Toronto International Film Festival adds 26 more galas and special presentations to 2018 lineup
Toronto, Aug 16 (IBNS): The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its second batch of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes in September, an official release stated.
Four Gala Presentations and 22 Special Presentations have been added to the selection of titles already announced.
“We're rounding out the lineup of Galas and Special Presentations with some of the most exciting films of the year,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. "Audiences won't want to miss these premieres from a mix of newcomers and global heavyweights.”
This second announcement brings the total for Galas and Special Presentations to 44 World Premieres, 9 International Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 11 Canadian Premieres. The 43rd Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept 6 to 16, 2018.
GALAS 2018
Green Book | Peter Farrelly, USA
World Premiere
Closing Night Film
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy | Justin Kelly, Canada/USA/United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Lie | Veena Sud, Canada
World Premiere
Opening Night Film
Outlaw King | David Mackenzie, USA/United Kingdom
World Premiere
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2018
22 July | Paul Greengrass, Norway/Iceland
North American Premiere
American Woman | Jake Scott, USA
World Premiere
Baby (Bao Bei Er) | Liu Jie, China
World Premiere
Boy Erased | Joel Edgerton, USA
International Premiere
Driven | Nick Hamm, Puerto Rico/United Kingdom/USA
North American Premiere
Duelles (Mothers' Instinct) | Olivier Masset-Depasse, Belgium/France
World Premiere
A Faithful Man (L'homme fidèle) | Louis Garrel, France
World Premiere
Gloria Bell | Sebastián Lelio, USA/Chile
World Premiere
Hold the Dark | Jeremy Saulnier, USA
World Premiere
Kursk | Thomas Vinterberg, Belgium/Luxembourg
World Premiere
Legend of the Demon Cat – Director’s Cut | Chen Kaige, China/Japan
World Premiere
Mid90s | Jonah Hill, USA
World Premiere
A Million Little Pieces | Sam Taylor-Johnson, USA
World Premiere
Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany
North American Premiere
The Quietude (La Quietud) | Pablo Trapero, Argentina
North American Premiere
Skin | Guy Nattiv, USA
World Premiere
Teen Spirit | Max Minghella, USA
World Premiere
Tell It To The Bees | Annabel Jankel, United Kingdom
World Premiere
Viper Club | Maryam Keshavarz, USA
World Premiere
Vision | Naomi Kawase, Japan/France
International Premiere
Vita & Virginia | Chanya Button, United Kingdom/Ireland
World Premiere
Wild Rose | Tom Harper, United Kingdom
World Premiere
MASTERS 2018
3 Faces | Jafar Panahi, Iran
North American Premiere
Ash Is Purest White (Jiang Hu Er Nü) | Jia Zhang-ke, China/France
North American Premiere
Divine Wind (Rih rabani) | Merzak Allouache, Algeria/France/Qatar/Lebanon
World Premiere
Hotel by the River (Gangbyun Hotel) | Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
North American Premiere
Killing (Zan) | Shinya Tsukamoto, Japan
North American Premiere
Loro | Paolo Sorrentino, Italy/France
World Premiere
Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo) | Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Germany/Denmark/Sweden
North American Premiere
Peterloo | Mike Leigh, United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
The Image Book (Le livre d’image) | Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/France
North American Premiere
The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı) | Nuri Bilge Ceyla, Turkey/France/Germany/Bulgaria
North American Premiere
Transit | Christian Petzold, Germany
