TIFF Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente today announced the second set of selections in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes screening this September at the 44th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
“We’re thrilled to announce this second wave of Galas and Special Presentations, which I believe are some of the most compelling in the lineup,” said Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of TIFF. “Audiences will be delighted by the artistry present in this year’s splashiest sections.”
“Our TIFF programmers have given us a lot to look forward to this year,” said Vicente, Executive Director and Co-Head of TIFF. “These final films add even more emotional resonance and gravitas to this year’s already stellar lineup.”
These films round out the Gala and Special Presentations programmes for a total of 20 and 55 films, respectively.
The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5–15, 2019.
GALAS 2019
The Aeronauts Tom Harper | United Kingdom Canadian Premiere
The Burnt Orange Heresy Giuseppe Capotondi | USA/United Kingdom North American Premiere
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2019
American Son Kenny Leon | USA World Premiere
Deerskin (Le Daim) Quentin Dupieux | France International Premiere
Dirt Music Gregor Jordan | United Kingdom/Australia World Premiere
The Elder One (Moothon) Geetu Mohandas | India World Premiere
Guns Akimbo Jason Lei Howden | Germany/New Zealand World Premiere
Human Capital Marc Meyers | USA World Premiere
Jungleland Max Winkler | USA World Premiere
Lucy in the Sky Noah Hawley | USA World Premiere
Lyrebird Dan Friedkin | USA International Premiere
Mosul Matthew Michael Carnahan | USA North American Premiere
Seberg Benedict Andrews | USA/United Kingdom North American Premiere
Sibyl Justine Triet | France/Belgium North American Premiere
SYNCHRONIC Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson | USA World Premiere
The Truth (La vérité) Hirokazu Kore-eda | France/Japan North American Premiere
Wasp Network Olivier Assayas | France, Brazil, Spain, Belgium North American Premiere
Waves Trey Edward Shults | USA International Premiere
Albert Shin’s Clifton Hill was previously announced as part of the Special Presentations programme.
Films screening as part of the Masters programme include:
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick | USA/Germany North American Premiere
About Endlessness Roy Andersson | Sweden/Germany/Norway North American Premiere
Devil Between the Legs (El Diablo entre las Piernas) Arturo Ripstein | Mexico/Spain World Premiere
I Was at Home, But… (Ich war zuhause, aber…) Angela Schanelec | Germany/Serbia North American Premiere
It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman | France/Qatar/Germany/Canada/Palestine/Turkey North American Premiere
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger Alanis Obomsawin | Canada World Premiere
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach | United Kingdom/France/Belgium North American Premiere
To the Ends of the Earth (Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari) Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan/Uzbekistan/Qatar North American Premiere
The Traitor Marco Bellocchio | Italy North American Premiere
The Whistlers Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania/France/Germany North American Premiere
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello | France North American Premiere
Alanis Obomsawin’s Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger was a previously announced.
Films screening as part of the Contemporary World Cinema programme include:
37 Seconds Hikari | Japan/USA Canadian Premiere
Adam Maryam Touzani | Morocco/France/Belgium North American Premiere
Arab Blues (Un Divan à Tunis) Manele Labidi | France North American Premiere
Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story Mati Diop | France/Senegal/Belgium North American Premiere
Atlantis Valentyn Vasyanovych | Ukraine North American Premiere
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles | Brazil North American Premiere
Balloon (Qi Qiu) Pema Tseden | China North American Premiere
The Barefoot Emperor Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens | Belgium/Netherlands/Croatia/Bulgaria World Premiere
Beanpole (Dylda) Kantemir Balagov | Russia North American Premiere
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies Edward Burns | USA World Premiere
Blow the Man Down Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole | USA International Premiere
Bombay Rose Gitanjali Rao | India/United Kingdom/Qatar North American Premiere
Chicuarotes Gael García Bernal | Mexico North American Premiere
The Climb Michael Angelo Covino | USA Canadian Premiere
Corpus Christi (Boze Cialo) Jan Komasa | Poland/France North American Premiere
The County (Héraðið) Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland/Denmark/Germany/France International Premiere
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Koirat eivät käytä housuja) J-P Valkeapää | Finland/Latvia North American Premiere
The Father (Bashtata) Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva | Bulgaria/Greece/Italy North American Premiere
Flatland Jenna Bass | South Africa/Luxembourg/Germany North American Premiere
A Girl Missing (Yokogao) Koji Fukada | Japan/France North American Premiere
Hala Minhal Baig | USA Canadian Premiere
Henry Glassie: Field Work Pat Collins | Ireland World Premiere
Incitement Yaron Zilberman | Israel World Premiere
Instinct Halina Reijn | Netherlands North American Premiere
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) Karim Aïnouz | Brazil/Germany North American Premiere
Jallikattu Lijo Jose Pellissery | India World Premiere
Knuckle City Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | South Africa International Premiere
La Llorona Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala/France North American Premiere
Les Misérables Ladj Ly | France North American Premiere
The Long Walk (Bor Mi Vanh Chark) Mattie Do | Laos/Spain/Singapore North American Premiere
Made in Bangladesh Rubaiyat Hossain | France/Bangladesh/Denmark/Portugal World Premiere
Mariam Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan North American Premiere
Maria’s Paradise (Marian paratiisi) Zaida Bergroth | Finland/Estonia World Premiere
Nobadi Karl Markovics | Austria World Premiere
Contemporary World Cinema Opening Film
Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil) Atiq Rahimi | France/Belgium/Rwanda World Premiere
The Perfect Candidate Haifaa Al-Mansour | Saudi Arabia/Germany North American Premiere
Red Fields (Mami) Keren Yedaya | Israel/Luxembourg/Germany International Premiere
Resin (Harpiks) Daniel Joseph Borgman | Denmark World Premiere
So Long, My Son (Di Jiu Tian Chang) Wang Xiaoshuai | China North American Premiere
Spider (Araña) Andrés Wood | Chile International Premiere
A Sun (Yang Guang Pu Zhao) Chung Mong-Hong | Taiwan World Premiere
Synonyms (Synonymes) Nadav Lapid | France/Israel/Germany North American Premiere
Terminal Sud (South Terminal) Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | France North American Premiere
Three Summers (Três Verões) Sandra Kogut | Brazil/France World Premiere
Verdict Raymund Ribay Gutierrez | Philippines/France Canadian Premiere
A White, White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur) Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland/Denmark/Sweden North American Premiere
The Wild Goose Lake (Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hui) Diao Yinan | China/France North American Premiere
You Will Die at Twenty Amjad Abu Alala | Sudan/France/Egypt/Germany/Norway/Qatar North American Premiere
Previously announced Canadian features screening at the Festival as part of the Contemporary World Cinema programme include: And the Birds Rained Down, Antigone, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Castle in the Ground, The Last Porno Show, Tammy’s Always Dying, and White Lie.
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