The Toronto International Film Festival has officially unveiled the first part of its line-up for 2010 with no major surprises, but lots of great films we’re looking forward to.
Major world premieres include Robert Redford’s “The Conspirator,” Guillaume Canet’s “Little White Lies” and George Hickenlooper’s “Casino Jack” but the fest will also screen the likes of Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” John Madden’s “The Debt,” Ben Affleck’s “The Town” and Tom Hooper’s period drama”The King’s Speech” starring Colin Firth under its Gala umbrella.
Screening as a Special Presentation will be films by way of Cannes such as Mike Leigh’s “Another Year,” Alejandro Gonzalez Innarittu’s “Biutiful,” Stephen Frears’s “Tamara Drewe” and Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Valentine” with other highlights including Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden’s “It’s Kind Of A Funny Story,” Mark Romanek’s “Never Let Me Go,” John Cameron Mitchell’s grief drama “Rabbit Hole” starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, Julian Schnabel’s “Miral,” Tran Anh Hung’s “Norweigan Wood,” Malcolm Venville’s “Henry’s Crime” and Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.”
The biggest surprise of the whole line-up would probably be Michael Winterbottom’s “The Trip,” a film that has seemingly flown under most radars and apparently features a reunion for the director with Steve Coogan. Obviously Terrence Malick’s “The Tree Of Life” continues to elude as does Peter Weir’s “The Way Back,” Dustin Lance Black’s “What’s Wrong With Virginia,” Clint Eastwood’s “Hereafter” and Bruce Robinson’s “The Rum Diary” — all of which were films that were even being talked about for Cannes earlier this year — though who knows, they still could be announced closer to the event.
GALAS
– “The Bang Bang Club,” directed by Steven Silver (Canada/South Africa)
(World Premiere)
– “Barney’s Version,” directed by Richard J Lewis (Canada/Italy)
(North American Premiere)
– “Black Swan,” directed by Darren Aronofsky (USA)
(North American Premiere)
– “Casino Jack,” directed by George Hickenlooper (Canada)
(World Premiere)
– “The Conspirator,” directed by Robert Redford (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “The Debt,” directed by John Madden (UK)
(North American Premiere)
– “The Housemaid,” directed by Im Sang-Soo (South Korea)
(North American Premiere)
– “Janie Jones,” directed by David M. Rosenthal (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “The King’s Speech,” directed by Tom Hooper (UK)
(North American Premiere)
– “Little White Lies,” directed by Guillaume Canet (France)
(World Premiere)
– “Peep World,” directed by Barry Blaustein (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “Potiche,” directed by Francois Ozon (France)
(North American Premiere)
– “The Town,” directed by Ben Affleck (USA)
(North American Premiere)
– “The Way,” directed by Emilio Estevez (USA)
(World Premiere)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
– “Another Year,” directed by Mike Leigh (UK)
(North American Premiere)
– “Beginners,” directed by Mike Mills (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “The Big Picture,” directed by Eric Lartigau (France)
(World Premiere)
– “Biutiful,” directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spain/Mexico)
(North American Premiere)
– “Blue Valentine,” directed by Derek Cianfrance (USA)
(Canadian Premiere)
– “Buried,” directed by Rodrigo Cortes (Spain/USA)
(Canadian Premiere)
– “Conviction,” directed by Tony Goldwyn (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “Cirkus Columbia,” directed by Danis Tanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(International Premiere)
– “Dhobi Ghat,” directed by Kiran Rao (India)
(World Premiere)
– “Easy A,” directed by Will Gluck (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “Henry’s Crime,” directed by Malcom Venville (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “The Illusionist,” directed by Sylvain Chomet (UK)
(North American Premiere)
– “In a Better World,” directed by Susanne Bier (Denmark/Sweden)
(International Premiere)
– “I Saw The Devil,” directed by Kim Jee-woon (South Korea)
(North American Premiere)
– “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “Jack Goes Boating,” directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman (USA)
(International Premiere)
– “L’Amour Fou,” directed by Pierre Thoretton (France)
(World Premiere)
– “The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen,” directed by Andrew Lau (Hong Kong)
(North American Premiere)
– “Lope,” directed by Andrucha Waddington (Brazil/Spain)
(World Premiere)
– “Love Crime,” directed by Alain Corneau (France)
(International Premiere)
– “Made In Dagenham,” directed by Nigel Cole (UK)
(World Premiere)
– “Miral,” directed by Julian Schnabel (UK/Israel/France)
(North American Premiere)
– “Never Let Me Go,” directed by Mark Romanek (United Kingdom)
(World Premiere)
– “Norweigan Wood, directed by Tran Anh Hung (Japan)
(North American Premiere)
– “Outside The Law, directed by Rachid Bouchareb (France/Algeria/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium)
(North American Premiere)
– “Rabbit Hole,” directed by John Cameron Mitchell (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “A Screaming Man,” directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (France/Belgium/Chad)
(North American Premiere)
– “Stone,” directed by John Curran (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “Submarine,” directed by Richard Ayoade (UK)
(World Premiere)
– “That Girl In Yellow Boots,” directed by Anurag Kashyap (India)
(North American Premiere)
– “Tamara Drewe,” directed by Stephen Frears (UK)
(North American Premiere)
– “The Trip,” directed by Michael Winterbottom (United Kingdom)
(World Premiere)
– “Trust,” directed by David Schwimmer (USA)
(World Premiere)
– “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger,” directed by Woody Allen (USA/UK/Spain)
(North American Premiere)
TIFF runs from September 9-19 this year.