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 [+leggi anche:
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Among the European-financed titles that seem most fated for awards are Edward Berger’s Conclave [+leggi anche:
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Having competed at the elite European festivals before, we should also highlight Walter Salles’ comeback I’m Still Here [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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Bird [+leggi anche:
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Emilia Pérez [+leggi anche:
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Young Werther - José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço (Canada)
Anora - Sean Baker (USA)
Heretic - Scott Beck/Bryan Woods (Canada)
Conclave [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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The Last Showgirl - Gia Coppola (USA)
We Live in Time [+leggi anche:
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Shepherds [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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Rez Ball - Sydney Freeland (USA)
Misericordia [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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The Order - Justin Kurzel (Canada/USA)
Hard Truths [+leggi anche:
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Relay - David Mackenzie (USA)
Rumours [+leggi anche:
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Riff Raff - Dito Montiel (USA)
The Fire Inside - Rachel Morrison (USA)
Piece by Piece - Morgan Neville (USA)
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The End [+leggi anche:
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K-Pops - Anderson .Paak (USA)
Quisling - The Final Days [+leggi anche:
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I, the Executioner - Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
I’m Still Here [+leggi anche:
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40 Acres - RT Thorne (Canada)
Harvest [+leggi anche:
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Went Up the Hill - Samuel Van Grinsven (New Zealand/Australia)
The Girl with the Needle [+leggi anche:
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The Piano Lesson - Malcolm Washington (USA)
Sketch - Seth Worley (USA)