TIFF 2017 News: First Wave of Film Gala and Special Presentation Titles Announced
The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival is almost here. The 10-day festival begins on September 7, 2017, and runs until September 17, 2017. Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey tease festival-goers each year by slowly announcing the festival’s lineup and this year is no different. Today, July 25, 2017, an official release was sent out announcing some of the titles being shown at the festival.
The announcement featured a total of 47 titles which consisted of 14 Galas and 33 Special Presentations. The films in this initial lineup include 25 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 6 North American Premieres and 8 Canadian Premieres.
Galas
Breathe Andy Serkis, United Kingdom World Premiere
The Catcher Was A Spy Ben Lewin, USA World Premiere
C’est la vie! Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, France World Premiere *Closing Night Film*
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
Battle of the Sexes Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton, USA International Premiere
BPM (Beats Per Minute) Robin Campillo, France 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
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig, USA International Premiere *Special Presentations Opening Film*
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
Sheikh Jackson Amr Salama, Egypt World Premiere *Special Presentations Closing Film*
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
What films out of the line-up are you excited to see? Feel free to comment in the box below and stay tuned to WLE coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival this September.
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