As if the 2013 lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival could not get any more stacked and outstanding, here comes another batch of titles that are sure to send the schedules of those attending into what will likely be a ridiculous slate of back-to-back-to-back-to-back movie days. But who’s complaining?
So, what can folks look forward to now? Well, let’s go by filmmaker first with Kevin Macdonald (“How I Live Now“), Guillaume Canet (“Blood Ties“), John Turturro (“Fading Gigolo“), Johnnie To (“Blind Detective“), James Franco (“Child Of God“), Hayao Miyazaki (“The Wind Rises“), Fred Schepisi (“Words And Pictures“), Patrice Leconte (“A Promise“) and Sean Durkin (“Southcliffe“) all coming to Toronto. Some are world premieres, some are making North American bows but all are worth highlighting.
Others to keep an eye out for? The period drama “Therese” starring Elizabeth Olsen, the Japanese remake of “Unforgiven” starring Ken Watanabe, Alex Gibney‘s latest doc “The Armstrong Lie” and more.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5-15. Here are the latest additions.
GALAS
Blood Ties Guillaume Canet, France/USA North American Premiere
Bright Days Ahead (Les Beaux jours) Marion Vernoux, France North American Premiere
Words and Pictures Fred Schepisi, USA World Premiere
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A Promise (Une Promesse) Patrice Leconte, Belgium/France North American Premiere
The Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney, USA North American Premiere
Blind Detective Johnnie To, Hong Kong North American Premiere
Child of God James Franco, USA North American Premiere
The Face of Love Arie Posin, USA World Premiere
Fading Gigolo John Turturro, USA World Premiere
The Finishers Nils Tavernier, Belgium/France World Premiere
How I Live Now Kevin Macdonald, United Kingdom World Premiere
The Last of Robin Hood Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, USA World Premiere
The Liberator (Libertador) Alberto Arvelo, Venezuela/Spain World Premiere
Love is the Perfect Crime (Amour Crime Parfait) Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu, France/Switzerland World Premiere
Lucky Them Megan Griffiths, USA World Premiere
Rock the Casbah Laïla Marrakchi, France/Morocco International Premiere
Singing Women (Sarki Söyleyen Kadinlar) Reha Erdem, France/Germany/Turkey World Premiere
Southcliffe Sean Durkin, United Kingdom International Premiere
Sunshine on Leith Dexter Fletcher, United Kingdom World Premiere
Therese Charlie Stratton, USA World Premiere
Unforgiven (Yurusarezarumono) Lee Sang-il, Japan North American Premiere
The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) Hayao Miyazaki, Japan North American Premiere
TIFF KIDS
Amazonia Thierry Ragobert, France/Brazil North American Premiere
Antboy Ask Hasselbalch, Denmark World Premiere
KHUMBA Anthony Silverston, South Africa North American Premiere
The World of Goopi and Bagha Shilpa Ranade, India World Premiere
Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang Oskar Santos, Spain World Premiere
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
A Place in Heaven (Makom be-gan eden)Yossi Madmony, Israel North American Premiere
A Wolf at the Door (O Lobo atrás da Porta) Fernando Coimbra, Brazil World Premiere
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Epizoda u životu beraca željeza) Danis Tanović North American Premiere Bosnia-Herzegovina/France/Slovenia
Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) Mariana Rondón, Venezuela World Premiere
Bastardo Nejib Belkadhi, Tunisia/France/Qatar World Premiere
The Bit Player (Ekstra) Jeffrey Jeturian, Philippines International Premiere
Blind Dates (Brma Paemnebi) Levan Koguashvili, Georgia World Premiere
Brazilian Western (Faroeste Caboclo) René Sampaio, Brazil Canadian Premiere
Break Loose (Vosmerka) Alexey Uchitel, Russia World Premiere
Child’s Pose (Pozitia Copilului) Calin Peter Netzer, Romania North American Premiere
Club Sandwich (Club Sándwich) Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico World Premiere
Cristo Rey Leticia Tonos Paniagua, Dominican Republic/France/Haiti World Premiere
The Dinner (Het Diner) Menno Meyjes, The Netherlands World Premiere
Eastern Boys Robin Campillo, France North American Premiere
El Mudo Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, Peru/France/Mexico North American Premiere
Friends from France (Les Interdits) Anne Weil and Philippe Kotlarski, France/Germany/Canada/Russia World Premiere
Giselle Toa Fraser, New Zealand International Premiere
Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydän) Dome Karukoski, Finland/Sweden World Premiere
Honeymoon (Líbanky) Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic/Slovakia International Premiere
Hotell Lisa Langseth, Sweden/Denmark World Premiere
The Immoral (De Umoralske) Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen, Norway World Premiere
Intruders (Jo Nan-ja-deul) Noh Young-Seok, South Korea World Premiere
The Kids from the Port (Los Chicos del Puerto) Alberto Morais, Spain North American Premiere
iNumber Number Donovan Marsh, South Africa World Premiere
Ladder to Damascus (Soullam iIa Dimashq) Mohamad Malas, Syria/Lebanon/Qatar World Premiere
Le Grand Cahier (A Nagy Füzet) János Szász, Germany/Hungary/Austria/France North American Premiere
Life’s a Breeze Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden International Premiere
Little Feet Alexandre Rockwell, United States of America World Premiere
The Major Yuri Bykov, Russia North American Premiere
Manuscripts Don’t Burn (Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoozand) Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran Canadian Premiere
McCanick Josh C. Waller, USA World Premiere
Metalhead (Málmhaus) Ragnar Bragason, Iceland World Premiere
Ningen Guillaume Giovanetti and Çagla Zencirci, Japan/Turkey World Premiere
October November (Oktober November) Götz Spielmann, Austria World Premiere
Old Moon (Luna Vieja) Raisa Bonnet, Puerto Rico World Premiere
Palestine Stereo (Falastine Stereo) Rashid Masharawi World Premiere
Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung) Ulrich Seidl, Austria/France/Germany North American Premiere
Qissa Anup Singh, Germany/India/The Netherlands/France World Premiere
Rags and Tatters (Farsh wa ghata) Ahmad Abdalla, Egypt World Premiere
The Sea Stephen Brown, Ireland North American Premiere
The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard, United Kingdom North American Premiere
Something Necessary Judy Kibinge, Kenya/Germany North American Premiere
Stop the Pounding Heart Roberto Minervini, Belgium/Italy/USA North American Premiere
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie, France North American Premiere
This is Sanlitun Róbert I. Douglas, China/Iceland/Ireland World Premiere
Unbeatable Dante Lam, China/Hong Kong North American Premiere
Under the Starry Sky (Des Etoiles) Dyana Gaye, France/Senegal World Premiere
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (Cand se lasa seara peste Bucuresti sau Metabolism) Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania North American Premiere
White Lies (Tuakiri Huna) Dana Rotberg, New Zealand International Premiere
The Wonders (Plaot) Avi Nesher, Israel International Premiere
To Repel Ghosts: Urban Tales from the African Continent Beginning with an ambiguous science fiction in Nairobi and ending with a reenactment of the myth of Noah’s ark in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, To Repel Ghosts: Urban Tales from the African Continent showcases remarkably uncanny and fiercely contemporary stories, including:
Homecoming (African Metropolis) Jim Chuchu, Kenya International Premiere
Berea (African Metropolis) Vincent Moloi, South Africa International Premiere
To Repel Ghosts (African Metropolis) Philippe Lacôte, Ivory Coast International Premiere
Kwaku Ananse Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana/Mexico/USA North American Premiere
Noah’s Flood (Unogumbe, Noye’s Fludde) Mark Dornford-May, South Africa World Premiere
