TIFF 2017 Unveils First Slate of Films for Galas & Special Presentations
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 25, 2017
Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey unveiled the first wave of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Of the 14 Galas and 33 Special Presentations, this first announcement includes 25 World Premieres, eight International Premieres, six North American Premieres, and eight Canadian Premieres, including works from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, India, Egypt, and Cambodia.
This year, TIFF offers a refreshed, more tightly curated Festival, with a renewed commitment to bold, director-driven programming, continued support of female filmmakers, and enough star power to fuel 400,000 festival-goers. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7 to 17, 2017. Festival ticket packages are on sale now, and can be purchased online, by phone (416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433), or in person at TIFF Bell Lightbox. The full list of Festival '17 films announced today:World Premiere The Catcher Was A Spy | Ben Lewin, USA
World Premiere Closing Night Film
C'est la vie! | Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, France
World Premiere Darkest Hour | Joe Wright, United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Paul McGuigan, United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere Kings | Deniz Gamze Ergüven, France/Belgium
World Premiere Long Time Running | Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Canada
World Premiere Mary Shelley | Haifaa Al Mansour, Ireland/United Kingdom/Luxembourg/USA
World Premiere The Mountain Between Us | Hany Abu-Assad, USA
World Premiere Mudbound | Dee Rees, USA
International Premiere Stronger | David Gordon Green, USA
World Premiere Untitled Bryan Cranston/Kevin Hart Film | Neil Burger, USA
World Premiere The Wife | Björn Runge, United Kingdom/Sweden
World Premiere Woman Walks Ahead | Susanna White, USA
World Premiere SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2017 Battle of the Sexes | Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton, USA
International Premiere
North American Premiere The Brawler | Anurag Kashyap, India
World Premiere The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey, Canada/Ireland/Luxembourg
World Premiere Call Me By Your Name | Luca Guadagnino, Italy/France
Canadian Premiere Catch the Wind | Gaël Morel, France
International Premiere The Children Act | Richard Eyre, United Kingdom
World Premiere The Current War | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, USA
World Premiere Disobedience | Sebastián Lelio, United Kingdom
World Premiere Downsizing | Alexander Payne, USA
Canadian Premiere A Fantastic Woman | Sebastián Lelio, Chile
Canadian Premiere First They Killed My Father | Angelina Jolie, Cambodia
Canadian Premiere The Guardians | Xavier Beauvois, France
World Premiere Hostiles | Scott Cooper, USA
International Premiere The Hungry | Bornila Chatterjee, India
World Premiere I, Tonya | Craig Gillespie, USA
World Premiere Special Presentations Opening Film
Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig, USA
International Premiere mother! | Darren Aronofsky, USA
North American Premiere Novitiate | Maggie Betts, USA
International Premiere Omerta | Hansal Mehta, India
World Premiere Plonger | Mélanie Laurent, France
World Premiere The Price of Success | Teddy Lussi-Modeste, France
International Premiere Professor Marston & the Wonder Women | Angela Robinson, USA
World Premiere The Rider | Chloé Zhao, USA
Canadian Premiere A Season in France | Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, France
World Premiere The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro, USA
Canadian Premiere Special Presentations Closing Film
Sheikh Jackson | Amr Salama, Egypt
World Premiere The Square | Ruben Östlund, Sweden
North American Premiere Submergence | Wim Wenders, France/Germany/Spain
World Premiere Suburbicon | George Clooney, USA
North American Premiere Thelma | Joachim Trier, Norway/Sweden/France/Denmark
International Premiere Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh, USA
North American Premiere Victoria and Abdul | Stephen Frears, United Kingdom
North American Premiere
Source: www.tiff.net
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