth (F?ng Huá) Feng Xiaogang, China
World Premiere
Comments
Videos