Those titles are among the first 13 features tapped to receive gala treatment at Roy Thomson Hall, with Matt Damon, Liam Hemsworth, Salma Hayek, Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Donald Sutherland and son Kiefer Sutherland, Christopher Plummer and Kate Winslet among those set to walk its red carpet. It is the latest from Vallee, who has won acclaim with “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild“.
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Other big films coming to TIFF similarly deal with fact-based stories in a dramatic setting: Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight shines a light on the Boston Globe’s investigation of priest pedophiles in the Roman Catholic church, starring Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo; Stephen Frears’ The Program follows the unmasking of Lance Armstrong’s deceitful doping tactics on the world cycling circuit, starring Lee Pace and Ben Foster; and Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall recalls the 1960s protests that help spark the gay rights movement, starring Ron Perlman and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Oscar-winning actors Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore will launch their effort to become double Oscar winners at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. UK director Brian Helgeland will receive an global premiere for his cockney gangster pic Legend, starring Tom Hardy and Emily Browning.
Jake Gyllenhaal drama Demolition will open the festival on 10 September.
TIFF’s “Special Presentation” category will bring out films like Black Mass starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Dakota Johnson; Trumbo starring Bryan Cranston; Youth starring Michael Caine; Beasts of No Nation, starring Idris Elba; and Where Do We Invade Next, directed by Michael Moore.
Organizers announced a slate of gala and special presentations this morning stacked with buzzy titles and big-name directors.
Elsewhere, there’s North American premieres for The Danish Girl, Tim Godsall’s debut feature Len and Company, the U.S. indie starring Rhys Ifans and Juno Temple that debuted in Edinburgh; and Simon Stone’s The Daughter, which bowed in Sydney.
Sicario is one of many Canadian-directed films expected at TIFF.
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The initial lineup for the 2015 Toronto global Film Festival was unveiled earlier today, and it’s pretty fantastic.
