First Films Announced for 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF's 40th festival is just around the corner, and they've announced the first round of films playing this year.
So far it's just the Galas and Special Presentations, and as usual for these kinds of sections, there is plenty of Hollywood talent floating around. Here's a look at what we can expect at TIFF 2015, which will run from September 10th to September 20th:
Of the 15 Galas and 34 Special Presentations announced, this initial lineup includes films from such acclaimed directors as Ridley Scott, Michael Moore, Deepa Mehta, Lenny Abrahamson, Brian Helgeland, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Jason Bateman, Cary Fukunaga, Catherine Corsini, Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper, Hany Abu-Assad, Meghna Gulzar, Terence Davies, Jonás Cuarón, Julie Delpy, Rebecca Miller and Johnnie To.
The list of films is below, and you can find trailers for a select number of films down near the bottom of the page.
Galas
- BEEBA BOYS Directed by Deepa Mehta (Canada)
- DEMOLITION Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (USA)
- THE DRESSMAKER Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Australia)
- EYE IN THE SKY Directed by Gavin Hood (UK)
- FORSAKEN Directed by Jon Cassar (Canada)
- FREEHELD Directed by Peter Sollett (USA)
- HYENA ROAD Directed by Paul Gross (Canada)
- LEGEND Directed by Brian Helgeland (UK)
- LOLO Directed by Julie Delpy (France)
- THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITYDirected by Matthew Brown (UK)
- THE MARTIAN Directed by Ridley Scott (USA)
- THE PROGRAM Directed by Stephen Frears (UK)
- REMEMBER Directed by Atom Egoyan (Canada)
- SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ Directed by Wayne Blair (USA)
- STONEWALL Directed by Roland Emmerich (USA)
Special Presentations
- ANOMALISA Directed by Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson (USA)
- BEASTS OF NO NATION Directed by Cary Fukunaga (Ghana/USA)
- BLACK MASS Directed by Scott Cooper (USA)
- BROOKLYN Directed by John Crowley (United Kingdom/Ireland/Canada)
- THE CLUB Directed by Pablo Larraín (Chile)
- COLONIA Directed by Florian Gallenberger (Germany/Luxembourg/France)
- THE DANISH GIRL Directed by Tom Hooper (UK)
- THE DAUGHTER Directed by Simon Stone (Australia)
- DESIERTO Directed by Jonás Cuarón (Mexico)
- DHEEPAN Directed by Jacques Audiard (France)
- FAMILIES Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France)
- THE FAMILY FANG Directed by Jason Bateman (USA)
- GUILTY Directed by Meghna Gulzar (India)
- I SMILE BACK Directed by Adam Salky (USA)
- THE IDOL Directed by Hany Abu-Assad (United Kingdom/Palestine)
- THE LADY IN THE VAN Directed by Nicolas Hytner (USA)
- LEN AND COMPANY Directed by Tim Godsall (USA)
- THE LOBSTER Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/United Kingdom/Greece/France/Netherlands)
- LOUDER THAN BOMBS Directed by Joachim Trier (Norway/France/Denmark)
- MAGGIE'S PLAN Directed by Rebecca Miller (USA)
- MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART Directed by Zhang-ke Jia (China/France/Japan)
- OFFICE Directed by Johnnie To (China/Hong Kong)
- PARCHED Directed by Leena Yadav (India/USA/United Kingdom)
- ROOMDirected by Lenny Abrahamson (Ireland/Canada)
- SICARIO Directed by Denis Villeneuve (USA)
- SON OF SAUL Directed by László Nemes (Hungary)
- SPOTLIGHT Directed by Tom McCarthy (USA)
- SUMMERTIME Directed by Catherine Corsini (France)
- SUNSET SONG Directed by Terence Davies (United Kingdom/Luxembourg)
- TRUMBO Directed by Jay Roach (USA)
- UN PLUS UNE Directed by Claude Lelouch (France)
- VICTORIA Directed by Sebastian Schipper (Germany)
- WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Directed by Michael Moore (USA)
- YOUTH Directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Italy/France/United Kingdom/Switzerland)
Galas Trailers
Special Presentations Trailers
Source: TIFF