North American Premiere
WAVELENGTHS SHORT FILM PROGRAMMES 2018
Wavelengths 1: Earth, Wind & Fire
Polly One | Kevin Jerome Everson, USA
Canadian Premiere
Blue | Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France/Thailand
International Premiere
Fainting Spells | Sky Hopinka, Ho-Chunk Nation/USA
International Premiere
Prologue to the Tarot: Glenna | Brittany Gravely, Ken Linehan, USA
World Premiere
Hoarders Without Borders | Jodie Mack, USA
World Premiere
ante mis ojos | Lina Rodriguez, Colombia/Canada
World Premiere
ALTIPLANO | Malena Szlam, Chile/Argentina/Canada
World Premiere
Wavelengths 2: Another Brick in the Wall
Ada Kaleh | Helena Wittmann, Germany
World Premiere
The Glass Note | Mary Helena Clark, USA
North American Premiere
mumok kino | Philipp Fleischmann, Austria
International Premiere
TREES DOWN HERE | Ben Rivers, United Kingdom
International Premiere
1986 Summer (1986å¤) | Toshio Matsumoto, Japan
International Premiere
Words, Planets | Laida Lertxundi, Spain/USA
Canadian Premiere
The Invisible Cinema 3 | Philipp Fleischmann, Austria
International Premiere
Walled Unwalled | Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Germany
North American Premiere
Wavelengths 3: Centerfold
Girl Pack | Lisa Baumgardner, USA
International Premiere
Please step out of the frame. | Karissa Hahn, USA
Toronto Premiere
The Air of the Earth in Your Lungs | Ross Meckfessel, USA/Japan
World Premiere
Sira | Rolla Tahir, Canada
World Premiere
Slip | Celia Perrin Sidarous, Canada
Toronto Premiere
Alice | Maria Lassnig, USA
Canadian Premiere
Fallen Arches | Simon Liu, United Kingdom/USA/Hong Kong
World Premiere
I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead | Beatrice Gibson, USA/Italy/United Kingdom
World Premiere
Wavelengths 4: We've Only Just Begun
Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle) | Nathaniel Dorsky, USA
World Premiere
A Return | James Edmonds, Germany
North American Premiere
The Labyrinth (El Laberinto) | Laura Huertas Millán, Colombia/France
North American Premiere
Île d'Ouessant | David Dudouit, France
North American Premiere
Julio Iglesias's House (La casa de Julio Iglesias) | Natalia Marín, Spain
North American Premiere
Man in the Well (Jing li de ren) | Hu Bo, China
North American Premiere
PAIRINGS
L. COHEN | James Benning, USA
Canadian Premiere
preceded by
Arena | Björn Kämmerer, Austria
International Premiere
The Grand Bizarre | Jodie Mack, USA
North American Premiere
preceded by
Those Who Desire (Los que desean) | Elena López Riera, Switzerland/Spain
International Premiere
FEATURES
Dead Souls (Si Ling Hun) | Wang Bing, France/Switzerland
North American Premiere
Erased,___Ascent of the Invisible (Tirss, Rihlat Alsoo'oud ila Almar'i) | Ghassan Halwani, Lebanon
North American Premiere
Fausto | Andrea Bussmann, Canada/Mexico
North American Premiere
In My Room | Ulrich Köhler, Germany/Italy
North American Premiere
The Flower (La Flor) | Mariano Llinás, Argentina
North American Premiere
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Di qiu zui hou de ye wan) | Bi Gan, China/France
North American Premiere
RAY & LIZ | Richard Billingham, United Kingdom
North American Premiere
The Stone Speakers (Kameni Govornici) | Igor DrljaÄa, Canada/Bosnia/Herzegovina
World Premiere
The Trial | Sergei Loznitsa, Netherlands
North American Premiere
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? | Roberto Minervini, Italy/USA/France
North American Premiere
Previously announced Canadian titles in the Wavelengths Programme include Lina Rodriguez‘s ante mis ojos, Andrea Bussmann’s Fausto, Rolla Tahir’s Sira, Celia Perrin Sidarous’ Slip, and Igor DrljaÄa’s The Stone Speakers.
