TIFF 2010 Announces Galas and Special Presentations

A scene from 'Buried'. Courtesy Maple Pictures.

At a press conference in Toronto today, 15 Galas and 35 Special Presentations were announced for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and with new films from Robert Redford, Michael Winterbottom, Guillaume Canet, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Mike Leigh, Julian Schnabel, and Woody Allen having their world or North American premieres, it’s ramping up to be one of the most diverse line-ups in the festival’s history.

“The richness and diversity of this year’s Galas and Special Presentations programmes reflect the abundance of exciting works from established and emerging filmmakers in the world of cinema,” Piers Handling, Director and CEO of TIFF, said.

TIFF 2010 runs from September 9 to 19. The list of titles released are below. More films screening in the Gala and Special Presentation programmes will be announced in the coming weeks. For full descriptions of the films, and to purchase tickets, visit tiff.net/thefestival.

GALAS

The Bang Bang Club (World Premiere), Steven Silver, Canada/South Africa
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels Van Jaarsveld, and Frank Rautenbach.

Barney’s Version (North American Premiere), Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Dustin Hoffman, and Scott Speedman.

Black Swan (North American Premiere), Darren Aronofsky, USA
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder.

Casino Jack (World Premiere), George Hickenlooper, Canada
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Rachelle Lefevre, and Jon Lovitz.

The Conspirator (World Premiere), Robert Redford, USA
Starring: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood, and Tom Wilkinson.

The Debt (North American Premiere), John Madden, USA
Starring: Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, and Sam Worthington.

The Housemaid (North American Premiere), Im Sang-Soo, South Korea

Janie Jones (World Premiere), David M. Rosenthal, USA

The King’s Speech (North American Premiere), Tom Hooper, United Kingdom/Australia
Starring: Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.

Little White Lies (World Premiere), Guillaume Canet, France
Starring: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lafitte, Valérie Bonneton, and Pascale Arbillot.

Peep World (World Premiere), Barry Blaustein, USA

Potiche (North American Premiere), François Ozon, France
Starring: Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu.

The Town (North American Premiere), Ben Affleck, USA
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, and Chris Cooper.

The Way (World Premiere), Emilio Estevez, USA
Starring: Martin Sheen

West is West (World Premiere), Andy De Emmony, United Kingdom

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Another Year (North American Premiere), Mike Leigh, United Kingdom
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Peter Wight, Oliver Maltman, David Bradley, Karina Fernandez, and Martin Savage.

Beginners (World Premiere), Mike Mills, USA
Starring: Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor.

The Big Picture (World Premiere), Eric Lartigau, France
Starring: Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup, and Catherine Deneuve.

Biutiful (North American Premiere), Alejandro González Iñárritu, Spain/Mexico
Starring: Javier Bardem.

Blue Valentine (Canadian Premiere), Derek Cianfrance, USA
Starring: Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.

Brighton Rock (World Premiere), Rowan Joffe, United Kingdom

Buried (Canadian Premiere), Rodrigo Cortés, Spain/USA
Starring: Ryan Reynolds.

Conviction (World Premiere), Tony Goldwyn, USA
Starring: Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell.

Cirkus Columbia (International Premiere), Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dhobi Ghat (World Premiere), Kiran Rao, India

Easy A (World Premiere), Will Gluck, USA
Starring: Emma Stone.

Henry’s Crime (World Premiere), Malcolm Venville, USA
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Fisher Stevens, Peter Stormare, Danny Hoch, and Bill Duke.

The Illusionist (North American Premiere), Sylvain Chomet, United Kingdom
Starring: Jean-Claude Donda and Eilidh Rankin.

In A Better World (International Premiere), Susanne Bier, Denmark/Sweden

I Saw the Devil (North American Premiere), Kim Jee-woon, South Korea

It’s Kind of a Funny Story (World Premiere), Ryan Fleck/Anna Boden, USA
Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, and Zach Galifianakis.

Jack Goes Boating (International Premiere), Philip Seymour Hoffman, USA
Starring: John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Amy Ryan, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

L’Amour Fou (World Premiere), Pierre Thoretton, France

The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (North American Premiere), Andrew Lau, Hong Kong

Lope (World Premiere), Andrucha Waddington, Brazil/Spain

Love Crime (International Premiere), Alain Corneau, France

Made in Dagenham (World Premiere), Nigel Cole, United Kingdom
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, and Rosamund Pike.

Miral (North American Premiere), Julian Schnabel, United Kingdom/Israel/France

Never Let Me Go (World Premiere), Mark Romanek, United Kingdom
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley.

Norwegian Wood (North American Premiere), Tran Anh Hung, Japan
Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, and Kiko Mizuhara.

Outside the Law (North American Premie), Rachid Bouchareb, France/Algeria/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium

Rabbit Hole (World Premiere), John Cameron Mitchell, USA
Starring: Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart.

A Screaming Man (North American Premiere), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France/Belgium/Chad

Stone (World Premiere), John Curran, USA
Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, and Frances Conroy.

Submarine (World Premiere), Richard Ayoade, United Kingdom

That Girl in Yellow Boots (North American Premiere), Anurag Kashyap, India

Tamara Drewe (North American Premiere), Stephen Frears, United Kingdom

The Trip (World Premiere), Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom
Starring: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

Trust (World Premiere), David Schwimmer, USA
Starring: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, and Tom McCarthy.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (North American Premiere), Woody Allen, United Kingdom/USA/Spain
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Lucy Punch, and Naomi Watts.

Top image: Ryan Reynolds stars as Paul Conroy in Buried. Courtesy of Lionsgate/Maple Pictures.