TIFF Announces 2019 Lineup – Galas and Special Presentations

Fresh off their first Best Picture winner since The Hurt Locker in 2009, Green Book, which won the audience award last year, TIFF has announced this year’s slate.  Apparently, those in bold are the ones that are possibly going to Telluride.

The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5–15, 2019.

GALAS 2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Marielle Heller | USA World Premiere
Abominable Jill Culton | USA World Premiere
American Woman Semi Chellas | Canada Canadian Premiere
Blackbird Roger Michell | United Kingdom World Premiere
Clemency Chinonye Chukwu | USA International Premiere
Ford v Ferrari James Mangold | USA Canadian Premiere
The Goldfinch John Crowley | USA World Premiere
Harriet Kasi Lemmons | USA World Premiere
Hustlers Lorene Scafaria | USA World Premiere
Joker Todd Phillips | USA North American Premiere
Just Mercy Destin Daniel Cretton | USA World Premiere

*Opening Night Film*
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band Daniel Roher | Canada World Premiere
Ordinary Love Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn | United Kingdom World Premiere

*Closing Night Film*
Radioactive Marjane Satrapi | United Kingdom World Premiere
The Sky Is Pink Shonali Bose | India World Premiere
The Song of Names François Girard | Canada World Premiere
True History of the Kelly Gang Justin Kurzel | Australia World Premiere
Western Stars Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen | USA World Premiere

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 2019

A Herdade Tiago Guedes | Portugal North American Premiere
Bad Education Cory Finley | USA World Premiere
Coming Home Again Wayne Wang | USA/South Korea World Premiere
Dolemite Is My Name Craig Brewer | USA World Premiere
Ema Pablo Larraín | Chile North American Premiere
Endings, Beginnings Drake Doremus | USA World Premiere
Frankie Ira Sachs | France/Portugal North American Premiere
The Friend Gabriela Cowperthwaite | USA World Premiere
Greed Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom World Premiere
Guest of Honour Atom Egoyan | Canada North American Premiere
Heroic Losers (La odisea de los giles) Sebastian Borensztein | Argentina/Spain International Premiere
Honey Boy Alma Har’el | USAInternational Premiere
Hope Gap William Nicholson | United Kingdom World Premiere
How to Build a Girl Coky Giedroyc | United Kingdom World Premiere

*Opening Special Presentations Film*I Am Woman Unjoo Moon | Australia World Premiere
Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi | USA World Premiere
Judy Rupert Goold | United Kingdom Canadian Premiere
Knives Out Rian Johnson | USA World Premiere
La Belle Époque Nicolas Bedos | France North American Premiere
The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh | USA North American Premiere
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers | USA North American Premiere
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach | USA Canadian Premiere
Military Wives Peter Cattaneo | United Kingdom World Premiere
Motherless Brooklyn Edward Norton | USA International Premiere
No.7 Cherry Lane Yonfan | Hong Kong North American Premiere
The Other Lamb Malgorzata Szumowska | Belgium/Ireland/USA World Premiere
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar | Spain Canadian Premiere
The Painted Bird Václav Marhoul | Czech Republic/Ukraine/Slovakia North American Premiere
Parasite (Gisaengchung) Bong Joon-ho | South Korea Canadian Premiere
Pelican Blood (Pelikanblut) Katrin Gebbe | Germany/Bulgaria North American Premiere
The Personal History of David Copperfield Armando Iannucci | United Kingdom World Premiere
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) Céline Sciamma | France Canadian Premiere
The Report Scott Z. Burns | USA International Premiere
Saturday Fiction (Lan Xin Da Ju Yuan) Lou Ye | China North American Premiere
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles | USA/United Kingdom/Italy/Argentina Canadian Premiere
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | USA International Premiere
Weathering With You Makoto Shinkai | Japan North American Premiere
While at War (Mientras Dure La Guerra) Alejandro Amenábar | Spain/Argentina World Premiere