For anyone headed to the Toronto International Film Festival next month, time to start rewriting your wishlist of must-see films. Organizers have dropped their Midnight Madness, Vanguard, Masters Of Cinema, and Documentary lineups and there is some great stuff to be found.
While there are no earth shattering World Premieres, programmers have snared an impressive list of North American bows. Gaspar Noe‘s notorious "Love," Jeremy Saulnier‘s punk rock neo-Nazi thriller "Green Room," Hou Hsiao-hsien‘s Palme d’Or winning "The Assassin," and Apichatpong Weerasethakul‘s "Cemetery Of Splendour" are among the highlights, with even more from Wim Wenders, Jafar Panahi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hong Sang-soo, and other international auteurs rounding things out.
Check out the latest additions below. TIFF runs from September 10-20.
"Baskin," Can Evrenol, Turkey, World Premiere
"The Devil’s Candy," Sean Byrne, USA, World Premiere
"The Final Girls," Todd Strauss-Schulson, USA, World Premiere CLOSING NIGHT FILM
"The Girl in the Photographs," Nick Simon, USA, World Premiere
"Green Room," Jeremy Saulnier, USA, North American Premiere OPENING NIGHT FILM
"The Mind’s Eye," Joe Begos, USA, World Premiere
"Southbound," Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath and Radio Silence, USA, World Premiere
"SPL 2 – A Time For Consequences," Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, International Premiere
"Yakuza Apocalypse (Gokudo Daisenso)," Takashi Miike, Japan, North American
Vanguard
"Collective Invention (Dolyeon Byeoni)," Kwon Oh-kwang, South Korea, World Premiere
"Demon," Marcin Wrona, Poland/Israel, World Premiere
"Der Nachtmahr," AKIZ, Germany, North American Premiere
"Evolution," Lucile Hadžihalilović, France, World Premiere
"Lace Crater," Harrison Atkins, USA, World Premiere
"Love," Gaspar Noé, France, North American Premiere
"Men & Chicken (Mænd go Høns)," Anders Thomas Jensen, Denmark. North American Premiere
"My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche)," Álex de la Iglesia, Spain. World Premiere
"The Missing Girl," A.D. Calvo, USA, World Premiere
"Veteran," Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korea, North American Premiere
"11 Minutes (11 Minut)," Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Ireland, North American Premiere
"Bleak Street (La calle de la amargura)," Arturo Ripstein, Mexico/Spain, North American Premiere
"Blood Of My Blood (Sangue Del Mil Sangue)," Marco Bellocchio, Italy, International Premiere
"Cemetery of Splendour (Rak Ti Khon Kaen)," Apichatpong Weerasethakul, North American Premiere, Thailand/United Kingdom/France/Germany/Malaysia
"Francofonia," Alexander Sokurov, Germany/France/Netherlands, North American Premiere
"In the Shadow of Women," Philippe Garrel, France, North American Premiere
"Jafar Panahi’s Taxi," Jafar Panahi, Iran, Canadian Premiere
"Our Little Sister (Umimachi Diary)," Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, North American Premiere
"The Pearl Button (El Botón de Nácar)," Patricio Guzmán, Chile/France/Spain, North American Premiere
"Rabin, The Last Day," Amos Gitaï, Israel/France, North American Premiere
"Right Now, Wrong Then," Hong Sang-soo, South Korea, North American Premiere
TIFF Docs
"A Flickering Truth," Pietra Brettkelly, New Zealand/Afghanistan, North American Premiere
"A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers," Geeta Gandbhir and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, USA/Pakistan, World Premiere
"A Young Patriot (Shao Nian * Xiao Zhao)," Du Haibin, China/USA/France, Canadian Premiere
"Being AP," Anthony Wonke, United Kingdom/Ireland, World Premiere
"Bolshoi Babylon," Nick Read, United Kingdom, World Premiere
"Dark Horse," Louise Osmond, United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
"Heart of a Dog," Laurie Anderson, USA, Canadian Premiere
"Hitchcock/Truffaut," Kent Jones, USA/France, Canadian Premiere
"Horizon Bergur Bernburg and Fridrik," Thor Fridriksson, Iceland/Denmark, World Premiere
"In Jackson Heights," Frederick Wiseman, USA, North American Premiere
"It All Started At The End (Todo comenzó por el fin)," Luis Ospina, Colombia, World Premiere
"Janis: Little Girl Blue," Amy Berg, USA, North American Premiere
"Je Suis Charlie," Emmanuel Leconte and Daniel Leconte, France. World Premiere
"Miss Sharon Jones!," Barbara Kopple, USA, World Premiere
"The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble," Morgan Neville, USA, World Premiere
"Nasser," Jihan El-Tahri, France/South Africa, International Premiere
"Our Last Tango (Un tango más)," German Kral, Germany/Argentina, World Premiere
"P.S. Jerusalem," Danae Elon, Canada/Israel, World Premiere
"The Reflektor Tapes," Kahlil Joseph, United Kingdom, World Premiere
"Return of the Atom (Atomin paluu)," Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola, Finland/Germany, World Premiere
"Sherpa," Jennifer Peedom, Australia/United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
"Thru You Princess," Ido Haar, Israel, International Premiere
"Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom," Evgeny Afineevsky, Ukraine/USA/United Kingdom, Canadian Premiere
"Women He’s Undressed," Gillian Armstrong, Australia, International Premiere
"Adieu Philippine," Jacques Rozier, France/Italy
"Harlan County, USA," Barbara Kopple, USA
"The Memory of Justice," Marcel Ophüls, United Kingdom/USA/Germany
"River of Grass," Kelly Reichardt, USA
"Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli)," Luchino Visconti, Italy
"The Round-Up (Szegénylegények)," Miklós Jancsó, Hungary