The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths,” will have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala lineup and special performances on Monday.
Jolie’s film stars Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir and is based on Alessandro Baricco’s novel “Without Blood.” Springsteen’s film “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band” appear backstage on their world tour. Leigh’s film, his first in six years, shows him reuniting with his “Secrets & Lies” stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Also announced were the world premieres of Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl,” starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista and Kiernan Shipka, and Rachel Morrison’s directorial debut “The Fire Inside,” about the first woman winning an Olympic gold medal. in boxing. Barry Jenkins wrote the screenplay.
Edward Burns has a new film, “Millers in Marriage”, with Minnie Driver and Morena Baccarin, as does David Mackenzie with the thriller “Relay”, starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James. Jennifer Lopez co-stars in the Ben Affleck-produced sports drama “Unstoppable,” about American wrestler Anthony Robles. And Hugh Grant leads the mysterious A24 film directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, “Heretic.”
A year after TIFF experienced actor strikes, star power has returned to the prestigious film festival, which helps inform the conversation about the season’s awards contenders.
Focus Features will present its papal thriller directed by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave,” at the festival. But it won’t be the world premiere of “Conclave” — that event will likely take place in Venice or Telluride, which have yet to announce their full lineup. The studio will also bring “Piece by Piece” to TIFF, Morgan Neville’s documentary about Pharrell Williams told using LEGOs.
Films previously announced as part of the TIFF slate include the animated film “The Wild Robot,” Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams, John Crowley’s “We Live In Time” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, the David Gordon Green comedy “Nutcrackers.” ,” with Ben Stiller, RJ Cutler and David Furnish, “Elton John: Never Too Late” and Ron Howard’s survival thriller “Eden” with Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney and Jude Law.
The festival will also feature some Cannes favorites, including Sean Baker’s “Anora,” Paul Scrader’s “Oh, Canada” and Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” and Will Ferrell’s friendship documentary “Will & Harper” which premiered at Sundance.
More TIFF films will be announced in the coming weeks, as will the lineup for other major fall festivals, including Venice, Telluride and the New York Film Festival.
TIFF starts on September 5th and runs until September 15th.
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