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA 2018
The Accused (Acusada) | Gonzalo Tobal, Argentina
North American Premiere
Angel (Un Ange) | Koen Mortier, Belgium/Netherlands/Senegal
International Premiere
Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo) | Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan/France
North American Premiere
Before the Frost (Før Frosten) | Michael Noer, Denmark
World Premiere
Belmonte | Federico Veiroj, Uruguay/Spain/Mexico
World Premiere
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) | Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerrae, Colombia/Denmark/Mexico/France
Canadian Premiere
Black 47 | Lance Daly, Ireland/Luxembourg
North American Premiere
The Black Book | Valeria Sarmiento, Portugal/France
World Premiere
Border (Gräns) | Ali Abbasi, Sweden/Denmark
North American Premiere
Bulbul Can Sing | Rima Das, India
World Premiere
Core of the World | Natalia Meshchaninova, Russia/Lithuania
International Premiere
The Dive (Hatzlila) | Yona Rozenkier, Israel
North American Premiere
Donbass | Sergei Loznitsa, Germany/Ukraine/France/Netherlands/Romania
North American Premiere
The Angel (El Ángel) | Luis Ortega, Argentina/Spain
North American Premiere
EXT. Night (Leil Khargi) | Ahmad Abdalla, Egypt/United Arab Emirates
World Premiere
The Factory Завод (Zavod) | Yury Bykov, France/Russia/Armenia
World Premiere
Florianópolis Dream (Sueño Florianópolis) | Ana Katz, Argentina/Brazil/France
North American Premiere
“I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians” (Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari) | Radu Jude, Romania/Czech Republic/France/Bulgaria/Germany
North American Premiere
Jinpa (Zhuang Si Le Yi Zhi Yang) | Pema Tseden, China
North American Premiere
Let Me Fall (Lof mer ad falla) | Baldvin Z, Iceland/Finland/Germany
International Premiere
Look at Me | Nejib Belkadhi, Qatar/France/Tunisia
World Premiere
Minuscule – Mandibles From Far Away (Minuscule – Les Mandibules du Bout du Monde) | Thomas Szabo, Hélène Giraud, France
World Premiere
The Most Beautiful Couple (Das schönste Paar) | Sven Taddicken, Germany/France
World Premiere
Museum (Museo) | Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico
North American Premiere
One Last Deal (Tuntematon mestari) | Klaus Härö, Finland
World Premiere
The Other Story (Sipur Acher) | Avi Nesher, Israel
World Premiere
Quién te Cantará | Carlos Vermut, Spain/France
World Premiere
The Realm (El Reino) | Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain/France
World Premiere
Redemption (Geula) | Boaz Yehonatan Yacov, Joseph Madmony, Israel
North American Premiere
Retrospekt | Esther Rots, Netherlands/Belgium
World Premiere
Roads in February (Les routes en février) | Katherine Jerkovic, Canada/Uruguay
World Premiere
Rosie | Paddy Breathnach, Ireland
World Premiere
Sew the Winter to my Skin | Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, South Africa/Germany
World Premiere
Stupid Young Heart (Hölmö nuori sydän) | Selma Vilhunen, Finland/Netherlands/Sweden
World Premiere
Styx | Wolfgang Fischer, Germany/Austria
North American Premiere
The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo) | Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam, India/USA
World Premiere
That Time of Year (Den Tid På Året) | Paprika Steen, Denmark
World Premiere
Ulysses & Mona | Sébastien Betbeder, France
World Premiere
The Vice of Hope (Il Vizio Della Speranza) | Edoardo de Angelis, Italy
World Premiere
Winter Flies (Všechno bude) | Olmo Omerzu, Czech Republic/Slovenia/Poland/Slovakia
International Premiere
Working Woman (Isha Ovedet) | Michal Aviad, Israel
International Premiere
Previously announced Canadian titles in the Contemporary World Cinema Programme include Darlene Naponse’s Falls Around Her, Bruce Sweeney’s Kingsway, Renée Beaulieu’s Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau), Thom Fitzgerald’s Splinters, Sébastien Pilote’s The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles), Maxime Giroux’s The Great Darkened Days.
Image: TIFF
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