23/07/2024 - This autumn's edition of the festival, running September 5-15, will showcase a bevy of exciting European cinema, world-premiering new work by Mike Leigh, Uberto Pasolini and John Crowley

After revealing a few titles in each section across July, yesterday the Toronto International Film Festival announced its full line-up of Galas and Special Presentations, featuring a healthy split of world premieres and North American launches of festival hits from this year. The festival will take place between 5-15 September, the week after Telluride and just as Venice (who announce their line-up today) is winding down. 

The Toronto line-up is typically scanned for its relevance to award season, although it's also a launchpad for work of high commercial appeal seeking sales; some films are bought there only to feature in the following year's Oscar hustings. Among the world premieres, highlights are the new films by UK's Mike Leigh (Hard Truths [+see also:
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Among the European-financed titles that seem most fated for awards are Edward Berger’s Conclave [+see also:
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Having competed at the elite European festivals before, we should also highlight Walter Salles’ comeback I’m Still Here [+see also:
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On the more commercial front, many icons of contemporary pop will be highlighted, from R.J. Cutler and David Furnish’s Elton John: Never Too Late; Piece by Piece, Morgan Neville’s rendering of Pharrell Williams in LEGO; and Better Man, Michael Gracey’s biopic of Robbie Williams, which the industry is tipping to perform well at the box office.

Sections with more independent European productions, such as the competitive Platform strand and Discovery, will be announced in the coming weeks.

The full list of confirmed titles is below:

Galas

Nutcrackers - David Gordon Green (USA) (opening film)
The Penguin Lessons - Peter Cattaneo (Spain/UK)
The Shrouds [+see also:
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Elton John: Never Too Late - RJ Cutler/David Furnish (USA)
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight - Embeth Davidtz (South Africa)
Meet the Barbarians [+see also:
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Unstoppable - William Goldenberg (USA)
Better Man - Michael Gracey (USA)
Will & Harper - Josh Greenbaum (USA)
Eden - Ron Howard (USA)
Superboys of Malegaon - Reema Kagti (India)
The Friend - Scott McGehee/David Siegel (USA)
The Return [+see also:
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The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders (USA)
Oh, Canada - Paul Schrader (USA)
Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe - Cosima Spender (UK/Canada)
Harbin - Woo Mih-ho (South Korea)
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Thom Zimny (USA)
The Deb - Rebel Wilson (Australia) (closing film)

Special Presentations

Bring Them Down [+see also:
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Bird [+see also:
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Emilia Pérez [+see also:
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Young Werther - José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço (Canada)
Anora - Sean Baker (USA)
Heretic - Scott Beck/Bryan Woods (Canada)
Conclave [+see also:
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All of You - William Bridges (USA)
Millers in Marriage - Edward Burns (USA)
Sharp Corner - Jason Buxton (Canada/Ireland)
Carnival is Over - Fernando Coimbra (Brazil/Portugal)
The Last Showgirl - Gia Coppola (USA)
We Live in Time [+see also:
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Shepherds [+see also:
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The Cut - Sean Ellis (UK)
Love in the Big City - E.oni (South Korea)
The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan (USA)
Can I Get a Witness? - Ann Marie Fleming (Canada)
The Assessment [+see also:
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Rez Ball - Sydney Freeland (USA)
Misericordia [+see also:
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Nightbitch - Marielle Heller (USA)
Caught by the Tides - Jia Zhangke (China)
Without Blood - Angelina Jolie (USA/Italy)
All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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The Order - Justin Kurzel (Canada/USA)
Hard Truths [+see also:
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Relay - David Mackenzie (USA)
Rumours [+see also:
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Riff Raff - Dito Montiel (USA)
The Fire Inside - Rachel Morrison (USA)
Piece by Piece - Morgan Neville (USA)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl [+see also:
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The End [+see also:
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K-Pops - Anderson .Paak (USA)
Quisling - The Final Days [+see also:
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I, the Executioner - Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
I’m Still Here [+see also:
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40 Acres - RT Thorne (Canada)
Harvest [+see also:
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Went Up the Hill - Samuel Van Grinsven (New Zealand/Australia)
The Girl with the Needle [+see also:
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The Piano Lesson - Malcolm Washington (USA)
Sketch - Seth Worley (USA)